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David Weir
@David Weir

Another enby doing a science [they/them]

• gravitational wave cosmology ∩ making academia a nicer place
• computational physicist = doing more physics with less computer
• my own opinions here (and anywhere else you find me)
• pääruokavegaani🍦
• 🇫🇮🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈
• "functional but messy"
• parent
• not a fan of generative AI
• puhun suomea n. B2-tasolla

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Was: @davidjamesweir

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Working from an armchair with a cat in the vicinity, one actually needs *two* armchairs, because of the following routine:

1. Sit down and start to work in first chair
2. Cat comes and falls asleep in my lap
3. Get up to do something, cat takes up vacant space
4. Move to second chair
5. Cat wakes up, moves over and falls asleep in my lap again
[repeat steps 3-5]
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A lot of people like to lead with a financial justification for doing decent things, whether it be investing in green energy (“it’s cheaper in the long run”) or not working too much (“I am paid to work for <N> hours per week, not more”).

Please remember we can also do decent things because they are the decent thing to do – regardless of monetary considerations!
Jon Worth · 26w
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@nprofile1q... As far as I am aware, there are no scheduled passenger services on the Siilinjärvi–Viinijärvi line, see e.g. https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siilinj%C3%A4rvi%E2%80%93Viinij%C3%A4rvi-rata or https://larstransportmaps.com/2026/04/05/rail-services-in-finland-2026/
@nprofile1q...
Jon Worth · 26w
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The real reason Finland is the happiest country in the world is we have secret extra ways of cooking rice the other Nordic countries don’t know about. 🤭

Kerry Mitchell 🍁 · 30w
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@nprofile1q... I’m afraid I don’t watch Finnish TV and I’ve spent so long here I’ve gone native in many ways, but I think the “happiness” thing boils down to:

1. public services (mostly) work
2. you can trust other people and feel safe (mostly)
3. the state is (mostly) competent when it comes to worrying about, and dealing with, the big things

There are lots of caveats to all of these, but then there are in every country. And the whole Finnish happiness thing is I think, really overanalysed. Including by me, just now… 😅

It’s not about being happier so much as it is about feeling like there are no bad surprises lurking around the corner, literal or metaphorical.

@nprofile1q...
Rolle Laukkarinen · 30w
It's funny how some people say they joined because our instance is Finnish. It's true that I'm Finnish and our servers are located in Finland, but we don't promote ourselves as a Finnish instance, nor...
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@nprofile1q... I think it does fill a niche for people (like me) who care about Finnish things and want a local timeline which often features posts about Finnish happenings, but who don’t (exclusively) post in Finnish.

The best experiences are often impossible to categorise.
Rolle Laukkarinen · 39w
Imagine if someone sold "vibe surgery packages" that could remove your appendix. Or if a marketing agency offered "vibe electrical installations." Would you buy from them? For some reason, it's consi...
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@nprofile1q... Imagine vibe coding a physics simulation, then writing a paper about the results without thorough testing of the original code.

(I say ’imagine’, I fear this has already happened although I am not aware of any examples yet)