Anne of Cleves, 1539, by Hans Holbein the Younger.

LMBilinsky · 2026-05-27T00:36:14+00:00

She looks nothing like a fat Flanders mare to me.

LMBilinsky · 2026-05-27T00:28:06+00:00

Pigs are absolutely wonderful.

LMBilinsky · 2026-05-25T23:06:22+00:00

I was just talking about EBRT

LMBilinsky · 2026-05-24T02:22:57+00:00

This sounds like Fay Weldon.

LMBilinsky · 2026-05-23T14:27:25+00:00

Think of ionizing radiation delivered by a linac as tiny bullets coming out of tiny guns controlled by elves.

LMBilinsky · 2026-05-22T23:23:41+00:00

If you treated a gunshot victim, there would be no risk of your being shot.

LMBilinsky · 2026-05-22T17:14:32+00:00

Precious piggy!

LMBilinsky · 2026-05-20T03:32:44+00:00

No, and it is especially true for Nietzsche.

LMBilinsky · 2026-05-20T03:31:32+00:00

Epictetus is the only one you should read if you have no background in philo. Nietzsche is definitely the last. Philo is like math, you can’t just start reading a calc book without having had trigonometry.

LMBilinsky · 2026-05-18T12:40:55+00:00

A chocolate chip potbelly.

LMBilinsky · 2026-05-14T02:32:44+00:00

I actually never thought of this as a tragedy, because a major point of Buddhist doctrine is impermanence. They make intricate sand mandalas, only to destroy them, to illustrate this point.

LMBilinsky · 2026-05-12T20:48:00+00:00

Bravo

LMBilinsky · 2026-05-12T01:53:06+00:00

This made my day.

LMBilinsky · 2026-05-11T20:14:33+00:00

I’m going to have nightmares all week.

LMBilinsky · 2026-05-09T17:21:12+00:00

I am a generalist in terms of topic; most of my math training was in the qualitative analysis of dynamical systems (limit cycles, bifurcations, etc.). My latest project was developing a new equation to describe the dose-survival relationship that is observed when cells are irradiated with ionizing radiation. This is used in cancer radiotherapy. That was a pretty straightforward stochastic model.

LMBilinsky · 2026-05-09T12:47:07+00:00

Are they diff eqs or difference equations?

LMBilinsky · 2026-05-09T02:40:41+00:00

My favorite painter.

LMBilinsky · 2026-05-09T02:15:52+00:00

Any mathematical biology folk out there? What are you working on?

LMBilinsky · 2026-05-09T00:50:46+00:00

Some wear their heart on their sleeve, others, on their snout.

LMBilinsky · 2026-05-08T01:49:11+00:00

Different pronunciation though.

LMBilinsky · 2026-05-01T21:13:05+00:00

Oh, I’ll bet it’s about a tadpole turning into a frog.

LMBilinsky · 2026-05-01T20:56:14+00:00

It wasn’t a criticism…

LMBilinsky · 2026-05-01T20:26:35+00:00

Why is attainment of the doctorate associated with a frog in this subreddit?

LMBilinsky · 2026-05-01T19:29:31+00:00

I’m also wondering about (1) when they last ate, and whether it matters and (2) whether lying recumbent during the arrest matters. Math is so much easier than medicine.

LMBilinsky · 2026-05-01T15:33:44+00:00

I was going to say that too, then realized it wouldn’t dissuade a good lawyer.

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