I am getting so many requests from people on ResearchGate that I send them my pre-print on the test of so-called AI-generated-text-detectors, which is publicly available on #arXiv ... all they have to do is do a search on the title. I do not want to add anything to ResearchGate, so I am just ignoring the requests.

Have people forgotten how to do research?

#rant

Imperial units are a pain all round, but I cannot even begin to describe how maddening “thousandths of an inch” are. OH LOOK.. AREN’T DECIMALS USEFUL? I suppose that some other weird subdivision of an inch would be worse, but really, if you can cope with thousandths of an inch, what’s so hard about a centimetre? #units #rant

Hallo 49 Euro Ticket

Ein kleiner Rant über die Umstellung eines Nahverkehrsabos zum neuen Deutschlandticket.

https://koenig-haunstetten.de/2023/04/10/hallo-49-euro-ticket/

#Panorama #Vermischtes #Nahverkehr #Rant

Finanzmathematik für Zeitungsleser

Mein Experiment zur Förderung des Online-Journalismus zeigt seltsame Auswüchse die mich zu einem kleinen Rant getrieben haben.

https://koenig-haunstetten.de/2023/02/14/finanzmathematik-fuer-zeitungsleser/

#Panorama #Vermischtes #Rant

Copyright Data, But do it Right https://hackaday.com/2023/02/04/copyright-data-but-do-it-right/ #HackadayColumns #creativecommons #newsletter #opensource #opendata #Rants #Rant

Ask Hackaday: What’s Your Worst Repair Win? https://hackaday.com/2023/01/09/ask-hackaday-whats-your-worst-repair-win/ #satisfaction #OriginalArt #RepairHacks #brokenwire #Featured #Interest #ferrule #fix-it #repair #Rants #stove #Rant

Build a Better Mousetrap… But It Better be Better! https://hackaday.com/2022/12/08/build-a-better-mousetrap-but-it-better-be-better/ #HackadayColumns #carhacks #Rants #cars #Rant

Don’t Believe Everything You Read: The Great Electric Toaster Hoax https://hackaday.com/2022/11/23/dont-believe-everything-you-read-the-great-electric-toaster-hoax/ #CurrentEvents #Featured #Rants #hoax #Rant

As an avid podcast listener I'm baffled by poor audio quality when smart, technical people who go on podcasts regularly, have the same problem over and over again.

Content can be as 'high level' as you like but if it sounds like shite, it's shite. If you don't care about clarity, maybe don't do podcasts? I'd rather a robot read a blog post than hurt my ears with poor room tone digitised.

Microphone tech has never been cheaper and appropriate mic technique is a 3 minute read tops.

#Rant