@kristiedegaris Agreed. I have written two books over the years, and recognize almost everything from what you say here. Book 1 had no advance, sold maybe 2000. Book 2 was more, but definitely not minimum wage.
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@FrankPasquale This reminds me of the DeepMind work on materials: "Scaling deep learning for materials discovery" which claimed "2.2 million new crystals, including 380,000 stable materials". An actual materials scientist (Anthony Cheetham FRS) investigated, finding "unfortunately finding scant evidence for compounds that fulfill the trifecta of novelty, credibility, and utility".
Sadly, DeepMind's paper has 10x more citations than Cheetham's response.
Sadly, DeepMind's paper has 10x more citations than Cheetham's response.
@rad In Chicago that fraction delivers about half the trips. I know you have better Toronto data.
I find @phoebebovy.bsky.social writes interesting things, many of which contain things I actually agree with or which make me think. The reaction to her latest proves her point. I hope she ignores the crap and continues writing.
@kjhealy This graph confirms my political views.
@jqheywood @kjhealy Well that's a sign of bookcase-privilege if I ever saw one.
Raphael (he/him)Today I learned about the Cult of the #PartyParrot #Emoji
@jtlg ...and five minutes ago I just quit Twitter (don't have a WP subscription).
Well as I say, I wrote it 10 years ago, so I don't address any parts of the FTC's ruling at all :).
I was merely highlighting a danger in seeing privately-owned ratings sites as public goods/commons: that the ratings site itself has an agenda.