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Grace and David talk about fudging data, data illiteracy, misaligned incentives, and all the ways in which data is used and misused in science.
\n\nNote: this will be our last episode.
\n\n\n\nMy personal favorite Dilbert strips on Software Quality
\n\n\n\n\n\nFabricated data in research about honesty. You can't make this stuff up. Or, can you? : Planet Money
\n\n\n\n[110] Data Falsificada (Part 2): "My Class Year Is Harvard" - Data Colada
\n\nMax Bazerman's 2021 response to fraud evidence
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Fall of a Superstar Psychologist
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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. “Olas y Arenas” — The Beaches Belong to the People | La Brega | WNYC Studios
\n\nNintendo: The Console Wars | Acquired Podcast
\n\nThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Blindfolded by Bubzia - Summer Games Done Quick 2023
\n\n\n\n\n\nI beat a Lynel with a single stick in Breath of the Wild
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\n\nMove Deleter - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia
\n\nNational Pokédex - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia
\n\nVinyl overtakes CD sales for the first time since 1987
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTropenmuseum: A museum about world cultures
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\n\n\n\nThe Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye - Wikipedia
\n\n\n\nRenaissance City Reports (2000, 2004, 2008)
\n\nEsplanade - Theatres on the Bay - Wikipedia
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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLet's have a natural history museum for Singapore
\n\nTitan of Singapore science education retires after 50 years
\n\nLee Kong Chian Natural History Museum seeking funds for sperm whale exhibit
\n\nMarcus Hutchins :verified: (@malwaretech@infosec.exchange)
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\n\nmacOS version history - Wikipedia
\n\n\n\nFile Allocation Table - Wikipedia
\n\n\n\nThe rapid testing show : Planet Money
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\n\n\n\nDepartment of English Language and Literature
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\n\nMaastricht Formation - Wikipedia
\n\n\n\n\n\nAnother method for finishing a Ploopy shell! ASA filament with acetone chemical smoothing.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLes Halles (Paris Métro) - Wikipedia
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\n\n\n\nList of oldest universities in continuous operation - Wikipedia
\n\nThe Feather Heist - This American Life
\n\nThe Man Who Stole Bird Feathers (Published 2018)
\n\nBaden-Powell House - Wikipedia
\n\nOostvaardersplassen - Wikipedia
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\n\nThe Use of Stable Isotopes in the Study of Animal Migration
\n\n\n\n\n\nCombinational logic - Wikipedia
\n\n\n\nInstruction set architecture - Wikipedia
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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrave (web browser) - Wikipedia
\n\nCotopaxi - Gear For Good | Free shipping on orders $99+
\n\nCSS Grid Layout - CSS: Cascading Style Sheets | MDN
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\n\nNote: In the middle of this episode, we had to go to Zoom audio because we lost one of the mic recordings. Sorry about that!
\n\nCryogenic storage dewar - Wikipedia
\n\n\n\n'High Flying Bird': What Soderbergh Begged Apple to Change About the iPhone
\n\nDiscontinued - COOLPIX P500 - Nikon Singapore Pte Ltd
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\n\n\n\nPhases of clinical research - Wikipedia
\n\nNew Mexico Department of HealthCOVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard
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\n\n\n\nArchaeologists discover the largest-and oldest-Maya monument ever
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\n\n\n\nFoldit: Competitive Protein Folding for Medical Science
\n\nDeepMind AI handles protein folding, which humbled previous software
\n\n\n\nRSA (cryptosystem) - Wikipedia
\n\nWhy Malaysian Malay like to use short form words when they're texting?
\n\n\n\nUniversal Paperclips - Wikipedia
\n\nThree Laws of Robotics - Wikipedia
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\n\nKati Kariko Helped Shield the World From the Coronavirus
\n\nAndy Matuschak is creating tools for thought | Patreon
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\n\n\n\nSt. Petersburg paradox - Wikipedia
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\n\n\n\nSeeing Like a State - Wikipedia
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\n\nBlack-Scholes model - Wikipedia
\n\nHeliotrope (building) - Wikipedia
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\n\n\n\nIn Suez Canal, Stuck Ship Is a Warning About Excessive Globalization
\n\nSwiss cheese model - Wikipedia
\n\nWhat Killed These Bald Eagles? After 25 Years, We Finally Know.
