Toni Hermoso Pulido
@toniher@cau.cat
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Bioinformàtic i desenvolupador fullstack català, Contribucions en temes del món Wikimedia, OpenScience, Softcatala, SCB, etc.
Toni Hermoso Pulido shared 4 days ago
Re: #LLM #AI in scientific products. The jinni is out of the bottle, as people will be using these tools at an increasing rate to automate tasks in science. Asking them to go back to 2019 is simply NOT going to happen. But we should maximize transparency & #scienceedu by not only asking them to declare the use, but also show HOW these products were used. In a sense #LLMs have/will become "materials and methods" and we should treat them and their output as such.
Toni Hermoso Pulido shared 12 days ago
New blog post: "Why we should review research software"
https://blog.khinsen.net/posts/2025/04/11/reviewing-software.html
Toni Hermoso Pulido shared a month ago
It's #WorldBookDay (in the UK and Ireland, at least) 📚
Love the smell of new or old books? Here's the chemical explanation for what you're smelling!
Toni Hermoso Pulido shared a month ago
Una jornada intergeneracional de dona i ciència El PRBB celebra l’èxit de la Viquimarató i les xerrades “Què és la ciència?” realitzades enguany amb motiu del Dia Internacional de la Dona i la Nena en la Ciència. https://ellipse.prbb.org/ca/una-jornada-intergeneracional-de-dona-i-ciencia/
Toni Hermoso Pulido shared 2 months ago
El company @Artur ens representarà en el XX Seminari de Qualitat Lingüística als Mitjans de Comunicació, organitzat pel Gabinet d’Assessorament Lingüístic als Mitjans de Comunicació de la Universitat de les Illes Balears.
Serà en línia el dijous 27 de febrer. Tens més informació ací 👇🏻
A good thing about having a sports watch 
is that it helps you become aware of the negative effects of evening #alcohol consumption 
by disrupting your #sleep 
( https://runningwithrock.com/garmin-body-battery-hungover/ ). Despite being a sedative substance (making you fall asleep sooner), it reduces the amount of quality REM sleep (associated with memory and cognition) or delays its onset during the night ( https://theconversation.com/alcohol-may-help-you-fall-asleep-faster-but-it-leads-to-a-worse-nights-rest-overall-heres-why-246841 ). Regarding athletic performance 
, it also affects many metrics such as "resting heart rate" and "heart rate variability" that, in the end, are linked to body recovery after training ( https://www.triathlete.com/nutrition/a-nutritionist-shares-what-a-month-of-no-alcohol-did-to-his-body/ ).
Toni Hermoso Pulido shared 2 months ago
Guide: Switching from Conda/Mamba to Pixi. Near instant environments, better HPC compatibility and reproducibility. But really, it's the speed!
A bit of #devops ranting. I used GitHub Actions to generate public #Docker images and upload them to registries like Docker Hub. However, for a couple of weeks, GitHub-hosted runners (using Ubuntu 24.04) stopped building #arm64 images 
. To my surprise, there is no major issue with locally hosted runners besides their resource consumption inconvenience. Since I keep a simple CI/CD (trigger and crons) I was wondering whether it might be worth using act ( https://github.com/nektos/act ) instead and inspecting resulting logs with CLI tools such lnav ( https://lnav.org/ ). Of course, I could always revert to Makefile or Shell scripts 
.
Toni Hermoso Pulido shared 2 months ago
How does the hype surrounding #deepseek reflect the AI industry, national strategies, and hidden human costs? In our new DiPLab policy memo, we offer tools for navigating inflated claims from tech giants, unaccountable governments, and ambitious startups. The document, co-authored by Yours Truly, @TLeBonniec, and @JulianPosada includes background, analysis of the documentation made accessible by the company, and policy recommendations. https://diplab.eu/diplab-releases-first-policy-memo-the-human-cost-of-deepseek/
Toni Hermoso Pulido shared 2 months ago
Toni Hermoso Pulido shared 2 months ago
El problema no es l'#algorisme que et reordena o et destaca el contingut. El problema és la intencionalitat que té.
I si en comptes d'intentar que quedessin enganxats el màxim temps possible, et proposes contingut que et connectes amb gent d'interessos similars, resolent problemes o senzillament divertir-te una estona mentre esperes el bus.
En aquesta xerrada de demà del #FOSDEM sembla que en parlaran.
"Build your own #timeline #algorithm" from @mala
https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-5601-build-your-own-timeline-algorithm/
Toni Hermoso Pulido shared 2 months ago
Al final me ha dado por mirar lo del AT protocol de BlueSky para entender las diferencias, la problemática y sobre todo, porqué ese grupúsculo que promociona #FreeOurFeeds necesita 30 millones de dólares.
Voy a ver si soy capaz de explicarlo con un ejemplo sencillo... o me lio y acabo pareciendo una alucinación de ChatGPT.
ActivityPub, el protocolo que usa Mastodon o Pixelfed está pensado para conectar "edificios".
Toni Hermoso Pulido shared 2 months ago
I'm starting a set of blog posts focused on #selfhosting adventure. It's focused on #onsite hosting and will recommend #EU based providers/services.
I'm based in #Spain, so some providers are from here.
The first post is just an overview and focuses on #internet connection and #port #forwarding.
Later I'll focus on #domain setup, #hardware and finally on @yunohost apps and services :)
Happy to get feedback!
https://wasi.ovh/yachay/posts/2025/hosting_connection/
Arran dels diferents esdeveniments recents i de les darreres campanyes al respecte, he volgut ordenar les meves idees sobre el #Fedivers i sobre l'aportació de continguts a les xarxes socials https://www.cau.cat/blog/fedivers_recomanacio_aportacio_continguts_xarxa 
Toni Hermoso Pulido shared 2 months ago
Microsoft announces Xbox Copilot. This new AI gaming companion will play and enjoy video games for you, freeing you up to focus on work and chores.
Toni Hermoso Pulido shared 2 months ago
💌 You're invited: Nextcloud Hub 10 launch registrations open now!
We're revealing a special new chapter for Nextcloud Hub with new special features, performance improvements and more — We've been busy this year!
Join us for the launch: register below!
Toni Hermoso Pulido shared 2 months ago
Worth reading article about the possible effect of (AI) bots on Wikipedia: https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asi.24975 /via @wikiresearch@mastodon.social — In summary, as more LLM (chat)bots are being used instead of reading the Wikipedia, potential and existing editors may be less prone to contributing on it since less value is assigned to that public resource.
Summing up with the fact that editing bots could discourage editor contribution, this could lead to a stagnation of the platform (fewer and less trustable updates).
NOTE: since LLMs are fed with Wikipedia content, they could also end up being affected.
As a last remark, the article speculates how to counteract this decay with editor incentives on public knowledge platforms such as Wikipedia. They suggest exploring micromonetization.
Personal remark: could improving the perceived social capital of contributors (e.g., via stressing badges in users' profiles) help? Social networks started capturing this social capital from more knowledge-rich and open websites (and from 'the real world') even before bots began thriving…
Last Thursday, thanks to @BCNFreeSoftware@fosstodon.org , I had the chance to know more about @servo@floss.social engine. Martin Robinson ( working at @igalia@floss.social ) explained succinctly web browser's history, why browser diversity matters, what @rust@social.rust-lang.org provides in its development, its modular architecture and plans for #Servo.
You can track Web Platform Tests passing status at: https://wpt.servo.org/
If you want to make a try, pre-built nightly binaries can be found for several platforms here: https://servo.org/download/
