Windhaven
@windhaven.bsky.social
STEM major in the Midwest.
99% lurker, 1% terrible posts :P
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99% lurker, 1% terrible posts :P
He/him
Like someone else said, I feel like the gestures probably shape power rather than being the cause. Given that, now I want to see a magician who’s also a gymnast cast magic as part of a routine for the added spectacle…
December 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Like someone else said, I feel like the gestures probably shape power rather than being the cause. Given that, now I want to see a magician who’s also a gymnast cast magic as part of a routine for the added spectacle…
As my native language in the US,
two thirty P M
two thirty P M
November 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
As my native language in the US,
two thirty P M
two thirty P M
Like, if you’re going to make a placeholder table and not care about content, I feel like it would be better to reduce how much is on the slide to just what you think is important…
October 31, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Like, if you’re going to make a placeholder table and not care about content, I feel like it would be better to reduce how much is on the slide to just what you think is important…
I was at a conference earlier this year, and one presentation had a slide that was a table comparing three techniques… with the immediate caveat of “oh yeah, this is AI generated to fill the slide, don’t pay too much attention to it!”
October 31, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I was at a conference earlier this year, and one presentation had a slide that was a table comparing three techniques… with the immediate caveat of “oh yeah, this is AI generated to fill the slide, don’t pay too much attention to it!”
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The worst part about this is haro is literally the mecha version of an astronech. Imagine asking r2d2s purpose.
March 2, 2025 at 5:18 AM
The worst part about this is haro is literally the mecha version of an astronech. Imagine asking r2d2s purpose.
Is it better when the publisher is a professional society? I know that the American Physical Society publishes Physical Review and some other journals, but haven’t been inside academia long enough to know how different the experience is compared to a for-profit publisher.
September 6, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Is it better when the publisher is a professional society? I know that the American Physical Society publishes Physical Review and some other journals, but haven’t been inside academia long enough to know how different the experience is compared to a for-profit publisher.
People I’ve talked to who have published technical reports generally do it because they need to publish *something* due to funding mandates or because they’re doing something too un-impactful to be a journal article or it wouldn’t fit the structure of one.
September 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
People I’ve talked to who have published technical reports generally do it because they need to publish *something* due to funding mandates or because they’re doing something too un-impactful to be a journal article or it wouldn’t fit the structure of one.
Some places publish technical reports, but they’re lower prestige because the barrier to publishing is “I want to publish this”, and so there’s no peer or editor review.
September 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Some places publish technical reports, but they’re lower prestige because the barrier to publishing is “I want to publish this”, and so there’s no peer or editor review.
Perfectly smooth in all directions?
August 31, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Perfectly smooth in all directions?
For example, an illustrative example of the federal rules of sentencing would be to take a theoretical fraud convict and show how things like the amount stolen or a guilt plea would affect his sentence.
(Realizing I’m making an example for my definition of an illustrative example, lol)
(Realizing I’m making an example for my definition of an illustrative example, lol)
August 12, 2025 at 3:39 AM
For example, an illustrative example of the federal rules of sentencing would be to take a theoretical fraud convict and show how things like the amount stolen or a guilt plea would affect his sentence.
(Realizing I’m making an example for my definition of an illustrative example, lol)
(Realizing I’m making an example for my definition of an illustrative example, lol)
It’s an example of a thing made to explain or “illustrate it” - it should to be plausible, but doesn’t have to be 100% real.
August 12, 2025 at 3:37 AM
It’s an example of a thing made to explain or “illustrate it” - it should to be plausible, but doesn’t have to be 100% real.
And that was a residency permit to study abroad, not a tourist visa…
August 5, 2025 at 1:41 AM
And that was a residency permit to study abroad, not a tourist visa…
The closest think I can think of was getting a Swedish residency permit for a few months and having to either show I either had a plane ticket back or a few thousand dollars, but that was a screenshot of a bank account to show you could fly back to the USA at the end, not a $15k bond…
August 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The closest think I can think of was getting a Swedish residency permit for a few months and having to either show I either had a plane ticket back or a few thousand dollars, but that was a screenshot of a bank account to show you could fly back to the USA at the end, not a $15k bond…
I grew up in the Southwest, so I can deal with 95 degree heat…
Provided it’s dry.
