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georgetakei , to Random
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To be fair, it sounds like a good plan!

Professor_Stevens ,
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@georgetakei

I find myself of two minds about this.

Wait a moment, I think I'm on to a solution here...

arstechnica , to Random
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Earliest known ancestors of scorpions were tiny sea beasts

A local fossil collector in Morocco found the specimen decades ago.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/07/earliest-known-ancestors-of-scorpions-were-tiny-sea-beasts/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

ampersine ,
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If any wealthy collectors are reading, I have some ancient “sea beast specimens” for sale

georgetakei , to Random
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The resemblance is spooky.

Probertd8 ,
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@georgetakei Spooky!

caspercdn ,
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@georgetakei hey man!

arstechnica , to Random
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EU says Elon Musk’s paid “verification” deceives X users, threatens big fines

Paid checkmarks deceive users and violate Digital Services Act, EU says.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/07/eu-says-elon-musks-paid-verification-deceives-x-users-threatens-big-fines/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

georgetakei , to Random
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They certainly came prepared 😂

Zotmeister ,
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@georgetakei There's a YouTube channel filled with these, they might have borrowed some from there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-QVViPDqb4

arstechnica , to Random
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Peer review is essential for science. Unfortunately, it’s broken.

There's no incentive to fix the system, which was never designed to catch fraud anyway.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/07/peer-review-is-essential-for-science-unfortunately-its-broken/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

birdpoof ,
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Add at both ends and it's even BETTER 🙄

buddhaha , (edited )
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@arstechnica This is another tragic example of how humanity over and over again destroys some of its most beneficial creations only because some - unfortunately - intelligent individuals play unfairly and abuse a system to gain a personal advantage. And just like game theory tells: in the long run everyone has to play unfairly or otherwise fault by default... classic lose - lose

A fix? Most likely impossible without a huge crisis as the gatekeepers benefit from the current system.

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