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\n\nReddit: I found this during my first day in new job
\n\nReddit: Dutch electronic voting code base
\n\nCS50's Introduction to Computer Science
\n\n\n\n\n\nFat Chance: Probability from the Ground Up
\n\n\n\nHarvard Business Review Podcasts
","summary":"Hi, it's Grace, weeks after the recording of this episode. I can't remember what we talked about but these are our show notes, so we must have talked about Java being terrible, programming horrors, and college-level remote learning.","date_published":"2021-04-18T00:15:00.000+08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/a43b8cb9-71dd-4951-b5aa-7f44187873af/88f86159-4eb1-4c96-b995-90274384fb5a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":49598716,"duration_in_seconds":8265}]},{"id":"5569bf98-bbd6-4fc0-9b33-b6480085e0d7","title":"Episode 019: Not Sure What We Talked About, Part II","url":"https://www.monkeymind.xyz/019","content_text":"Izu Islands\n\nCattle stranded on ship in Mediterranean must be destroyed, say vets\n\nCal Newport - Author of Deep Work, Study Hacks Blog\n\nThe Oresteia: The Trilogy by Aeschylus (1983) - IMDb\n\nJadeite Cabbage\n\nWater Lilies (Monet series)\n\nGuernica (Picasso)\n\nFondation Beyeler\n\nInternational Klein Blue","content_html":"\n\nCattle stranded on ship in Mediterranean must be destroyed, say vets
\n\nCal Newport - Author of Deep Work, Study Hacks Blog
\n\nThe Oresteia: The Trilogy by Aeschylus (1983) - IMDb
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\n\n\n\nYouTube: Ring Fit Adventure Speedruns
\n\nRing Fit Adventure on speedrun.com
\n\nYouTube: Automatic basketball hoop
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\n\nCodewars: Achieve mastery through challenge
\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaCinQIy8MI
\n\n\n\nHow to root a phylogenetic tree
\n\nReconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵenh₁-
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\n\nPokémon Red and Blue/Mew glitch
\n\n\n\n","summary":"This was recorded over a month ago, I have had no time since to listen back and make show notes, and all I know is that we talked a lot about video games and Awesome Games Done Quick 2021.","date_published":"2021-02-14T02:00:00.000+08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/a43b8cb9-71dd-4951-b5aa-7f44187873af/f2cce4ef-289e-49ea-a6bf-8d3718b059ae.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":30269096,"duration_in_seconds":5044}]},{"id":"def9b2fa-cf88-4448-80c3-8c654e9f433d","title":"Episode 015: Flooding, Ponding, and Draining","url":"https://www.monkeymind.xyz/015","content_text":"David and Grace talk about flooding, environmental effects and urban design.\n\nWikipedia: La Niña\n\nDavid's tweet \n\nVideo shows car driving in an extremely flooded Lorong Halus\n\nTweet about extreme weather in Singapore\n\nYou shouldn't be alarmed by the 'flooding' at Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park on Jan. 1, 2021\n\nEpisode 570: The Fine Print\n\nUrban Redevelopment Authority\n\nDeluge a 'once in 50 years' event\n\nBuangkok MRT station\n\nSingapore and Malaysia terminate high-speed rail project\n\nHow To Stop An Asteroid : Planet Money\n\nFreiburg, Germany: is this the greenest city in the world?\n\nFortifications of Vauban UNESCO World Heritage Sites\n\nDesire paths: the illicit trails that defy the urban planners","content_html":"David and Grace talk about flooding, environmental effects and urban design.
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\n\nTweet about extreme weather in Singapore
\n\nYou shouldn't be alarmed by the 'flooding' at Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park on Jan. 1, 2021
\n\n\n\n\n\nDeluge a 'once in 50 years' event
\n\n\n\nSingapore and Malaysia terminate high-speed rail project
\n\nHow To Stop An Asteroid : Planet Money
\n\nFreiburg, Germany: is this the greenest city in the world?
