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Hacker News<p>De Bruijn notation, and why it's useful</p><p><a href="https://blueberrywren.dev/blog/debruijn-explanation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blueberrywren.dev/blog/debruij</span><span class="invisible">n-explanation/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/De" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>De</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bruijn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bruijn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/notation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>notation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usefulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usefulness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>math</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/notation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>notation</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/wilcox-ella-wheeler/76410/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Ella Wheeler Wilcox</b></a></p><blockquote>Let mine not be the saddest fate of all,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To live beyond my greater self; to see<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;My faculties decaying, as the tree<br>Stands stark and helpless while its green leaves fall.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Let me hear rather the imperious call,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Which all men dread, in my glad morning time,<br>And follow death ere I have reached my prime,<br>Or drunk the strengthening cordial of life’s gall.<br>The lightning’s stroke or the fierce tempest blast<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Which fells the green tree to the earth to-day<br>Is kinder than the calm that lets it last,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unhappy witness of its own decay.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;May no man ever look on me and say,<br>“She lives, but all her usefulness is past.”</blockquote><p><b>Ella Wheeler Wilcox</b> (1850-1919) American author, poet, temperance advocate, spiritualist<br>Poem (1882), “Uselessness,” <i>Maurine and Other Poems</i> (1882 ed.)</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/wilcox-ella-wheeler/76410/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wist.info/wilcox-ella-wheeler/…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=aging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aging</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=decline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decline</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=gettingold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gettingold</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=growingold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>growingold</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=henoed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>henoed</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=living" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>living</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=oldage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oldage</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=senescence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>senescence</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=usefulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usefulness</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=uselessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uselessness</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=utility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>utility</span></a></p>
Wisdom in Space<p>I would prefer to lose the power of movement than that of usefulness. I would prefer death to inactivity. . . . I never tire of being useful.<br> -- Leonardo da Vinci</p><p>⬆ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wisdom</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quotes</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LeonardodaVinci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeonardodaVinci</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Usefulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Usefulness</span></a></p><p>⬇ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Panorama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Panorama</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ChacoCanyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChacoCanyon</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Sunset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sunset</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewMexico</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/75785/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Teddy Roosevelt</b></a></p><blockquote>That is why I decline to recognize the mere multimillionaire, the man of mere wealth, as an asset of value to any country, and especially as not an asset to my own country. If he has earned or uses his wealth in a way that makes him of real benefit, of real use — and such is often the case — why, then he does become an asset of worth. But it is the way in which it has been earned or used, and not the mere fact of wealth, that entitles him to the credit.</blockquote><p><b>Theodore Roosevelt</b> (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)<br>Speech (1910-04-23), “Citizenship in a Republic [The Man in the Arena],” Sorbonne, Paris</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/75785/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/7…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=asset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asset</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=benefit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>benefit</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=charity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>charity</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=earning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earning</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=investment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investment</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=rich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rich</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=riches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riches</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=spending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spending</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=usefulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usefulness</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=utility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>utility</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/watterson-bill/4101/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Bill Watterson</b></a></p><blockquote>CALVIN: The only skills I have the patience to learn are those that have no real application in life.</blockquote><p><b>Bill Watterson</b> (b. 1958) American cartoonist<br><i>Calvin and Hobbes</i> (1993-07-03)</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/watterson-bill/4101/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wist.info/watterson-bill/4101/</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=pastime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pastime</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=patience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patience</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=skill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>skill</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=training" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>training</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=usefulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usefulness</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=utility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>utility</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=reallife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reallife</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Usefulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Usefulness</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Useless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Useless</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Knowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Knowledge</span></a></p><p><a href="https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2025/02/the-usefulness-of-useless-knowledge.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/</span><span class="invisible">2025/02/the-usefulness-of-useless-knowledge.html</span></a> <br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trivia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trivia</span></a></p>
