Kevin Gross and I have a new paper out in PLOS Biology about how the ubiquitous incentive structures that motivate hard work also discourage scientists from taking on high-risk, high-return research projects.
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Rationalizing risk aversion in science: Why incentives to work hard clash with incentives to take risks
Scientific research requires taking risks, so why does much funded scientific research play it safe? This study uses an economic contracting model to argue that this can be explained in part by the non-observability of scientists’ effort and their ri…journals.plos.org
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MIT dropped its contract with Elsevier, the huge scientific journal company. Their library instead arranged alternate access to journals and tools for researchers to get them. They’re saving $2 million/year:
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#academicpublishing #OpenAccess #science #scientificpublishing
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I like this meme! I like even more the fact that the image was created by Louis Wain. I remember seeing some of his work when I was a child. It had some how made it's way from Britain to small town USA. Netflix has in its collection a movie about Wain's life: The Electrical Life of Louis Wain starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
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Draupnir is now being supported with a grant from NLnet NGI Zero. I've written up a post with some context, and to describe the goals for the project marewolf.me/posts/draupnir/24-…
If you do have feedback or questions you can reach out to me here or in our matrix room matrix.to/#/#draupnir:matrix.o… (which is preferred).
Matrix - Decentralised and secure communication
You're invited to talk on Matrix. If you don't already have a client this link will help you pick one, and join the conversation. If you already have one, this link will help you join the conversationmatrix.to
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>The second is to protect your community by applying policies from community curated policy lists, for example the community moderation effort, to your rooms around the clock. This means that communities can warn and protect each other of known threats
Sounds like fediblock with all the bad that entails. What online moderation really needs is a mechanism for due process. Cc: @ntnsndr
GitHub - the-draupnir-project/Draupnir: A Matrix moderation bot
A Matrix moderation bot. Contribute to the-draupnir-project/Draupnir development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
79% of Americans express concern about the way businesses use their personal data. 👀
Clearly we're in need of change: Nextcloud is the most privacy-respecting digital collaboration platform available for your business.
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shapez 2 is an absurdly great and accessible factory-building game out now gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/shap…
shapez 2 is an absurdly great and accessible factory-building game out now
Time to cut some shapes, and I don't mean on the dance floor. Factory-building sim shapez 2 is out now in Early Access with Linux support.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Acecho en internet, ¡hablemos de esto!
el acecho en línea fue mencionado como una forma de vigilancia que facilita la implementación de otras formas de violencia, como el feminicidio
Vampire Survivors gets free content in The Darkasso update, online co-op still in development gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/vamp…
#VampireSurvivors #Linux #SteamDeck
Vampire Survivors gets free content in The Darkasso update, online co-op still in development
The game that started it all and has been cloned repeatedly, Vampire Survivors has another free update out with The Darkasso update.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
The Discovery of the Future by H. G. Wells
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.Project Gutenberg
Get ready to paint the world in tracks with Super Loco World from the Farlanders creator, a fresh train management and automation sim gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/get-…
Get ready to paint the world in tracks with Super Loco World from the Farlanders creator
The developer of Farlanders, Andriy Bychkovskyi, has revealed their next game with Super Loco World, a train building management and automation sim.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
These new Factorio enemies coming in Factorio: Space Age look horrifying gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/thes…
#Factorio #IndieGame #PCGaming
These new Factorio enemies coming in Factorio: Space Age look horrifying
Factorio is a game about building and automating, but it's also all about defending from vicious aliens and the new lot coming in Factorio: Space Age look like the stuff of nightmares.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
A cool video about fever and the immune system, what it is and how it works. Fun fact, rhinovirus only infects your respiratory tract because it is a much cooler 33C than your regular 37C body and can't survive in a hotter environment even without fever ( youtube.com/watch?v=cRZOUcpiOx… ).
"Fever is doing more than just making you miserable – it's fighting to save your life. But what exactly is it?"
- YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.www.youtube.com
- YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.youtube.com
Chilled castle doodling game Tiny Glade releases September 23 and the demo is back gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/chil…
#Linux #IndieGame #CasualGaming
Chilled castle doodling game Tiny Glade releases September 23 and the demo is back
Tiny Glade is a wonderful idea, letting you just chilled out and doodle castles with their fantastic tools and it's not set to launch on September 23.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Free classic RTS OpenRA mod 'Command & Conquer - Combined Arms' has a huge overhaul gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/free…
Free classic RTS OpenRA mod 'Command & Conquer - Combined Arms' has a huge overhaul
If you love your classic RTS games, especially those from Westwood like Command & Conquer and Red Alert, you need to play the OpenRA mod Command & Conquer - Combined Arms.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Steering Wheel Manager oversteer adds support for more wheels and Flatpak gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/stee…
#Linux #OpenSource #LinuxGaming
Steering Wheel Manager oversteer adds support for more wheels and Flatpak
If you have a Steering Wheel, oversteer feels like an essential tool on Linux to allow you to configure it properly and a new release is out with version 0.8.3.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged releases September 19 gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/brok…
#BrokenSword #AdventureGames #Linux
Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged releases September 19
Ready to go on an adventure? Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged from Revolution Software Ltd is ready to release on September 19.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Hunt: Showdown 1896 broke on Linux / Steam Deck, here's the quick fix for now gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/hunt…
#HuntShowdown #Linux #SteamDeck
Hunt: Showdown 1896 broke on Linux / Steam Deck, here's the quick fix for now
Hunt: Showdown had a huge update and rebranded to Hunt: Showdown 1896, but the update came with breakage on Linux Desktop and Steam Deck.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Valve released Windows drivers for Steam Deck OLED but no official support gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/valv…
Valve released Windows drivers for Steam Deck OLED but no official support
While it is not in any way officially supported by Valve, they have now released Windows drivers for the newer Steam Deck OLED model.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Let me explain this image. Someone from the US is trying to insert a plug on one of their devices into an Australian power outlet. Australia's outlets are 240V. US outlets are 120V max. Australian power outlets are switched off at the outlet. Those are the switches at the far upper corners. YOWCH!
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Someone jury-rigs this get up, but doesn't think to get a power adapter kit for international travel?
Pro tip: The hotel will not thank you for starting a fire in your guest room.
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SO DARN QUTE!!!
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"Northwest Africa (NWA) 2097 Meteorite Thin Section."
Solar Anamnesis, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr: flic.kr/p/2jAtAGc
NWA 2097 Meteorite Thin Section - Gigapixel
LL(L)3 Visible Light Zoom: 4x/0.25 Objective Nikon Z6 LMScope Zerene Stacker GIMP Picture Window Pro Image Magick digiCamControl krpano Gigapixel Panorama: cdn.solaranamnesis.com/ThinSections/krpano/nwa2097/Meteor... Gigapan mirror: www.gigapan.Flickr
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Northwest Africa (NWA) 2097 Meteorite Thin Section - XPL HDR Pathscan Enabler.
Solar Anamnesis, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr: flic.kr/p/2hiNJ63
"NGC 7000 Nébuleuse de l'Amérique du Nord."
Luc Viatour / Lucnix.be, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.
Northwest Africa (NWA) 2097 Meteorite Thin Section - XPL HDR Pathscan Enabler.
Solar Anamnesis, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr: flic.kr/p/2hMNRLr
NWA 2097 Meteorite Thin Section - XPL HDR
LL(L)3 Pathscan Enabler 5 GIMP Photomatix Pro Zoomable panorama coming soon!Flickr
"The Night Sky Came Alive."
Jim Vajda, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
¿Hacia dónde estamos mirando?
Un camino posible para la repolitización de la tecnología
¿Dónde se cruzan las tecnologías digitales y lo político?, ¿dónde con nuestras vidas en colectividad?
#Tecnopolitica #CuidadosDigitales
sursiendo.org/2024/08/hacia-do…
¿Hacia dónde estamos mirando? | Sursiendo
Un camino posible para la repolitización de la tecnología. Es importante vislumbrar que las tecnologías nunca son neutrales, pero también lo es organizarnos y…sursiendo (Sursiendo)
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
#Diamond #OpenAccess
Academic journals are a lucrative scam – and we’re determined to change that
Giant publishers are bleeding universities dry, with profit margins that rival Google’s. So we decided to start our own, says academic Arash AbizadehArash Abizadeh (The Guardian)
Situación en los Altos de #Chiapas recuerda a los días previos a la masacre de #Acteal . La violencia a llevado a cientos de tsotsiles a huir de sus hogares.
#AMLO #claudiasheibaun #Mexico #PueblosIndígenas #NarcoPresidenteAMLO #Latinoamérica #amlo #chiapas #zapatista #mexico #latinoamerica #pueblosindigenas
En los Altos de Chiapas, organizaciones alertan nuevo pico de violencia - Avispa Midia
La situación de violencia que prevalece en los Altos de Chiapas es similar a la que se vivieron los días previos a la masacre de Acteal ocurrida en 1997Sare Frabes (Avispa Midia)
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