\n\nFortifications of Vauban UNESCO World Heritage Sites
\n\nDesire paths: the illicit trails that defy the urban planners
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\n\n\n\n\nIf we had to observe your university under the same limitations that bind us in our observation of the Lusitanian aborigines, we would no doubt conclude that humans do not reproduce, do not form kinship groups, and devote their entire life cycle to the metamorphosis of the larval student into the adult professor.
\n
Species distribution modelling
\n\nMaximum entropy probability distribution
\n\nTim Kopra's Tweet about Singapore from the ISS
\n\n\n\nAccidental Tech Podcast: 409: Midrange Snob
\n\n\n\nLogitech MX Master Series Advanced Keyboards & Performance Mice
\n\nYou should probably charge your MacBook using the ports on its right side
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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccidental Tech Podcast: 356: With a Heavy Heart
\n\n\n\n\n\nProgramming languages used in most popular websites
","summary":"Trees and maps are data structures much beloved by linguists, evolutionary biologists and computer scientists, so of course we have a lot to say about them.","date_published":"2020-12-20T11:00:00.000+08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/a43b8cb9-71dd-4951-b5aa-7f44187873af/5ebea3a7-380a-4efb-950c-af74cc36fc47.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":30210007,"duration_in_seconds":5034}]},{"id":"6e34b0a4-8270-44ac-9657-24fe54eca6c1","title":"Episode 012: Bad Education","url":"https://www.monkeymind.xyz/012","content_text":"Too Many Head and Eye Movements\n\nAn example of the LORMS marking scheme in Appendix A and B\n\nThe Harvard Educational Review - HEPG","content_html":"Too Many Head and Eye Movements
\n\nAn example of the LORMS marking scheme in Appendix A and B
\n\nThe Harvard Educational Review - HEPG
","summary":"More meandering conversation about grading, teaching, and educational outcomes. Not a lot of links this week, since we're mostly talking about our own experiences.","date_published":"2020-10-19T19:00:00.000+08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/a43b8cb9-71dd-4951-b5aa-7f44187873af/6e34b0a4-8270-44ac-9657-24fe54eca6c1.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":22676240,"duration_in_seconds":3778}]},{"id":"96e8d4a7-aacd-4a1c-833e-6e7076d356b2","title":"Episode 011: Too Many Head and Eye Movements","url":"https://www.monkeymind.xyz/011","content_text":"On academic assessment, computerised proctoring, gaming the system, and instructional delivery.\n\nGraduate Record Examinations\n\nWikipedia: National Trades Union Congress\n\nExam Day: What to Expect\n\nhttps://twitter.com/LegendAriee16/status/1304098649186742273\n\nA-level and GCSE results in England to be based on teacher assessments in U-turn\n\nAll models are wrong\n\nTwitter taught Microsoft's friendly AI chatbot to be a racist asshole in less than a day\n\nThe tank story is likely to be apocryphal, but the discussion is nonetheless relevant:\n\nThe Neural Net Tank Urban Legend\n\nPrelims\n\nGoodhart's law\n\nPublish or perish\n\nIs Law School a Losing Game? (Published 2011)\n\nDual education system\n\nCS50 Releases Report on 'Regret Clause,' Cheating Cases | News | The Harvard Crimson","content_html":"On academic assessment, computerised proctoring, gaming the system, and instructional delivery.
\n\n\n\nWikipedia: National Trades Union Congress
\n\n\n\nhttps://twitter.com/LegendAriee16/status/1304098649186742273
\n\nA-level and GCSE results in England to be based on teacher assessments in U-turn
\n\n\n\nTwitter taught Microsoft's friendly AI chatbot to be a racist asshole in less than a day
\n\nThe tank story is likely to be apocryphal, but the discussion is nonetheless relevant:
\n\nThe Neural Net Tank Urban Legend
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIs Law School a Losing Game? (Published 2011)
\n\n\n\nCS50 Releases Report on 'Regret Clause,' Cheating Cases | News | The Harvard Crimson
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\n\n\n\n\n\nAll Abstractions Are Wrong But Some Are Useful
\n\nResearchers find bug in Python script may have affected hundreds of studies
\n\n\n\nThe Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD by Linkus7 in 1:28:27 - SGDQ2018
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nF1 2020: Can I complete ONE SINGLE LAP??
