freakonometrics

freakonometrics, 3 months ago to random French

"I use a watch, an alarm clock, a camera and a CD player. I listen to a portable analogue radio with headphones, or download radio programmes onto a mini-MP3 player. I have a paper appointments diary and a pocket notebook with a pen. My daily newspaper lands on the mat. On holiday, I rely on guidebooks." https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2024/february/necessity-or-compulsion (same here... I can totally relate !)

freakonometrics, 3 months ago to random French

question naïve... il existe un Gaston dans le Petit Nicolas ??

freakonometrics, 3 months ago to random French

"Pour les chercheurs qui constatent que des années d’efforts et de travail, de publications scientifiques et de rapports d’expertise ne servent, en définitive, à rien d’autre qu’à alimenter les indices bibliométriques de leurs organismes, la pilule est amère. (...) Un message d’une nature inédite, qui en dit long sur le moral des troupes." https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2024/02/18/sur-l-environnement-le-divorce-entre-la-macronie-et-la-communaute-scientifique-est-desormais-consomme_6217157_3232.html

freakonometrics, 3 months ago to random French

"La construction des prix à la SNCF, une socio-histoire de la tarification" https://www.cairn.info/revue-francaise-de-sociologie-2014-1-page-5.htm "De la péréquation au yield management (1938-2012)" ou le train, c'est cher et ça n'a pas toujours été comme ça https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4tL2nIOBsQ

freakonometrics, 3 months ago to random French

Really cool project 😍 http://ajrgodfrey.github.io/BrailleR/ "The BrailleR package is a collection of tools to make use of R a happier experience for blind people", e.g. VI "A method that extracts the most relevant information from a graphical object (or implied set of graphical objects) and display the interpreted results in text or HTML form"

freakonometrics, 3 months ago to random French

"For decades, robots.txt governed the behavior of web crawlers. But as unscrupulous AI companies seek out more and more data, the basic social contract of the web is falling apart." https://www.theverge.com/24067997/robots-txt-ai-text-file-web-crawlers-spiders

freakonometrics, 3 months ago to random French

"The University of Michigan’s Index of Consumer Sentiment focuses more on personal spending, whereas the Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Survey. Usually, the estimates follow each other, but there’s been a split the past few years, as shown in the difference chart" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/12/opinion/biden-trump-consumer-confidence-economy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VE0.3Rhh.4MYjMJWQcy-_&smid=url-share ht @flowingdata

freakonometrics, 3 months ago to random French

#mood https://www.instagram.com/p/C3SlnHYupLz/

freakonometrics, 4 months ago to random French

"Too much fresh water from Greenland’s ice sheet can slow the Atlantic Ocean’s circulation. Paul Souders/Stone via Getty Images
Atlantic Ocean is headed for a tipping point − once melting glaciers shut down the Gulf Stream, we would see extreme climate change within decades" https://theconversation.com/atlantic-ocean-is-headed-for-a-tipping-point-once-melting-glaciers-shut-down-the-gulf-stream-we-would-see-extreme-climate-change-within-decades-study-shows-222834

freakonometrics, 4 months ago to random French

"Pourquoi devrions-nous former nos élèves à l’empathie alors que vous construisez une société où il faut dépasser les autres, être en compétition, gagner, diriger. L’empathie est-elle un critère d’entrée dans les grandes écoles, dans les recrutements de grandes entreprises ? Alors pourquoi ? Est-ce une volonté d’apprendre aux plus faibles à se faire dominer et humilier avec sourire et résilience ?" https://www.cafepedagogique.net/2024/02/07/lettre-ouverte-dune-enseignante-a-nos-dirigeants

freakonometrics, 4 months ago to random French

"Bodily maps of musical sensations across cultures" https://www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.2308859121

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freakonometrics, 4 months ago to random French

Analyse statistique des discours politiques https://theconversation.com/reactionnaire-ce-que-lintelligence-artificielle-dit-des-discours-demmanuel-macron-222186 (faudrait arrêter de mettre "intelligence artificielle" dans tous les titres...)

