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by ohquu 12y ago
Are you an expert in those subjects? No? Then you aren't a polymath. Gaining expertise in something isn't as simple as watching a TED talk, reading an article, or even mastering a textbook. You might be a jack-of-all-trades, but l
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by ohquu 12y ago
http://www.openworm.org/science.html s/pealing/peeling
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by ohquu 12y ago
Just a reminder that Tape Op (the magazine cited above) is free; you just have to register. They even send you their print copy for free, which is wonderful.
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by ohquu 12y ago
How is this site science related? I search science, and the only thing that pops up is "Science Fiction Paintings." I search physics, and the only thing that pops up is "Karate."
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by ohquu 12y ago
What are you typing at 167 wpm? I played on typeracer.com and topped out around 130 wpm.
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by ohquu 12y ago
You're absolutely correct with everything you've said (although postdocs do get benefits here). I do think I have a problem with the prestige aspect. I am always wavering between two different feelings: "I need to make the bi
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by ohquu 12y ago
Thank you for the great reply! I hear statement (1) quite a lot, but it seems like a really subjective criterion. When I hear this, I think, "If I'm not as passionate as Feynman, I should not go to grad school." And so I have
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by ohquu 12y ago
I began working as a student at a national lab two years ago after earning my bachelor's degree in physics. I was converted to staff nearly a year later. I'm now earning more than most of my professors back home and some of the po
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by ohquu 12y ago
After reading these other comments, I Googled David E. Shaw and found this: http://mathbabe.org/2012/04/05/it-sucks-to-be-rich/ . (WARNING: Not sure of the validity of these stories, but they're inte
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by ohquu 12y ago
Isn't that not very much in the Bay Area (since the cost of living is extraordinary)?
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by ohquu 12y ago
I was downvoted yesterday for criticizing someone's lame joke on an article concerning Michael Jordan, the computer scientist. Guess what the joke involved?
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by ohquu 12y ago
That sounds terrifying. Can you give some examples of ten year goals? I don't even know where I want to be a year from now.
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by ohquu 12y ago
Good one.
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by ohquu 12y ago
My mistake. My head immediately went to "acquisition" instead of "investment." Nonetheless, it is interesting how these investment decisions (and valuations) are made.
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by ohquu 12y ago
The most important metric in this type of transport is efficiency (i.e., mass delivered / energy consumed), not speed. I can't imagine anything more efficient than cargo ships in this case.
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by ohquu 12y ago
I was responding to the idea that disruption would occur by means of drones and 3D printing. (I agree that for small amounts of materials, this might someday be the case, but currently, this is obviously not a "ripe," disruptive a
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by ohquu 12y ago
So ripe for disruption... in a hundred years?
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by ohquu 12y ago
Do you have any links to papers or code that could help get me started on such a project? This sounds like it'd be incredibly fun to build.
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by ohquu 12y ago
Yes, we are in the US. Her situation was unique in many respects. She was on her father's health insurance plan (Blue Cross and Blue Shield) and also had secondary health insurance from being a student athlete at our university. (The f
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by ohquu 12y ago
What a beautiful article. My girlfriend had three strokes, in succession, two years ago (when she was 22). The night before these strokes occurred, she had a transient ischemic attack (TIA). She began speaking gibberish to her friends. She
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by ohquu 12y ago
The word is dick.
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by ohquu 12y ago
No. They're doing it to create beautiful, innovative products that make life more beautiful. And innovative.
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by ohquu 12y ago
Would you have said this to a black person in the 50s as comfort for their plight?
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by ohquu 12y ago
I don't know. That's kind of what I'm asking. Is preference racist? Or are we scared to affirm that it might be?
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by ohquu 12y ago
Right. But when you say > racism is the belief that one or more race is inherently better or worse in some regard does this mean that a belief is only racist if it is one that has been consciously considered? What about unconscious/
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by ohquu 12y ago
There was a lot of reassurance that people "not wanting to date [race]" are not racist. Can someone explain to me where the line for racism lies?