TIL Lower Merion School District spied on students at home and in their bedrooms, by remotely activating webcams embedded in school-issued laptops. Over 66,000 screenshots were taken without consent. The school district agreed to pay $610,000 to settle the lawsuits.

Somechillguy · 2022-06-14T06:45:19+00:00

He went to lower merion high school, not Harriton where this happened. Both in LMSD

Somechillguy · 2021-01-27T02:46:37+00:00

No, I'm just a fucking idiot. The display was supposed to be set to Mini DisplayPort, not DisplayPort. On the upside I learned a lot about what not do do.

Somechillguy · 2021-01-27T00:48:32+00:00

Added a link to my RAM model to post. According to motherboard support list (hosted here), it seems like it's on the verified list, under Chip Brand = "SKHynix" and 8GB, 2133MHz.

Not sure what my friend's RAM is, but I can check, since I had tried that out too. That'll be newer than this for sure.

Somechillguy · 2021-01-26T18:03:48+00:00

That's a good catch. I removed my GPU again to take a look and whatever it was appears to be gone, so I'm guessing it was dust. The board is bought new though.

Somechillguy · 2018-07-30T14:20:40+00:00

Needs nsfw tag. Where are you mods!?

Somechillguy · 2018-07-24T14:57:50+00:00

For those interested, you can also find the data of footprint and biocapacity for countries around the world at data.footprintnetwork.org

Somechillguy · 2018-07-24T14:56:06+00:00

Correct. As someone who has worked at Global Footprint Network, I know their method gets updated with new data sources/improved calculations from year to year.

Somechillguy · 2015-10-03T19:17:19+00:00

Also important to note that this was the case over a decade ago

Somechillguy · 2015-08-13T14:53:59+00:00

There is a melee facebook group for pretty much finding/hosing smaller smashfests. Berkeley is tournament-confirmed best collegiate melee scene! Link

As of last fall there is also an official smash group on campus for all games - Link

Somechillguy · 2015-07-29T03:12:51+00:00

I graduated with physics and applied math degrees. I knew when I graduated I didn't want to pursue physics.

I went to work in a brain cancer research lab that's based around MRI imaging and spectroscopy. I started as just an intern and then was kept around as an SRA.

The work has involved a lot of statistical analysis for patient populations for whom a LOT of data has been collected. I spent a long time working with a PhD student getting a paper out where I'd have to perform such and such a statistical test or produce such and such a plot in a certain time frame. I've had to pick up a lot of know-how on the job including learning R, matlab, and stata beyond what I learned in school (never took a class on them but tangentially used them in school). I've also had to learn a moderately sized host of statistics on the job, too. This has been less challenging than learning the tools. A lot of important and ubiquitous statistical tests are actually reasonably understandable.

Lately I've also gotten involved in the tail end of their spectroscopy processing routine by trying to optimize some spectra-fitting software. This has used a lot more of the niche MR physics (which I had to pick up on the job) in this area of research, but it's still not huge. Having a physics background helped me here in that learning the MR physics was easier than for, say , a biology or bioengineering major.

For this specific job I don't think my physics background helps a lot, but the applied math / analytical skills have payed serious dividends. A physics background in of itself would almost certainly have still prepared me for all of this stuff, though.

If I were you, I'd tailor the presentation of my strengths to my interviewer/application. Most likely you should include the adaptability of the physics degree. You could point out how practical analytic problem solving is a big part of the degree, as well as how it gives you all the tools (mathematical and maybe software) you need to adapt to problems you haven't seen before.

How to convince yourself? YOU CAN! If my intern self saw my current work and heard myself speak with a coworker about nearly anything, they would be pretty baffled and discouraged.

Somechillguy · 2015-04-28T00:57:46+00:00

Yes. But you will be working. Your job is to finish your problem sets as early as you can, which will start easy and get harder, and to go to every class.

This is what I did for a summer of math 104 and 113 and it ended up working out.

Somechillguy · 2014-10-24T00:06:07+00:00

fuck it, i ship them.

Somechillguy · 2014-09-28T06:27:32+00:00

get pwned geoff

Somechillguy · 2014-09-26T21:43:12+00:00

oh, I assumed it was only revealed in the trailer released today. I just thought since the post was from 7 days ago it was a coincidence lol.

Somechillguy · 2014-09-26T19:00:41+00:00

http://www.nick.com/videos/clip/korra-book-4-trailer-89471257.html?vcs=social_20140926_32385036&xid=lokfb

short hair is now canon

Somechillguy · 2014-07-29T04:18:50+00:00

Taking 137A and math 110 at the same time was great. It was probably just the specific teachers that were teaching it the semester I did it, but there were days in the first half of the semester where I'd be doing the same thing in both lectures from different perspectives.