freakonometrics, 4 months ago to random French

"Why Does Fruitcake Last So Long?" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-does-fruitcake-last-so-long/ "In 2017 a then 106-year-old fruitcake left behind by members of a 1910 Antarctic expedition was unearthed from one of the continent’s first buildings. And in 2019 the Detroit News reported that a Michigan family treasured a then 141-year-old fruitcake as an heirloom" (Sugar and alcohol create a hostile environment for microorganisms)

freakonometrics, 4 months ago to random French

je ne cesse de voir cette publicité dans les transports en commun parisiens, et je suis assez fasciné...
#JeuxOlympiques #RestezChezVous #CassezVous

freakonometrics, 4 months ago to random French

"It is time for all computing professionals to accept responsibility for computing's current state. To use Star Wars metaphors, we once considered computing as the "Rebels," but it turns out that computing is the "Empire." Admitting we have a problem is a necessary first step toward addressing the problems computing has created." https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2024/1/278892-computing-you-have-blood-on-your-hands/fulltext

freakonometrics, 4 months ago to random French

"Cette année, le nombre d’étudiants étrangers qui recevront un permis d’études sera de 35 % inférieur à celui de 2023." https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2024/01/29/face-a-la-crise-du-logement-le-canada-restreint-son-acces-aux-nouveaux-immigrants_6213609_3210.html

freakonometrics, 4 months ago to random French

"Return-to-Office Mandates" https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4675401 via https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/01/24/return-to-office-mandates-company-performance/

freakonometrics, 4 months ago to random French

"In countries on every continent, an ideological gap has opened up between young men and women. Tens of millions of people who occupy the same cities, workplaces, classrooms and even homes no longer see eye-to-eye." https://www.ft.com/content/29fd9b5c-2f35-41bf-9d4c-994db4e12998

freakonometrics, 4 months ago to random French

questions aux parisiennes et parisiens... il existe des lieux sympas, gratuits (ou pas trop chers) pour bosser tout un dimanche...? idéalement du côté de Denfert, mais j'imagine que je peux bouger...
dans 10 jours, je vais aussi chercher des endroits pour bosser entre 14h et 23h (avec une bon wifi pour faire pas mal de réunions zoom), le soucis est que mon bureau sera à Saclay, et l'hôtel à Denfert....

freakonometrics, 4 months ago to random French

Pascal Gros

bluedragon, 4 months ago to Montreal

Savez-vous qu'il y'a une dodo énorme à #Montréal ? Qu'est qu'elle veut? D'ou vient-elle? #PublicArt #WeirdPublicArt

freakonometrics, 4 months ago to random French

"Le smartphone a créé une rupture anthropologique dans le rapport à l’autre et à l’espace. Il suffit de regarder le trottoir de n’importe quelle ville du monde pour voir que les individus avancent tirés par leurs smartphones, se cognant les uns contre les autres. Prosternés devant leur écran, les visages disparaissent. Les enfants se retrouvent négligés par des parents happés par leur portable." https://www.liberation.fr/idees-et-debats/david-le-breton-avec-les-smartphones-la-conversation-est-ebranlee-pour-la-premiere-fois-dans-lhistoire-de-lhumanite-20240117_XPDXAXIBJVBBPDPGUBXDYEOAWY (moi je suis frappé par ces comportements dans les ascenseurs)

freakonometrics, 4 months ago to random French

"Darum öffnen wir das Fenster, wenn jemand stirbt" https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/gesundheit-oekologie/ricardo-lange-darum-oeffnen-wir-das-fenster-wenn-jemand-stirbt-li.2178449

freakonometrics, 4 months ago to random French

"... the true social cost, including lost life years, at nearly $1.4trn. In 2019, 9m people were involved in serious car crashes; around 4.5m people suffered injuries and 36,000 were killed. Since then, the number of severe crashes has climbed. New, heavier sports utility vehicles and pick-up trucks seem to be deadlier." https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/01/18/why-car-insurance-in-america-is-actually-too-cheap "the direct economic costs of car crashes in 2019 was $340bn, or about 1.6% of GDP. Yet insurance—and not just car insurance—covered just 54% of that."

freakonometrics, 4 months ago to random French

Snow storm, in Montréal #live