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Nando161 · @nando161

613 followers · 30115 posts · Server kolektiva.social

"The whole “#scientists use big #words on purpose to be exclusive” is such a bunch of #antiintellectual #bullshit. Specific and concise #language #exists for a #reason; you need the right words to convey the right #meaning, and #explaining stuff right is a hugely important part of science. Cultures that live around loads of snow have loads of words to describe different types of snow; cultures that live in deserts have loads of words to describe different types of sand. Specifics matter, and they especially matter in science."

https://www.tumblr.com/anarchistfrogposting/720773402305101824/the-whole-scientists-use-big-words-on-purpose-to?source=share

#scientists #words #antiintellectual #bullshit #language #exists #reason #meaning #explaining

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Jim Donegan ✅ · @jimdonegan

1496 followers · 4370 posts · Server mastodon.scot

#DavidAlbert - What #Exists?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyfIm9tWIT8&ab_channel=CloserToTruth

#Philosophy #Science #Physics #PhilosophyOfScience #Ontology #Metaphysics #Realism #Numbers #Nominalism #QM #QuantumMechanics #QuantumPhysics #Particles #Fields #Electromagnetism #WaveFunction #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

#RobertKuhn #CloserToTruth #wavefunction #electromagnetism #fields #particles #quantumphysics #quantummechanics #qm #nominalism #numbers #realism #metaphysics #ontology #philosophyofscience #physics #science #philosophy #exists #DavidAlbert

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Nando161 · @nando161

583 followers · 28827 posts · Server kolektiva.social

“Now the #data finally #exists to show that if the right #species of #trees are planted in the right #soil types across the #planet, the emerging #forests could capture 205 gigatons of #carbon dioxide in the next 40 to 100 years. That's two thirds of all the #CO2 #humans have generated since the #industrial revolution.”

#ausgov #politas #pollution #capitalism #ecology #econotego

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/massive-forest-restoration-could-greatly-slow-global-warming/

#data #exists #species #trees #soil #planet #forests #carbon #co2 #humans #industrial #AusGov #politas #pollution #capitalism #ecology #econotego

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Nando161 · @nando161

533 followers · 22831 posts · Server kolektiva.social

Open media

Someone just keyed me into the #fact that the East India #Company still #exists as like a brand to sell shitty little gourmet tea boxes and their #website is #horrifying holy shit

Whatever #marketing #team is #responsible for this should kill themselves. Quickly

#fact #company #exists #website #horrifying #marketing #team #responsible

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Adam Denoon · @adamdenoon

14 followers · 34 posts · Server universeodon.com

#Everything that #exists is #symbolism, or at least that's how we conceive it, via symbolic networks of #neurons...

#everything #exists #symbolism #neurons

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David Aldridge · @slimdave

55 followers · 88 posts · Server ruby.social

#Rails #ActiveRecord is very keen on binding variables. Perhaps too keen.

If you have a polymorphic association `batchable` then you get SQL like `batchable_type = $1`, but you'd need a lot of unique types for the benefits of bind variables to outweight to loss of accurate cardinality estimation, surely.

And implementing `#exists?` with a bind variable as `LIMIT $1` seems quirky.

#rails #activerecord #exists

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