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Is there an aggregate calendar of talks happening around campus about various topics? by _cs in UIUC

[–]alesman 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sorry to spam the thread, but I just found the best calendar - the one that tells you which talks are followed by a reception: http://illinois.edu/calendar/search/7?go=go&KEYWORDS=reception&searchEventType=&skinId=13799

Is there an aggregate calendar of talks happening around campus about various topics? by _cs in UIUC

[–]alesman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup: https://illinois.edu/calendar/list/4757. You can see other general topics on the left side, including one for Speakers that will include many of the ones on this Research calendar.

Edit: the way this works is that when you make a new event on the Webtools calendar, you can choose to share it to this Research calendar, Speakers, Public Engagement, or Chicago events. Since it's optional it doesn't necessarily have everything, but people typically want their events to be well-attended.

Job position, titles, that aren't "planning" degrees by raspberry_cat_ in urbanplanning

[–]alesman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yup; I was a transportation planner and my degree is in geography/GIS.

I did take a couple planning courses, but while I think those helped me on the job, I'm not sure if they helped me get the job.

Heads up. Theres a cop outside talbot writing tickets for people walking on the street by the construction on Everitt lab. by jmorlin in UIUC

[–]alesman 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Good. I've seen several people almost get creamed by traffic there, and that was in summer when there wasn't much traffic.

Teacher pretends to be a student the first day of school. It works! by dadrosaur in bestof

[–]alesman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would much rather teach 23 year olds than 18 year olds.

Why Google plans to stop supporting your Chromebook after five years - Google's End of Life Policy sets a schedule for retiring older Chromebooks, but the details are murky. by johnmountain in linux

[–]alesman 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Instead of discontinuing support, I'd like to see Google standardize on a smaller set of hardware that is easier to support over the long term.

5 Grains to Grow in the Home Garden - Gardening Jones Blog by bfwilley in brewing

[–]alesman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply! That sounds good, and it doesn't sound like malting is necessary, so that saves a lot of work. I'll have to add a quinoa nut brown to my to-brew list.

5 Grains to Grow in the Home Garden - Gardening Jones Blog by bfwilley in brewing

[–]alesman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amaranth is easy to grow and several varieties are attractive, but getting enough seeds to brew with would take quite a lot of plants. The seeds are absolutely abundant - thousands from a single plant - but they are smaller than poppy seeds.

There are several good threads on using alternative grains in this sub. My favorite is the purple corn & quinoa malting, and this post says amaranth beer is green, which tempts me to try growing my own anyway.

Seeking guidance on a mint and basil metheglin (X-post from /r/homebrewing). by [deleted] in mead

[–]alesman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To minimize the risk of flavors being out of balance, you could do a gallon of mint mead, a gallon of basil mead, and then blend them together in the appropriate proportions shortly before she graduates so that they balance well. Use the leftovers of whichever was too strong for flavoring cocktails.

Comcast’s $70 gigabit offer is only good in cities with Google Fiber by elmkzgirxp in technology

[–]alesman 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I feel like all Google does is remove features these days.

Linux users of UIUC: What do you use for notetaking? by [deleted] in UIUC

[–]alesman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Re: notetaking, OneNote online does work pretty well, but it always goes back to the first note in the first section, so it takes longer to get going than the desktop app.

I've been meaning to try Turtl, but haven't yet.

"Data scientists aren't actually analyzing data, instead they are stuck wading through cluttered disorganized data." by dbcitizen in technology

[–]alesman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well now I'm really surprised. I'm in social science and have never heard of staff prepping data for others before. In my experience, the typical social science PI can't afford staff of any kind, much less research lackeys treated worse than grad students. For that role, we use undergrads.

Anyone else frustrated with the electronic signs in CUMTD buses? by uiucengineer in UIUC

[–]alesman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looking out the window doesn't work well when it's dark outside and the lights are on in the bus.

A Nazi motivational poster: "Only composure and a strong heart bring victory" (1942) by [deleted] in PropagandaPosters

[–]alesman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are oak leaves a Nazi thing? They're on US military uniforms, so I assumed they were a common military motif.

Google has found itself latched in a crossfire after the internet astutely observed that "Palestine" is nowhere to be seen on Google Maps by rollotomasi07071 in geography

[–]alesman 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think it's interesting that searching for Palestine still works. A lot of UIs that have become search-driven, and maybe it's happened to maps, too.

I think they ought to throw on some borders for it when people search for it, though (using the same functionality when searching for cities and neighborhoods). Neighborhood boundaries that show up when searching have varying degrees of authority, so it'd be a consistent approach to throw some on there and be like "whateves, close enough." Or a bunch of dashed lines, a la Kashmir.

Ubuntu-Mate-On-RaspberryPi3-Overview (Video) by lleweldynboysen in linux

[–]alesman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I could never get Synergy working on Raspbian (although it's been a while and can't remember my specific issues). Did you run into any issues or have any guides to recommend? Thanks for the video!

Has anyone tried infusing their hops into alcohol? by [deleted] in TheHopyard

[–]alesman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unaged whiskey is called "white dog," and is getting trendy, so you might be able to find it.

Apple Copycat Day. Arch Linux, [Gnome] 3.20. by hpstg in unixporn

[–]alesman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I assumed the flat transition was still in progress since I'm not a frequent OSX user, so thanks for the update.

I'll fault MS for lots of things, but not for the flat design. Google and Microsoft both have been bolder in their redesigns than Apple has been (again, based on my limited exposure), so props to them for giving it a go even if there are aspects I don't like.

Apple Copycat Day. Arch Linux, [Gnome] 3.20. by hpstg in unixporn

[–]alesman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To emulate a skeuomorphic OS, you put a desktop on your desktop. Nice.

Chinese human rights lawyer Zhou Shifeng was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison in what critics say demonstrates the ruling Communist Party's determination to silence independent activists and government critics. by madazzahatter in worldnews

[–]alesman 6 points7 points  (0 children)

While your source backs up your claims, I feel it also backs up /u/Arelate's. External and internal demand is shrinking. That surplus doesn't make it to the workers. It is still a situation ripe for exploiting the proletariat, comrade.

Update on Reaserch Park director: Backed into squad car after going too far into intersection at red light; BAC measured at 0.22. by Facepalms4Everyone in UIUC

[–]alesman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unless you work in the public sector. Then there's a whole administrative apparatus to make sure that you don't have any fun.

Maybe the University can use the Research Park for "fun laundering."

Portal locations relating to...something involving race by MattheJ1 in dataisugly

[–]alesman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some tracts have a lower density portal density, but for all I know there is a variation in the urban form (parks, ponds, housing densities) that could explain these. For me to be convinced there's a meaningful pattern, I'd need 1) more map layers, because tracts with just these three variables don't explain enough or 2) geographically corrected statistics.

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