Andrew Rae

System Safety Researcher and Lecturer. Presenter of DisasterCast.

[Andrew Rae @Dioptre]

@Psythor They are still stuck in the Star-Wars trap of trying to create new episodes that re-capture how great we all remember/imagine it used to be when we were watching through younger and less critical eyes.

[Andrew Rae @Dioptre]

@sillypunk Because lossy algorithms/systems are more efficient! (Seriously, it's because different airports optimise for different sorts of efficiency)

[Andrew Rae @Dioptre]

@glenpyle @aetiology Conversely, when deciding whether you are qualified it's important to compare yourself to the likely alternative interviewees, not to some abstract perfect expert.

[Opening Arguments @openargs]

I mean “huge if true” is starting to lose its punch but: https://t.co/o3ZLvZmC7a

[Andrew Rae @Dioptre]

#T3BE B - despite being careful, breaking a law intended to protect others makes the clown cyclist negligent.

[Opening Arguments @openargs]

OA631: Updates on Trump Treason! https://t.co/JojaNpJzaC

[Andrew Rae @Dioptre]

Wow. Not a word of regret or apology, just concern it made a bad "first impression".

[Dr. Tara C. Smith @aetiology]

Academia has SUCH a problem. People defending others who *admitted* to having issues working with women, especially PIs, and then expecting others to continue giving them chances. Absurd. /1

[Andrew Rae @Dioptre]

@tom_hartley I solved today's Redactle (#150) in 23 guesses with an accuracy of 52.17%. Played at https://t.co/mRdgfTD9g8

[Andrew Rae @Dioptre]

T3BE D. The duty is to take reasonable steps to find and fix hazards, not to cast Sphere of Invulnerability on every patron who enters.

[Opening Arguments @openargs]

OA627: How To Convict Donald Trump https://t.co/DYNyiTTjQD

[Andrew Rae @Dioptre]

@tom_hartley How do you get such low scores consistently? It takes me a couple of guesses just to pin down the broad category of topic.

[Andrew Rae @Dioptre]

@SciencePunk You could write almost exactly the same article decrying scepticism as a label or concept just because many people holding strange ideas self identify as skeptics.

[Andrew Rae @Dioptre]

@SciencePunk One of those articles that makes me scream at the dishonest conflation of concepts and the constant attacks on quite reasonable positions by discussing the most extreme people who claim to hold those positions.

[Andrew Rae @Dioptre]

#t3be A. The man can promise to clean the pool himself, but not bind all future owners to perform a service as part of owning the land just because the neighbour wants him to.

[Opening Arguments @openargs]

OA615: Rep. Jared Huffman on the Health Share Transparency Act https://t.co/kHNhCe4Rls

[Andrew Rae @Dioptre]

@timelfen The fact that peer review can be valuable, meaningful work isn't at odds with the idea that it is work. Work needs to be compensated to be sustainable.

[Andrew Rae @Dioptre]

@thesiswhisperer If we all recognised all contributions to our work, we could get rid of the currency of authorship altogether. I'm not saying my pet lizard does more work than my RA, but stuff wouldn't get written without him.

[Andrew Rae @Dioptre]

@dmofengineering Everyone searches the room for three hours, then they ask me to help find the treasure. I point out the obvious lever none of them have tried pulling.

[Andrew Rae @Dioptre]

It's easy for academics to be cynical when management tells us to self-care, because guilt and responsibility drive us constantly towards overwork. But the message to prioritise based on our values has been consistent in both talk and policy for the last couple of years.

[Andrew Rae @Dioptre]

Days like today I'm particularly proud to work at @Griffith_Uni. VC to all staff "This week may be a difficult one, and I encourage you to prioritise your wellbeing and that of your families and neighbours ... we will trust you to do what work you can, where and when you can"

[A Learner's Toolkit @ALearnerToolkit]

It is finally here and open-access in the @rev_of_edu
The impact of a preparatory science of learning intervention in secondary schools contexts in Australia https://t.co/5SvdhBiME5