Show newer

I miss the days when we wouldnt let ugly people on TV. If I wanted to see ugly people I'd be outside, not watching TV!

Very impressive images of the International Space Station taken from the ground with a 0.8 metre telescope and a fast off-the-shelf CMOS camera.

Credit: Damien Peach & E. Enzmann

damianpeach.com/iss/iss_2024_0

H/T facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10161

"Climate change is arguably one of the greatest challenges today. Although the scientific consensus is that human activities caused climate change, a substantial part of the population downplays or denies human responsibility. In this registered report, we present causal evidence on a potential explanation for this discrepancy: motivated reasoning."

Stoetzer, L.S., Zimmermann, F. A representative survey experiment of motivated climate change denial. Nat. Clim. Chang. (2024). doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-019 @climate

Over the recent months, in the context of and other everyday , I'm starting to more and more think that is not the cause. It's just the tip of the iceberg. It's the widespread that just makes us not care about any signs of social problems around us... until these problems enter the always-hungry-for-sensations news cycle. But I'm struggling to find how to operationalise, measure and underline this hypothesis.
youtube.com/watch?v=w7lBleOF9P

@Tzipporah Probably a good idea... because they would argue you shouldnt avoid the plague because viruses havent been isolated :::ducks:: lol :)

@the_Effekt We have been getting a lot of applicants. Sadly most arent making the cut but a few are.

@Hyolobrika when you click the link other jobs are listed onthe left at the web page.

@Tzipporah Indeed. Have you personally met anyone that seriously argued for it being real yet?

@the_Effekt sorry to hear it got that far without results... Motivation is everything :( As is having a good sales/ceo/whatever. I waiting 17 years to launch my business largely looking for the right person.

So has the all birds are drones joke morphed into a real conspiracy theory people can block eachother over yet, or is it still just a joke?

Asking for a friend.

A hired a few people for these positions so far, but I have ~15 more people I need to hire, fully remote. The links int he post are just for seniors but there are more jobs on the left that we need including intermediate and Jr.

🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱  
I am still hiring for top-tier programmers and data scientist. Please reboost, share, recommend, or reply if you know anyone who might be intereste...

My mom is so adorably naive sometimes. I literally just had this interaction with her...

> Mom: Tomorrow is ground hog day
>
> Me: The most boring of the four elemental hogs... its fire hog day that is the fun one.
>
> Mom: When is that
>
> Me: You will know. The fire hogs are hard to miss.

Tomorrow is ground hog day, the first of the four elemental hog days. My favorite is fire hog day, what's yours?

@LouisIngenthron I bought this but never seriously played it. ill have to circle back'

@falken

It is a multi step process, but yes this and any recent security fixes and features from masto will be pulled in. Along with several new features of our own.

@QOTO

Show older
CleverLibre Social

CleverLibre Social is an inclusive social instance for open discussion, learning, and community.
All cultures welcome.
Hate speech and harassment strictly forbidden.