I had to go to DC last month during the heat wave and my wimpy body was regretting my life choices every time I had to step outside and it in the eighties and humid
Provided it’s dry.
I had to go to DC last month during the heat wave and my wimpy body was regretting my life choices every time I had to step outside and it in the eighties and humid
July 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I grew up in the Southwest, so I can deal with 95 degree heat…
Provided it’s dry.
I had to go to DC last month during the heat wave and my wimpy body was regretting my life choices every time I had to step outside and it in the eighties and humid
Provided it’s dry.
I had to go to DC last month during the heat wave and my wimpy body was regretting my life choices every time I had to step outside and it in the eighties and humid
July 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Mutes just hide the person from your feed and replies, blocks actually block you from seeing them at all and stop them from seeing your posts.
Blocking mostly matters if someone’s harassing you compared to just being annoying in someone else’s replies.
Blocking mostly matters if someone’s harassing you compared to just being annoying in someone else’s replies.
July 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Mutes just hide the person from your feed and replies, blocks actually block you from seeing them at all and stop them from seeing your posts.
Blocking mostly matters if someone’s harassing you compared to just being annoying in someone else’s replies.
Blocking mostly matters if someone’s harassing you compared to just being annoying in someone else’s replies.
(Leviticus 19:33-34 in case you’re like me and not familiar with the Bible. The rest of it is mostly instructions from God to Moses on how to live a moral life and gain forgiveness for sin)
June 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
(Leviticus 19:33-34 in case you’re like me and not familiar with the Bible. The rest of it is mostly instructions from God to Moses on how to live a moral life and gain forgiveness for sin)
Fair point - I could have phrased that better.
I guess I’m also biased by having treated Spanish as an academic subject where I needed to give presentations and write short responses rather than focusing on using it conversationally.
I guess I’m also biased by having treated Spanish as an academic subject where I needed to give presentations and write short responses rather than focusing on using it conversationally.
June 8, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Fair point - I could have phrased that better.
I guess I’m also biased by having treated Spanish as an academic subject where I needed to give presentations and write short responses rather than focusing on using it conversationally.
I guess I’m also biased by having treated Spanish as an academic subject where I needed to give presentations and write short responses rather than focusing on using it conversationally.
With idiomatic simplifications, I haven’t progressed enough to say if Babbel starts using them - my hunch would be that it wouldn’t because apps tend to focus on “perfect” grammar and language usage
June 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
With idiomatic simplifications, I haven’t progressed enough to say if Babbel starts using them - my hunch would be that it wouldn’t because apps tend to focus on “perfect” grammar and language usage
I think Babbel will let you start at a higher “course” (it divides it into half levels, like A1 - I and A1 - II) without having to take the placement exam.
June 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I think Babbel will let you start at a higher “course” (it divides it into half levels, like A1 - I and A1 - II) without having to take the placement exam.
Yeah, I took Spanish in high school and got to be somewhere intermediate (in college when I was still fresh, I just barely tested out of Spanish II and the language requirement), and Duolingo put me at the beginning because I wasn’t *perfect* with the placement exam.
June 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Yeah, I took Spanish in high school and got to be somewhere intermediate (in college when I was still fresh, I just barely tested out of Spanish II and the language requirement), and Duolingo put me at the beginning because I wasn’t *perfect* with the placement exam.
I also started with Duolingo but immediately bounced off of it because of the “we make learning FUN” attitude that felt condescending and that I don’t feel with Babbel.
June 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I also started with Duolingo but immediately bounced off of it because of the “we make learning FUN” attitude that felt condescending and that I don’t feel with Babbel.