Interesting Links for 20-05-2025
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andrewducker- 1. News on the search for the solar system's ninth planet
- (tags:space solarsystem viaJamesNicoll )
- 2. AI Chatbots Are Becoming Even Worse At Summarizing Data (5 times worse results than human-written summaries)
- (tags:ai writing epicfail )
- 3. Several conferences relocate north of the border as Canadians refuse to travel to the U.S.
- (tags:usa canada academia conferences )
- 4. UK, France, Canada speak out on Israel's actions in Gaza. (Not actually doing anything about it, mind you)
- (tags:UK France Israel Canada gaza )
- 5. What's the state of using AI for science?
- (tags:ai research physics )
- 6. It's Breathtaking How Fast AI Is Screwing Up the Education System
- (tags:ai Education school doom )
- 7. Sex worker 'terrified' by plans for new Scottish prostitution law
- (tags:sexwork scotland OhForFucksSake )
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Date: 2025-05-20 11:15 am (UTC)kerk
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Date: 2025-05-20 11:38 am (UTC)For a history of the 20-or-so objects in the solar system which have been defined as planets at one time or another, this is fascinating: https://starkeycomics.com/2023/07/16/the-history-of-planets-in-our-solar-system/
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Date: 2025-05-20 01:54 pm (UTC)The search for the 'ninth planet' continues, regardless of Pluto, whose existence is irrelevant to the question at hand. For a while they were calling it the search for the tenth planet.
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Date: 2025-05-20 12:02 pm (UTC)And there are those that are wrong.
They just re-defined me as not existing; made me illegal, twice over.
They are just as wrong.
Can't remember ever seeing the quote attributed, but it goes something like this...
"It is a supreme irony that while many planets have Moons, the Moon itself is not itself a Moon, but a planet twinned with a much bigger sibling."
I exist, and Pluto is a planet.
kerk (Queer, Trans and Non-binary)
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Date: 2025-05-20 12:08 pm (UTC)Science changes. We take on new information. We adjust our definitions to fit the universe better. That's led both to better support and understanding of trans people, and to a better understanding of the different kinds of objects in space. Linking the two together doesn't make any sense to me at all.
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Date: 2025-05-20 03:48 pm (UTC)I like this.
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Date: 2025-05-20 01:42 pm (UTC)In any case, there are always enough Chinese students to come and solve problems. Cheating or not.
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Date: 2025-05-20 03:47 pm (UTC)Not "always"; the Chinese population is aging.
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Date: 2025-05-20 05:30 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2025-05-20 02:01 pm (UTC)On two of my last three visits to Canada, I was quizzed by Canadian customs as to what I was doing there. When I was attending a conference, I was expected to produce documentation, which I didn't have, having done everything by e-mail. They were surprised that I didn't have those e-mails on my phone, but I don't do e-mail by phone. When I went as a tourist, I was expected to rattle off from the top of my head some tourist attractions I'd be visiting. The third time, however, the customs queries were by kiosk, and it didn't try to grill me.
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Date: 2025-05-20 02:03 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2025-05-20 04:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-05-20 04:53 pm (UTC)If the entire point of going to school is getting a credential line on your resume, why do the work?
Learning is a niche hobby for those who enjoy it now, not a path to a better life or something to be proud of on its own.
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Date: 2025-05-21 08:01 am (UTC)