Henry Ngo
@astrodino.planetngo.ca
Data scientist. Previously worked in planetary astronomy. he/him/his
It's the start of postdoc job application season again. I see quite a few #astro fellowship postdocs posting the same salary this year as they offered when I was applying in 2016, almost 9 years ago :O
For those who are applying, this was the hardest part of my career! Take care of yourselves <3
For those who are applying, this was the hardest part of my career! Take care of yourselves <3
October 7, 2025 at 4:55 AM
It's the start of postdoc job application season again. I see quite a few #astro fellowship postdocs posting the same salary this year as they offered when I was applying in 2016, almost 9 years ago :O
For those who are applying, this was the hardest part of my career! Take care of yourselves <3
For those who are applying, this was the hardest part of my career! Take care of yourselves <3
New 4yo exclamation:
Whoa! That scared me out of the fuck
🤣🤣🤣
Whoa! That scared me out of the fuck
🤣🤣🤣
September 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
New 4yo exclamation:
Whoa! That scared me out of the fuck
🤣🤣🤣
Whoa! That scared me out of the fuck
🤣🤣🤣
Saying goodnight to 4yo: "Okay, last hug of the night, let's make it count!"
*starts to hug*
4yo: "1, 2, 3, 4...."
*starts to hug*
4yo: "1, 2, 3, 4...."
August 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Saying goodnight to 4yo: "Okay, last hug of the night, let's make it count!"
*starts to hug*
4yo: "1, 2, 3, 4...."
*starts to hug*
4yo: "1, 2, 3, 4...."
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TOMORROW: the final day of first round voting in the Search for B.C.'s Best Symbol!
featuring: debates over culture! highway stuff! the okanagan! mascots!
also if mr. pg can't beat expo ernie then prince george is BANNED from complaining about the roadside attraction bracket
featuring: debates over culture! highway stuff! the okanagan! mascots!
also if mr. pg can't beat expo ernie then prince george is BANNED from complaining about the roadside attraction bracket
July 17, 2025 at 5:16 AM
TOMORROW: the final day of first round voting in the Search for B.C.'s Best Symbol!
featuring: debates over culture! highway stuff! the okanagan! mascots!
also if mr. pg can't beat expo ernie then prince george is BANNED from complaining about the roadside attraction bracket
featuring: debates over culture! highway stuff! the okanagan! mascots!
also if mr. pg can't beat expo ernie then prince george is BANNED from complaining about the roadside attraction bracket
My perspective was that I put in as much effort into preparing for these "pass or fail out" exams/comps/quals/orals as I was willing for the rest of my PhD (and career). If that wasn't enough then I would have been content moving onto something else.
A thing no PhD program will tell you but you should know, so I’ll repeat it every so often: ask yourself seriously if you want to finish after comps/quals/orals whatever they call it, the thing that gives you the masters. This is the best place to pull the ripcord and bail out. You won’t get better.
June 19, 2025 at 6:51 AM
My perspective was that I put in as much effort into preparing for these "pass or fail out" exams/comps/quals/orals as I was willing for the rest of my PhD (and career). If that wasn't enough then I would have been content moving onto something else.
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Contrary to a lot of opinion on this, I think generative AI actually does have some useful applications! Sometimes you do just need a crane! But these people are deluding themselves into thinking they've exercised and the mismatch between what they know and what they think they know is dangerous
June 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Contrary to a lot of opinion on this, I think generative AI actually does have some useful applications! Sometimes you do just need a crane! But these people are deluding themselves into thinking they've exercised and the mismatch between what they know and what they think they know is dangerous
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I am surrounded by people who are outsourcing their own thinking to ChatGPT and they are quickly and obviously becoming dependent on it for even the most banal tasks. Once again, the "figuring it out" is the important part. Yes, you can use a crane to lift weights but you will not get stronger
June 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I am surrounded by people who are outsourcing their own thinking to ChatGPT and they are quickly and obviously becoming dependent on it for even the most banal tasks. Once again, the "figuring it out" is the important part. Yes, you can use a crane to lift weights but you will not get stronger
Apparently when the doctor says "no solid foods for today and tomorrow", he isn't talking about states of matter. When he continued to list examples of acceptable foods such as soups, yogurt, applesauce, my brain was stuck on processing why yogurt isn't a solid that I almost missed the list.
