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Aliaksandr, the last Dzik<p>Can anyone, pretty please, tell me why<br>- either providing non-snap based packages<br>- or cleaning temporary files on app closing<br>are options so impossible to implement so noone at Mozilla bothered trying?<br><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1925353" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.</span><span class="invisible">cgi?id=1925353</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mozilla</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thunderbird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thunderbird</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ubuntu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/degeneracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degeneracy</span></a></p>
Thor A. Hopland<p>Ey. Take your demoralizing elsewhere. May I recommend <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a>? No, I'm not calling it X.</p><p>"The <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a>" as a <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/pejorative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pejorative</span></a> must stop, because the talking points are basically so vein and ignorant of the problems that is clearly a result of psy-ops. <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/ThinkTanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkTanks</span></a> got in your brain, boy.</p><p>As for me, I reject the <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/degeneracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degeneracy</span></a> and delusions of grandeur that the average <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/oligarch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarch</span></a> has. They're <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/narcissists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>narcissists</span></a> and <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/hedonists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hedonists</span></a>. I'm about freeing people from their clutches, not fashion a iron glove.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bitwig.community/@polarity" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>polarity</span></a></span></p>
nemo™ 🇺🇦<p>Elon Musk's $1 billion offer to Wikipedia to change its name to "Dickipedia" has sparked a debate about wealth and influence. 💰🤔 Is this a humorous jab or a sign of cultural decay? With so much money, is stirring the pot just brainrot? 🧠💭 Read more about this bizarre proposal here: <a href="https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/10/25/elon-musk-offers-1-billion-to-wikipedia-to-change-their-name-to-dickipedia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euronews.com/culture/2023/10/2</span><span class="invisible">5/elon-musk-offers-1-billion-to-wikipedia-to-change-their-name-to-dickipedia</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Degeneracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Degeneracy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/notfunny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>notfunny</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations has moved!<p>A quotation from Montesquieu, Baron de:</p><p>«<br>Horace and Aristotle already told us about the virtues of their forefathers and the vices of their times, and authors down through the centuries have spoken in like manner. If they had told the truth, men would nowadays be bears.<br>»</p><p>Full quote, sourcing, notes: <br><a href="https://wist.info/montesquieu/71511/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wist.info/montesquieu/71511/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ancestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ancestors</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/decay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decay</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/era" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>era</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/goldenage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>goldenage</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nostalgia</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ancestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ancestors</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/forefathers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forefathers</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/degeneracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degeneracy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/past" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>past</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/present" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>present</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations has moved!<p>A quotation from Cicero, Marcus Tullius:</p><p>«<br>What a contrast to this civil war in our midst! Here, set deep inside the country, are conspiracy, danger and a deadly foe. Degeneracy, madness and evil are the enemies we have to fight.<br>»</p><p>Full quote, sourcing, notes: <br><a href="https://wist.info/cicero-marcus-tullius/68891/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu</span><span class="invisible">s/68891/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/civilwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civilwar</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/decadence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decadence</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/degeneracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degeneracy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/domesticterrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>domesticterrorism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/enemy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enemy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/enemyofthestate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enemyofthestate</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insurrection</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/luxury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>luxury</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/plot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plot</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/treason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>treason</span></a></p>
Liam O'Mara IV, PhD<p>The new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Speaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Speaker</span></a> of the House is a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/YoungEarthCreationist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YoungEarthCreationist</span></a> with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neonazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neonazi</span></a> social views, and he here uses the same moral <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/degeneracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degeneracy</span></a> arguments as the O.G. Nazis to say kids are doing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SchoolShootings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolShootings</span></a> because we teach <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a>. This is a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> society; we are not the good guys.</p>
