Category: Global Open Resources

What do State Representatives get paid to do? Does anyone hold them globally accountable?

Tomorrow We Vote:  What Do State Representatives Actually Do? – TWV University (Lesson 2) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRqe9cyxIDI It would be a lot of work, but I think it would be a good exercise in government to ask “What do the State Representatives of all States in the United States do? What are they paid to do?
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Small experiments with outstanding noise – shared globally for learning and development

Julian Stirling @stirling_julian I’m delighted to still be publishing papers almost 2 years after leaving academia to become freelance. This article is more of a “rant with references”, I try to tackle the problem of perverse incentives that prevent open science from flourishing. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsta.2023.0215 Replying to @stirling_julian There are fundamental experiments that can examine fundamental
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Forcing people to die of famine, malnutrition, disease and neglect is not directly killing them

Sebastian S. Cocioba @ATinyGreenCell  Over 800 million people are food insecure today. We have done a great good since the year 2000, but the ones who need it most are still suffering from famine globally. I wish our iteration and progress on food security would be in lock step with progress in AI. We all
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XFinity, like all organizations now, has a lossy fragmented distributed information system.

#XfinitySupport I had to rest for a while, but did go over my experiences with XFinity in recent days and weeks and years. It is typical of what most large corporations face now – trying to piece together many divisions and workers with a bewildering variety of computers and information systems, rules and automated systems.
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Global open resources – discussions, suggestions, links, knowledge – where all share in exploring

https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/oldest-neanderthal-cave-engravings-france/ Cosmos offers newsletters, but still seems to separate the whole world into publishers, authors, readers in a strict hierarchy. The articles are difficult to read, not using explicit references with title, authors and affiliations. Just hyperlinks hidden under fairly generic words like “recent studies”, “published”. The users experience is jarring. Going from Cosmos style
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What is the purpose of the Semi Foundation? What should it be doing?

SEMI Foundation @semifoundation  You can help high school #students, #veterans, and other motivated people find their professional calling through SEMI Foundation programs. Learn more about supporting our work: https://semi.org/en/workforce-development/semi-foundation-donation-page #SEMIFoundation #Semiconductor https://pic.twitter.com/TyRcnijzAH Replying to @semifoundation What is the purpose of the Semi Foundation? What should it be doing? There are about 780 Million humans in
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$Million-wise and $100 Trillion foolish – precise field technologies

Ariane Briegel, @BriegelAriane Finally- a book on cryo-electron tomography, written by leading experts! Edited by the one and only @FriedrichForst1 and myself! https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-51171-4 Replying to @BriegelAriane and @FriedrichForst1 Ariane, I am sure you did good work, but I have a few comments about your method of sharing. I hate to see good things locked up
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The near future might have many synthesized foods, materials and experiences

The near future might have many synthesized foods, materials and experiences — The rumor on the Internet is that most “olive oil” is already a substitute. If it truly disappeared, there are ways to make oils by blending that can substitute. And ways to make it by building molecules with industrial chemical processes. There are
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Vinyl records as an example of beginning a “global open resource”, Global Open Resources, Translation Ids

Jorge, To become a global open resource for any topic or any resource is not hard, it takes dedication, patience, and years. Also good database, organization and open communication skills.   (“70s vinyl” OR “70s vinyls”) has 143,000 entry points today. I recognize it but have not made effort to gather and organize it.  
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