June 15, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Apparently when the doctor says "no solid foods for today and tomorrow", he isn't talking about states of matter. When he continued to list examples of acceptable foods such as soups, yogurt, applesauce, my brain was stuck on processing why yogurt isn't a solid that I almost missed the list.
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Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.
June 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.
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Bravo, Glendale. Bravo.
More, please.
And it's time for Democrats to loudly say, "Abolish ICE." Someone please stand up and have a spine.
More, please.
And it's time for Democrats to loudly say, "Abolish ICE." Someone please stand up and have a spine.
June 9, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Bravo, Glendale. Bravo.
More, please.
And it's time for Democrats to loudly say, "Abolish ICE." Someone please stand up and have a spine.
More, please.
And it's time for Democrats to loudly say, "Abolish ICE." Someone please stand up and have a spine.
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Planners: to connect British Columbians living next to the ocean, we'll have a fleet of publicly owned ferries
People: cool
Planners: the main terminals will be in greater vancouver, greater victoria, nanaimo and gibsons
People: makes sense
Planners: every terminal will be called something else
People: cool
Planners: the main terminals will be in greater vancouver, greater victoria, nanaimo and gibsons
People: makes sense
Planners: every terminal will be called something else
June 5, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Planners: to connect British Columbians living next to the ocean, we'll have a fleet of publicly owned ferries
People: cool
Planners: the main terminals will be in greater vancouver, greater victoria, nanaimo and gibsons
People: makes sense
Planners: every terminal will be called something else
People: cool
Planners: the main terminals will be in greater vancouver, greater victoria, nanaimo and gibsons
People: makes sense
Planners: every terminal will be called something else
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Time for our scientific society leadership to take the case to the people by getting on national news and putting op eds in national publications, rather than just sending letters to members of congress who feel no pressure by that whatsoever
May 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Time for our scientific society leadership to take the case to the people by getting on national news and putting op eds in national publications, rather than just sending letters to members of congress who feel no pressure by that whatsoever
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I don’t know who is ready to hear this but people don’t have to add value
Like people should also be allowed to exist for free
Like people should also be allowed to exist for free
May 27, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I don’t know who is ready to hear this but people don’t have to add value
Like people should also be allowed to exist for free
Like people should also be allowed to exist for free
They need to watch a Canadian Heritage Minute: www.youtube.com/watch?v=amCe...
May 26, 2025 at 6:53 AM
They need to watch a Canadian Heritage Minute: www.youtube.com/watch?v=amCe...
Definitely a first world problem: dishwasher leaking/malfunction on a Saturday and all the "24/7" appliance repair places just take messages and will return calls on Monday.
May 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Definitely a first world problem: dishwasher leaking/malfunction on a Saturday and all the "24/7" appliance repair places just take messages and will return calls on Monday.
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Again, @ft.com reporters or whoever else needs to hear this:
"Hallucinations" are not the result of "flaws," they are literally inherent in & inextricable from what LLM systems do & are.
Whether an "AI" tells you something that matches reality or something that doesn't, *it is working as designed*
"Hallucinations" are not the result of "flaws," they are literally inherent in & inextricable from what LLM systems do & are.
Whether an "AI" tells you something that matches reality or something that doesn't, *it is working as designed*
May 11, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Again, @ft.com reporters or whoever else needs to hear this:
"Hallucinations" are not the result of "flaws," they are literally inherent in & inextricable from what LLM systems do & are.
Whether an "AI" tells you something that matches reality or something that doesn't, *it is working as designed*
"Hallucinations" are not the result of "flaws," they are literally inherent in & inextricable from what LLM systems do & are.
Whether an "AI" tells you something that matches reality or something that doesn't, *it is working as designed*
The people of Battle River --- Crowfoot have the chance to do funniest thing ever.
Not really since the CPC winner there had well over 50% of all eligible voters. But would love to see the margin decrease when PP gets involved.
Not really since the CPC winner there had well over 50% of all eligible voters. But would love to see the margin decrease when PP gets involved.
