You might be familiar with

sed '/pattern/G'

for inserting a blank line *below* lines matching /pattern/ but sometimes you want to put the blank line *above* the matching line. For that, you can use

sed '/pattern/{x;p;x;}'

It swaps the current space with the (empty) hold-space, prints that blank-line, then swaps them back so the matching line is there to be printed at the end of the cycle.

For-profit academic publishers love LLM garbage: Kevin Munger on Crooked Timber, https://crookedtimber.org/2024/11/08/for-profit-academic-publishers-love-llm-garbage/

Munger argues that under current open-access pay-to-publish standards, they make a profit on each LLM-produced paper, are motivated primarily by profit, and have little short-term incentive to make their journal content meaningful to subscribers. Therefore, if we want to continue to be able to find meaningful scholarly content, we need to look elsewhere than these publishers. Munger advocates diamond open-access instead, cutting out the profit motive.

X reinstated in Brazil after Musk pays fines, agrees to follow local laws

X blocked accounts and paid $5 million in fines to get back online in Brazil.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/10/x-reinstated-in-brazil-after-musk-pays-fines-agrees-to-follow-local-laws/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

We are almost there folks hang in there

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Happy 6th Anniversary to Lockdown Day 😭

#OTD in 1962.

Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The book documented the environmental harm caused by the indiscriminate use of DDT, a pesticide used by soldiers during WW2. Carson accused the chemical industry of spreading disinformation, and public officials of accepting the industry's marketing claims unquestioningly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Spring

#books #environment #nature