DrCat
@drcat.bsky.social
Distributed Systems PostDoc in Vienna, Minecraft Modder, Vegan, Open Source Enthusiast
It's time to acknowledge, Distributed Systems has a toxic reviewers problem.
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
It's time to acknowledge, Distributed Systems has a toxic reviewers problem.
Every time I get a paper review back that clearly indicates the reviewer did not even properly skim the paper I resent the way we do peer review a little bit more.
October 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Every time I get a paper review back that clearly indicates the reviewer did not even properly skim the paper I resent the way we do peer review a little bit more.
Such an amazing time to look for a job being a postdoc.
September 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Such an amazing time to look for a job being a postdoc.
@proton.me could we have a landscape version of the proton calendar android app? =D
July 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
@proton.me could we have a landscape version of the proton calendar android app? =D
落ちる means to fall, not only can you see a person falling from the platform in its kanji. But you can vividly imagine the ooooo sound while they're falling (ochiru)
July 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
落ちる means to fall, not only can you see a person falling from the platform in its kanji. But you can vividly imagine the ooooo sound while they're falling (ochiru)
I'm currently studying japanese because I like to suffer and I'd like to share my fun little memory tricks.
(you can look up the writing yourself)
"tada" in japanese means "free", because magic was necessary to make it free. And because the magic trick looked simple, it also means "simply".
(you can look up the writing yourself)
"tada" in japanese means "free", because magic was necessary to make it free. And because the magic trick looked simple, it also means "simply".
July 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I'm currently studying japanese because I like to suffer and I'd like to share my fun little memory tricks.
(you can look up the writing yourself)
"tada" in japanese means "free", because magic was necessary to make it free. And because the magic trick looked simple, it also means "simply".
(you can look up the writing yourself)
"tada" in japanese means "free", because magic was necessary to make it free. And because the magic trick looked simple, it also means "simply".
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Providing homeless people with housing reduces crime, increases employment, improves health, and does not increase reliance on social benefits. 80% of costs are offset by the benefits in the first 18 months.
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Housing the Homeless: The Effect of Placing Single Adults Experiencing Homelessness in Housing Programs on Future Homelessness and Socioeconomic Outcomes
(April 2024) - This study measures the impact of rapidly placing single adults experiencing homelessness in housing programs on future homelessness, crime, and health. Using a caseworker placement ten...
www.aeaweb.org
July 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Providing homeless people with housing reduces crime, increases employment, improves health, and does not increase reliance on social benefits. 80% of costs are offset by the benefits in the first 18 months.
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Started doing vocab cards on Anki for Japanese.
After a week now, I feel 15 new Japanese words/Kanji a day is maybe a bit much though =D
After a week now, I feel 15 new Japanese words/Kanji a day is maybe a bit much though =D
June 20, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Started doing vocab cards on Anki for Japanese.
After a week now, I feel 15 new Japanese words/Kanji a day is maybe a bit much though =D
After a week now, I feel 15 new Japanese words/Kanji a day is maybe a bit much though =D
With my Japan trip coming to an End today I can say, Vegan in Japan is a lot easier than it seems initially. It's hard to try to have a vegan western breakfast outside of the big cities. But easy to get really yummy vegan food almost everywhere.
May 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
With my Japan trip coming to an End today I can say, Vegan in Japan is a lot easier than it seems initially. It's hard to try to have a vegan western breakfast outside of the big cities. But easy to get really yummy vegan food almost everywhere.
I'm enjoying studying Japanese on Duolingo, it's tickling my brain in a nice way.
April 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I'm enjoying studying Japanese on Duolingo, it's tickling my brain in a nice way.
Doesn't @icdcs2025.bsky.social have a process to get a 4th reviewer when opinions between the other 3 diverge strongly?
(I.e. one reject vs two weak accepts).
(I.e. one reject vs two weak accepts).
March 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Doesn't @icdcs2025.bsky.social have a process to get a 4th reviewer when opinions between the other 3 diverge strongly?
(I.e. one reject vs two weak accepts).
(I.e. one reject vs two weak accepts).
