Cerstin Mahlow @CerstinMahlow@social.cleverlibre.org

How car are (under)used?

👉 4.7 million #cars have a capacity of 18 million seats for 8.5 million inhabitants in Switzerland
👉 1.6 occupants on average
👉 Unused 23 hours a day

Source Swiss Federal Office for the Environment @ofevCH https://bit.ly/3vdGXHA

Let there be light ! These are some of the most beautiful #atriums in #Switzerland
https://dominikgehl.com/switzerland-atriums
#architecture #photography

A stunning slow-motion tracking shot of a cheetah running captured at 1200 frames per second.

Source: https://vimeo.com/53914149
More details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icFMTB0Pi0g

Credit: Gregory Wilson / CC BY 3.0

To celebrate my calculator app PCalc turning 30 today, I've written up all the history I can still remember:

http://pcalc.com/thirty

There's also a rare 30%-off sale, which runs until midnight tonight, PST:

Mac:
https://pcalc.com/store/pcalcmac

iOS:
https://pcalc.com/store/pcalc

A big thanks to everybody who has used PCalc during the last three decades!

Le Monde consacre un long article (15 minutes de lecture !) à la recherche scientifique sur le jeu vidéo en France, en Belgique et en Suisse.

L'article est très bien documenté et fournit la parfaite porte d'entrée dans notre domaine d'étude : https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2022/12/23/le-jeu-video-un-champ-de-recherche-foisonnant-pour-la-science_6155458_3232.html

Il y a un paywall, mais vous y accéderez facilement en passant par votre bibliothèque. L'article sera demain dans le print. #SciencesDuJeu #GameStudies #GameLabUNILEPFL

The @snsf_ch's Data Team is looking for a Data Scientist. If you're interested in supporting evidence-based science policy decisions, here is the link to apply: https://recruitingapp-2829.umantis.com/Vacancies/728/Description/2?lang=eng #RStats #research #Jobs #data #datascientist

Elsevier appears to be collecting and monetizing our personal data, sometimes without our consent. The data they collect can be used to "extrapolate core working hours, vacation times, and other patterns of a person’s life."

What can we do?

Over 20,000 researchers are refusing to publish, review, or edit for Elsevier. You can also ask them to delete your "non-integral" personal data: https://www.elsevier.com/legal/privacy-policy/data-request

Article by @eikofried https://eiko-fried.com/welcome-to-hotel-elsevier-you-can-check-out-any-time-you-like-not/?=IwAR3DJSxwVn4OQB_HcRr8uNS1szepCAWy_9wbJo3Hi_ZcfdBN-trs6ndgmJo
#OpenScience @academicchatter

"Diese alte Fledermaus arbeitet aber sehr selbstständig." - "Ja. Das ist eine AUTOEXEC.BAT."

Versteht ja heute auch niemand mehr.

Spending the day playing with WordPlay.ai

1600-word essay generated in <30 seconds 🤯

The result = pretty good!

Has my role as a writer been reduced to fact-checking, performing a Grammarly check, and adding a little flavour to the text?

Seriously questioning what the future of writing looks like at this point.

Also, reflecting on the equity of these tools in higher education. There is a fee involved in using the tools. It's not that high, but it means that students with $$$ are once again at an advantage.

Will HE providers of the future purchase enterprise subscriptions to level the playing field so that all students have access?

So many questions!!!

👉 https://app.wordplay.ai/

#AI #AiWriter #HigherEd #HigherEducation #writer #Writing

As a beginning coder using #ChatGPT for help, I can see the draw for beginning writers.

It's also next to impossible it is for me to critically evaluate what it gives me. At times its code doesn't work.

Writing assignments don't generate error messages.

Teaching students to be skeptical of AI outputs has its limits.

#LLMS #ChatGPT #GPT3 #AI #AIED #AIEthics

Hi there! This is ACM, the world's largest computing society. As you might have noticed, we have opened not only our official #Mastodon account but also our own #instance!

Please consider joining @mastodon.acm.org, a community for #computing researchers & practitioners to connect & exchange ideas with each other, whether you are an ACM member or not.

You can use this link to join: https://mastodon.acm.org/invite/FbXaxAHg

Spread the word with your friends and colleagues! Happy tooting!

#whataweekhuh

Ein fliegendes Faxgerät für die Expressübertragung fast vergessener Nachrichten. Gedanken-Eilzustellung per Telegrammpathie. Brieftrauben (rot), die nach Ablieferung in den Mund hopsen. Krimi über den Telefonjoker, der Geiseln durch die Leitung leiden lässt. App, die geschriebene Messages kommentiert ("Nee, lieber so nicht schicken!"). Podcast, der unausgesprochene Peinlichkeiten hörbar macht.

#SechsUnmöglicheDinge