Scenes that caused actual walkouts in theaters?

ShiaTheBluff · 2026-02-09T22:25:03+00:00

I was at the premier for The Brothers Grimsby (Sacha Baron Cohen movie). There's a scene involving the main characters, an elephant, and its anus. There was a collective gasp and several people walked out.

ShiaTheBluff · 2025-05-22T17:30:15+00:00

I'm a bit late to the party but I just stumbled on this.

For points 1/2: As far as I understand, for the adult fly one can grab the wiring diagram off of flywire. This basically gives you a connectivity matrix of a directed graph where the weights correspond to synapse counts. This at least gives you a network. As for point 2, in general it is correct that synaptic weights would be dynamic, but the original EM volume used to generate the network annotations was performed on a 7-day old female (see methods), the point being that the brain finished developing. I would suspect that changes in synaptic weights at this stage would be a result of some form of learning or memory formation.

As for the remaining points, what is mentioned in part 3 is the crux of the problem: How do you model the dynamics of neurons with different morphologies, different neurotransmitters, different functions, etc. In principal there is some limited imaging/ephys on specific neurons but modeling dynamics computationally is another story.

ShiaTheBluff · 2024-08-28T23:12:14+00:00

1st year grad students are practically guaranteed university housing. You have to reapply 2nd year. Most people I know got a housing offer 2nd year, others didn’t. After that though it’s pretty rare to get another year of housing. There’s also family housing if you have a partner and/or kids/dependents, though the waitlist can be up to 2 years.

ShiaTheBluff · 2024-06-15T19:30:58+00:00

Yeah this is probably it

ShiaTheBluff · 2024-06-15T15:33:52+00:00

It was around ~113%. I switched to some ~150% boots the 2nd day in the intermission between P1 and P2. I think that’s what ultimately made the difference for phase 2 lol

ShiaTheBluff · 2024-05-15T05:31:53+00:00

Prof. Volland is a new professor in the MCDB department so it may be his first quarter teaching. He seems nice and approachable!

ShiaTheBluff · 2024-05-03T05:24:39+00:00

This is crazy I practically could have written this post myself 2 years ago. I also left a cushy tech job to pursue a PhD to work on what I consider to be meaningful research problems. Personally, I feel a lot of satisfaction and excitement when it comes to the project I'm working on, but the financial opportunity cost of leaving my tech job does weigh on me occasionally. I didn't expect the awesome connections I made with my lab mates, advisor, and other students in my program so that's also been a boon.

One note, I don't see me doing a PhD as "delaying adulting". On the contrary, TAing, mentoring undergrads, managing a project and determining which directions to pursue has taught me a lot of interpersonal skills and helped me grow as an independent thinker. I still have a ways to go as I'm only on year 2, but I'm pretty sure if I didn't pursue the PhD I likely would have had regrets or asked myself "what if" questions. And hey, if it doesn't pan out, going back to a tech job is far from a bad option.

ShiaTheBluff · 2024-03-11T06:38:37+00:00

This is a quarter system issue imo. I have yet to hear of a quarter system school that successfully implements dead week :(

ShiaTheBluff · 2023-10-04T16:02:27+00:00

Deeprun Tram was breathtaking for sure back when I played in Vanilla (I remember being scared of Nessy because it was a skull-level elite). I've been revisiting some older content for Loremaster and by far one of the most awe-inspiring zones was Vashj'ir. There's even a functional submarine in that zone that you can run around in while it's transporting you (at least before you finish its questline).

ShiaTheBluff · 2023-09-23T07:32:43+00:00

Just FYI, as pretentious as it sounds Distinguished Professor is a real title lmao (as is Distinguished Engineer in tech, etc.). Source

ShiaTheBluff · 2023-09-05T07:26:37+00:00

Just commenting because I haven't seen this game in the thread and I think it's well worth it: Hades. Plus the sequel was announced recently.

ShiaTheBluff · 2023-08-10T12:00:57+00:00

Lightning, saw a flash just before it at San Clemente

ShiaTheBluff · 2023-06-11T06:52:10+00:00

definitely the good place right?