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLego Rotation Sensor Internals
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWorld Record Progression: Super Mario Bros
\n\nSuper Mario Bros. Any% Speedrun in 4:55.646
\n\nSpeedrunning and the Scientific Method - graceteng.ninja
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\n\n\n\nColorBrewer: Color Advice for Maps
\n\n\n\nTechnique for Recording Migratory Orientation of Captive Birds
\n\nDog Finds Way to His Vet Alone After Getting Lost for Hours
\n\nDon't get why iPhone movies don't look like the real thing? Look at the film coloring.
\n\nWild hummingbirds discriminate nonspectral colors
\n\nWhat I learned from my Hotel 81 staycation | The Milelion
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\n\nRecorded on 24 May 2020, before Bon Appetit imploded.
\n\n\n\nOn Data Formats and Speciation
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIndependent divergence of 13- and 17-y life cycles among three periodical cicada lineages
\n\n\n\nMoths come out to enjoy the weather
\n\n\n\n\n\nBoiled eggs > Soft-boiled eggs
\n\nThe Bon Appetit test kitchen's race problem
\n\nAlison Roman, Bon Appétit, and the 'Global Pantry' Problem
\n\n7 (New York City Subway service)
\n\n\n\n\n\n","summary":"This episode is about bugs, bugs as food, and then global cuisines and what happens to foods that are transposed outside of their original habitat.\r\n\r\nRecorded on 24 May 2020, before Bon Appetit imploded.","date_published":"2020-06-14T12:00:00.000+08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/a43b8cb9-71dd-4951-b5aa-7f44187873af/4df8d3f1-3731-4c78-a324-f95cacd92c9a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":61461337,"duration_in_seconds":5121}]},{"id":"d807b336-1621-4b4e-84e4-dccd02542663","title":"Episode 006: Dependency Hell and Browser Wars","url":"https://www.monkeymind.xyz/006","content_text":"Grace is still obsessed with CS50x. We talk about development frameworks, rooting out bugs that are not your fault, and demonstrated skill as a professional calling card.\n\nC$50 Finance\n\nCommonplace book\n\nLongform\n\njQuery\n\nBootstrap (front-end framework)\n\nPHP\n\nDependency hell\n\nThe Confessions of the Hacker Who Saved the Internet\n\nInfosec Without a Degree - MalwareTech\n\nBrowser wars\n\nFood, Nutrition and Health","content_html":"Grace is still obsessed with CS50x. We talk about development frameworks, rooting out bugs that are not your fault, and demonstrated skill as a professional calling card.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBootstrap (front-end framework)
\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Confessions of the Hacker Who Saved the Internet
\n\nInfosec Without a Degree - MalwareTech
\n\n\n\n","summary":"Grace is still obsessed with CS50x. We talk about development frameworks, rooting out bugs that are not your fault, and demonstrated skill as a professional calling card.","date_published":"2020-05-24T00:00:00.000+08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/a43b8cb9-71dd-4951-b5aa-7f44187873af/d807b336-1621-4b4e-84e4-dccd02542663.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":89092517,"duration_in_seconds":5568}]},{"id":"4b864d6d-d31d-4879-8f06-4c692eea6557","title":"Episode 005: This is All About CS50x","url":"https://www.monkeymind.xyz/005","content_text":"Grace has a new obsession: Harvard's CS50x Introduction to Computer Science, so we talk about online education, and how to teach and learn online.\n\nCS50x\n\nScratch - Imagine, Program, Share\n\nThe Perils of JavaSchools\n\nSegmentation fault\n\nAccidental Tech Podcast: 375: Wobbly Goblin\n\nC - Pointers\n\nPrincipal component analysis\n\nOnline Course: A Brief History of Humankind - Yuval Noah Harari - YouTube\n\nSapiens: A Brief History of Humankind\n\nFood, Nutrition and Health\n\nDebugging\n\nHemiptera\n\nRubber duck debugging\n\nCS50 2019 - Lecture 4 - Memory\n\nCS50 Sandbox: Secure Execution of Untrusted Code\n\nCS50 Shop\n\nRegular expression","content_html":"Grace has a new obsession: Harvard's CS50x Introduction to Computer Science, so we talk about online education, and how to teach and learn online.
