@gerstorfer.bsky.social

Philosophy. Philosophy of Science. Digital Humanities. Mælström of retweets.

[@gerstorfer.bsky.social @gerstorfer]

Did you ever take that test yourself?

[effectfully @effectfully]

"no Shakespeare yet -- only syntactically correct Bash scripts"

[Martin Lenz @Going_Loopy]

Friedrich Wilhelm Scharffenberg: Die Kunst des Twitterns (Chemnitz 1723)

[Mushtaq Bilal, PhD @MushtaqBilalPhD]

1. Don't go to open-slum[.]org.

Because there you will see links to LibGen, Anna's Archive, Z-Library, and Sci-Hub.

[kepano @kepano]

you can now set your iCloud files to "Keep Downloaded" which significantly reduces startup time for Obsidian

(available on iOS18 and macOS Sequoia)

[Lawrence Paulson @LawrPaulson]

New on my blog:
Probabilistic reasoning and formal proof
https://t.co/MLgeWHleLz

[Mushtaq Bilal, PhD @MushtaqBilalPhD]

Major academic publishers' revenue and what they pay authors and reviewers:

Revenue:
Elsevier: $3.9 billion
Springer Nature: $2 billion
Taylor & Francis: $800M
Wiley: $1.8 billion

They pay:
Academic authors: $0
Peer reviewers: $0

[CCC Updates @chaosupdates]

Grundrechtswidriges Bürokratiemonster #Bezahlkarte – Entmündigend, stigmatisierend, diskriminierend, aber hackbar, wie eine Initiative zeigt https://t.co/of3Fc6gNBT Siehe auch: https://t.co/u3UCLSl60L

[Shriram Krishnamurthi (primary: Bluesky) @ShriramKMurthi]

If you're an educator who uses temporal logic or person who wants to learn it, check out our new free, online LTL Tutor. This post explains what's so cool about it, and has a link to it. Special support for educators who want to use it in classes!
https://t.co/UpQ9WyfRSG

[Ananyo Bhattacharya @Ananyo]

Hi @Newsthink & @CindyPom Fascinating video you've made on John von Neumann, 'The Scientist Who Invented the Future'. I note your video, which has 166k views, bears some striking resemblances to a book I wrote about JVN called 'The Man from the Future' including, for instance, the title, the structure,the topics chosen, the explanations of his science, the choice of anecdotes, letters etc. as anyone who has read the book and seen your video will attest.

One doesn't 'stumble across' across a simple explanation of his contributions to ergodic theory, for instance. I know you're familiar with the book, as you mention it at 1:54 as a source for the diagram below. Great isn't it? I mocked it up out of my son's lego during lockdown, and sent the photo to @AllenLaneBooks who turned it into the diagram you've used.

As it happens, you've misrepresented what it means. It's not 'an explanation of set theory', it's a representation of the recursive relationship von Neumann used to "make the idea of Cantor’s ordinal numbers unambiguous and concrete". Getting these things right was important to me, which is why I quit my job, with the financial insecurity that entailed, and spent 2.5 years researching and writing the book.

But your debt to 'The Man from the Future' is much deeper than just this diagram (which you didn't ask permission to reproduce) and it's intellectually dishonest to not acknowledge the book further in your video. (The idea of von Neumann as the godfather of open source is mine, for instance--there's no other book or article that makes that point).

The absolute LEAST you should have done is link prominently in the description to the book (it's not), and mention it at the START and END of the video as the source--as any reputable media organisation would have done. Sadly, with the video having accrued the brunt of its views, it's a bit late for just that.

The pity of it is, if you'd have contacted me prior to making the video, asked for permission, and referenced my work properly, I would have been delighted. As it is, you've made me rather cross. Please contact me ASAP to discuss how you intend to compensate me for your breach of copyright.

https://t.co/3mSiiFfSr7

[Jan-Martin Wiarda @JMWiarda]

Wegducken als Überlebensstrategie

Das Forschungsministerium stellt die Freiheit kritischer Forschender in Frage – und keiner schaut hin. Selbst wenn Bettina Stark-Watzinger die Affäre übersteht, der Schaden ist groß.

Im @Tagesspiegel und im Blog: https://t.co/mRbMKRYL6T

[Greg Frost-Arnold @gfrostarnold]

This book finally exists! There were times when I thought it would never happen, but several people, including @RrrichardZach and Dirk Schlimm, gave me and Steve Awodey absolutely necessary help at crucial moments—thanks to them, and everyone else who helped us!

[Friedemann Vogel @VogelFriedemann]

Mitbestimmung gerne, aber nur, wenn es die Regierung nichts kostet? So entwöhnt man die Leute von Demokratie.

Und es zeigt: #Bildung (von Chancengleichheit nicht zu reden) hat in diesem Land keine Priorität, mit schon mittelfristig fatalen Folgen.

https://t.co/IPSZkPnrfs

[Philip Goff @Philip_Goff]

Working on a new interpretation of quantum mechanics. Stay tuned!

[Karl Kraatz @KarlKraatz]

"It is my view that Heidegger’s philosophy of being is so transparently confused that no profound knowledge of his writings is a prerequisite for making judgments of the sort that paragraph contains." P. van Inwagen in an article on Heidegger-after reading 30 pages of H's work :(

[Nostos @NostosLit]

- Franz Kafka, The Diaries of Franz Kafka

[Wolfgang M. Schröder faustiii.bsky.social @Faust_III]

Wenn ein Mann von einem politischen Gewicht wie #Biden aus forcierter Einsicht in seine Überforderung sich zurücknehmen kann, müssten das analog doch erst recht #FDP-Bundesminister*innen und -Vizepräsidenten schaffen. Oder werden sie aus dem Amt gleichsam "herausgeklagt" werden?

[Reinhard Kahle @ReinhardKahlePT]

Die Kritik würde überzeugender wirken, wenn @KaiGehring nicht in Deutschland die Berufung eines @BMBF_Bund Staatssekretärs, der Professoren für "verwirrte Gestalten" hält, als "unausweichliche personelle Konsequenz" mittragen würde:

https://t.co/q3frL8sNol