Janis Stirna
@janisstirna.bsky.social
Computer Science, Stockholm University, Sweden, prof., and a few other things
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“American colleges, especially the most selective ones, are confronting the dual problems of rampant grade inflation and declining rigor,” @rosehorowitch.bsky.social writes. “Teacher evaluations are a big part of how higher education got to this point.”
The Corrupt Incentives Behind Grade Inflation
“We give them all A’s, and they give us all fives.”
bit.ly
September 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
“American colleges, especially the most selective ones, are confronting the dual problems of rampant grade inflation and declining rigor,” @rosehorowitch.bsky.social writes. “Teacher evaluations are a big part of how higher education got to this point.”
A note to applicants to PhD student positions. Do not write it with ChatGPT. We still read the applications ourselves and it takes about 30s to figure out if it's by ChatGPT.
Young people are using ChatGPT to write their applications; HR is using AI to read them; no one is getting hired. @annielowrey.bsky.social reports:
The Job Market Is Hell
Young people are using ChatGPT to write their applications; HR is using AI to read them; no one is getting hired.
bit.ly
September 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
A note to applicants to PhD student positions. Do not write it with ChatGPT. We still read the applications ourselves and it takes about 30s to figure out if it's by ChatGPT.
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Many German universities have a so-called “civil clause” which forbids research benefiting the military. The author of the article arguing for an end of this practice is president of a Munich university.
www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
(S+) Meinung: Aufrüstung: Universitäten sollten die militärische Forschung verstärken - Meinung
Wer den Frieden sichern will, muss ihn verteidigen können. Dazu braucht es die Wissenschaft. Forschung sollte stärker als bisher auch militärisch genutzt werden.
www.spiegel.de
September 7, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Many German universities have a so-called “civil clause” which forbids research benefiting the military. The author of the article arguing for an end of this practice is president of a Munich university.
www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
#wingFriday evenings are getting darker
September 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
#wingFriday evenings are getting darker
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The difference between the text of the post and the headline of the article below it is staggering
About two-thirds of patients who were flagged by the AI stethoscope as potentially having heart failure did not actually have it.
AI stethoscope can detect heart issues in 15 seconds, UK doctors find
About two-thirds of patients who were flagged by the AI stethoscope as potentially having heart failure did not actually have it.
l.euronews.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
The difference between the text of the post and the headline of the article below it is staggering
This can’t be good
August 26, 2025 at 4:09 AM
This can’t be good
PURE GOLD! BIGLY!
SAD!
GEORGE "BIGGEST A-HOLE" CONWAY (ROGER STONE HATES THIS GUY) THINKS EVERYONE SHOULD START POSTING LIKE ME! YOUR FAVORITE DOM (DOM-DOM-DOM!) BUT FOX NEWS (#1 IN TRUTH) THINK HE SHOULD "GET A REAL JOB" INSTEAD! MAYBE HE CAN GO BACK ON TV SOMEDAY WHEN THEY GET REAL DESPERATE!
August 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
PURE GOLD! BIGLY!
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You might want to delve into this paper. I want to underscore, that's a joke you'll comprehend only with meticulous reading of it.
arxiv.org/pdf/2409.01754
arxiv.org/pdf/2409.01754
arxiv.org
July 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
You might want to delve into this paper. I want to underscore, that's a joke you'll comprehend only with meticulous reading of it.
arxiv.org/pdf/2409.01754
arxiv.org/pdf/2409.01754
On #wingFriday we see Sollentuna Golf Club
July 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
On #wingFriday we see Sollentuna Golf Club
The Washington Post wants us to know about the best sandwiches in town, but not about the Bove confirmation walkout.
July 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Can these pockets take a 13” laptop?
talked to a store that said they decided to not pick up anything this fall/winter from norbit, a japanese brand that makes some of the coolest outerwear around. the reason: uncertainty around tariffs
July 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Can these pockets take a 13” laptop?
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Bra intervju med chefen. Något många missar är att Ryssarna är förvånansvärt tydliga - De säger ofta precis vad de tänker göra. Vi behöver ofta ingen kristallkula eller enigma-maskin utan bara förmågan att lyssna till det klarspråk som ofta används.
www.dn.se/sverige/ob-r...
www.dn.se/sverige/ob-r...