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\n\nSapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCS50 2019 - Lecture 4 - Memory
\n\nCS50 Sandbox: Secure Execution of Untrusted Code
\n\n\n\n","summary":"Grace has a new obsession: Harvard's CS50x Introduction to Computer Science, so we talk about online education, and how to teach and learn online.","date_published":"2020-05-23T23:30:00.000+08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/a43b8cb9-71dd-4951-b5aa-7f44187873af/4b864d6d-d31d-4879-8f06-4c692eea6557.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":80915561,"duration_in_seconds":6742}]},{"id":"79e83d3f-1ce1-472e-90a6-7dce01cadf9f","title":"Episode 004: All Abstractions Are Wrong But Some Are Useful","url":"https://www.monkeymind.xyz/004","content_text":"David and Grace talk about abstraction in statistics, computing, mathematics and a few other things besides.\n\nBirth-death process\n\nAkaike information criterion\n\nStratechery by Ben Thompson\n\nSubtraction.com\n\nThe Law of Leaky Abstractions\n\nLogic gate\n\nThe 10,000 Domino Computer\n\nCS50's Introduction to Computer Science\n\nFloating-point arithmetic\n\nSingle Variable Calculus\n\nZone of proximal development\n\nprinciple of specificity\n\nProgressive overload\n\nSpecies distribution modelling\n\nPopulation genetics\n\nCoalescent theory","content_html":"David and Grace talk about abstraction in statistics, computing, mathematics and a few other things besides.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCS50's Introduction to Computer Science
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\n\n\n\n","summary":"David and Grace talk about abstraction in statistics, computing, mathematics and a few other things besides.","date_published":"2020-05-23T23:15:00.000+08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/a43b8cb9-71dd-4951-b5aa-7f44187873af/79e83d3f-1ce1-472e-90a6-7dce01cadf9f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":35086627,"duration_in_seconds":4385}]},{"id":"f1ac87a4-f9d5-4bef-868b-2552f3d9d6da","title":"Episode 003: Foods, Farms and Pets","url":"https://www.monkeymind.xyz/003","content_text":"David and Grace talk about the relationship between human beings and the rest of the animal kingdom.\n\nWhat is a wet market?\n\nPro Chef Tries Butchering a Whole Pig for the First Time | Bon Appétit\n\nSnake wine\n\nBought for a Song: An Indonesian Craze Puts Wild Birds at Risk\n\nBill to amend Wild Animals and Birds Act introduced in Parliament\n\nExclusively Mongrels\n\nSOSD Dog Shelter Volunteer & Donation Singapore | Dog Shelter\n\nNYU Animal Studies\n\nMonkey mind","content_html":"David and Grace talk about the relationship between human beings and the rest of the animal kingdom.
\n\n\n\nPro Chef Tries Butchering a Whole Pig for the First Time | Bon Appétit
\n\n\n\nBought for a Song: An Indonesian Craze Puts Wild Birds at Risk
\n\nBill to amend Wild Animals and Birds Act introduced in Parliament
\n\n\n\nSOSD Dog Shelter Volunteer & Donation Singapore | Dog Shelter
\n\n\n\n","summary":"David and Grace talk about the relationship between human beings and the rest of the animal kingdom.","date_published":"2020-05-23T23:00:00.000+08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/a43b8cb9-71dd-4951-b5aa-7f44187873af/f1ac87a4-f9d5-4bef-868b-2552f3d9d6da.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":56347922,"duration_in_seconds":3521}]},{"id":"9c7e3196-9f46-4929-a9cd-0598f6127db8","title":"Episode 002: On Data Formats and Speciation","url":"https://www.monkeymind.xyz/002","content_text":"We talk about remote audiovisual production, wrangling data, and genealogy in evolutionary biology.\n\n\n\nAudio Hijack - Record any audio on Mac\n\nBon Appétit\n\nPro Chefs Make 13 Kinds of Pantry Pasta | Test Kitchen Talks @ Home | Bon Appétit\n\nHave I Got News for You\n\nThe Mash Report\n\nSomeone Practicing\n\nFinal Cut Pro X\n\nMaterial Exchange Format\n\nFASTA format\n\nFASTQ format\n\nHelp desk software\n\nAirtable: Organize anything you can imagine\n\nCryptic and extensive hybridization between ancient lineages of American crows\n\nAllopatric speciation\n\nProto-language","content_html":"We talk about remote audiovisual production, wrangling data, and genealogy in evolutionary biology.
