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by skalarproduktr 2y ago
Thank you, Matt! Loved your guide when I started my own PhD in ye olden days, and I've shown it to a lot of people since then.
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by skalarproduktr 2y ago
Matt has also written a great follow-up, "How to get tenure", see https://matt.might.net/articles/tenure/ Highly relevant for the aspiring researcher, and it describes really well the nonlinearities of (
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by skalarproduktr 2y ago
Please consider that not everyone has the luxury of having (had) a PhD advisor who really cares. There's a wide spectrum, ranging from micromanagers, to people you see once during your PhD, to advisors that are genuinely great (intelle
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by skalarproduktr 2y ago
I can only second this after having advised a few students from bachelor to PhD level. The ones who do well are (usually) the ones who are genuinely excited. Not only about the thing they're doing, but in general. It really helps getti
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by skalarproduktr 2y ago
Congrats, Ian, on the amazing side project and the thorough and thoroughly enjoyable writeup. You really got me with the tests for the original Bauble, I had a good laugh after that paragraph! I’m now also somewhat inclined to have a deeper
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by skalarproduktr 2y ago
Steven's articles are always a joy. I love that he often delves into details others miss or leave out on purpose. For SDF fonts in particular, most articles skip the fact that in Valve's paper, very high-res per-glyph textures are
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by skalarproduktr 2y ago
Chrome on iOS also uses WebKit as backend, as iOS restrictions don’t allow other engines. Same goes for Firefox, Brave, etc… Edit: Actually not fully true anymore, as of iOS 17.4, you _could_ bring your own engine ( https://develo
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by skalarproduktr 2y ago
This is a great summary how to use regexps, complete with some very nice examples. Thank you!
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by skalarproduktr 2y ago
Came here with the idea of this being about how someone made terrible pre-1970 washing machine UX into something much better. Can’t say I’m disappointed though! I’m wondering if cleaning-intensity ultrasound could cause issues for humans?