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“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”
Yesterday many thousands of federal employees were terminated. This is a Reddit thread for federal employees that got laid off.
From the fednews community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the fednews community
www.reddit.com
February 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”
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Fed up with Google bowing to Fashists?
Hit them where it hurts. Get another search engine (Ecosia, DuckDuckGo) and get an ad-blocker for Youtube and other sites that host Google ads. #golfofamerica #google #fashists
Hit them where it hurts. Get another search engine (Ecosia, DuckDuckGo) and get an ad-blocker for Youtube and other sites that host Google ads. #golfofamerica #google #fashists
February 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Fed up with Google bowing to Fashists?
Hit them where it hurts. Get another search engine (Ecosia, DuckDuckGo) and get an ad-blocker for Youtube and other sites that host Google ads. #golfofamerica #google #fashists
Hit them where it hurts. Get another search engine (Ecosia, DuckDuckGo) and get an ad-blocker for Youtube and other sites that host Google ads. #golfofamerica #google #fashists
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Not that it's unexpected, but how fast the capital is bowing to Trump-Fascism is quite scary.
January 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Not that it's unexpected, but how fast the capital is bowing to Trump-Fascism is quite scary.
Minecolonies reached 60m downloads today, which is both satisfying because it's a large round number, but also because it happened on January 1st =D I wish that would count for academia applications 😅
January 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Minecolonies reached 60m downloads today, which is both satisfying because it's a large round number, but also because it happened on January 1st =D I wish that would count for academia applications 😅
My 1 wish for 2025 is that people stop "both sides" discussions when it comes to politics and recognize the existential thread the right poses, both to democracy but also to our ecosystem, compared to the pretty much non existing political influence of the people left of the avg social democrat.
January 1, 2025 at 9:35 AM
My 1 wish for 2025 is that people stop "both sides" discussions when it comes to politics and recognize the existential thread the right poses, both to democracy but also to our ecosystem, compared to the pretty much non existing political influence of the people left of the avg social democrat.
I can not count the amount of times people emphasized how "local" they are buying their stuff without looking at the bigger picture of what exactly they were buying.
Here foods' transport emissions ae shown in black:
interactive.carbonbrief.org/what-is-the-...
interactive.carbonbrief.org/what-is-the-...
December 30, 2024 at 10:12 AM
I can not count the amount of times people emphasized how "local" they are buying their stuff without looking at the bigger picture of what exactly they were buying.
Time for a Christmas Profile Pic
December 9, 2024 at 8:21 AM
Time for a Christmas Profile Pic
Yay! Our paper made it to conditional accept at FC!
a cartoon cat is holding a pink party hat and making a funny face .
ALT: a cartoon cat is holding a pink party hat and making a funny face .
media.tenor.com
December 7, 2024 at 10:32 AM
Yay! Our paper made it to conditional accept at FC!
Abstract Submission - Done. Now re-reading the paper a couple of times.
December 2, 2024 at 10:46 AM
Abstract Submission - Done. Now re-reading the paper a couple of times.
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🚨I'm seeing some climate accounts posting overpopulation stuff, so I've removed the paywall from my article on the subject: Overpopulation Is A Racist Trope.
'Overpopulation' Is A Racist Trope. It's Time We Laid It To Rest
A new movie satirises the myth that climate change is a consequence of too many people. In the real world, our overpopulation obsession must be euthanised.
climatelaundry.substack.com
December 2, 2024 at 9:17 AM
🚨I'm seeing some climate accounts posting overpopulation stuff, so I've removed the paywall from my article on the subject: Overpopulation Is A Racist Trope.
It's nice to start seeing some of the Computer Science crowd over here as well, I was afraid too many would stay behind in the bad place.
November 29, 2024 at 1:59 PM
It's nice to start seeing some of the Computer Science crowd over here as well, I was afraid too many would stay behind in the bad place.
Who's the bestest boy. Cat got a sweater so he doesn't feel cold when we go for walks outside in the winter.
November 26, 2024 at 8:34 AM
Who's the bestest boy. Cat got a sweater so he doesn't feel cold when we go for walks outside in the winter.