Desk rejects are typical in Bio, and increasingly common in Comp Bio IMO, despite the obvious benefit of accelerating slop processing, they are a net negative as: 1) they greatly reward established players; 2) they narrow the scope of work being published to "trendy" topics. I hope CS can keep away

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Cats and dogs have accidentally hanged themselves with shade cords. Not the least bit fucking funny. In fact, I never find animals in distress to be a laughing matter. And people who do are sick fucks. 

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Why One of the World’s Greatest Mathematicians Is on a ‘War Footing’ www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u... I have rarely if ever seen Terry being angry. But here he is …

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IMO there are good instrumental reasons why humans should continue to guide math & physics research. But if your argument relies on beauty or community or "the joy of creation", you need to explain why paying you to do math is distinct from paying you to write blog posts about your favorite anime.

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A lot of AI discussions would be easier if people realized that 1) A tech can have a lot of positives and a lot of negatives. 2) A tech being really powerful doesn't make it good, and someone saying "it can do this impressive thing X" doesn't need to be endorsement of the tech as a hole.

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