Re: OT: about peer review

On 17/07/2024 1:24 am, Jan Panteltje wrote:

On a sunny day (Tue, 16 Jul 2024 22:44:18 +1000) it happened Bill Sloman
<bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote in <v75pv6$18l5r$2@dont-email.me>:

On 16/07/2024 3:56 pm, Jan Panteltje wrote:

On a sunny day (Sat, 13 Jul 2024 23:16:12 +1000) it happened Bill Sloman
<bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote in <v6tun9$3jggb$1@dont-email.me>:

On 13/07/2024 9:56 pm, Jan Panteltje wrote:

On a sunny day (Sat, 13 Jul 2024 20:42:59 +1000) it happened Bill Sloman
<bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote in <v6tlo4$3i7qb$1@dont-email.me>:

On 13/07/2024 3:00 pm, Jan Panteltje wrote:

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Lots of cool science programs on German satellite TV every week.
Also on how to make life (as far as they are now).
Interviews with real scientists working on all that stuff, space craft, physics, what not.
Last thing like that in the Netherlands was in the fifties...
Do not see anything like that on the UK satellite.

>
Selective editing of live interviews with real scientists does produce a
lot of nonsense, and the kind of nonsense that nit-wits like you find
seductive.

 Now I have worked in broadcasting here in the Netherlands and editing happened right under my nose
exposed to it in shifts from 9 AM in the morning to then end of transmission (about 12 PM in those days),
and so I KNOW a bit more about what was on the 'tube' than most.

But a whole lot less about what it means.

The kind of science journalist who produce written stuff for the
Volkskrant and the NRC Handelsblad do much better, and much better than
their US and UK equivalents.
>
Bit over your head, though.

 I never read those,

Of course not. It is over your head.

I do start the morning with the weather radar, news headlines, sciencedaily.com, and often follow the subjects and read the papers,
many of those of 'merrican authors and universities ...
Then I grab arstechnica.com, sometimes space.com... rt.com (for the Russian POV about the US war mongers),
more websites, all before breakfast.

Russia is still busy trying to invade the Ukraine, which makes them war-makers rather than war mongers. Russia Today does spread the propaganda that Putin wants spread, so they are obviously war mongers, even if you haven't noticed.

Newspapers and paper magazines like there once were (maybe still are) Elektuur (Elector), CT, ScientificAmarican, wirelessworld, no more paper stuff.
I avoid any site that wants me to subscribe and papers that ask for dollies ($$) to read.

You would.

Then after breakfast I study music and play my keyboard, finger exercise if you want,
then check the satellite TV, see about jews committing genocide on Palestinians with US weapons delivered by the US senile leader who also makes war in Europe,
on Al Jazeera, trump being shot on CNN and BBC news and every other news channel..., politics, do some coding sometimes, design stuff...
maybe watch NASA TV...
Today interesting program range on German TV channel ZDF-info: "Von der Keule zur Rakete - Die Geschichte der Gewalt"
Nothing like that or that can come close to ZDF-info on Dutch TV..
And that is not the only cool German channel.

"Cool" in that it holds the interest of a brain damaged geriatric.
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Bill Sloman, Sydhney
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