May 3, 2025 at 3:39 AM
The people of Battle River --- Crowfoot have the chance to do funniest thing ever.
Not really since the CPC winner there had well over 50% of all eligible voters. But would love to see the margin decrease when PP gets involved.
Not really since the CPC winner there had well over 50% of all eligible voters. But would love to see the margin decrease when PP gets involved.
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For Pride month this year, Astrobites is looking to highlight transgender astronomers and we want YOU! We are planning to interview four astronomers about their experience being transgender in science, how they've dealt with barriers throughout their career . . . (1/4)
April 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
For Pride month this year, Astrobites is looking to highlight transgender astronomers and we want YOU! We are planning to interview four astronomers about their experience being transgender in science, how they've dealt with barriers throughout their career . . . (1/4)
One clear way to see how Canada votes people out, not in: Four out of seven party leaders lost their own seat. And two of those were from the top 3 parties.
April 30, 2025 at 4:56 AM
One clear way to see how Canada votes people out, not in: Four out of seven party leaders lost their own seat. And two of those were from the top 3 parties.
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I'm very relieved Poilievre didn't win, but it is so, so weird seeing US / UK peeps celebrating this on Canada's behalf as a win for the left. We just elected a centrist banker and our actual-left party was crushed and may lose official status. This is a move to the right for us, by the numbers.
April 29, 2025 at 5:25 AM
I'm very relieved Poilievre didn't win, but it is so, so weird seeing US / UK peeps celebrating this on Canada's behalf as a win for the left. We just elected a centrist banker and our actual-left party was crushed and may lose official status. This is a move to the right for us, by the numbers.
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All the Americans in my feed: Phew, good job Canada! Rest easy!
All the Canadians in my feed: many stressful things are happening on several fronts
All the Canadians in my feed: many stressful things are happening on several fronts
April 29, 2025 at 4:05 AM
All the Americans in my feed: Phew, good job Canada! Rest easy!
All the Canadians in my feed: many stressful things are happening on several fronts
All the Canadians in my feed: many stressful things are happening on several fronts
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we're seeing what we saw out of Atlantic Canada — as advanced polls come in, what goes from a very nervous moment for Liberal supports eases, as more seats flip their way
Liberals were up by 2 seats just 20 minutes ago.
Now it's 17 seats.
It's why that government call was made so early.
Liberals were up by 2 seats just 20 minutes ago.
Now it's 17 seats.
It's why that government call was made so early.
April 29, 2025 at 3:38 AM
we're seeing what we saw out of Atlantic Canada — as advanced polls come in, what goes from a very nervous moment for Liberal supports eases, as more seats flip their way
Liberals were up by 2 seats just 20 minutes ago.
Now it's 17 seats.
It's why that government call was made so early.
Liberals were up by 2 seats just 20 minutes ago.
Now it's 17 seats.
It's why that government call was made so early.
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Depends.
BC Liberals are conservatives. Federal Liberals are the center progressives.
NDP are socialist progressives.
Conservatives are an amalgamation of all non-progressives.
Green are inconsistently environmental progressives & social conservatives, maybe?
Bloc are provincial advocates.
BC Liberals are conservatives. Federal Liberals are the center progressives.
NDP are socialist progressives.
Conservatives are an amalgamation of all non-progressives.
Green are inconsistently environmental progressives & social conservatives, maybe?
Bloc are provincial advocates.
April 29, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Depends.
BC Liberals are conservatives. Federal Liberals are the center progressives.
NDP are socialist progressives.
Conservatives are an amalgamation of all non-progressives.
Green are inconsistently environmental progressives & social conservatives, maybe?
Bloc are provincial advocates.
BC Liberals are conservatives. Federal Liberals are the center progressives.
NDP are socialist progressives.
Conservatives are an amalgamation of all non-progressives.
Green are inconsistently environmental progressives & social conservatives, maybe?
Bloc are provincial advocates.
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Also pour one out for the NDP, who died so Canada could live.
April 29, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Also pour one out for the NDP, who died so Canada could live.
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he should have done the hip flip
April 29, 2025 at 2:14 AM
he should have done the hip flip