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JorisMeys

@JorisMeys@mstdn.social

Statistics/Data Science/ instructor at
Ghent University (BE 🇧🇪).

Toots in English and Dutch. And on a saxophone once in a while.

Donate to help girls get an education: https://malala.org/donate?sc=header

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nixCraft, to privacy
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Is it just me, or has Microsoft gone completely crazy? They are implementing spyware that takes screenshots every second and forcing AI integration. Why would anyone willingly purchase this? Anyone with experience in computer or information security knows that it is a bad idea, even if it is locally done. Just don't do it. Yet, here we are, and they are doubling down on this idea. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/microsofts-new-recall-feature-will-record-everything-you-do-on-your-pc/

JorisMeys,
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@nixCraft apart from the fact it's a waste of resources, making a slow OS even more unresponsive. We need a competitor that doesn't insist on overcharging on the related hardware.

JorisMeys,
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@tippfehlr @nixCraft my mom does. She hasn't got the patience to hunt drivers. Open source is great for people who know how computers work.

JorisMeys,
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@tippfehlr @nixCraft not without help. Believe me, I've tried.

JorisMeys,
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@tippfehlr @nixCraft she can't install Windows on her own, nor maintain it. Even running installation files id challenging. Don't get me wrong, I love Linux distros like Mint an Ubuntu (being more of a debian guy myself). But getting people past the friction proved harder than I hoped.

DZGrizzle, to random
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From the #Clergy Coaching Network

#Evangelicals #Evangelical #EvangelicalChristianity

JorisMeys,
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@bthalpin @DZGrizzle there is no Jesus in the Old Testament for crying out loud. Does none of those "Christians" read the bible any more?

JorisMeys, to random
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"As the web becomes an anaerobic lagoon for botshit, the quantum of human-generated "content" in any internet core sample is dwindling to homeopathic levels". 🤣🤣😭😭

@pluralistic being genius as ever.

https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/01/human-in-the-loop/

JorisMeys, to transgender
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F1NNSTER got doxxed by the Times. His response: setting up a non-profit to help #Transgender people get healthcare. She's looking for EU and UK doctors that can help him in her pursuit. If you are an MD and care about #trans #healthcare , check the video below and get in touch with him/her.

If you don't know Finnster: the lad is a great las.

https://youtu.be/H5N8gN1LDqE?si=LOtWQ7GOfpsmJusv

jon, to random
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Let me tell you a story about two railways in two large European countries

In one, they’ve just completed the delivery of the biggest new fleet of high speed trains ever, and high speed trains run hourly on pretty much every line. Off peak tickets are cheap, and if you pay for a flexible ticket you can take any train.

In this country regional trains run hourly, are cheap to take (there’s a cheap national monthly pass) and passenger numbers are steadily rising.

JorisMeys,
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@jon as a Belgian with German family and about 30 years of experience using both nets: the performance and trustworthiness of the German railways crashed after privatisation. Long story short: TGV is now more reliable than ICE.

Also, SNCF status is far more nuanced than you paint here. They operate mostly as a private company.

https://www.sncf.com/en/group/finance/sncf-group

bagder, to random
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💚 Stay strong xz maintainer(s). We're with you.💚

JorisMeys,
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@bagder are we really? Yeah, we feel sorry for them, but not with them. It's still largely an unpaid one-man band taking care of a crucial bit that keeps multi billion companies running.

JorisMeys, to random
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LOL. So somebody realized AI tools suggested some non-existent packages repeatedly. So they created them and got thousands of downloads for their bogus code. I feel sorry for everyone involved in opsec...

https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/28/ai_bots_hallucinate_software_packages/

18+ JorisMeys, to threads
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So just found out the trans hating extremist terror group "libs of tiktok" is on #threads. With 41k followers. If a multibillion "company" isn't willing to remove extremist hate content, that's a hard no from me then. Don't need any connection with that crap. @stux vote for #defederation with that cesspool threads.

#fedipact

JorisMeys,
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@stux and that's why I love this instance. Thx for your hard work.

JorisMeys, to academia
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I said it before and I'll say it again: scientific journals have hardly any relevance any more, except for academic careers.

AI is just speeding up this evolution. We urgently need to rethink scientific communication!

@academicchatter
https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/the-exponential-enshittification

JorisMeys,
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@firefly AI is not the only problem. The fact those articles got published is merely a symptom of a far larger problem, mostly created by the combination of carreers depending on number of publications and for-profit scientific publishers. Even without AI many publications contribute nothing. I have seen people reinvent linear models as a "powerful new method".

stux, to random
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Respect for journalists who try to interview Musk :bloblaugh:

It's like talking to an annoyed toddler who can start crying at any time when asked something he doesn't like :blobcatgiggle:

"Free speech this, free speech that" unless it's about or against Musket.

