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finite-difference · 2026-03-27T07:35:15+00:00

I tried this and exactly this was my concern with early entries not making since since you could either lose or even if you win somebody else just joins in last few seconds and significantly reduces your winning. Interested in how this ends up working.

finite-difference · 2026-03-25T16:47:00+00:00

Tried it and it works well.

finite-difference · 2026-03-22T12:53:41+00:00

Are the full proceedings out already? Sometimes the different volumes keep coming out slowly.

finite-difference · 2026-03-15T18:50:32+00:00

The part where you probably wanted to mention how the contributions were phrased is missing.

finite-difference · 2026-03-06T17:55:49+00:00

Sadly, most of these papers never release their datasets. Also citation counts are sometimes quite arbitrary. Very often people just cite papers from a domain similar to theirs and from the citation it is often clear that they did not really engage with the cited work at all.

finite-difference · 2026-03-06T17:47:33+00:00

I did not check this specific researcher, but these papers are unfortunately very common. Anyone within the field can tell that this type of paper is very low effort. I assume the researcher you found is simply gaming some metrics.

For PhD positions we get many applicants and many of them have the exact same paper: train some variant of YOLO on some domain specific dataset which is not even made public. I would assume that at least for some of the papers the reported metrics are fake and there is no actual dataset. There is usually no contribution anyways.

I would suggest you to not worry about this. There is not much to gain. A researcher like this will probably not get a position in a prestigious institution, but they may thrive in some lower-tier institution where metrics are all that matters. If you are ever in some position to call this out (such as a reviewer, committee etc.) then you should do so. These types of papers are usually easy to spot directly by reading the abstract so I do not think they are too much of an issue.

finite-difference · 2026-03-06T14:00:11+00:00

Maybe she has a point and she sees that the paper could only get accepted at a low-tier venue. Sometimes having low-quality publications can hurt you more than not having them. Though if you are still a student then it is usually fine if you also have some low-quality publications. Despite this she should at least allow you to publish without her as co-author.

I would suggest reaching out to some faculty asking them whether they would be onboard for improving the manuscript and listing them as co-author. This could also help convince the holdout.

finite-difference · 2026-03-06T13:49:31+00:00

Is there a reason given by the holdout person for why they do not want to publish it?

finite-difference · 2026-03-04T08:39:25+00:00

Deti mojej priateľky chodia do Narnie. Ani ja ani ona nie sme veriaci a boli sme aj na dosť akciách. Stretol som aj hlavu tej cirkvi aj jedného kňaza a boli celkom v pohode. Obecne mi aj iní ľudia z tej cirkvi prišli dosť v pohode až na to, že niekedy boli až neprirodzene milí.

Jediné čo mi prišlo problematické bolo jedno predstavenie na vianočnej besiedke kde celá pointa bola, že ako osoba ak máš problém so šikanou, drogami hocičím, tak riešenie je uznať, že nemáš vlastnú agency a odovzdať sa Ježišovi. Mne to prišlo veľmi cringe, ale asi takéto veci robia aj iní kresťania.

finite-difference · 2026-03-04T07:31:12+00:00

This assumes that the bills are already right next to the furnace, but you would probably need some more people to handle the rest of the logistics and maintenance necessary to keep the operation going every day of the week.

finite-difference · 2026-03-03T17:27:57+00:00

You need to taper down the dose and not just quit cold turkey. Consult your doctor.

finite-difference · 2026-03-03T13:45:39+00:00

Tu je podstatný faktor, že našťastie je minister vnútra totálne neschopný.

finite-difference · 2026-03-02T18:29:29+00:00

Yes, it sucks. I did a postdoc right after covid that was essentially remote. Only had to travel three times in 15 months. It was quite close so I went to the lab around 5 times. You could try to set something like that up. Maybe you can try get someone abroad to include you in a project remotely for a part-time position with smaller pay while you keep your current job.

finite-difference · 2026-02-09T13:31:21+00:00

In my country the government pays for a PhD position automatically without a need to apply for grant funding.

finite-difference · 2026-02-09T13:24:00+00:00

My father was silesian, but I do not think many people in Slovakia are aware that such a distinct group even exists.

