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Gjalt-Jorn Peters
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Striving for validity, not validation 📏🧠

Associate professor of Theory, Methods & Statistics, Psychology, Open University of the Netherlands.

Started out in […]

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Ik sprak een tech journalist over nostalgie nav de herlancering van de naam Hyves. En ik vertelde dat mensen ook enorm enthousiast zijn over retro Commodore 64's enzo. En toen vroeg 'ie wat een Commodore 64 was. Ik had helaas geen tijd voor een stevige boswandeling.
September 25, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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I feel very conflicted about seeing (genuinely) cool projects that have been either completely or majority vibe-coded...
Those are projects I would have shared without a second thought, but the vibe-coded aspect makes me hesitant.

For a couple of reasons:
- maintainability in the mid to long […]
Original post on fedihum.org
fedihum.org
September 21, 2026 at 11:24 AM
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Blogged a bit about what I've been learning about models and harnesses https://www.sue.codes/blog/harnessissoftware/
September 5, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Hello fedi dev friends with resumes.

I'm trying to revamp my resume to get a lot more specific about the exact role I want (Senior Frontend Engineer). Seems silly to me, but since I got virtually nowhere in past efforts reaching anyone even for an initial interview, I'm thinking I was painting […]
Original post on indieweb.social
indieweb.social
September 6, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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The A.I. trolley problem
August 26, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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(from Hardcore Against Fascism)

HOW TO SPOT FASCISM IN HARDCORE

Before it takes over your scene.

5 things every hardcore kid should know.

💾 Save this. 📩 Send it to someone who needs it.

↓

01 ‒ IT DOESN'T ALWAYS LOOK LIKE A NAZI

Fascism rarely walks through […]

[Original post on todon.nl]
August 20, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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Intussen waren @Dirma en ik op werkbezoek geweest in de tv-toren in IJsselstijn. Dat is tegenwoordig een #datacentrum waar onder meer het bedrijf @ProcoliX zit. Directeur @koen leidde me er rond. ProcoliX heeft veel ervaring met het hosten van #mastodon servers […]

[Original post on mastodon.nl]
August 7, 2026 at 7:33 AM
This is superuseful if you're familiarizing colleagues (neighbours? family members?) with git: https://allisonhorst.com/git-github

(small caveat: ideally of course you'd do that with an open, community-owned git forge such as @Codeberg instead of with GitHub, which is proprietary and […]
Original post on mastodon.nl
mastodon.nl
July 31, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Hey #rstats community, welcome @Allisonhorst39 to the fediverse! 🤩

Yes, *the* Alison Horst 🤩 The one who put "viz" into "dataviz" 😬

https://allisonhorst.com
Allison Horst
allisonhorst.com
July 31, 2026 at 3:25 PM
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@tomgag/116973845481617445

Very good points, as well as an alternative solution to the same problems, regarding @Codeberg's recent changes to the Terms of Service to try and minimize the damage done to the FLOSS landscap by LLMs / vibe coding.

I guess this proposal […]
July 24, 2026 at 8:14 AM
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Helping androids get housing justice against trillionaire landlords is tough - in Neofeud 2, my #cyberpunk adventure! https://store.steampowered.com/app/4611140/Neofeud_2/
Itch: https://silverspook.itch.io/neofeud
#indie #gamedev #indiedev #scifi #visualnovel […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
July 22, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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As this thread is slowing down (but feel free to keep the questions coming), this is also a great time to plug the public "Linguistics of Emojis" Zotero library, which we maintain. Over 300 scientific works on the linguistics of emojis - check it out! 🤓 #emojis #linguistics #worldemojiday […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
July 17, 2026 at 9:25 PM
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July 17, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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"The study estimated that the cost of grant and fellowship application processes is 13% of the value of the grant and that 89% of those costs are borne by applicants. This would suggest that policies seeking to improve the efficiency of grant funding processes should consider the role of […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
July 17, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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"A storyline worthy of a William Gibson novel... If you like story driven pnc adventures and cyberpunk, then you will like this game," --Neofeud reviewer on Steam Neofeud https://store.steampowered.com/app/4611140/Neofeud_2/ #indiegames #SteamDeck #noai […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
July 16, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Awesome opening keynote at Day 2 of the Open Science Festival Limburg #osflimburg
June 12, 2026 at 8:16 AM
... And we're live! 🤩
June 12, 2026 at 8:07 AM
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@matherion and In arriving at SBE for Day 2 of the Open Science Festival Limburg! #osflimburg
June 12, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Just arrived at day 2 of the #osflimburg!

This will be so exciting!!! 🤩
June 12, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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Final call for registration! https://www.openscience-maastricht.nl/events/open-science-festival-2026/

Come curious, leave inspired. Share your experiences, achievements, and questions!

Join our two days, 11 and 12 June, and our two locations: Heerlen and Maastricht.

#openscience #osflimburg
June 4, 2026 at 11:04 AM
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📊 How do researchers actually use bibliographic databases today?

The Bibliometrics Service of the Université de Lorraine has published the results of its 2026 survey on Web of Science usage, conducted across the university community.

Based on 545 responses spanning a broad disciplinary […]
Original post on social.sciences.re
social.sciences.re
May 27, 2026 at 7:15 AM
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A large part of the economy deals in knowledge – and I’m not talking about education alone. Knowledge is a major ingredient, as well as a byproduct of, any credible attempt at societal change. A host of institutions – universities, governments, parliaments […]

[Original post on mastodon.green]
May 24, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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## Let’s talk being able to talk when internet and cell phone service both go down

This is something I’ve been thinking about a lot for the last year plus, and with the EFF coming out a number of days ago and strongly encouraging other people to think about it too, I thought it would be a good […]
Original post on solarbird.net
solarbird.net
May 21, 2026 at 11:02 PM