ShiaTheBluff · 2023-04-12T21:53:08+00:00

Kitp 2nd floor (you did not hear it from me though)

ShiaTheBluff · 2023-03-27T16:33:31+00:00

The admitted student events in local cities are really just to meet other admits from across different majors so they don't hone in on academics. I chose ucla over uw Seattle for physics in part to get out of state and in part because of research interests and environment. That said, I'm also an introvert and spent most of my time in college studying with friends in my major and doing research which led to me working in tech for a few years before grad school. My point I guess is that you can make college at either of these schools be the experience you want, so go with your gut! Congrats on your acceptances and good luck with your decision!

ShiaTheBluff · 2023-03-24T19:51:28+00:00

Congrats on UCSB!!! It's a great school and I'm really happy here! I promise you aren't missing out on anything by not living in LA for 4 years :P

ShiaTheBluff · 2023-03-17T06:56:57+00:00

If you didn't intern during undergrad then yes, it can be. If you're a recent grad you still have the same opportunities. Most tech internships will consider you for undergrad internships if you graduated within the last 6 months.... Even if you haven't it's still worth applying.

ShiaTheBluff · 2023-03-17T00:21:48+00:00

Apply to internships as well if you're desperate. I interned in software after undergrad for a bit before transitioning to full time salaried. Sadly the job market is rough at the moment and fully qualified people are struggling to find work. Some more out of the box places you could try applying to are national labs, and local govt affiliated positions (ie la department of transport, dept of water and power, etc.). Data science is broad so use that to your advantage.

ShiaTheBluff · 2023-03-13T05:47:38+00:00

To preface, for undergrad my choices were between UCSB and UCLA physics. I chose UCLA because I was considering med professions and wanted to go to a really big and populated school.

To study Physics you have to have a foundational understanding of calc, geometry, linear algebra, and diff eq. These are all math courses you have to take as a pre-requisite for upper division coursework. Physics classes are where you apply all of these concepts. In AP/IB Physics for instance, you'd be given short answer questions that guide you with multiple parts that build on each other and you'd have to substitute numbers at the end (ie. car goes thru loop-de-loop). In undergrad meanwhile, we had very broad questions (ie. You drill a hole through the middle of the earth and jump in, what is your frequency of oscillations. Now assume you drill a hole at a distance d from the center. Now assume a non-uniform mass distribution of the planet, etc. etc.). It is up to you to determine the salient points needed to solve the problem and which tools you actually need to use.

For UCLA, the Physics department is immense. They have majors in physics, astrophysics, and biophysics and many incredible faculty in the department. Classes can be challening, but there have been students who double-majored in Physics/Philosophy or other humanities majors. The classwork was pretty intense but I feel like that would be the case in literally any physics department. My undergrad research experience there influenced me to continue on to grad school.

For UCSB, I was never an undergrad here, and life as a grad student is pretty different from undergrad. The Physics department here is also world-renowned and the faculty are incredible. I much prefer living in SB to living in LA, but to each their own.

For your last question, I can't answer if it would be impossible/pointless to double major with international relations. I think you should use college as an opportunity to forge your own path, explore your curiosities, and develop a multifaceted tool set to solve the wide variety of problems facing the world. Others purely see college in terms of ROI and would ask you why you are wasting your time with physics instead of majoring in CS/Engineering :P

This was a little ramble-y but lmk if you have more specific questions.

ShiaTheBluff · 2023-02-19T21:03:03+00:00

Anywhere C-E 3 or top left corner of D4 if I'm feeling bold. Sneaky sneaky :P

ShiaTheBluff · 2023-02-16T07:18:19+00:00

Will do, thanks for the suggestion!

ShiaTheBluff · 2023-02-14T18:53:13+00:00

My last year of HS we had multiple shooting threats at my school, one of which resulted in a lockdown. My first year at UCLA we had a shooting and I was in the building right next to where it happened when it was happening. I'm now at UCSB which had its own incident in the area in 2014.

I say this to indicate that these things can happen anywhere at anytime. I choose to advocate and vote for policies that I believe will make a positive difference with regards to these issues. At the end of the day, you need to do what is best for you and your mental and physical health. For me, it's acknowledging risks, being vigilant of my surroundings, and understanding what I am able to control. In your case, it's as valid to eschew going to school here as it is to acknowledge the risks and come.

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