Could the popularity of STEM programs be partially responsible? Those students seem to think that systemization via courseware leads to fairness and seek rigid causality when things go wrong. Anecdotally, they have a harder time in humanities classes where grades have remained a bit more holistic

I just don't really watch TV or movies very often and so any kind of reference is lost on me. I enjoy the creativity and maker skills that are on display tho

OOPSLA is requiring senior authors on each submission to be available as reviewers conf.researchr.org/track/splash...

not a specific place but definitely go to a hawker center and try kopi from one of the drink stalls

I went to Singapore about a year and a half ago for work. It's nice to be going back to a place I'm already a little familiar with but still a huge trip. And my first major conference