Paul Gardner
@ppgardne.bsky.social
Bioinformatics, RNA, benchmarking & educating to fund kayaking and fishing. Ōtepoti/Dunedin, Aotearoa/New Zealand. From Whāngārā.
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The more deep learning I do, the more I like logistic regression
November 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The more deep learning I do, the more I like logistic regression
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This has got to be AI generated word salad, surely, because nobody with basic knowledge of real numbers would even think to write that division of integers can generate irrational numbers.
Damn…..did the people that wrote the new “knowledge rich” curriculum even proof read their work or know how to math?
October 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This has got to be AI generated word salad, surely, because nobody with basic knowledge of real numbers would even think to write that division of integers can generate irrational numbers.
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1. We ( @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, and I) have a new preprint up on the arXiv.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
October 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
1. We ( @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, and I) have a new preprint up on the arXiv.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
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Opening for an epidemiologist at my organisation, the Pacific Community (SPC). Based in Suva; not in my Statistics division but in the Public Health Division next door. Applications close 26 October Fiji time. careers.spc.int/job/epidemio...
Epidemiologist - Infectious Diseases
Noumea, New Caledonia or Suva, Fiji based position Attractive expatriate package Join the principal development organisation in the region Description The Pa...
careers.spc.int
October 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Opening for an epidemiologist at my organisation, the Pacific Community (SPC). Based in Suva; not in my Statistics division but in the Public Health Division next door. Applications close 26 October Fiji time. careers.spc.int/job/epidemio...
"A new independent board, Research Funding New Zealand, will bring together multiple decision-makers, including the (MBIE) Science Board and Marsden Fund Council, to make future funding decisions."
October 14, 2025 at 1:48 AM
"A new independent board, Research Funding New Zealand, will bring together multiple decision-makers, including the (MBIE) Science Board and Marsden Fund Council, to make future funding decisions."
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I am hiring! - looking for a Staff Scientist to co-run my research group with me. Staff Scientist is a senior professional scientist role at EMBL. Please forward to people you might know who could be interested! embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
Staff Scientist
About EMBL-EBI EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute is a data powerhouse, utilised on a global scale to advance scientific discovery through bioinformatics and solutions to some of the world’s mos...
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I am hiring! - looking for a Staff Scientist to co-run my research group with me. Staff Scientist is a senior professional scientist role at EMBL. Please forward to people you might know who could be interested! embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
Anyone that thinks email is a secure means of communication is kidding themselves.
October 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Anyone that thinks email is a secure means of communication is kidding themselves.
In AoNZ at 18 you can:
-be tried as an adult
-serve the NZDF
-buy alcohol & cigarettes
-vote
-drive a class 2 truck
-work fulltime, including in a bar
But according to NZGovt CoC these are children 🙄
-be tried as an adult
-serve the NZDF
-buy alcohol & cigarettes
-vote
-drive a class 2 truck
-work fulltime, including in a bar
But according to NZGovt CoC these are children 🙄
October 6, 2025 at 6:53 AM
In AoNZ at 18 you can:
-be tried as an adult
-serve the NZDF
-buy alcohol & cigarettes
-vote
-drive a class 2 truck
-work fulltime, including in a bar
But according to NZGovt CoC these are children 🙄
-be tried as an adult
-serve the NZDF
-buy alcohol & cigarettes
-vote
-drive a class 2 truck
-work fulltime, including in a bar
But according to NZGovt CoC these are children 🙄
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Sometimes I think about how from 1935-1975ish, Bell Labs produced an insane amount of revolutionary science and technology, including 11 Nobel Prizes, the transistor, UNIX, C, the laser, the solar cell, information theory, etc. The secret? Provide scientists with ample, steady, no-strings funding.
sites.stat.columbia.edu
October 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Sometimes I think about how from 1935-1975ish, Bell Labs produced an insane amount of revolutionary science and technology, including 11 Nobel Prizes, the transistor, UNIX, C, the laser, the solar cell, information theory, etc. The secret? Provide scientists with ample, steady, no-strings funding.
Shockingly apt. Monday morning gift from @petermace.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Shockingly apt. Monday morning gift from @petermace.bsky.social
There's a Dunedin-Ōtepoti based crime series?! Yes please! Thanks @vandasymon.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
There's a Dunedin-Ōtepoti based crime series?! Yes please! Thanks @vandasymon.bsky.social
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Sent this to a friend yesterday, who had never heard of it, so re-upping for other Ōtepoti Dunedin folk who are finding the whole voting thing a bit overwhelming.
October 1, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Sent this to a friend yesterday, who had never heard of it, so re-upping for other Ōtepoti Dunedin folk who are finding the whole voting thing a bit overwhelming.
I just read Ihaka & Gentleman for the first time: doi.org/10.1080/1061...
It has only taken ~20 years of using R to get around to it. Not as bad as I thought it would be.
#impactfulpapersnz
It has only taken ~20 years of using R to get around to it. Not as bad as I thought it would be.
#impactfulpapersnz
doi.org
September 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I just read Ihaka & Gentleman for the first time: doi.org/10.1080/1061...
