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💧🌏 Greg Cocks<p>Among the World’s Top Researchers 10% Publish At Unrealistic Levels, Analysis Finds<br>--<br><a href="https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/among-worlds-top-researchers-10-publish-at-unrealistic-levels-analysis-finds/4020962.article" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">chemistryworld.com/news/among-</span><span class="invisible">worlds-top-researchers-10-publish-at-unrealistic-levels-analysis-finds/4020962.article</span></a> &lt;-- shared article<br>--<br><a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/08989621.2024.2445280" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1080/08989621.2024.</span><span class="invisible">2445280</span></a> &lt;-- shared paper<br>--<br>[again, not my usual fare but interesting… the cartoon was added as a bit of facetious fun...]<br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/papers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>papers</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publishing</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/publishorperish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publishorperish</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/metrics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metrics</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/retractions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retractions</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/researchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>researchers</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/implausible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>implausible</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/coauthor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coauthor</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/newcomers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newcomers</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/anomalous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anomalous</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/metrics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metrics</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/career" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>career</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/quality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quality</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/unrealistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unrealistic</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Ukraine Nato membership, return to 2014 borders ‘unrealistic’, says US defence chief <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/738557/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/738557/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Brussels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brussels</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/calls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>calls</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Kyiv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kyiv</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/membership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>membership</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/shift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shift</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/support" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>support</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/unrealistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unrealistic</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USDefenseChief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDefenseChief</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@ClickyMcTicker" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ClickyMcTicker</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedi.rrr.sh/@pearl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pearl</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@geerlingguy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>geerlingguy</span></a></span> </p><p><em>From scratch</em> should (and would) be possible if said <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/configuration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>configuration</span></a> isn't just proprietary bs but actually following a documented syntax akin to any proper <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/configuration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>configuration</span></a>.</p><ul><li>I assume this is <em>NOT</em> the case cuz otherwise you'd not offer said job.</li></ul><p>Not to mention <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/vendors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vendors</span></a> prefer <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/siloing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>siloing</span></a> amd <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittifying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittifying</span></a> products, so having <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InterchangeableFormats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InterchangeableFormats</span></a> goes against their primary <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/commercial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commercial</span></a> interests.</p><ul><li>We can see this peak with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cisco</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> pushing both proprietary <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleVendor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SingleVendor</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleProvider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SingleProvider</span></a> standards, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/patenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patenting</span></a> the implementation (i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VRRP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VRRP</span></a>) and sueing everyone who wants to implement them (i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CARP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CARP</span></a> had to do a shitton of redundant work!) whilst also refusing to follow <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Standards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Standards</span></a> (i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Posix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Posix</span></a> <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newline" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">new line</a> ) &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Conventions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conventions</span></a> (I've seen literal CISCO &lt;=&gt; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IETF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IETF</span></a> dictionaries!)...</li></ul><p>Sadly it's more <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/unrealistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unrealistic</span></a> to see such standardization to happen than <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/YAML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YAML</span></a> being replaced <a href="https://github.com/greyhat-academy/YADL" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">by</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/YADL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YADL</span></a>...</p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/senbillnelson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>senbillnelson</span></a></span> 's outsized influence on <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> over four decades is undisputed, but some of us in the <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceCommunity</span></a> are concerned this may not be a feature 👎. Senator <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Nelson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nelson</span></a>’s imprint on the <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceProgram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceProgram</span></a> has led to grand pronouncements based on <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/unrealistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unrealistic</span></a> industry estimates, multibillion-dollar 💰 <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/cost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cost</span></a> overruns, years of schedule <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/delays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>delays</span></a> and unmet expectations 😠 <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bill-nelson-isnt-the-best-choice-for-nasa-administrator/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scientificamerican.com/article</span><span class="invisible">/bill-nelson-isnt-the-best-choice-for-nasa-administrator/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpacePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpacePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/PorkBarrel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PorkBarrel</span></a></p>