ÖB: ”Ryssland har kapacitet att attackera oss nu”
Länderna i Europa kan inte tycka synd om sig själva.
www.dn.se
July 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Bra intervju med chefen. Något många missar är att Ryssarna är förvånansvärt tydliga - De säger ofta precis vad de tänker göra. Vi behöver ofta ingen kristallkula eller enigma-maskin utan bara förmågan att lyssna till det klarspråk som ofta används.
www.dn.se/sverige/ob-r...
www.dn.se/sverige/ob-r...
This week's #wingFriday is a combination of AirBaltic wing with Air Austral A220 in the background. A new plane at RIX, probably here for engine maintenance. #avgeek
July 4, 2025 at 8:22 AM
This week's #wingFriday is a combination of AirBaltic wing with Air Austral A220 in the background. A new plane at RIX, probably here for engine maintenance. #avgeek
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The major problem with the pledge from #NATO countries to spend 5 percent of their GDP for defense spending is not that it is too ambitious.
Rather, the risk is that by 2035 it will be too late, I warn.
More takes:
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
@atlanticcouncil.bsky.social
Rather, the risk is that by 2035 it will be too late, I warn.
More takes:
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
@atlanticcouncil.bsky.social
Taking the Pulse: Does Meeting the 5 Percent of GDP Target Enable Europe to Confront the Russian Threat?
At the NATO summit, allies committed to increase their defense spending to the equivalent of 5 percent of their gross domestic product by 2035. Can this target translate into the capabilities and read...
carnegieendowment.org
July 1, 2025 at 5:58 AM
The major problem with the pledge from #NATO countries to spend 5 percent of their GDP for defense spending is not that it is too ambitious.
Rather, the risk is that by 2035 it will be too late, I warn.
More takes:
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
@atlanticcouncil.bsky.social
Rather, the risk is that by 2035 it will be too late, I warn.
More takes:
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
@atlanticcouncil.bsky.social
Coding is not enough. We need people who can build systems, that solve real life problems.
"The days of 'Learn to code' might be coming to an end," @rosehorowitch.bsky.social writes. "If the numbers are any indication, we might have passed peak computer science":
The Computer-Science Bubble Is Bursting
Artificial intelligence is ideally suited to replacing the very type of person who built it.
bit.ly
June 30, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Coding is not enough. We need people who can build systems, that solve real life problems.
This #WingFriday is quiet, we can do better :) #avgeeks Picture from last week going east from ARN, over Åkersberga
June 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM
This #WingFriday is quiet, we can do better :) #avgeeks Picture from last week going east from ARN, over Åkersberga
I just had to look up the difference between farce and idiot plot. Yes, idiot plot is more appropriate for 2025.
![Wikipedia definition of "idiot plot": In literary criticism, an idiot plot is one which is "kept in motion solely by virtue of the fact that everybody involved is an idiot",[1]: 26 and where the story would quickly end, or possibly not even happen, if this were not the case.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6waxgers6k753hgsmh2prmv7/bafkreicwreql25fxq3hliczfe3pgz6djdjbrvwbax2d2oyevjm73tb3voy@jpeg)
June 6, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I just had to look up the difference between farce and idiot plot. Yes, idiot plot is more appropriate for 2025.
Asking car owners for their car removal permission would kill the car theft... industry.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
May 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Asking car owners for their car removal permission would kill the car theft... industry.
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This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?
May 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM
This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?
Those sneaky potatoes
seems impossible to make a potato threatening but here we are
May 20, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Those sneaky potatoes
This week's #wingFriday is landing to ARN over Arlandastad Golf
May 9, 2025 at 8:02 AM
This week's #wingFriday is landing to ARN over Arlandastad Golf
It's #wingFriday over Lielupe estuary leaving RIX
April 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It's #wingFriday over Lielupe estuary leaving RIX
Very good points www.fastcompany.com/91317959/if-...
If you use AI to write me that note, don’t expect me to read it
Whether it’s a private email or a public LinkedIn post, we need to admit that using AI to write is simply poor etiquette.
www.fastcompany.com
April 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Very good points www.fastcompany.com/91317959/if-...
Yepp, totally normal. For the USSR.
The student paper at the college at which I teach reports a "tsunami of takedown requests" from international students terrified of being targeted for innocuous, legitimate op-eds & opinions.. Many ask in person--leave no trace in writing. Reminds me of my father's account of studying in the USSR.
April 16, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Yepp, totally normal. For the USSR.
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'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'
X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research
Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
www.timeshighereducation.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:14 AM
'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'