It has only taken ~20 years of using R to get around to it. Not as bad as I thought it would be.
#impactfulpapersnz
It has only taken ~20 years of using R to get around to it. Not as bad as I thought it would be.
#impactfulpapersnz
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Was in Ōtautahi Christchurch when an epic NorWest sunset kicked off.
Hagley Park is the perfect place to frame it up.
#Nikon #NZ #GreatNZRoadie #Sunset
Hagley Park is the perfect place to frame it up.
#Nikon #NZ #GreatNZRoadie #Sunset
September 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Was in Ōtautahi Christchurch when an epic NorWest sunset kicked off.
Hagley Park is the perfect place to frame it up.
#Nikon #NZ #GreatNZRoadie #Sunset
Hagley Park is the perfect place to frame it up.
#Nikon #NZ #GreatNZRoadie #Sunset
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Do you like theoretical biology, mathematical&conceptual modelling and want to apply yourself to cutting-edge research at all levels of biology, from molecules to ecosystems?
Come to EMBL! Scope includes physics-based models, emergence, statistics, ML/AI
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
Come to EMBL! Scope includes physics-based models, emergence, statistics, ML/AI
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
September 29, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Do you like theoretical biology, mathematical&conceptual modelling and want to apply yourself to cutting-edge research at all levels of biology, from molecules to ecosystems?
Come to EMBL! Scope includes physics-based models, emergence, statistics, ML/AI
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
Come to EMBL! Scope includes physics-based models, emergence, statistics, ML/AI
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
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In case anyone has forgotten what happened in Christchurch only 14 years ago
September 29, 2025 at 2:08 AM
In case anyone has forgotten what happened in Christchurch only 14 years ago
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Delighted to see our paper studying the evolution of plasmids over the last 100 years, now out! Years of work by Adrian Cazares, also Nick Thomson @sangerinstitute.bsky.social - this version much improved over the preprint. Final version should be open access, apols.
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September 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Delighted to see our paper studying the evolution of plasmids over the last 100 years, now out! Years of work by Adrian Cazares, also Nick Thomson @sangerinstitute.bsky.social - this version much improved over the preprint. Final version should be open access, apols.
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One for the rowers. This is called being too ambitious in the 2025 World Rowing Virtual Series. 8x (1min+1m rest). 10m penalty for every metre difference from round 1. share.google/oTYXRmnAPdQ3...
September 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
One for the rowers. This is called being too ambitious in the 2025 World Rowing Virtual Series. 8x (1min+1m rest). 10m penalty for every metre difference from round 1. share.google/oTYXRmnAPdQ3...
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I screen out Frontiers emails so hadn't seen a colleague's invite to their editorial board. so the colleague emailed me directly to ask again (we're friendly w/ each other)
I don't like saying 'no' to service for good colleagues, but one must act on principle against bad publishers. here's my reply
I don't like saying 'no' to service for good colleagues, but one must act on principle against bad publishers. here's my reply
September 23, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I screen out Frontiers emails so hadn't seen a colleague's invite to their editorial board. so the colleague emailed me directly to ask again (we're friendly w/ each other)
I don't like saying 'no' to service for good colleagues, but one must act on principle against bad publishers. here's my reply
I don't like saying 'no' to service for good colleagues, but one must act on principle against bad publishers. here's my reply
*Four* international PhD supervision requests is a new record. Is anyone else receiving these daily?
September 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
*Four* international PhD supervision requests is a new record. Is anyone else receiving these daily?
Yesterday, fishing, not catching.
September 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Yesterday, fishing, not catching.
What are your most snake-oily AI proposals? AI discovery of herbal immune boosters? AI crime prediction? AI detection of AI use? Shoutout to Narayanan & Kapoor: www.normaltech.ai/p/starting-r...
September 19, 2025 at 2:18 AM
What are your most snake-oily AI proposals? AI discovery of herbal immune boosters? AI crime prediction? AI detection of AI use? Shoutout to Narayanan & Kapoor: www.normaltech.ai/p/starting-r...
There hasn't been much discussion of the "New Zealand Institute for Advanced Technology" here. Our major research grants have been defunded for ~5 AI2commercialisation proposals. Bio/gene tech has been quietly dropped from the new PRO idea. www.mbie.govt.nz/about/news/n...
New Zealand Institute for Advanced Technology launches major AI investment | Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
The New Zealand Institute for Advanced Technology (NZIAT) is launching its second major initiative to accelerate artificial intelligence (AI) research and commercialisation.
www.mbie.govt.nz
September 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
There hasn't been much discussion of the "New Zealand Institute for Advanced Technology" here. Our major research grants have been defunded for ~5 AI2commercialisation proposals. Bio/gene tech has been quietly dropped from the new PRO idea. www.mbie.govt.nz/about/news/n...
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Someone described NZ pols as swinging back and forth between austerity and get-rich-quick schemes.
Now that it’s been pointed out, I see it everywhere
Now that it’s been pointed out, I see it everywhere
September 18, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Someone described NZ pols as swinging back and forth between austerity and get-rich-quick schemes.
Now that it’s been pointed out, I see it everywhere
Now that it’s been pointed out, I see it everywhere