Djoerd Hiemstra @djoerd@idf.social

" #Elsevier and other academic publishers see 'pirate' site #SciHub as a major threat to their billion-dollar industries." https://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-efforts-are-unlikely-to-beat-sci-hub/

I have run comparisons of search results for the terms "garg" (expecting "Gargron") and "electro" (expecting "electroCutie") between the status-quo PostgreSQL-backed account search and the improved account search I have been working on:

https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/pull/11537

#mastodev

https://medium.com/p/no-happy-little-accidents-8663540763f8

the new semester has started, and the familiar rituals are starting to kick in. over the years, however, said rituals have matured, ever so slightly, taking on new forms

which is to say, those who used to ask the strangely large university facebook group "hey, does anyone have the course books for course x" have transitioned into "hey, does anyone need the course books for course x"

'tis all part of the circle of university life

TALMIRI - Talent meets IR Industry to bring together academia and industry. An opportunity for students and all researchers and practitioners to discuss their work, present their ideas and just get together in a nice location not too far from London. Students are invited to present their work! September 18, Putteridge Bury, Luton - https://sites.google.com/view/talmiri/home

A dream of an ultimate OS http://okmij.org/ftp/papers/DreamOSPaper.html

"Mellon-funded report Mind the Gap catalogs and analyzes all available open-source software for publishing and warns that open publishing must grapple with the dual challenges of siloed development and organization of the community-owned ecosystem" https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-08/tmp-tmp080519.php

https://almer.tigelaar.net/2019/08/chronoception/

iNaturalist has an app which you can use to scan any animal or plant with your phone. It is called Seek and I honestly think it's amazing! While scanning, or after you've made a picture, it will try to determine the species. You can also send your pictures to the iNaturalist community to help wildlife conservation or let others try to determine your animal / plants species.

It's Pokémon Go, but then the real deal! You look for flora and fauna!

https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app

https://medium.com/p/ver%C3%B3nica-dahl-founding-mother-of-logic-programming-c8ccaee969bb

I see a lot of negative jazz discourse happening and I agree with a lot of it, but please try:

The Dave Brubeck Quartet, who I've seen criticized by "real" jazz aficionados for being too listenable, and who have a shitload of great music that isn't "Take Five" (which is great, but played to death)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heQhpixMhv0

and

On Elsevier and the University of California - Don't publish in these journals if you want us to read it. : labrats https://old.reddit.com/r/Open_Access_tracking/comments/cn6l0e/on_elsevier_and_the_university_of_california_dont/