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Next time an institution tells you how seriously it takes research misconduct, ask them if it's *this* seriously. www.bmj.com/content/297/...
In 1916 the BMJ published an article about the work done by James Shearer, an American physician working in the British Army as a sergeant (because he had no British qualification). He had described a "delineator" which was better than x rays for portraying gunshot wounds. This caused a sensation and a lot of interest — but on investigation the work was found to have been invented. The BMJ published a retraction, but Shearer was tried by court martial and sentenced to death by firing squad.
October 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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davidgerard.co.uk
shel silverstein on the LLM, 1981
HOMEWORK MACHINE The Homework Machine, oh the Homework Machine Most perfect contraption that's ever been seen. Just put in your homework, then drop in a dime, Snap on the switch, and in ten seconds' time, Your homework comes out, quick and clean as can be. Here it is — "nine plus four?" and the answer is "three." Three? Oh me ... I guess it's not as perfect As I thought it would be.
June 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
jwmurray.bsky.social
After some cajoling, got Gemini to vibe code cryoEM CTF fitting and correction. Other CTF fitting codes are available...
line graph of a CTF function, with initial guess and final refined parameter curves. bitmaps of CTF modified image of a dartboard, corrected image (with phase flipping), and weiner filtered corrected image.
April 15, 2025 at 8:23 PM
jwmurray.bsky.social
With GPT-4o I vibe-coded a crystal structure factor calculation, with refinement of atomic positions and output of sigmas. (This 1D demo extends to 2D with one more prompt). Very impressed.
April 15, 2025 at 5:35 AM