John Vaccaro (johniac)<p>SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .Feb 3rd, 2025</p><p><a href="https://bit.ly/stc020325" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bit.ly/stc020325</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/arrowheads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arrowheads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kruger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kruger</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/femur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>femur</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/glycosides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glycosides</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Psychoactive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Psychoactive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transcending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transcending</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/palliative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>palliative</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Death" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Death</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/H5N1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>H5N1</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/H5N9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>H5N9</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wild" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wild</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reassortment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reassortment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/creativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>creativity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/empathetic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathetic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>risk</span></a>-taking <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usefulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usefulness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/diverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mussels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mussels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sensors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sensors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a>-quality <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bioindicator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bioindicator</span></a></p>
Wisdom in Space<p>I would prefer to lose the power of movement than that of usefulness. I would prefer death to inactivity. . . . I never tire of being useful.<br> -- Leonardo da Vinci</p><p>⬆ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wisdom</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quotes</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LeonardodaVinci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeonardodaVinci</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Usefulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Usefulness</span></a></p><p>⬇ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Panorama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Panorama</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/PitcherPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PitcherPlants</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Flowers</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a></p>
Luke Dorny<p>Beauty vs… utility?</p><p><a href="https://lukedorny.com/updates/beauty" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lukedorny.com/updates/beauty</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/beauty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beauty</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/usefulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usefulness</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/generations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>generations</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>video</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/documentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>documentary</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/rss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rss</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations has moved!<p>A quotation from Thoreau, Henry David:</p><p>«<br>Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still. Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.<br>»</p><p>Full quote, sourcing, notes: <br><a href="https://wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/72667/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/</span><span class="invisible">72667/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/action" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>action</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/deeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deeds</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/engagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engagement</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/fulfilment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fulfilment</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/meaningoflife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meaningoflife</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/selfactualization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfactualization</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/usefulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usefulness</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/utility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>utility</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wisdom</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations has moved!<p>A quotation from Herbert, George:</p><p>«<br>The mill cannot grind with the water that’s past.<br>»</p><p>Full quote, sourcing, notes: <br><a href="https://wist.info/herbert-george/69778/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wist.info/herbert-george/69778</span><span class="invisible">/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/liveinthepresent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>liveinthepresent</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/past" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>past</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/present" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>present</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/reputation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reputation</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/usefulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usefulness</span></a></p>
Antonella Foderaro<p>In this study, we consider the actual crisis of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publictrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publictrust</span></a> in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scientificsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scientificsystem</span></a> as a symptom of its lack of<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a> and argue that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/societalimpact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>societalimpact</span></a> should be measured and understood not<br>exclusively in terms of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usefulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usefulness</span></a> of science to solve complex social problems, but also in<br>terms of its capability to display and communicate its value to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/differentaudiences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>differentaudiences</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JD-12-2023-0252/full/html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">emerald.com/insight/content/do</span><span class="invisible">i/10.1108/JD-12-2023-0252/full/html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scholarlycommunication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scholarlycommunication</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sustainableimpact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainableimpact</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/argumentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>argumentation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/epistemicjustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epistemicjustice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MariaLugones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MariaLugones</span></a></p>
Artificial Intelligence & ML<p>Tech brands like Logitech, Nothing, and Microsoft are adding AI-related features to their gadgets, but are these features truly necessary? The rush to integrate AI raises questions about the actual benefits for users.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechBrands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBrands</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gadgets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gadgets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gimmicks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gimmicks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechDebate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechDebate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConsumerTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Necessity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Necessity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Usefulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Usefulness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIinProducts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIinProducts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechAdditions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechAdditions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Marketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marketing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIFeatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIFeatures</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProductImprovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProductImprovement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechInnovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechInnovation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIHype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIHype</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConsumerElectronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerElectronics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIandTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIandTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechTrends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechTrends</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechDiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechDiscussion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechDebates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechDebates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechProducts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechProducts</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations has moved!<p>A quotation from Tennyson:</p><p>«<br>How dull it is to pause, to make an end,<br>To rust unburnish’d, not to shine in use!<br>As tho’ to breathe were life. Life piled on life<br>Were all too little, and of one to me<br>Little remains: but every hour is saved<br>From that eternal silence, something more,<br>A bringer of new things; and vile it were<br>For some three suns to store and hoa…<br>»</p><p>Full quote, sourcing, notes: <br><a href="https://wist.info/tennyson-alfred-lord/67316/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wist.info/tennyson-alfred-lord</span><span class="invisible">/67316/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/aging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aging</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/oldage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oldage</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/usefulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usefulness</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/wanderlust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wanderlust</span></a></p>
