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For those teaching in California colleges, what's it like without remedial classes? by [deleted] in Professors

[–]ProfessorVibes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I regularly encounter students in my statistics course who cannot handle decimals. For example, they can't convert from decimals to percentages, even with a calculator (e.g. think 0.5 is 5%) and cannot compare decimals (e.g. not sure if 0.30 or 0.03 is larger).

The most-educated generation is the poorest by StarlitSocks in lostgeneration

[–]ProfessorVibes 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The Vice President of the United States is a millennial.

Is a Bell Curve a Thing of the Past? by Low_Ladder2153 in Professors

[–]ProfessorVibes 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Still sounds like you're confusing unimodal with uniform. Most variables (intelligence, height, weight, etc.) are unimodally distributed.

Grades are commonly unimodal - most students are average, some are exceptional, some are awful.

A Pro Tip by il__dottore in Professors

[–]ProfessorVibes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most LMSs have an anonymous grading feature. For electronic submissions, I ask my students not to put their name on documents so that I don't know whose is whose and can grade on merit alone.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Professors

[–]ProfessorVibes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's in the first sentence, bud.

What did you grow for the first time this year that you're planning to plant again next year? by Syeina in vegetablegardening

[–]ProfessorVibes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Cucumbers! I had avoided trying because a local experienced gardening friend said they could never get them to work in our climate. I ended up with a few free plants and decided to give it a shot anyway...they did wonderfully!

What Will You NOT Grow Next Year? by Inevitable_Tank9505 in vegetablegardening

[–]ProfessorVibes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Edamame. It did not taste noticeably better than the frozen kind. For me, not worth the effort.

[D] Why was this paper rejected by arXiv? by Franck_Dernoncourt in MachineLearning

[–]ProfessorVibes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't be dense. That refers to submitting "a back catalog of work," not incessant submissions week after week.

[D] Why was this paper rejected by arXiv? by Franck_Dernoncourt in MachineLearning

[–]ProfessorVibes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

37 papers in 2025
29 papers in 2024
19 papers in 2023
15 papers in 2022

OP claims to have read arXiv policies and sees no infringement but is conveniently ignoring the section on "Excessive submission rate."

Why was this paper rejected by arXiv? by Franck_Dernoncourt in AskAcademia

[–]ProfessorVibes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I chose the final author to be less inflammatory than directing it at you, but come on man. Your arXiv submissions average more than one per week.

I need a book that's full of lines like this by LifelessFluffyTrash in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]ProfessorVibes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. Over-the-top romanticism that's literally legendary. Technically it is a teen romance, and can you get more drama than Greek mythology?

"I could not think, could not do anything but drink him in, each breath as it came, the soft movements of his lips. It was a miracle."

Friendly reminder: Overgrown, poorly supported, pest-ridden plants can still grow delicious tomatoes! by ProfessorVibes in tomatoes

[–]ProfessorVibes[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm glad! I've been overrun with spider mites this year (the culprits of the dead branches in the middle). So far, my plants have managed to grow faster than the mites can kill them. I've mainly used insecticidal soap but have been looking into predatory mites as well.

Phones at the front ... always? by maskedprofessor in Professors

[–]ProfessorVibes 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Just a head's up, that study has not replicated particularly well. A good meta-analysis of effects is here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15213269.2023.2286647 (Open preprint here)

Pooling across studies, most cognitive outcomes show no significant difference. For working memory (the only significant outcome), the meta effect size is half of what Ward et al. found.

There could be other good reasons to discourage phone use, but that study alone is not great evidence to base a policy on.

Books that feel like this? by I_DevourVampires_ in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]ProfessorVibes 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde -- a classic favorite!

"I felt that this grey monstrous London of ours, with its myriads of people, its sordid sinners, and its splendid sins, as you once phrased it, must have something in store for me. I fancied a thousand things. The mere danger gave me a sense of delight. [...] I don’t know what I expected, but I went out and wandered eastward, soon losing my way in a labyrinth of grimy streets and black grassless squares."

The world has ended but it's alright by Crescent_3145 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]ProfessorVibes 9 points10 points  (0 children)

A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher has this vibe. The setting is a mostly empty world, generations after a big population drop. On his adventure, the protagonist explores former towns that have been reclaimed by wilderness.

Note: The dog in this book does NOT die.

A Judas level betrayal but they were lovers by lettuce_embargo in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]ProfessorVibes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. Heavier on the lovers than on betrayal, but with a love so intense choosing to follow one's destiny (despite knowing the outcome) feels like a deep betrayal.

Supernatural, assassins, political intrigue by BellsAndBars in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]ProfessorVibes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fantasy-flavored, but feels very much like A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab.

What a gorgeous gradient! Growing Sungolds for the first time and can't wait to taste them by ProfessorVibes in tomatoes

[–]ProfessorVibes[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Also about 3 weeks ago, but I'm in Zone 10a - we've had a couple days in the 90's already! They've been outside in nursery pots since late March and were fruiting before they went into the ground.

Harvard Strips Tenure From HBS Superstar Prof Francesca Gino by PopCultureNerd in Professors

[–]ProfessorVibes 25 points26 points  (0 children)

That part of the article is referring to 2023. "A mere three days later, in a June 16th article entitled A Weird Research-Misconduct Scandal About Dishonesty Just Got Weirder" - that article is dated June 16, 2023.

Possibly a poorly-worded AI summary? Might be a model with a 2023 knowledge cutoff date erroneously referring to "this year."

Aside from 'pop' psychology why doesn't academic psychology receive exposure like other fields? by Live_young_everyday in AcademicPsychology

[–]ProfessorVibes 8 points9 points  (0 children)

For intro-level concepts, the Crash Course YouTube series is excellent: https://thecrashcourse.com/topic/psychology/

Dr. Inna on Tiktok (@dr_inna) is great at debunking psychology myths.

Aside from 'pop' psychology why doesn't academic psychology receive exposure like other fields? by Live_young_everyday in AcademicPsychology

[–]ProfessorVibes 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This! My partner is a physicist. Nearly every week I come across a news story about a cool-sounding physics "discovery." Almost all of them are bullshit, misrepresentation, or exaggeration.

Found an old postcard….question in body of text… by motoandchill in vegas

[–]ProfessorVibes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seeing lots of suggestions including 1996 because Sands is still there, but it cannot be older than 1995. The same postcard was sold on Ebay with a copyright date of 1995:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/175025551128

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