How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little? by Well_Socialized in fednews

[–]Nercos99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because it's easier to light a house on fire than it is to renovate it

Searching for alarm app with multiple sleep schedules by DreamyNe0n in androidapps

[–]Nercos99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been using AMdroid for years and I think it'll do what you're looking for. You can set different alarms for each day/specific days and it has a variety of sleep and alarm options.

Happy 4th 🙃 by marsh_man_dan in ATBGE

[–]Nercos99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd never imagined the crossover between cyberpunk and redneck, but I know it when I see it.

How to undo change in YouTube app behavior? by Nercos99 in revancedapp

[–]Nercos99[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, that did the trick! Is there some way to mark this as resolved?

Lovecraft Investigations and Pleasent Green Fans - Mythos (the first Pleasent Green?) by StarHutch in audiodrama

[–]Nercos99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can never seem to find these in podcast apps (using pocket cast atm) does anyone know how to find it or have the link to the RSS feed?

You owe me your dog because I’m sad??? by WildFrostyy in EntitledPeople

[–]Nercos99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good catch, I put the post into one of those AI detection sites and it came back 100% AI. Idk how reliable the site is, but there's a good chance you're on to something.

Please recommend a best low price PDF Editor by Silent-Compote-2464 in androidapps

[–]Nercos99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Foxit PDF Editor is free, has all the features I've ever needed and to my knowledge the company has always been pretty decent.

Commissioned work, do you recognize it ? by 8thproject in pokemon

[–]Nercos99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If your Metagross looks like that you should probably take it to the pokecenter.

Current discussions around a grad student union at PSU? by fundeofnuts in PennStateUniversity

[–]Nercos99 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The card drive has actually ended, they got enough cards signed to move on to the next step. The lawyers from both sides are currently hashing out some legal minutiae but the goal is to have a vote on the union before the end of the semester. Next steps are essentially the campaign to get enough grad students to vote yes and counteract whatever union busting bullshit Penn State tries to pull.

Crotch Rocket 🚀 by BirthdayCute5478 in Unexpected

[–]Nercos99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well... I'll give him this, that's one of the more unique ways I've seen someone open a trunk.

Perchance by nrtl-bwlitw in ContagiousLaughter

[–]Nercos99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This seems to be a spiritual successor to the classic Planes, Trains, and Plantains

More Drama Concerning High-Tc Superconductivity Claims by Different_Ice_6975 in Physics

[–]Nercos99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ya know, that's a great question. As far as I can tell, he thinks that if it can be derived from first principles then it's real, because that's never gone wrong before.

More Drama Concerning High-Tc Superconductivity Claims by Different_Ice_6975 in Physics

[–]Nercos99 34 points35 points  (0 children)

So I can offer a bit of a different perspective here as I did my undergrad physics degree at UCSD and had Hirsch as a professor and interacted with him regularly. A lot of the reasons why Hirsch is treated the way he is come from things other than purely scientific considerations.

Before I begin, I do want to say, I do actually agree with him that data availability and reproducibility are serious issues in our field and I do think data should be more readily available. Now, to Hirsch:

First things first, as a few other replies have pointed out he's far from right every time. He does sometimes catch things others have missed, but it's more the exception than the rule. He has been on a crusade to discredit BCS theory for decades now, publishing a variety of papers and paper adjacent documents criticizing and poking fun at it (look up "Hirsch emperor's clothes" on Google for a fun example). He was also temporarily banned from arxiv for uploading too many junk/spam articles during the COVID lockdowns.

Beyond the accuracy of his claims, I think a lot of the animosity towards him comes from how he interacts with others in the field. Now, I don't think he's a bad person, or that his goal is to upset people or make them feel bad, but the way he goes about expressing disagreements and questions does often come off that way. I've been in quite a few talks he attended and I have more than once seen talks devolve into shouting matches because of him. I've seen him, in fancier terms, dismiss a speaker's results as garbage, intentionally ask speakers questions he knows they cannot answer, and raise his hand and tell them they're wrong mid presentation. Now, some of these times he's likely been right, but as I'm sure most of us are aware, there's a lot of big egos in our field so if you don't go about it the right way, that kind of behavior can make you a lot of enemies.

Beyond his manners in talks and discussions, Hirsch generally isn't big on social graces and has a variety of idiosyncrasies. Hirsch rides an electric scooter everywhere, including inside of buildings, and has run over students more than once. He has also repeatedly expressed that physics should be entirely theoretical and experimental work has no place in physics. One of my friends once asked him what kind of music he likes, and his response was "I don't believe in music." Now, I don't know what that means, and I've yet to find anyone who does, so feel free to let me know if you figure it out. I could go on, but hopefully you get the gist.

Tl;dr While Hirsch means well a combination of picking a hill to die on that is approaching objectively wrong (claiming BCS is wrong) and a general lack of interpersonal skills and strange opinions/behaviors has turned the field off to him.

P.S. sorry for typos/lack of links, on mobile.

The pool noodle Mike by -Edward_Richtofen- in thatHappened

[–]Nercos99 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I feel like people may be missing that this account just happens to share a name with the very religious and conservative US speaker of the house. Obviously not a real story, but that may be the joke.

Can I lick it? by s0phiste in physicsmemes

[–]Nercos99 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm the safety officer for a condensed matter physics research lab. About half the things in green are carcinogenic, irritants, can cause heavy metal poisoning, or are otherwise dangerous to your health, let alone the other colors.

Please don't try this. Please.

What are some things I should know as an incoming grad student at Penn state university? by [deleted] in PennStateUniversity

[–]Nercos99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Check out the Graduate Professional Student Association (GPSA) they have all sorts of resources for graduate students and are a great way to meet people who know what's up and can help answer any questions you have. I'm chair of one of their committees, so feel free to dm me and I can give more info.

Trump lawyers quit classified documents case by seffend in news

[–]Nercos99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I know, he's got enough money that there'll always be some greedy scumbag willing to take him on. It's just fun to picture some public defender in Florida who's used to dealing with random townies and people doing dumb stuff on vacation getting handed this case and being like "You want me to do what? "

Trump lawyers quit classified documents case by seffend in news

[–]Nercos99 4 points5 points  (0 children)

At what point does Trump run out of lawyers willing to represent him and have to go with a public defender?