Adam Jackson is tooting on the other network

@[email protected] Producer of research, software and odd sounds. Currently based at Rutherford Appleton Lab, Harwell. Opinions my own. (He/him)

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@pauldauenhauer I want the figures wherever LaTeX puts them. It has better layout judgement than vast majority of scientists.

[MSha @MalvikaSharan]

I will be attending the #SOOCON24 and #stateofopencon and speaking about my work. I will present preliminary research on applying the Do No Harm framework to open source/science interventions.

Grab a ticket - limited free tickets are also available. https://t.co/sgc2KdbF6P.

[Adam Jackson is tooting on the other network @binarystate]

@scanlond81 @Kavanagh_Sean_ @UCLChemistry @MMMGroupYork @lonepair @bkoz37 @Materials_Intel Well done Seán!

[Dr Owain Kenway @owainkenway]

I asked Stable Diffusion XL to draw a hot-desking office in Hell and most of these look like UCL offices and some look better than UCL offices.

[Adam Jackson is tooting on the other network @binarystate]

@ThePSF Maybe it's the sleep deprivation but I don't really understand term 3 of the T&C:

3) Additional Terms. You understand that we may present you with additional terms and conditions ... including on the JetBrains website ...

Can someone explain what this one means?

[ISIS Neutron and Muon Source @isisneutronmuon]

Applications now open for our next #Neutron Training course in May 2024. This is a practical instrument-base courses for postgrad + post-doc researchers who have little or no experience but whose future research program will make use of neutron techniques. https://t.co/YaOqMgTnT1

[Adam Jackson is tooting on the other network @binarystate]

@MolecularXtal @UniJena @BAMResearch Woo! Well done, Janine!

[Adam Jackson is tooting on the other network @binarystate]

@Andrew_S_Rosen Yes one can reimplement from the paper but it delays community benefit, repeats effort on implementation "gotchas" and if code *is* available means wading through complex/irrelevant interfacing details. 2/2

[Adam Jackson is tooting on the other network @binarystate]

@Andrew_S_Rosen It's so frustrating to see new publicly-funded methods published as a de-facto "exclusive" to one package when it isn't technically necessary. Something has gone wrong with the incentive structure. 1/2

[Adam Jackson is tooting on the other network @binarystate]

@AndrewBKin @AstroKatie To be clear, by "explanations" I mean "what does this paper say", "what does this figure mean", etc. I think that's a more exciting, open and democratic kind of Sci Comm than the usual "summarise this field in a few easy sentences that make it sound like one man did it."

[Adam Jackson is tooting on the other network @binarystate]

@AndrewBKin @AstroKatie But then I also see very highly liked/retweeted/viewed posts on LK99 that are much lower quality. Something is incentivising that. The cultists are haunting "For You", not "Following".

[Adam Jackson is tooting on the other network @binarystate]

@AndrewBKin @AstroKatie Differing viewpoints of scientists on science stuff, yes. Differing viewpoints of cultists on unrelated issues, not so much.

[Adam Jackson is tooting on the other network @binarystate]

CW: Nerd stuff

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[Dr Owain Kenway @owainkenway]

https://t.co/jpg3MV2eou

[Adam Jackson is tooting on the other network @binarystate]

@ifndef_define @Andrew_S_Rosen @MaximZiatdinov Here's a cheeky little blog post about bad tests from a @SoftwareSaved event a few years ago! "Five failed tests for scientific software" https://t.co/NdXraAMn5W

[Adam Jackson is tooting on the other network @binarystate]

@ifndef_define @Andrew_S_Rosen @MaximZiatdinov 70-80% is a good sign. I am slightly wary of code with 95+% coverage as there is a danger Goodhart's Law is at work. It is possible to write tests that technically execute the code branches but don't really stress the problem areas well.

[Adam Jackson is tooting on the other network @binarystate]

@Andrew_S_Rosen @DrDeCaluwe A _practical_ difference is that when a "unit test" fails it should make it pretty clear where the problem lies and what internal expectation/promise is being violated. Whereas "integration" tests check one path through a lot of code; they are easier to write but harder to fix.

[Stuart Grieve @GIStuart]

@owainkenway The more I learn about devops, the more sure I am that networking computers was a huge mistake.

[Adam Jackson is tooting on the other network @binarystate]

@benjcartlidge Yup, I remember this one whenever I meet a new cat
https://t.co/UpTJwZrk9m

[Lucas Kreuzer - YourFriendlyPhysicist @friendly_phys]

These ten recommendations from @DrHorrell apply to all neutron users as well 😇😉

#beamline #scientists