OldGuyInTheClub

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by OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago
I think that was another of many blows to the head and gonads that the California public Universities have suffered. Prop 13 forced the state schools to adopt a private school model. Way back when, there was a tacit agreement that the publ
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by OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago
Prop 13 (Property tax revolt) wreaked havoc on the UC, Cal State, and Community College systems. Tuition started to creep up at Berkeley shortly after I started a couple of years after the vote but it was absolutely nothing like it is toda
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by OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago
They have other offerings besides the explicitly titled "Bootcamps." Extension as I've seen it used are for people outside University enrollment (undergrad/grad/postdoc) who want some enrichment or additional train
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by OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago
"This is an ugly word, this 'scam.' This is business. And if you wanna be in business, this is what you do." --- Marlon Brando, 'The Freshman' (1990) Caltech offers certs in Program Management, System Enginee
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by OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago
Why have you decided that the other is the winner? When Boeing or Airbus announce a new airplane, they come up with all sorts of luxurious concepts that would make air travel less miserable if not enjoyable. We all know damn well that the
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by OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago
It's possible, like every molecule in the room suddenly collecting in one corner of it. Just highly unlikely. Public anything in the US is a four letter word thanks to decades of assaults. Value extraction from the many for a few is
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by OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago
I ROFL-ed and the sheer exertion of it healed all my ailments!
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by OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago
Consolidated reply to you and a few others: Speaking here as an older-than-average HNer caring for an elderly parent. Not all doctors are equal, if the local is a lemon, it is usually a distance to the next one. Then, there are specialist
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by OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago
Fine if you are young, able-bodied, don't need medical care, and don't mind living with the sights, sounds, and smells of a lot of other people. Not to mention the algorithmic rent hikes and whatever restrictions the landlord imp
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by OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago
Photoacoustic is usually done with a chopped or pulsed light source at a few hundred Hz (ie. audio frequencies). If the molecules don't absorb at that wavelength or if the molecules are not present, the light just goes through. If li
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by OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago
Optical linewidths are influenced by temperature and pressure. Outdoors, humidity can be a factor as well. When I did photoacoustic spectroscopy, we used two or more wavelengths in the measurement; one on resonance, one off resonance to h
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by OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago
Nice to see this miniaturization of photoacoustic spectroscopy - something I've done a bit of in the past. It is an underappreciated technique. Ordinarily one measures the difference in optical throughput with and without a sample.
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by OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago
This is a remarkable complement to seeing a work of art in person. We can get close through zoom in ways that we couldn't at the museum without putting the piece at risk.
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by OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago
They are good but a lot depends on the individual. My combination of presbyopia and refractive errors including astigmatism mean I can get close with multifocals but still need reading glasses. My very experienced optometrist had me try f
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by OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago
iwanttocomment beat me to it. AFAIK, accommodating IOLs have been in development/trials forever. I wasn't aware of Crystalens but looks like it is not ready for prime time.
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by OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago
They work just well enough to fail for me. Still need reading glasses for close-in work.
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by OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago
I am thrilled that this exists. I've been hoping for this since my near vision started going south twenty years ago. My current options are reading glasses (dollar store ones are as good as prescription) or hope that accommodating in
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by OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago
Generations and corporate cultures change. We've gone hard over into thinking that modeling and simulation alone can lead to greater profits due to (presumably) less infrastructure and fewer people on the job. Time and again it fails
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by OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago
Yes, that was my point. He loomed large over Microsoft regardless of the org chart.
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by OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago
"Such hearts, such brains, would be unable to comprehend that one's attachment to a masterpiece may be utterly overwhelming, especially when it is the underside of the weave that entrances the beholder and only begetter, whose own
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by OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago
I always thought Gates was feared by his employees. Unless I'm missing something, all the following emails passed the buck with no one saying, "The boss is pissed and we had better fix the mess."
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by OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago
> For more than 40 years, IEEE has been a great place to build my personal brand When I hear the phrase "personal brand," I normally throw up. Today was a normal day.
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by OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago
Well said. I am grateful that my employer licenses Matlab, Simulink, and a lot of toolboxes and blocksets. The IDE and especially the documentation help me get stuff done. We've had waves of Python as a Matlab killer first with Enth
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by OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago
Murray Gell-Mann on some of Bjorken's contributions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mlk5OlaUtuQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw9lytHrW-Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PH4H29g_wQ
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by OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago
Thanks! Look forward to getting it when it is released.
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by OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago
I like Apple's hardware and underlying OS enough to shell out for MacBook Pros but, man, their homebuilt applications are a PITA. The RPN calculator on my high powered new MBP doesn't have a scientific or engineering notation opti
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by OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago
Was? He's still alive! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Kranz
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by OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago
I'd say that a staggering amount of work at Fermilab is already applied and/or engineering. That's a compliment. Theorists get the PR but building and running those enormous experiments is no joke.
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There's something incredibly compelling about launch and in-flight polls. I never tire of listening to them.
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by OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago
They're good at outreach. See their YT videos with Don Lincoln. More merch? A Patreon?

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