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On tridental (non-)ferromagnetic gourmandization instruments

PPM, December 7, 2017

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case of the missing fork

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Background

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Forks throughout history...

  • 1605 J. Sylvester wrote the earliest known example of this particular fork as a verb
    • This fact requires verifaction and might be rather alternative

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  • "The half life of the teaspoons was 81 days."
  • We lost 95% over 365 days
    • (Van Mourik et al. 2014, in prep.)
  • Equivalent with fork half life of 84.5 days
  • This result has been replicated twice

+++ Van Mourik et al. 2014, in prep.

  • Preliminary result:

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#TeamScience.

  • Collaborative project (published as: Donders Institute)
  • Post request to work on this collaboratively on Facebook
  • GitHub open source repository
  • Null result, zero DCCN interest
    • H0: Diffusion of responsibility
    • H1: People actually have a life
  • Posted Bitcoin bounties
    • (0.09 Ether, < €30 at the time of posting)

Experimental Question

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  • We hypothesise that the FFA has always been an acronym for the Fusiform Fork Area.
  • They all move to a planet with forkoids
  • Unknown DCCN employees suffer metallophagia
    • The irresistable urge to eat metal

Materials & Methods

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#TeamScience

  • Use GitHub to collaboratively make presentation
  • Attach Bitcoin bounties to substeps
  • Let Donderians make the content
  • Outsource technical issues to India/China/Anywhere
  • Online presentation stylesheet
    • Easily present Github'ed analysis

Video

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GitHub Forks

  • Github is important for scientists
  • F@!king a repository is a legitimate software terminology
    • Meaning: making a branch for you to work on
    • Version controlled

Procedure & Subjects

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We need:

  • Equipment: 200 forks * ± €1
  • The cost of GPS trackers, cost unknown
  • Maybe the CNS department wants to chip in, as they’re also using the kitchen.
  • Quills of a Porcupine Porcupine as chopsticks.
    • Ethical approval for animal research
    • Request Da Betty e Mora to cook more Chinese

Data Analysis

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  • Multi-way ANOVA, we determine the F value (fork value)
    • If F < F_crit we need more forks
    • Covariates: food preference, spoon shortage, etc.

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MATLAB could not find them either:

lost_at = 'DondersInstitute'
fork_loc = ft_findForks(forks, lost_at);

Undefined function or variable 'forks'.


Scientific Contribution

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What we learn(t) from this process

  • We built a presentation template (GitPitch)
    • easily create minimal online presentation
  • Technical issues can easily be outsourced (GitCoin)
  • More understanding on the whereabouts of missing forks

May the forks be with you!