David A. Simon

you can always throw the reprints out after you get them

this is exactly how i think about the process and I do the same.

Writing my abstract is a process that takes me the full duration of the article.

you won't have a hard time convincing folks. the question is, would peer review be materially better? In many ways, I bet it would be worse.

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The temptation for them to look up the author is probably too strong

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Blind review doesn’t even exist in most peer review. It theoretically could work with students but doesn’t

agree with all of those things. i guess i am skeptical that peer review does substantively much except in the case of empirical methods

that's true. for editors it is more work. i am not really sure how well it works for its intended purpose.

i also don't know that there is laziness. ppl continue to provide meaningful feedback for others. i suppose what is missing is telling them "no" when providing feedback.

it seems like this is a problem only because ppl continue to rely on placements as proxies.

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Bills agree to acquire Bears WR DJ Moore, sources say The Bears have agreed to a trade to send wide receiver DJ Moore to the Bills, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

not sure how to feel about this DJ has been a real asset to the team

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If you use AI to write your papers, you haven’t actually done anything

the real solution would be to increase incentives to litigate through a variety of means--not to kill off the most high-impact cases.

Interesting new paper on the false claims act. But I think it gets things precisely backwards. it assumes that nonintervene cases don't have value b/c they often result in no settlement. But that is expected given the stakes, incentives, and doctrine.

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See you there?

just vibe coded a plugin for zotero that broke zotero and now i can't fix it

seems like standard intentional tort language on intended result rather than intended harm.

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Our nonprofit, HARMS, filed a citizen petition requesting the FDA investigate whether offering robotic nipple-sparing mastectomy outside of the IDE trial violates IDE Regulations or the FDCA. And to explain its own decision clearing the device.

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congrats!

are local politics a microcosm? i hope not. it's shocking to see how many people will oppose helping those least able to help themselves. people with disabilities should be top of mind, not last in line.

Weird, I think both young Wittgenstein and old Wittgenstein were each right in their own way.

Now ask it why some professors have pics from 50 years ago

For someone like me, the last one is a mistake I would make. Over and over. I would even double check and still make it and kick myself

now that i live in new england i am learning you need people to shovel your roof. if you do not, then your house can be destroyed. but insurance will only pay for the destructon, not prevention. sounds like everything else

providing more experiential opportunities is good! but it is hard. just ask our coop office, which does a tremendous job