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So last night I dreamed that it was winter and I was at a shopping mall and I looked outside and saw this guy walking his borzoi, who was wearing this giant snow suit. But then the guy heard me laughing through the window and got REALLY mad at me.
Anyway, the dog looked like this.
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DIRECT ACTION
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Write drunk, decide not to edit when you’re sober
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There’s this weird culture of telling kids when they stress about school “u ain’t seen nothin yet hun! Wait till u do tax returns! Hahaha adulthood is fucking hell!” And i hate it b/c
1) it’s flat out untrue. Adulthood is a breeze compared to school. I have time to myself to do what I find fun and can make my own choices. Like, yeah, I’m poor and have to take care of myself, but the central activity of my life– work – is waaaaaay easier than school, mentally and emotionally.
2) Part of the reason school made me anxious to the point of considering suicide is that I had this wrong idea, drilled into my head by YEARS of people saying this, that if I didn’t do well in school, I would be a useless member of society, unable to be productive or do anything meaningful. Failing a class meant I might as well be dead. That’s the false equivalence this culture creates. But grades don’t mean SHIT in the workforce unless you’re trying to become a college professor or do something that requires a hella advanced degree.
3) it helps no one to say this! All it does is give mentally ill children, most of whom are already struggling to get through the DAY, the idea that it will only get much, much worse. I know I couldn’t cope with that thought. Any future planning past my 20s was blocked out in a haze of terror at the thought of having to persevere that long, only to get a shittier situation at the end. But it’s not shittier. I have to be more responsible, but this is a piece of goddamn cake compared to even High School. The only reason to say this to a teenager is to inflate your own sense of superiority over someone who is still learning how the world works.
So like. Can we kill this culture? Please?
reblog because my first year of college is really hitting me right about now
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This is a public service announcement that you can now get an International Phonetic Alphabet layout in Gboard on Android, including a dizzying array of diacritics. (IPA apparently coming eventually for Gboard on iOS as well.)
How to get it: Update the app if necessary, longpress on the spacebar, and add International Phonetic Alphabet under languages. To switch to IPA once you’ve enabled it, longpress on the spacebar again.
I was previously using MultiLing keyboard to type IPA on Android, which was fine for most purposes but didn’t have full support for diacritics or other special punctuation, so Gboard now looks like a better option.
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materialsscienceandengineering:
Liquid crystals could help deflect laser pointer attacks on aircraft
Aiming a laser beam at an aircraft isn’t a harmless prank: The sudden flash of bright light can incapacitate the pilot, risking the lives of passengers and crew. But because attacks can happen with different colored lasers, such as red, green or even blue, scientists have had a difficult time developing a single method to impede all wavelengths of laser light. Today, researchers report liquid crystals that could someday be incorporated into aircraft windshields to block any color of bright, focused light.
The researchers will present their results today at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Spring 2019 National Meeting & Exposition.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, 6,754 laser strikes on aircraft were reported in 2017. “We were approached by collaborators in the aviation department at our university about the growing problem happening at airports across the world, where people were shooting lasers at planes during takeoff and landing, the critical phases of flight,” says Jason Keleher, Ph.D., the project’s principal investigator. Such attacks, which cause bright flashes of light in the cockpit, can distract pilots or inflict temporary or permanent visual damage, depending on the wavelength and intensity of the laser.
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here is a list of questions i have already answered about graduate school!!
please check it before you send me a question about graduate school :) :) i hope it’s useful! xo // updated 12.18
basic info
- what is the PhD and what can you do with it? (+)
- does it look bad to take time off between degrees?
- what was your timeline like?
- what’s the difference between a terminal MA and a PhD? (+)
application process
- how can i prepare for applying early in my undergrad career? (+) (+)
- where should i start looking for programs?
- parts of the application
- advice on the writing sample?
- advice on the GRE? (+)
- how should i ask for letters of recommendation?
- how should i write a statement of purpose?
- grad school application spreadsheet
- how should i email potential advisors? (+)
- how can i survive the waiting period? (+)
- what should i ask at open house?
- what should i do if i don’t think i can afford my grad school tuition?
- what should i do the summer before i start my program?
seminars/coursework
reading
- what should i have read before i start my lit grad program?
- how much reading should i expect?
- how can i read a lot without getting overwhelmed? (+)
- how can i read efficiently? (+) (+)
- how should i take notes on critical articles?
writing
- how do i write a lit review?
- how do i choose a dissertation topic? (+)
- how do i plan for a long research paper?
money
misc
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Heads up: if you or your library/makerspace has a 3d printer you can use, this Pythagorean Theorem doodad is easy to print and fun to fiddle with. There’s something very satisfying about swiveling a2 and b2 over to c2… they fit there so perfectly.
The model is by mshscott and Isos, and is both educational and beautiful.
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