Skip to main content



how do you include an emoticon inside a parenthetical? :boost_requested:

#poll #polls

  • (of course :) (3%, 1 vote)
  • (of course :)) (11%, 3 votes)
  • (of course :) ) (65%, 17 votes)
  • (of course) :) (11%, 3 votes)
  • something else/it depends/i never do this/bald/vanilla extract/show results (7%, 2 votes)
26 voters. Poll end: in 2 days



If you work or study at the University of Melbourne or one of its affiliates, and you need help with a bioinformatics research problem, talk to us! We offer free 1-hour consultations on research design, grant writing, data analysis, general troubleshooting, and more.

Get in touch here:
mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/melbourneb…



Free online tutorial alert! Learn "Version Control with Git" from Melbourne Bioinformatics on MBITE.

Master version control fundamentals, commits, remotes, and branches. Perfect for researchers wanting to manage coding projects using industry best practices.

Start today!
mbite.mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/intr…



in pokopia, you play as a ditto, a pokémon with the ability to take on the appearance of other pokémon, but with a distinct tell that it's not really that other pokémon.

you can name your character anything you want. i went with "lynne", obviously.

the other pokémon refer to you as "ditto" until you max out their friendship level. then they'll call you your actual name.

now, i know this would never happen, because nobody would name their kid this... and because this is the internet, i want to be exceptionally clear that i am joking and do not consider this to be a legitimate concern, but consider: what if your deadname was ditto and the only way to get pokémon to accept your identity was to befriend them by plying them with gifts and berries and only then would they say "oh you know what, you're so nice i'm gonna call you that other name you keep insisting on"??? 😭

in reply to Lynnesbian

also i only just realised this when looking up the wikipedia article to link for the above post: it's actually called "Pokémon Pokopia".

in a way that makes total sense -- every* pokémon spinoff is called "pokémon something" -- but it's a bit of a mouthful, isn't it?

not nearly as bad as Nintendo 2DS Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS Bundle, of course, but still.

*i am distinctly aware of the possibility that there is at least one pokémon spinoff that isn't called "pokémon something". please do not reply with counterexamples unless your post contains a delightfully naïvely optimistic poster-worthy art piece from BYTE magazine (example). that way you get to pedantically correct me, and i get a potential wallpaper for my laptop/phone. win-win!

in reply to Lynnesbian

The Pokémon Pokopia game for the Nintendo Switch 2 system


‘Carbon credits’ turn #forest 🌳🔥 ecosystems into investments but deny #indigenous communities their rights and are often blatant #greenwashing. Use your wallet as a weapon and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #landrights @palmoildetect.bsky.social
wp.me/pcFhgU-92u?utm_source=ma…


See which jobs are most threatened by #AI and who may be able to adapt 🤔
wapo.st/4uvCpcY
#AI
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

It will be a long time before AI can do real interpretation because so much is context dependent, and requires a knowledge of the culture/ethnicity . Certainly in person interpretation services.

As for secretaries, automation has already affected them, by moving many tasks to their bosses! Soon the bosses will have no secretaries and will be spending al their time making their AI try to perform secretarial tasks. Believe me, I have worked in IT and know that 99% of the bosses (and programmers) don't know what their secretaries do. And I have seen how things like automated calendars moved the work to the managers.

But I never thought management or programmers particularly savvy, and sometimes they aren't even smart.

in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

Where do you fall on this distribution, if you are the human pet of an electro-mechanical overlord?


Remembering this cool piece of art that I love tanjaostojic.com/looking-for-a…
in reply to Em

wow that's brilliant! And intense. Thanks for sharing.

Lo, thar be cookies on this site to keep track of your login. By clicking 'okay', you are CONSENTING to this.