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A perspective on Deepseek's potential to perturb the LLM scene and the USA's (highly overvalued) stock market. I have let Deepseek...

A perspective on Deepseek's potential to perturb the LLM scene and the USA's (highly overvalued) stock market. I have let Deepseek and o1-preview both elaborate on my guidance. The price point of this assay was $0.85 for o1-preview, and $0.03 for Deepseek-R1. Pick your winner.

In my opinion, this is seismic.

https://giorgio.gilest.ro/2025/01/26/on-deepseeks-disruptive-potential-for-the-llm-american-bubble/

He spent the past six months frantically sharing ultra right wing propaganda, he is a fervent supporter of the two largest fascist groups in...

He spent the past six months frantically sharing ultra right wing propaganda, he is a fervent supporter of the two largest fascist groups in Europe (ADL and BNP), he spreads antisemitic propaganda and messages. And let's not forget he is clearly mentally deranged 24/7.

In hindsight, how can people be in denial of the fact that he is openly fascist?

Calling European Drosophila researchers! With edrc2025 coming soon in Alicante, and EDRC 2027 in Bonn, we are opening the call for a host...

Calling European Drosophila researchers! With edrc2025 coming soon in Alicante, and EDRC 2027 in Bonn, we are opening the call for a host city for the 30th European Drosophila Research Conference in 2029! If your city's fly community is interested, go to:
https://tinyurl.com/2b74ab4s

50% of my my social media bubble is about Musk butchering democracy and decency. The rest is about Netanyahu butchering Palestinians and...

50% of my my social media bubble is about Musk butchering democracy and decency. The rest is about Netanyahu butchering Palestinians and humanity. Both happening under the clear sky and in the loudest indifference. It's almost literally like seeing the pillars of Western societies fall before my own eyes. For the sake of my mental health, I need a break.

A nice sabbatical project from Karla Kaun: the Fly Behavior Blog. Can be useful to the #drosophila...

A nice sabbatical project from Karla Kaun: the Fly Behavior Blog. Can be useful to the #drosophila community.

https://www.kaunlab.com/behavior-blog

chatGPT's own idea of how we raise flies in the lab.Lovely.

chatGPT's own idea of how we raise flies in the lab.
Lovely.

Below is the strongest evidence of plagiarism from Claudine Gay and it's a very interesting one because it highlights how absurd...

Below is the strongest evidence of plagiarism from Claudine Gay and it's a very interesting one because it highlights how absurd plagiarism can be.

The words she used are basically verbatim but the message she conveyed was the exact *opposite*.

One will get in trouble for reusing identical words yet showcasing an original idea. But if you rephrase what you copy, you may as well steal ideas just fine.

In this world, it seems words matter more than ideas.

drosophila.social just migrated to a new more powerful server - and upgraded to version 4.2.3 on its way there.happy new year everyone!

drosophila.social just migrated to a new more powerful server - and upgraded to version 4.2.3 on its way there.

happy new year everyone!

Join the 20th edition of the Italian Drosophila Conference in Milan, March 6-8, 2024! Keynote speakers will be Florence Besse (IBV, Nizza)...

Join the 20th edition of the Italian Drosophila Conference in Milan, March 6-8, 2024!

Keynote speakers will be Florence Besse (IBV, Nizza) and Aurelio Teleman (DKFZ, Heidelberg).

Abstract submission and registation: https://www.ifom.eu/events/xx-drosophila-conference-2024/

Milan is a vibrant city and a great destination, easy to reach via the city airport (LIN).

Please redistribute!

via:

Erika Donà (CNR-Institute of Neuroscience), Simona Polo (IFOM) and Thomas Vaccari (Uni Milan).

The Department of Life Sciences at Imperial College London has several openings for PhD positions and I would be happy to sponsor a...

The Department of Life Sciences at Imperial College London has several openings for PhD positions and I would be happy to sponsor a candidate eager to work on sleep and neurobiology. If interested, please do not hesitate to get in touch! Or if you know someone who may be interested please share the news. (or share anyway!)

See also:
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/program/department-of-life-sciences-phd-studentships/?p5911

And our laboratory website at https://lab.gilest.ro

The most common feedback we give to our mentees' presentations is: ”your slides are too busy. Remove some data and show only stuff you...

The most common feedback we give to our mentees' presentations is: ”your slides are too busy. Remove some data and show only stuff you are actively explaining”.

Yet this is the most common mistake PIs end up making at meetings. My brain now switches off if there is too much irrelevant information on your slides. It's like watching a movie with out of sync audio.

Please follow your own brilliant advice to students and cut down to the relevant message!

Kudos to the Argentinian Neuroscience Society for using plastic-free material for the conference badges! First time I see this, and it makes...

Kudos to the Argentinian Neuroscience Society for using plastic-free material for the conference badges! First time I see this, and it makes a lot of sense. Please take note

I've never played a Zelda game before. Does it make sense to simply start with breath of the wild or should I try something else first?

I've never played a Zelda game before. Does it make sense to simply start with breath of the wild or should I try something else first?

Hi fly people. What is the current consensus on making RNAi transgenics? Valium10 vectors and trip strategy? Is there anything more new or...

Hi fly people. What is the current consensus on making RNAi transgenics? Valium10 vectors and trip strategy? Is there anything more new or advanced I've missed?

Believe it or not, these are perfectly working AI-generated QR codes. Try them out!

Believe it or not, these are perfectly working AI-generated QR codes. Try them out!

This makes sense on multiple levels and can ultimately explain why elephants can do in 1 hour what bats seem to take 20 hours for! This work...

This makes sense on multiple levels and can ultimately explain why elephants can do in 1 hour what bats seem to take 20 hours for! This work was led by Michaela Joyce, with wonderful Alice French, phd students Laurence and Fede, and Lucia Prieto Godino at The Crick.

Then, other sleep functions kicked in. Some animals need sleep to cope with stress. Some others need sleep to learn better. To memorize. To...

Then, other sleep functions kicked in. Some animals need sleep to cope with stress. Some others need sleep to learn better. To memorize. To fight bacteria. Who knows how many different functions there are? Some need sleep for multiple reasons at once. 24/

The one common thing all animals have in common is they all sit on the same planet which has been rotating at the same speed for a very long...

The one common thing all animals have in common is they all sit on the same planet which has been rotating at the same speed for a very long time. We believe this adaptation created sleep in the first place giving animals a chance to optimise their activities to days & nights

What is the take-home message? Well, we try to figure out what all this means in evolutionary terms. We think sleep has different functions...

What is the take-home message? Well, we try to figure out what all this means in evolutionary terms. We think sleep has different functions in different species (doh!) and some functions therefore evolved for some species but not others.