💧🌏 Greg Cocks<p>Advantages and Disadvantages of Remote Sensing - Understanding the Limits of a Powerful Technology<br>--<br><a href="https://skywatch.com/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-remote-sensing-understanding-the-limits-of-a-powerful-technology/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">skywatch.com/advantages-and-di</span><span class="invisible">sadvantages-of-remote-sensing-understanding-the-limits-of-a-powerful-technology/</span></a> &lt;-- shared technical article / opinion piece<br>--<br>Excellent points, which is why I shared - but one they kind of missed was misinterpretation... it is a natural system, so the algorithms and process to take EA data and interpret necessarily can never be 100% perfect, and nor should they be expected to be. Ground truthing and other checks &amp; balances are a crucial part of any such interpretation.<br>[This post is not considered an endorsement of this specific company]<br>--<br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GIS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spatial</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mapping</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/remotesensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>remotesensing</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/earthobservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earthobservation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/advantages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>advantages</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/disadvantages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disadvantages</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/opinionpiece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opinionpiece</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatialanalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spatialanalysis</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatiotemporal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spatiotemporal</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/alldataisspatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alldataisspatial</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/effectiveness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>effectiveness</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/blackbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blackbox</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/tool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tool</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/appliedscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>appliedscience</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/interpretation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interpretation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/limitations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>limitations</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/challenges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>challenges</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/usefulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usefulness</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/value" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>value</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/roi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roi</span></a></p>
Michael Porter<p>You know what would be a killer app? </p><p>A catalog of all the places I’ve left stuff in my house, with voice-activated answers to “Where the hell did I leave that???”</p><p>Someone get on that, will you?</p><p><a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Usefulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Usefulness</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/KillerApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KillerApp</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/HaveYouSeenTheScissors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HaveYouSeenTheScissors</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations has moved!<p>A quotation from Carlyle, Thomas:</p><p>«<br>Clever men are good, but they are not the best.<br>»</p><p>Full quote, sourcing, notes: <br><a href="https://wist.info/carlyle-thomas/64182/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wist.info/carlyle-thomas/64182</span><span class="invisible">/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/cleverness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cleverness</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/usefulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usefulness</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/virtue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtue</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations has moved!<p>A quotation from La Bruyere, Jean de:</p><p>«<br>Nothing reveals more clearly men’s attitude to learning and literature, and what use they think these are to the State, than the low price they put on them, and their opinion of those who have chosen to practice them.<br>»</p><p>Full quote, sourcing, notes: <br><a href="https://wist.info/la-bruyere-jean-de/62723/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wist.info/la-bruyere-jean-de/6</span><span class="invisible">2723/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>learning</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/pay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pay</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/prestige" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prestige</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/reputation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reputation</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/status" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>status</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/usefulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usefulness</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/utility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>utility</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations has moved!<p>A quotation from Child, Lydia Maria:</p><p>«««««<br>Neither lemonade nor anything else can prevent the inroads of old age. At present, I am stoical under its advances, and hope I shall remain so. I have but one prayer at heart; and that is, to have my faculties so far preserved that I can be useful, in some way or other, to the last.<br>»»»»»</p><p>Full quote, sourcing, notes: <br><a href="https://wist.info/child-lydia-marie/61172/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wist.info/child-lydia-marie/61</span><span class="invisible">172/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/aging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aging</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/oldage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oldage</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/usefulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usefulness</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations has moved!<p>A quotation from La Bruyere, Jean de:</p><p>«««««<br>A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there are people who may be useful in bettering his position.</p><p>[L’esclave n’a qu’un maître; l’ambitieux en a autant qu’il y a de gens utiles à sa fortune.]<br>»»»»»</p><p>Full quote, sourcing, notes: <br><a href="https://wist.info/la-bruyere-jean-de/6120/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wist.info/la-bruyere-jean-de/6</span><span class="invisible">120/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/advancement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>advancement</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ambition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ambition</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/curryfavor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>curryfavor</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/master" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>master</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/servant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>servant</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/slave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slave</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/truckling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>truckling</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/usefulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usefulness</span></a></p>