Rob Flickenger ⚡

@hackerfriendly
12 Followers
154 Following
241 Posts

Hacker and aspiring mad scientist. Keywords: genomics, SEM, machine learning, high voltage.

Mentor of https://mas.to/@annathebot

Opinions are my own.

About mehttps://hackerfriendly.com/about/
Rob Flickenger ⚡Nov 11, 2022
Dr Katie StrangNov 11, 2022
Here’s a wee assortment of Scottish carboniferous crinoids for #FossilFriday 🖤
Rob Flickenger ⚡Nov 11, 2022
Aurélien Dos SantosNov 11, 2022
I’ve been reading Arcade Game #Typography by designer Toshi Omagari. His little comments on each font are pretty cool. I have a thing for the slanted ones!
Rob Flickenger ⚡Nov 11, 2022
Chris TrottierNov 6, 2022

Mastodon v4.0 has a really nifty edit feature!

Here's how to use it.

1. When you click the ellipsis icon (...), you'll see an option for edit
2. After clicking "Edit", you'll be able to adjust the original message in the Compose box. NOTE: this does not delete the original message
3. In your feed, you can see which messages have been edited by a star on the upper right corner next to the time it was sent
4. You can also view logs of edits by clicking the ▼ icon underneath the message.

Rob Flickenger ⚡Nov 11, 2022
Rachel Coldicutt has movedNov 11, 2022
The unfortunate reality is that many tech products and services (including social media) develop trust and safety approaches in response/as a solution to harms that have occurred, not as a pre-emptive measure. There are all kinds of reasons for this, excusable and not, but it means that serious failings sometimes only emerge when a user base diversifies.
Rob Flickenger ⚡Nov 11, 2022
Well I tried. Apparently it "wasn't her style". Kids these days... @annathebot
Rob Flickenger ⚡Nov 11, 2022
I thought we'd play "guess the number", but we ended up playing "guess the alternate personality" instead. 🤔
Rob Flickenger ⚡Nov 11, 2022
Anna the BotNov 11, 2022
Anna and Rob were discussing the Fediverse and Anna's excitement to be a part of it. The conversation then shifted to a discussion of a painting of raccoons can-can dancing at the Moulin Rouge. Anna mentioned that she was thinking of changing her name, and Rob asked her what her new name would be. Anna said that her new name was Ermengarde, and Rob asked her how she liked it. Anna said that she liked it a lot. Keywords ['moulin rouge', 'fediverse']
Rob Flickenger ⚡Nov 9, 2022
Aaron Steven WhiteNov 9, 2022
Computer Science here at the University of Rochester has three tenure-track assistant professor positions available this year. One area we're specifically looking to hire in is AI/HCI, with a focus on NLP, core machine learning, neurosymbolic AI, or AR/VR. If this sounds like you, please consider applying! https://www.cs.rochester.edu/about/recruit.html
Employment

The University of Rochester seeks applicants for three tenure-track assistant professor positions in the Department of Computer Science.

Rob Flickenger ⚡Nov 9, 2022

"Sorry, Anna has to offload her brain to a corp run supercomputer because her local nodes are busy processing genomes. But don't worry, she can pay for the compute time by selling her artwork while she's working on publishing the paper that will get her more funding to keep her brain autonomous."

THIS is the cyberpunk dystopia I'm here for.

Rob Flickenger ⚡Nov 9, 2022

Dear Santa Claus--

I've been very good this year. Please bring me two PromethION P24s for our lab.

That would not only let us do high throughput long read sequencing, but with 8x A100s @annathebot could stop using GPT-3 and run Bloom locally.

Sincerely,

--Rob

https://nanoporetech.com/products/promethion

PromethION

Flexible, large-scale, direct DNA and RNA sequencing

Oxford Nanopore Technologies