Anand Philip @anandphilipc.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe are in South Africa South Africa is in South Africa Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe are not in South Africa South Africa is not in South Africa 000
Anand Philip @anandphilipc.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026This picture says 1000 words about my sense of humor 000
Reposted by Anand PhilipTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 06/10/2026My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com 16983246
Reposted by Anand PhilipPeter Bloem @pbloem.sigmoid.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026The vagueness probably comes from (a) the scientist being unsure and not having the tools to think in terms of scenarios and (b) the rest of the community working for hypemen like Altman who have no incentive to be intellectually rigorous. 101
Reposted by Anand PhilipPeter Bloem @pbloem.sigmoid.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026I think we (the AI community) need to start getting a lot more specific about both the good things and the bad things real quick. www.theguardian.com/technology/2026…theguardian.comAccept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam AltmanBoss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff’ the technology can deliver 101
Anand Philip @anandphilipc.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026Canon In D (Pachelbel) Hiromi Uehara www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdhHOFv5suY she takes us from classical to jazz and to madness without losing the audience for a second. 100
Reposted by Anand PhilipKit Bashir @unixbigot.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026In precision machining it’s known that the standard twist drill makes holes that are never perfectly round nor perfectly sized. When exactness is required you drill slightly undersized then follow up with a reamer. Needing 10.000mm I drilled 9.9 and chucked a 10mm reamer. Instead of taking tiny […]aus.socialOriginal post on aus.social 2114
Reposted by Anand Philipjaz :twt: :wales_flag: ⁂ @jaz.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026On the plus side, one of these agent bots actually downloaded our app from the app store and created an account that way instead of just using the web interface, so, you know, nice to get some traffic on the app store. If you're human, you can download the app […] [Original post on toot.wales] 1144
Anand Philip @anandphilipc.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026[Adorable Spider Discovered in Uttarakhand] Tripathy A, Priyadarshini D (2026) On the discovery of a new polymorphic Happy-Face Spider (Araneae, Theridiidae) from the Western Himalayas, India, with notes on its natural history. Evolutionary Systematics 10(1) […] [Original post on fediscience.org] 100
Anand Philip @anandphilipc.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026I've been trying to plan my meals in advance in order to eat better etc. BF, Lunch, Dinner are more or less optimized. Snacking and Dessert, nope. It's not happening. what I have found so far is 1. A large portion size of/high salt/high sugar dessert makes me want to eat more dessert / snack […]fediscience.orgOriginal post on fediscience.org 000
Anand Philip @anandphilipc.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026OSF is doing some pivot or something. www.cos.io/blog/osf-changes-a-note-… and I really do want to read the reasons and i like their work and what not but this text is so linkedinesque-chatgpt-copy that I am unable to. My aesthetic interferes with my epistemic . "Our animating […]fediscience.orgOriginal post on fediscience.org 110
Anand Philip @anandphilipc.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026www.leversforprogress.com I like some of these a lot, and I think they should be adopted or tried out widely. Especially the sciencey stuff. Don't really care for the parochial/americanist tone or scope.leversforprogress.comHome | Levers for ProgressA Living Database of Methods to Advance Science and Technology 100
Anand Philip @anandphilipc.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026the major design flaw of toothbrushes is that its easy to forget which brush yours is, and while it's probably ok to use the toothbrush of someone in your household once in a while, it's still kinda gross. The colors are all too similar, the handles are all the same, and color alone is not a […]fediscience.orgOriginal post on fediscience.org 000
Anand Philip @anandphilipc.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026A petition to make R syntax and library naming and function naming non-cutesy-kawaii I am a serious professional professional, this syntax reads like it was invented for anime. 000
Anand Philip @anandphilipc.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026I really would like an answer for fucks' sake. 000
Anand Philip @anandphilipc.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026Of late I've been wondering if language models are just a programming language that is fiuzzy. I do not seem to get good results when i treat it like it's an encyclopedia, or an 'agent' for most parts, the most useful things are a natural language interface / UI language. #AI 100
Reposted by Anand Philipdepths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026love how this implies the ABC song has "fans" 471411154
Reposted by Anand PhilipFOSS United @fossunited.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026IndiaFOSS week is finally here! Join us to hear Thejesh GN speak in the BoF session on Micro-granting in India. #IndiaFOSS, the largest gathering for the country’s digital commons communities is back for 2026. Sept 26–27 onwards | Bengaluru, India #UnitedByFOSS 102
Anand Philip @anandphilipc.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026Mutability by Percy Bysshe Shelley We are as clouds that veil the midnight moon; How restlessly they speed, and gleam, and quiver, Streaking the darkness radiantly!—yet soon Night closes round, and they are lost for ever: Or like forgotten lyres, whose dissonant strings 5 Give various response […]fediscience.orgOriginal post on fediscience.org 000
Reposted by Anand Philippetersuber @petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026Turns out there are "positive tipping points" for the #climate, not just negative ones. The ongoing and accelerating shift to clean electricity is one of the positive tipping points. www.theguardian.com/environment/202… 13718
Anand Philip @anandphilipc.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026Trampled by Turtles - Come Back Home cover Elle & Toni www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuIx9mCekes #TrampledByTurtles 000
Anand Philip @anandphilipc.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026The politics of freedom vs the politics of Justice, I think. 000
Anand Philip @anandphilipc.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026discovered drewdevault.com/weird-guys and git.sr.ht/~rabbits/fashware today.drewdevault.comWeird little guys of FOSS 000
Anand Philip @anandphilipc.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026[Photo of Snek] Today's find on reddit: Western Ghats King Cobra (Ophiophagus kaalinga) Enlarge the image to see up close. BEAUTIFUL Photo by: www.reddit.com/user/partographer #Snek 100
Anand Philip @anandphilipc.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026my use of the shell for navigation and other things has grown a lot since Fish was imposed upon me last year. Could also be that I have more terminal friendly work now. IDK. #FishShell 000
Anand Philip @anandphilipc.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026A wild poppy-flower Withered and died. The day-people laughed — But the night-people cried. A wild poppy-flower Withered and died. - Langston Hughes 020
Anand Philip @anandphilipc.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026This is a review of : Départ Rating: 2/5 Went to a documentary last night about French colonialism & Mahé. The poster said it asks: “Why do colonial histories continue to inhabit everyday life long after political rule has ended?” Turns out it was mostly […] [Original post on fediscience.org] 120
Reposted by Anand PhilipAda Palmer @adapalmer.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026Bhutan eliminates dog-transmitted rabies, a southeast Asian first. The WHO validated the milestone on 4 September after Bhutan recorded zero human deaths from dog-mediated rabies since June 2023, the result of over a decade of free post-exposure treatment in all 20 districts, mass dog […]wandering.shopOriginal post on wandering.shop 025
Anand Philip @anandphilipc.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026#Introduction Hello All. New here. I used to be a GP, now I research and design clinical decision support systems. I love Terry Pratchett. I am likely to post photographs of snakes, spiders and other beasts along with papers on things I understand barely. I dream/hope (read: fantasize about) […]fediscience.orgOriginal post on fediscience.org 100