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Audio Hijack - Record any audio on Mac
\n\n\n\nPro Chefs Make 13 Kinds of Pantry Pasta | Test Kitchen Talks @ Home | Bon Appétit
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAirtable: Organize anything you can imagine
\n\nCryptic and extensive hybridization between ancient lineages of American crows
\n\n\n\n","summary":"We talk about remote audiovisual production, wrangling data, and genealogy in evolutionary biology.","date_published":"2020-05-17T13:00:00.000+08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/a43b8cb9-71dd-4951-b5aa-7f44187873af/9c7e3196-9f46-4929-a9cd-0598f6127db8.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":80378904,"duration_in_seconds":5023}]},{"id":"d887ca62-4936-495c-a2d0-a6a8409f1670","title":"Episode 001: From Bad Wi-Fi to Bad Science","url":"https://www.monkeymind.xyz/001","content_text":"David is serving his Stay-Home Notice at a hotel with bad wi-fi. We talk a little bit about the state of Covid-19 in Singapore on 28 March (ahh, such innocent times), how science gets done, and what happens when science is done badly.\n\nRecorded on 28 March 2020.\n\nEverything you need to know about Stay-Home Notice\n\nCOVID-19: Stay-home notices for all travellers entering Singapore from ASEAN countries, Japan, UK, Switzerland\n\nWonder how dangerous a gathering can be? Here's how one event sparked hundreds of coronavirus cases across Asia\n\nTracking the Coronavirus: How Crowded Asian Cities Tackled an Epidemic\n\nICA | Singapore Permanent Resident Failed To Declare Recent Travel History To Indonesia\n\nHydroxychloroquine-COVID-19 study did not meet publishing society's \"expected standard\"\n\nBad Pharma\n\nBad Science (Goldacre book)\n\nCompensatory Vowel Lengthening for Omitted Coda Consonants: A Phonetic Investigation of Children's Early Representations of Prosodic Words - Jae Yung Song, Katherine Demuth, 2008\n\n'Avalanche' of spider-paper retractions shakes behavioural-ecology community\n\n#pruittgate\n\nA New Book Argues That Generic Drugs Are Poisoning Us\n\nMOH | Clinical Evidence Summaries","content_html":"David is serving his Stay-Home Notice at a hotel with bad wi-fi. We talk a little bit about the state of Covid-19 in Singapore on 28 March (ahh, such innocent times), how science gets done, and what happens when science is done badly.
\n\nRecorded on 28 March 2020.
\n\nEverything you need to know about Stay-Home Notice
\n\n\n\n\n\nTracking the Coronavirus: How Crowded Asian Cities Tackled an Epidemic
\n\nICA | Singapore Permanent Resident Failed To Declare Recent Travel History To Indonesia
\n\nHydroxychloroquine-COVID-19 study did not meet publishing society's "expected standard"
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n'Avalanche' of spider-paper retractions shakes behavioural-ecology community
\n\n\n\n\n\n","summary":"David is serving his Stay-Home Notice at a hotel with bad wi-fi. We talk a little bit about the state of Covid-19 in Singapore on 28 March (ahh, such innocent times), how science gets done, and what happens when science is done badly.\r\n\r\nRecorded on 28 March 2020.","date_published":"2020-04-18T22:00:00.000+08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/a43b8cb9-71dd-4951-b5aa-7f44187873af/d887ca62-4936-495c-a2d0-a6a8409f1670.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":70030234,"duration_in_seconds":4376}]}]}