Teixi<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://neuromatch.social/@NicoleCRust" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NicoleCRust</span></a></span> </p><p>If I understand your question,<br>I will go for brain lesions research showing but instead reduction then plasticity —concept that everyone confuses/mixes with:</p><p>L. Pessoa et al.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Overlapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Overlapping</span></a></p><p> GM Edelman et al.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/degeneracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degeneracy</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/redundancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>redundancy</span></a> </p><p>Michael L Anderson et al. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NeuralReuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeuralReuse</span></a></p><p>D Hebb et al.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NeuronalEnsemble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeuronalEnsemble</span></a> </p><p>then as well, wtf differs those from: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MultipleRealizability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MultipleRealizability</span></a> ?</p><p><a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/archivES/FALL2017/Entries/multiple-realizability/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">plato.stanford.edu/archivES/FA</span><span class="invisible">LL2017/Entries/multiple-realizability/</span></a></p>
manisha<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://neuromatch.social/@karihoffman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>karihoffman</span></a></span> yeah <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/degeneracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degeneracy</span></a> seems to be ubiquitous and in my PhD lab we started doing lots of sensitivity analyses after the papers from Eve's lab came out like this one -- <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15558066/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Similar network activity from disparate circuit parameters</a> and then we did a lot of background research on where the ideas came from for neuroscience. That's how we came across the 2 papers I cited earlier. </p><p>We did a lot of work on degeneracy across the scales in <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuroscience</span></a>. Last year we wrote a review where we emphasize that LFP interpretations require recognition of degeneracy across multiple scales -- <a href="https://www.ibroneuroscience.org/article/S0306-4522(21)00450-4/fulltext" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Active Dendrites and Local Field Potentials: Biophysical Mechanisms and Computational Explorations</a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/ShamelessPlug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShamelessPlug</span></a> :P </p><p>side note and a bit <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/offtopic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>offtopic</span></a> -- 2 members wrote a big review on degeneracy and my contributions were only mentioned in the acknowledgment section 😢​ I was a grad student at the time and didn't know any better and still struggle with who should get acknowledgement vs authorship. Kinda sad how academia doesn't follow some community-approved norm for giving scientists credit -- see my poll here <a href="https://neuromatch.social/@manisha/110556283019459141" translate="no" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">neuromatch.social/@manisha/110</span><span class="invisible">556283019459141</span></a> -- still struggling with how to approach that topic with the PI as that was one of the many reasons why I am no longer an active academic but trying to change how <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> and <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> work -- starting with our very own neuromatch.social -- we have lots of things planned and all instance members are welcome to join us in changing how we do and communicate science <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/neuromatchstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuromatchstodon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@Neurograce" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Neurograce</span></a></span> if you use this discussion to guide future talks/research, I would be very grateful if you cite the discussion thread. I know that's not how things are done traditionally but who says we can't change traditions? This way we can all start working as a community of scientists collaborating together and giving ample credit to each other rather than competing against each other :) </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/neuroscience" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>neuroscience</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/cogsci" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cogsci</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/cogneurophys" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cogneurophys</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/neurobuzz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>neurobuzz</span></a></span> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/neurobuzz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neurobuzz</span></a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/neuromatchstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuromatchstodon</span></a></p>
manisha<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@Neurograce" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Neurograce</span></a></span> If I had to choose 1 word it would be -- <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/degeneracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degeneracy</span></a> </p><p>I could be wrong but this is likely the first few papers (by Tononi and Eldelman and others) to talk about it in depth and then was adopted by the <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuroscience</span></a> field </p><p><a href="https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.231499798" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Degeneracy and complexity in biological systems</a></p><p><a href="https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.96.6.3257" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Measures of degeneracy and redundancy in biological networks</a></p><p><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=degeneracy+neuroscience&amp;sort=pubdate&amp;sort_order=asc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=</span><span class="invisible">degeneracy+neuroscience&amp;sort=pubdate&amp;sort_order=asc</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/neuroscience" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>neuroscience</span></a></span> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/neuromatchstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuromatchstodon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/cogsci" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cogsci</span></a></span> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/neurobuzz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neurobuzz</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/cogneurophys" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cogneurophys</span></a></span></p>
MacropodCarer: Verified 🌈🦘🦣<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mcnees" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mcnees</span></a></span> what did he have to say about <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservative</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/degeneracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degeneracy</span></a> ?</p>