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Re:Challenge to scientists: does your ten-year-old code stil... by gowld on Monday August 24, 2020 @12:15PM (#24262089)
If your experiment is not repeatable, it's an anecdote not data.

Any effort to write a paper readable for other people, or document the experiment in any way would probably be seen as wasted effort that could be used to create more results.

The "don't show your work" argument only makes sense if you are doing PR, not science.

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Re:Challenge to scientists: does your ten-year-old code stil... by neutronicus on Monday August 24, 2020 @12:23PM (#24262177)
If it's repeatable by you then it's a trade secret, not an anecdote
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Re:Challenge to scientists: does your ten-year-old code stil... by arethuza on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @04:39AM (#24269302)
I specifically got told off by my supervisor for trying to "improve" some of the software we were working on!
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