David Zaslavsky<p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/arXivFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>arXivFools</span></a> approaches once again, and I'll be doing my annual update of the list of arXiv joke papers: <a href="https://www.ellipsix.net/arxiv-joke-papers.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ellipsix.net/arxiv-joke-papers</span><span class="invisible">.html</span></a> </p><p>Any academics who may see this, feel free to send me links tomorrow!</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AcademicMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AcademicMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/arXiv" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>arXiv</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ScienceMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ScienceMastodon</span></a></p>
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David Zaslavsky<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://yiff.life/@erkhyan" class="u-url mention">@<span>erkhyan</span></a></span> I bet somebody has written a paper cataloguing the spectra of astronomical trenchcoats</p><p>(or if not, I'll be looking out next April 1...)</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/arXivFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>arXivFools</span></a></p>
David Zaslavsky<p>Just when you think you're getting good at picking out the joke papers without having to read them, along comes "Language Models are Spacecraft Operators"</p><p>...that's real research, folks</p><p><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.00413" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arxiv.org/abs/2404.00413</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/arxiv" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>arxiv</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/arXivFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>arXivFools</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ScienceMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ScienceMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>science</span></a></p>
David Zaslavsky<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci" class="u-url mention">@<span>AkaSci</span></a></span> Oh nice, this thread will be a good starting point to update my list! (<a href="https://www.ellipsix.net/arxiv-joke-papers.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ellipsix.net/arxiv-joke-papers</span><span class="invisible">.html</span></a>)</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/arxiv" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>arxiv</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/arXivFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>arXivFools</span></a></p>
David Zaslavsky<p>Almost time for <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/arXivFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>arXivFools</span></a> again! As usual, I will be updating my "asymptotically comprehensive" list of joke papers on <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/arxiv" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>arxiv</span></a> (<a href="https://www.ellipsix.net/arxiv-joke-papers.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ellipsix.net/arxiv-joke-papers</span><span class="invisible">.html</span></a>) with whatever goodies get posted tomorrow. But I find out about a lot of them from the community, so please send me tips! (I mean papers, not money 😀)</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ScienceMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ScienceMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>science</span></a></p>
David Zaslavsky<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@vinceknight" class="u-url mention">@<span>vinceknight</span></a></span> haha nice I hadn't seen that! I'm adding it to my list (<a href="https://www.ellipsix.net/arxiv-joke-papers.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ellipsix.net/arxiv-joke-papers</span><span class="invisible">.html</span></a>)</p><p>...also if I may suggest linking to the abstract rather than the PDF file?</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/arXivFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>arXivFools</span></a></p>
David Zaslavsky<p>Thanks to Ryan Dorrill for letting me know about his <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/arXivFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>arXivFools</span></a> submission "Macroscopic Dynamics of Entangled 3+1-Dimensional Systems: A Novel Investigation Into Why My MacBook Cable Tangles in My Backpack Every Single Day" <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.00220" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arxiv.org/abs/2304.00220</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br />It's now on the list: <a href="https://www.ellipsix.net/arxiv-joke-papers.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ellipsix.net/arxiv-joke-papers</span><span class="invisible">.html</span></a></p><p>Most of my list is assembled by manually browsing the <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/arXiv" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>arXiv</span></a> feeds around <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AprilFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AprilFools</span></a> Day, but I do get several suggestions from people of papers that I've missed, and they are always appreciated!</p>
David Zaslavsky<p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/arXivFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>arXivFools</span></a> Day, now with more chickens <a href="https://www.ellipsix.net/blog/2023/04/arxiv-fools-day-2023-now-with-more-chickens.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ellipsix.net/blog/2023/04/arxi</span><span class="invisible">v-fools-day-2023-now-with-more-chickens.html</span></a></p><p>Eight more joke papers added to the list</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/arxiv" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>arxiv</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AprilFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AprilFools</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ScienceMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ScienceMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>science</span></a></p>
David Zaslavsky<p>I have nothing to add to this title: "Nuggets of Wisdom: Determining an Upper Limit on the Number Density of Chickens in the Universe" <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.17626" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arxiv.org/abs/2303.17626</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AprilFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AprilFools</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/arXivFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>arXivFools</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ScienceMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ScienceMastodon</span></a></p>
David Zaslavsky<p>It should be no surprise to see <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> making inroads into scientific publishing in this year's <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AprilFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AprilFools</span></a> papers: "Can AI Put Gamma-Ray Astrophysicists Out of a Job?" <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.17853" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arxiv.org/abs/2303.17853</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/arXivFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>arXivFools</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ScienceMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ScienceMastodon</span></a></p>
David Zaslavsky<p>This doesn't look like an <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AprilFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AprilFools</span></a> paper but I have to give a shoutout to <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.17609" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arxiv.org/abs/2303.17609</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> for introducing "ronswanson", a Python package that builds table models 😂 <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ScienceMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ScienceMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/arXivFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>arXivFools</span></a></p>
David Zaslavsky<p>I rounded up all the April Fool's Day research papers I could find on arXiv: <a href="https://www.ellipsix.net/blog/2023/04/from-minecraft-to-memes-arxiv-fools-day-2023.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ellipsix.net/blog/2023/04/from</span><span class="invisible">-minecraft-to-memes-arxiv-fools-day-2023.html</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AprilFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AprilFools</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/arXivFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>arXivFools</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/arXiv" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>arXiv</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ScienceMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ScienceMastodon</span></a></p>
David Zaslavsky<p>It's almost time for the annual update my list of arXiv joke papers: <a href="https://www.ellipsix.net/arxiv-joke-papers.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ellipsix.net/arxiv-joke-papers</span><span class="invisible">.html</span></a></p><p>In the past I've used tips from Twitter to help make sure I don't miss any, but... y'know, Twitter :dumpsterfire: so can you help me out Fediverse? Feel free to give me a ping with any arXiv joke papers you find tomorrow! Or use the hashtag <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/arXivFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>arXivFools</span></a></p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ScienceMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ScienceMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/arXiv" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>arXiv</span></a></p>
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