EPFL specifically. French students were >50% of the incoming Bachelor cohort and the university simply doesn't have the space. Not clear if this will stay long term, classrooms are being built now.

EPFL is down big in CS but up in math, fwiw. Though there's some interference from a cap on foreign students for logistical reasons that also happened recently.

Which means when we attack Europe, we will bomb kindergartens and hospitals instead.

It's hard to not see it as a consequence of the pre-university US school system being pretty terrible on average which forces unis to compensate.

The people behind the initiative for total Swiss neutrality, which is predicted to lose by a lot, are mad they're being called pro-Russian. So they did the "our 'We are not Russian agents' t-shirt..." meme, but with junk mail sent to every household. 🤣

Me when rubber duck debugging works

Sponsored in part by Donald Trump.

Every author? I know some PL conferences have tried doing this for senior authors defined as having a bunch of papers already.

It incentivizes doing a good job once you've signed up to review, but what's the incentive to sign up?

Ça veut dire quoi en pratique cet award français ?

Finally a productive use for AI chatbots

Today in "things that only happen in English"...

Can you get more "USA in 2026" than "antivax parents accept one vaccine so they can circumcise their sons"?

The horrific aftermath of last night’s massive Russian attack on Kyiv and Kyiv region with ballistic and cruise missiles and drones. In Kyiv, eight people were killed and seven more injured, including three children. Six of those killed were employees of Ukrainian Railways. 📹Boryspil/Radio Liberty

Can't have diacritics unless it Starts with a BOM, Vexing!

Saha now suddenly has nothing to do with that Cofnas signature campaign, to which he personally added Charles "Bell Curve" Murray!