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UBC New President, Dr. Benoit-Antoine Bacon

He begins November 1, 2023. Thoughts?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benoit-Antoine_Bacon

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I think affiliate links should be banned or restricted from this instance
  • While we're at it, can we ban amp links and other url tracking in general?

    No punishment for doing it, but maybe have a bot to remind people.

    To clarify, I'm not engaging in whataboutism, I think both of them should be banned (though maybe sometimes affiliate links have their place).

  • UBC/Science Advising, and the Academic Calendar

    What are your experiences with trying to get help through Science Advising/using the Academic Calendar to get answers? Personally I've never used Science Advising and found all of my info through the Academic Calendar. Inspired by the linked reddit post.

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    [New Rule discussion] No Editorializing Article Titles. The original title of the article must be used.
  • I don't mean to be nitpicking but if the rule is zero-tolerance I think we should clear up the edge cases. I hope you don't take this the wrong way.

    • What happens when the original title is misleading or clickbait? Personally I like how HN handles things in this case (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html).
    • How about if you want to ask a question about a news article as the main focus of the post, but also want to include context about the article?
    • Or if you're making the post to discuss a related topic, and include multiple articles?
    • On that note, what even counts as a news article? What if I post a link to a reddit thread about a news article?
  • UBCO Engineering Prof caught doing fake research
    forbetterscience.com Dr. Mohammad Arjmand showcases his work to German President Steinmeier

    “The German President and delegation members also spoke with researchers working on challenges relating to clean energy,…”

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    UBC COURSE QUESTION, PROGRAM, MAJOR AND REGISTRATION MEGATHREAD (2021/2022W & 2021S) (Lemmy Copy)

    Will not repeat the body text. I'll crosspost questions here that I answer or might be answerable by lemmy's population (mostly CS program questions).

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    Why do you use Lemmy?

    Title. With the ubc subreddit opening back up again it'll probably be much harder to enough of a network effect going unless we have some coordination with the reddit mods.

    Personally I'm trying to transition away from user-hostile software and minimize my exposure to proprietary software in general. The reddit API changes didn't affect me personally but I don't want to support the company by continuing to use it. How about you guys?

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