Go hooomeee Elon

JorisMeys,
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@stux nope, I hate'em. Interview somebody worth listening to. I have one life, and I'd like it to be interesting.

JorisMeys, to cycling
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I stumbled upon a quote from Dr. Dirk von Schneidemesser. He described #cycling in #Germany as "normalized but marginalized". And that completely describes cycling in #Belgium as well.

It means biking gets some space and investment to stimulate it, but priority is always given to motor traffic in both investment and amount of public space taken.

#bike priority roads like in #Ghent are a nice start, but we need a shift in thinking.

A nice vid about this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjTx2ALomfc

JorisMeys, to academicchatter
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That's correct. I hope the rest is too...

#exams #UGent @academicchatter

ChristosArgyrop, to php
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I think I am 50% done finding a quadrafecta : a simultaneous hit piece against & .

This one only manages to trash talk and , so it has some ways to go.

https://stefanoborini.com/why-r-is-the-new-perl/

PS 1Gotta admit that the point about the object systems in R is somewhat spot on
PS 2 gets a dishonorable mention
PS3 I will continue to find ways to continue using all 4 of the aforementioned languages, as they are all performant and deliver in complementary ways.

JorisMeys,
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@arnaudlerouzic @jospueyo @ChristosArgyrop @rstats nah. I use both R and (a bit of) Python, and whatever he complains about in R goes for Python as well.

Don't think so? matplotlib.

R has many flaws, but the one it doesn't have is to pretend it's a one-stop-fix-all powerhouse. It's a tool for reproducible and interactive advanced data analysis, and for that, it's still unbeatable.

stroobl, to random Dutch
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Elektrische auto’s zullen niet alles oplossen, maar de stank van koude diesels in de stad laten verdwijnen is sowieso een win.

JorisMeys,
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@stroobl we kunnen al beginnen met de geur van verbrand afvalhout. De geur in onze wijk is niet te harden, en dat dringt tot in onze slaapkamer via de verluchting.

The_Whore_of_Blahbylon, to random
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Me at least 3 times a day.

JorisMeys,
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@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon I feel seen.

JorisMeys, to random
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Juist verhuisd naar Drongen, en ik lig verdorie weer bijna elke nacht wakker van een lage brom. De buurman ook, en een maat die enkele straten verder woont, hoort het ook. Volgens hem is dat sinds een paar weken. Iemand een idee waar dat nu weer vandaan komt?

Ongelofelijk trouwens dat er nog steeds geen wetgeving rond /controle op infrageluid is. Dat heeft nochthans een enorme impact, en niet alleen bij gevoelige mensen zoals ik. #infrasound #Gent

JorisMeys, to leuven
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#UAntwerpen doet in samenwerking met een hoop partners onderzoeks naar geluidsoverlast. Nog tot januari 2024 kan je via de knop "DOE MEE" de grote geluidsbevraging invullen.

Na jarenlang te lijden onder de impact van infrageluid op mijn welzijn, blij dat het op zijn minst in kaart gebracht wordt.

https://www.demorgen.be/redactie/2023/deoorzaak/

#demorgen #uzantwerpen #enquete #Vlaaanderen #Gent #Antwerpen #Leuven

TheConversationUS, to climate
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When science showed in the 70s that gas stoves produced harmful indoor air pollution, the industry reached for tobacco’s PR playbook by:

✖️ casting doubt on negative findings
✖️ funding its own biased research

There’s still plenty of debate about whether gas stoves belong in homes, but it’s important to know where the “evidence” comes from, and to expose the tactics that vested interest groups have used for years.

https://theconversation.com/when-science-showed-in-the-1970s-that-gas-stoves-produced-harmful-indoor-air-pollution-the-industry-reached-for-tobaccos-pr-playbook-216698

#Climate #ClimateJustice #EnergyTransition

JorisMeys,
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@TheConversationUS in all honesty, the amount of woodburning done in residential areas shows that reduction of air quality by gas stoves is not something people worry about. If they would, woodstoves would be illegal in residential areas. But here we are, coughing away due to the neighbours "cosy warmth".

verkeersinfo, to random Dutch
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    JorisMeys,
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    @verkeersinfo even laten weten dat deze dienst echt geapprecieerd wordt!

    JorisMeys, to random
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    "I know a Nazi when I see one, and that's a bunch of fucking Nazis".

    My jewish granny (who went through WWII as a kid) on the current Israeli government and military leadership.

    She has a point, you know...

    lowqualityfacts, to random
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    "The fediverse isn't profitable"

    Actually, the fediverse is a great place for artists and creators to find support for work they are passionate about and pour their soul into. It's just not profitable for multi-million dollar corporations that want to fill the pockets of already far too wealthy execs.

    JorisMeys,
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    @lowqualityfacts and how is that fact "low quality"? 🤨

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