Elio Campitelli
@eliocamp@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

People don't like to type boilerplate, so they build wrappers that encapsulate code at the correct level of abstraction to do things easier. ggplot2 and dplyr are some outstanding examples.

But #LLMs don't care. In fact, the incentive might be the complete opposite: as more code generated with #LLM means companies get to charge for more tokens and they get to say bullshit like "50% of our code is generated with #AI".
Stefan Rödiger
@pangolin replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@eliocamp@mastodon.social

I had a similar experience with one of my students in my bioinformatics lecture a few months ago. The task was to plot something (xy-plot). The student approached me, quite proud of her code, and asked my how to improve it. I asked here if it was written with an AI, which she denied initially but later sad that she had some help. This is kind of OK. I showed here that the 17 LOC could be exchanged be a single LOC with > matplot(...). She did not critically question her initial solution.
Stefan Rödiger
@pangolin  ·  activity timestamp last month

While working on a grant application response letter, I came across some interesting information about Beauveria bassiana. This fungus naturally occurs in soils worldwide and acts as a parasite on various arthropods, causing white muscardine disease. It belongs to the group of entomopathogenic fungi.

Beauveria bassiana is used/investiaged/considered as a biological insecticide to control several pests, including termites, thrips, whiteflies, aphids, and various beetles.

It's fascinating how nature provides solutions that can benefit both humans and the environment.

#Beauveria
Stefan Rödiger
@pangolin  ·  activity timestamp last month

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Björn Brembs
@brembs  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
posted-content Front Matter
Embrace the uncertainty
Björn Brembs July 10, 2025
doi:10.59350/brembs.2974
Ever since Werner Heisenberg formulated the uncertainty principle, physics has been grappling with the unsettling realization that the universe does not function like clockwork—a metaphor Newton introduced and which held sway for centuries. In a world where predictability and uncertainty […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Stefan Rödiger
@pangolin  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

#Zotero is now available for Android.

zotero.org/blog/zotero-for-a...

It seems to work with sign-in only.

Interestingly, one user in the #fediverse ( social.calut.fr/notes/a8mjd8... ) pointed out to use #nextcloud for storing the literature.

Screenshot of the Zotero Android app displaying a list of research items organized under various collections such as 'Unlikely Animal Friends' and specific topics like 'Capybaras.' The left panel shows different categories and collections, while the right panel lists individual items with titles and publication details. The interface allows users to sync their personal and group libraries, view and edit item details, take notes, read PDFs with annotations, save articles from URLs, and add items by identifiers like DOI or ISBN. Users can also scan book barcodes to quickly add physical books to their library. Source: https://www.zotero.org/blog/zotero-for-android/
Screenshot of the Zotero Android app displaying a list of research items organized under various collections such as 'Unlikely Animal Friends' and specific topics like 'Capybaras.' The left panel shows different categories and collections, while the right panel lists individual items with titles and publication details. The interface allows users to sync their personal and group libraries, view and edit item details, take notes, read PDFs with annotations, save articles from URLs, and add items by identifiers like DOI or ISBN. Users can also scan book barcodes to quickly add physical books to their library. Source: https://www.zotero.org/blog/zotero-for-android/
Screenshot of the Zotero Android app displaying a list of research items organized under various collections such as 'Unlikely Animal Friends' and specific topics like 'Capybaras.' The left panel shows different categories and collections, while the right panel lists individual items with titles and publication details. The interface allows users to sync their personal and group libraries, view and edit item details, take notes, read PDFs with annotations, save articles from URLs, and add items by identifiers like DOI or ISBN. Users can also scan book barcodes to quickly add physical books to their library. Source: https://www.zotero.org/blog/zotero-for-android/