Is the problem worse with certain submission types? You will know that Arxiv CS just started to refuse review and position papers. blog.arxiv.org/2025/10/31/a...

I was also worried that the obvious "I don't know what you don't know" would shorten my stay.

I started talking about the surprisingly large probability of loosing a child in the year following fetal viability. "It's all nutrition", I was informed, "I raise cattle". This was the second time someone brought up cattle upon hearing about my research. I should start to listen.

It all started here in an attempt to clearly define the inputs and outputs of each file (collaboration with me having to integrate the code): github.com/jschoeley/ex...

Sometime around 2021 something broke in me and I started using lists extensively. Lists of lists. Each plot, a list with plot config, grid object, and plot data... No one writes R like that.

If I'm the sole contributor, I nuke a months old git repository and git init instead of fixing whatever made it break.

I remember your reaction: "You do that bullshit, too?!?" I since stopped. Now I have the habit of putting in a new line after assignment.