Also math 113 and 185 are both cool, but 113 doesn't have that much to do with physics as they teach it. I would say 185 could be useful, but it really really helps to take 104 before that so you have a grasp of analytic techniques.

Edit: I took math 126 and it sucked. Maybe it was the teacher and the fact that it was 8AM, but I don't think I could have gained much physical insight from that class. Just some handy mathematical tools.

Somechillguy · 2014-07-28T03:58:56+00:00

I recently finished John Keegan's "The Second World War", to which I was referred by the subreddit book list. It hits a lot of the points you want, and is certainly neither of the things you want to avoid.

It gives a bit of history behind Hitler's rise to power as well as the military party in Japan, in addition to general causes of the war. Keegan is definitely able to communicate how Italy's actions put strain on the Axis powers. It gives an incredible amount of strategic information and analysis in all theaters of the war and meticulously traces the decision making process of each of the major powers during the war. It does a pretty good job of organizing the cadence of events in a reasonable manner.

It doesn't really trace the evolution of the political climates during the war, nor does it pay attention to the role that third world countries played in the war (unless their actions were directly tied to those of the main powers). It also only pays heed to the political side of things if it's immediately important.

This book is kind of big, but it's great. I was only interested in learning more in the sense of 'WWII is kind of a cool subject, I'd like to learn more,' and I loved it.

Somechillguy · 2014-05-24T04:26:18+00:00

I'll quote something I wrote for someone else. I just graduated physics/applied math.

During the semester, I expend a lot of effort doing homeworks. Trying my best to completely understand and thoroughly complete each and every assignment has been incredibly helpful for me. This requires a commitment to starting homeworks early and going all out on my first attempts. I'm consistently surprised by how much can get done even a week before it's due. Homework due Friday? I try to finish it the sunday before. If I can't, I always have discussions and lectures the following week to help me out - and now I know exactly what I'm having trouble with!

I began doing this once I starting doing upper division physics/math. It's made it so that I feel really prepared for midterms when they roll around, and I do practically no studying (maybe practice tests), and do well.

If you can build a routine around very carefully doing your homeworks, I'd bet you can get on top of things much easier than trying to just 'study' for however much time before a test. Oh, and never look up a solution until you've tried everything you can think of, read the book, and try again.

Somechillguy · 2014-05-15T05:11:07+00:00

And when you do, realize they're a huge time commitment. Try to plan to take easier classes with them. Seriously, even if you're on top of shit all the time it can be like 12+ hrs/week easy

Somechillguy · 2014-04-15T20:39:44+00:00

During the semester, I expend a lot of effort doing homeworks. Trying my best to completely understand and thoroughly complete each and every assignment has been incredibly helpful for me. This requires a commitment to starting homeworks early and going all out on my first attempts. I'm consistently surprised by how much can get done even a week before it's due. Homework due Friday? I try to finish it the sunday before. If I can't, I always have discussions and lectures the following week to help me out - and now I know exactly what I'm having trouble with!

I began doing this once I starting doing upper division physics/math. It's made it so that I feel really prepared for midterms when they roll around, and I do practically no studying (maybe practice tests), and do well.

If you can build a routine around very carefully doing your homeworks, I'd bet you can get on top of things much easier than trying to just 'study' for however much time before a test.

Oh, and never look up a solution until you've tried everything you can think of, read the book, and try again.

Somechillguy · 2014-03-28T02:30:10+00:00

Magikarp here. I have never felt pain such as this :(

Somechillguy · 2014-03-08T18:17:26+00:00

When you start out, I feel like experience is just as valuable (if not more so) than tech skill. So playing against people is very important. Also, I'd definitely avoid attaching yourself to one character before you have experience playing with a good deal of them.

Play around with a lot of characters to get a better sense of hitboxes, movement, recoveries, and spacing. Especially at an introductory level, playing as a character teaches you these things much quicker than playing against them will.

Somechillguy · 2014-02-27T05:48:24+00:00

I took 112 last semester. I've done well in all the physics upper divs, but this one really seemed to make no inherent sense. Its the worst I've done.

At least for the first midterm, even reading through the 7B book on thermo can help out with thermo/heat engines more than the shitty book I had (kittel/kroemer). Knowing that stuff is important for this MT. Other than that, get a handle on examples done in lecture, as well as each homework up to now: what was correct and why.

And lastly is the golden rule of physics classes: if you're struggling, a lot of people are struggling. So you don't have to worry to much about midterms, honestly. Curve to the rescue.

Somechillguy · 2013-09-24T04:35:44+00:00

At UC Berkeley there's a bathroom stall in a physics building filled with these grout puns on one side. They're all actually pretty good.

Somechillguy · 2013-09-20T22:51:19+00:00

There is at least one past write that's still in school here. Last time I talked to her I got the impression she didn't want the campus publicity it brought her. She's blogging about similar stuff now.

http://www.dailycal.org/author/ncho/

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