Chayanin Wipusanawan

Happy Is-the-laundry-on-the-clothesline-still-wet-or-is-it-just-cold season to those who celebrate 🥳

My friend and colleague Remco Heesen once told me study of social epistemology of science made him "less trusting of any particular scientific paper but more impressed by science as a whole." I honestly think that's the right lesson to draw. But I think holding both attitudes doesn't come naturally.

A small road next to a green field with mountains as a backdrop

An emerald lake in front of mountains (Hintersee bei Ramsau)

A rocky stream in a forest (Zauberwald)

A stream in a gorge with a wooden path above it (Wimbachklamm)

Really enjoying the Berchtesgadener Land

10 points from the Italian jury to Espresso Macchiato? 😂 #Eurovision

YouTube video by Taskmaster Taskmaster Season 19, Episode 1 - 'Sometimes spit.' | Full Episode

Series 19 of @taskmaster.tv is on! youtu.be/NE3uOVVjB98

And now I just found that Apple doesn't even follow the DIN standard German layout (surprise!), and the backslash is actually a fourth-level character (activated with Shift + AltGr/Option) on the German Mac keyboard.

Whenever I help a colleague with a LaTeX problem, one of the first questions I always have to ask is:

Where the fuck are backslash and curly brackets on the German keyboard again?

(For some reason Apple doesn't print third-level characters on their physical keyboards.)

The thing about Europe: it’s the actual land of the free now Europe’s very real problems don’t look so bad by comparison

The thing about Europe: it's the actual land of the free now.

Whatever problems Europe has - and it has plenty - it is looking pretty damn good by comparison these days.

My Charlemagne this week

www.economist.com/europe/2025/...

The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.

today we will all read imbens 2021 on statistical significance and p values, which is a strong contender for having the best opening paragraph of any stats paper

pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdf/10.1...

Possibly the dumbest of the many dumb plagiarism claims
nationalpost.com/news/mark-ca...

The 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (#ICA25), set for 12-16 June in Denver Colorado, USA, is shaping up to be ICA’s largest conference yet, tracking with Toronto and Paris in terms of preregistration numbers. At the same time, we are closely monitoring the evolving situation in the United States which has raised concerns for some members of the ICA community intending to participate. We recognize your concerns regarding the uncertain environment and appreciate your feedback and perspectives. We affirm ICA’s dedication to a global exchange of knowledge and perspectives and protecting the free exchange of ideas among our members and attendees. Current rhetoric and actions in some US communities run counter to ICA’s commitment to ensuring the full and equal participation of all members of our global academic community and conflict directly with ICA's IDEA principles.

Our immediate plan includes the following interventions, which aim to preserve your right as scholars to freely present your work and collaborate with your peers: As always, we have made standard invitation letters for visa purposes available via the submission website: you can find your letter attached to your profile in ScholarOne (the submission system). As of 19 February, we have done a new run of all letters without the title of the paper(s) mentioned; papers are identified by submission ID number so that your research topics are not mentioned. You may find these new letters in your profile as well.

The fact that this communication is now necessary ... for conferences happening in the *US* ... shocking.

On board the new gen ÖBB Nightjet on Friday night. Love the idea of the single-occupancy "Mini Cabin".

Thailand's interior minister Anutin Charnvirakul operating a computer mouse in front of multiple screens showing maps and figures

Thailand's interior minister speaking to the press corps, standing in front of a group of Thailand's Provincial Electricity Authority staff, on a stage room with a large screen and a desk with five computer monitors showing numerous colourful figures

Thai photo ops never fail to amuse.

Here, Thailand's interior minister executed the order to cut off electricity supply from Thai state enterprise to border areas in Myanmar where scan centres operate.

(Photos from Thairath and the Provincial Electricity Authority)

Planning your 2025 economics conference schedule? I've updated my list of general interest, IO, and theory conferences: www.igorletina.com/conferences....

New this year: you can generate a calendar file 📅 to easily track dates and submission deadlines of selected conferences.

#econsky

With all these grammar checkers being “AI-based”, it feels like it should be much easier now to create such a tool that is explicitly more “LaTeX-aware”. Is there one out there? #AcademicSky

หัวใบเสร็จรับเงิน ร้าน Gindaco Emquartier ระบุที่อยู่ "689 ถ.สุขุมวิท แขวงคลองตันเหนือ เขตอำนาจศาล กรุงเทพ 10110"

กรุงเทพฯ มีเขตชื่อนี้ตั้งแต่เมื่อไหร่นะ

High-rise buildings in Bangkok at night

Back in Bangkok, ready for the conferences!

To me, “short messages from people you follow shown in chronological order” was very much the defining characteristic of Twitter. I find it an interesting (maybe Twitter-generational) divide that the “algorithmic” feed was so central to many people's perception of it.

A view of the town, the forest, and the lake from Puijo Tower

Back in Kuopio!

🚨Call for papers 🚨

MaCCI Annual Conference 2025
When: March 20-21, 2025
Where: ZEW in Mannheim

Submit your competition and innovation-related papers by December 1, 2024!

More info at www.zew.de/macciannual2025

#EconSky

See, maybe that's different for native speakers. But when I'm writing, at least 50% is paying attention to using the correct prepositions, finding good synonyms, and avoiding repetitions. Or I have to spread out these tasks over different iterations.

Leaf celery - Wikipedia

How well do the leaves on (Western) celery and celeriac work as substitute for (Chinese) leaf celery?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaf_ce...

Plotted version of png converted to data with regression fit line. It appears there's a positive association between steps and sleep. But the simulated data points spell out "OH NO!"

Png showing "OH NO!" in black letters on white background

Here's a fun way to encourage students to always look at their data. A few years ago, I wrote a script that converts a black and white png to data and plots it.

I haven't tried VerbTeX, though, which seems like a possible candidate for a good offline LaTeX environment on Android.

I recently tried working offline on LaTeX documents on my Android tablet (Samsung Galaxy Tab S7).

The setup involves the full TeXLive (!) via Termux and Acode editor.

IMO it works fine as an occasional substitute. Would be better if the editor is more "TeX-aware" (with autocomplete, etc.)

Google Maps seems to think that a walking route essentially alongside a Porto's funicular is 'mostly flat'.

This is a quote from a 1996 US court decision, cited by the judge who ruled in favor of Data Colada’s motion to dismiss Gino’s lawsuit against them.

No published researcher is protected from scientific criticism, not even obscure engineers!

This quote is going into every talk I give from now on 🦄

A modernist concrete foyer

TO THOSE WHO FIND THIS NOTE IF YOU HAVE FOUND THIS NOTE YOU MUST BE ENGAGED IN DEMOLISHING ONE OF THE FALSE COLUMNS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED IN THE FOYER OF THE SAINSBURY WING OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY. I BELIEVE THAT THE FALSE COLUMNS ARE A MISTAKE OF THE ARCHITECT AND THAT WE WOULD LIVE TO REGRET OUR ACCEPTING THIS DETAIL OF HIS DESIGN. LET IT BE KNOWN THAT ONE OF THE DONORS OF THIS BUILDING IS ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED THAT YOUR GENERATION HAS DECIDED TO DISPENSE WITH THE UNNECESSARY COLUMNS.

The National Gallery in London is renovating its Sainsbury Wing and they’ve just found a secret letter from one of the original donors, sunk into a concrete column, saying that he hates the columns and is glad they’re being demolished.
10/10 unhinged rich man behaviour, no notes