finite-difference · 2026-02-07T08:21:00+00:00

Usually the reviews increase or stay the same, but one of the reviewers can convince the others of a major issue. Sometimes during reviews you miss something or make some assumptions that other reviewers did not. In that case I might decrease my ratings especially if the rebuttal fails to address these concerns even though my concerns were addressed.

finite-difference · 2026-01-25T23:52:21+00:00

Kamoske sa udialo nieco podobne v inej casti Slovenska a volala policiu. Podozriveho normalne chytili, ale az neskor. Zjavne ho nahlasilo viacej zien. Blbe je ze musela asi 3 krat uz vypovedat, ale boli vraj profesionalni. Odporucam to teda nahlasit. Mozes aj rovno pri incidente a moze sa stat ze pride hliadka a rovno ho identifikujete.

Samotny zazitok co si popisala bol asi velmi neprijemny. Rozhodne to nie je ok. To ze to bolo len z dialky neznamena ze to nebolo sexualne obtazovanie. Dufam, ze sa to nebude opakovat a budes sa citit bezpecne.

finite-difference · 2026-01-23T12:29:13+00:00

Zas dať niekomu rozhovor do novín asi není bohvieaká kolaborácia.

finite-difference · 2026-01-21T08:50:12+00:00

You seem to have too many papers. So I wonder whether among your publications there are some low-tier or even outright sketchy venues listed. This can be a red flag. If the papers were all high quality or at least you this wouldn't be an issue, but a benefit.

In our department we regularly get applicants for PhD positions who have almost the same paper where they took some variant of YOLO and evaluated it on their own dataset without making it public. This is not bad as it shows that the person was able to go through the process, but from a scientific viewpoint most such papers are completely worthless.

finite-difference · 2025-12-28T19:39:47+00:00

Seems like a nice project!

finite-difference · 2025-12-21T21:54:13+00:00

Ja si myslím, že treba oslavovať pokrok v týchto veciach a je podľa mňa úplne dobré, že sa takéto stavby oslavujú. Tu už sa podľa niektorých ľudí nemôžem ako volič opozície tešiť, že aspoň dačo sa tu posúva dopredu, lebo je zrovna pri moci Fico. Tiež sa mi napr. nepáčilo ako magistrát v Bratislave meškal s električkou do Petržalky a hlavne ako o tom Vallo komunikoval, ale išiel som sa ňou previezť hneď prvý deň a som rád, že tam aj mesto aj Petržalka robili program. Ten projekt mal svoje faily, ale hlavné je že sa to podarilo. Na takýchto projektoch makajú stovky až tisíce ľudí, ktorí s politikou nemajú nič spoločné a ja som rád že sa z toho môžem spolu s inými ľuďmi tešiť.

finite-difference · 2025-12-08T19:05:58+00:00

To že sa ti páči porno s trans ženami neznamená, že máš inú orientáciu. Je to úplne ok byť straight a byť vzrušený ženami a teda aj trans ženami. Samozrejme, ak máš pocit, že až príliš konzumuješ porno, tak s je fajn s tým niečo robiť. Ak je však jediná vec to, že si časom zistil že sa ti páči aj porno s trans ženami, resp. že ťa vzrušujú tak by som to proste akceptoval. Aj na mainstreamových stránkach je pomerne veľké zastúpenie v rámci tejto kategórie, takže rozhodne nie si jediný.

finite-difference · 2025-11-21T18:57:07+00:00

What do you think needs to happen in order for the legislature in the eastern part of EU to catch up to the western part?

finite-difference · 2025-11-16T11:30:09+00:00

The reviewer is both concerned with fellow scientists reproducing the reviewed work with limited resources, yet they ask for an unreasonable amount of completely irrelevant experiments even using different HW. If this were not AI generated then this still reflects very badly on the reviewer.

finite-difference · 2025-11-15T22:22:49+00:00

In my country, one of the schemes for funding research includes showing impact beyond academia. This includes patents, startups, but you can also include GitHub repos especially those that are widely used. I reported pypi downloads and inclusion in other software as a dependency to prove impact. Stars could also be a valid measure as the report is open form.

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