"If journalists and publishers want to revitalize independent journalism, they cannot rely on people in positions of power. They have to rely on the public." www.zeit.de/kultur/2024-...
Today's "World News Day" is meant to underscore the importance of journalism for a democratic public. But what if the public increasingly turns away from it?
We'll have a full write-up of the webinar and other predictions publishing later today. But if you're interested, Omar Yaghi and MOFs won the poll of webinar participants this year. #ChemSky#ChemNobel
Going to move my #ChemNobel prediction chat here this year. So please don't fail me #Chemsky, who are your tips? Oh and yes, the annual prediction webinar will be this Thursday. cen.acs.org/people/nobel...
C&EN and ACS will host the hour-long webinar on Sept. 26
From the other place. Everyone in the responses talking about how awful AI is, but this isn't AI being bad. It's humans being bad and not checking if it was still recording/who would get the emails. Checking this stuff is the basics of responsible AI.From the other place. Everyone in the responses talking about how awful AI is, but this isn't AI being bad. It's humans being bad and not checking if it was still recording/who would get the emails. Checking this stuff is the basics of responsible AI.
In case you were looking for a conference to follow along with today and tomorrow, may I suggest the Warhammer conference currently happening in Heidelberg? My brother just messaged to ask if it was there in person. warhammer-conference.com
Hello and welcome to Warhammer Conference – the world's first academic conference dedicated to all things Warhammer!
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"the requirement to periodically change [passwords] can diminish security because the added burden incentivizes weaker passwords that are easier to remember....[R]equired use of certain characters [also] often does more harm than good" arstechnica.com/security/202...
Proposed guidelines aim to inject badly needed common sense into password hygiene.
Click chemistry forges new chemical bonds quickly, selectively, and irreversibly. That last feature has now become a bit more optional: researchers have found a bond forming reaction that can be undone using ultraviolet light. my latest for @cenmag.bsky.socialcen.acs.org/synthesis/Ra...
Fast and versatile radical bond formation can be undone using ultraviolet light
The BBC has made its sound effects archive openly available online! The descriptions are pretty great, although I'd love to be able to browse/filter by program as well sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk 📚📜
BBC Sound Effects