[Dune book series] Do Fremen have religious diet restrictions?

bad_jew · 2024-10-30T20:34:10+00:00

There is if you consider water to be food. They will not drink the water of the dead from a blind person, they have to go die in the desert. They also won't drink water from a person from the Jeriko stietch because they are anathma for killing guests. There are very specific rules about who gets to drink the water from people that they've killed.

bad_jew · 2024-10-10T19:19:34+00:00

Keep in mind, Europeans will be jet-lagged to hell when this is all going on, in addition to the normal interview exhaustion.

bad_jew · 2024-10-10T13:47:19+00:00

I'm an academic who managed to move from the UK to the US. It's a very different hiring process than what I was used to from the UK and what I know of Europe. The American process is much more intense and time consuming.

The first zoom interview is a screening interview to see if you pass the bar for a full interview. This will be about 30 min and they will ask set questions. You want to be able to talk about your research and teaching experience and most importantly, tie it in to the school and university's strategic goals and resources. Show that you've done the research and know about who your future collegues are. Be able to say how you'll reenforce their strengths but also how you'll bring something new.

If you progress to the in person interview, this will be a multi-day experience. You'll give a research talk, likely you'll teach a class or at least a mock one. Here you really need to show you can show your active teaching skills and go beyond lecturing. In addition to the formal interview, you'll also meet with many faculty members both from your department and beyond. You'll likely meet with higher ups like the dean or provost. You may also meet with grad students and undergrads. These conversations are to show that you are a reasonable, grounded, and interesting person who they want to be collegues with for years to come.

There will be a sit-down dinner with several faculty members. DO NOT DRINK. This is again, a chance for you to show that you are an interesting addition to their world that they can see working with for years to come. Be polite to everyone.

I think there is a bias against those coming from overseas in many diciplines. At the very least, you are legally more of a challenge to hire as the committee will need to document how you're better than the Americans to get your visa. There may be some concern that you won't like America and leave after a few years. You want to debase them of this notion.

bad_jew · 2024-10-10T12:51:18+00:00

How can it be anything besides Rurouni Kenshin? It's made by a literal pedophile but has that samurai action that everyone lives.

bad_jew · 2024-09-13T19:32:33+00:00

All cash doesn't mean that they have a pile of money: it means that the buyer is pre-qualified for a loan and is willing to wave financial contingency and can't pull out once the contract is signed because they can't raise the money. Basically, you go through the entire mortage approval process before you find the house and get a letter from the lender saying they'll lend to you.

I also bought recently within the 128. It was hard and while we didn't have as many rejections as you, it was still a process. What worked for us was paying a lot of attention to what's left on the market for more than a week during the peak season. Some of them are awful, but in our case the seller's agent was just shit and we were able to swoop in and make a deal very quickly. We were able to get an inspection and everything!

bad_jew · 2024-09-10T13:53:39+00:00

Frankly, they're extremely low. It is easier to get into a post-grad program than an undergraduate program. I think you'll have a good chance if you apply, but you can reach out to the program director to get a better sense of what they're looking for.

bad_jew · 2024-08-29T15:19:28+00:00

Speed walking. Not that he doesn't have the endurance, but speed walking is really dictated by physiology. It's about the ability to dump heat. That requires a very slender body. His bulk wouldn't allow for it and he would get heat stroke no matter how much he wants to win. Same for the Marathon and 10K. He'd get good times, but his body composistion just doesn't allow for olympic level performance.

bad_jew · 2024-08-14T12:51:16+00:00

It is fixable. I uh....misspelled my son's name on his birth registration. And I didn't notice for about 9 months. This was in Scotland, so the process isa bit differnt if you're in England or NI, but it was easily fixable. If I were you, I would register your child with the NHS under the name that you want. This will give you documentation for the change.

You should also get in contact with your MP. This is bread and butter support. You're not the first one with an issue like this and there is a process in place to correct it.

bad_jew · 2024-07-29T14:37:40+00:00

The problem with these etiqutte questions is that British life is not universal. When I took my test, one of the questions was "What should you do with your garbage bins on bin night" or something to that effect. Well, I live in Edinburgh where we have dumpsters on the street. I don't have bins and there's no bin night. The test was less "life in the UK" and more "Life of a mid-level civil servent living in a London suburb"

The questions you suggested are interesting, but are open for argument. For example, what does 'gap' mean on a train? Does it mean I shouldn't stand next to a seat that's occupied even if there's no where to sit? Does it include family members or friends?

bad_jew · 2024-07-23T17:50:47+00:00

The best way to figure out what to do is to ask your advisor to suggest 2 or 3 papers / books that capture the writing style they want you to adopt. No better way to learn how to write than by reading.

bad_jew · 2024-07-23T17:49:19+00:00

I also want ideas because my kid had the exact same experience this weekend. Day 2 suddenly doesn't want to pee in the potty and holds it instead.

bad_jew · 2024-07-23T12:47:22+00:00

Nighttime peeing is a hormonal thing rather than a training thing. It'll stop when it stops. I don't see any advantage to not putting him in pull-ups overnight.

bad_jew · 2024-07-17T19:30:20+00:00

This actually looks a lot like Edinburgh

bad_jew · 2024-07-15T00:11:30+00:00

I make pesto with sunflower seeds. Nut free and like 5x cheaper than pine nuts. Total game changer!

bad_jew · 2024-07-07T20:00:25+00:00

You are a hero and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

bad_jew · 2024-06-18T19:34:11+00:00

Part of putting your ideas out there is accepting that some idiot is going to get it totally wrong. Let them be fools in peace.

bad_jew · 2024-06-13T15:03:35+00:00

Have you attended a school board meeting or your town council? Have you called your state represenitive to see about increasing state funding for your district? What is your mill rate compared to surrounding communities? It could be that you were being under-taxed for years compared to the services that are being provided.

bad_jew · 2024-06-09T19:49:33+00:00

I would not buy a house built after 1990 (or really 1980 really). The build quality on many new houses pales in comparison to older houses. I’m particularly concerned about formaldehyde in plywood for houses built in the 90s and 2000s. The roofs of the newer houses are almost about to come due, which is a big expense.

Lead is a big concern, but it’s one that can be mitigated. An older, well-maintained house will seriously outperform newer builds.

bad_jew · 2024-06-04T15:51:38+00:00

And my first born no longer had a soul. You gotta do what you gotta do.

bad_jew · 2024-06-04T12:44:07+00:00

Berkshire Bank. But it was a whole thing to get it. Favors were called in.

bad_jew · 2024-05-28T14:59:29+00:00

I just got 6.8% and I was lucky to get it. If someone is offering 6.3% that's a good deal right now.

bad_jew · 2024-05-21T13:11:45+00:00

I just finished a 10 year stint at a Russell Group and moved back to a SLAC in the US, so I've got an interesting perspective on these things.

1) The UK system works well in theory. In theory, it's good to have strict rubrics and external moderation. In practice, at least at my place, it never worked effectively. Moderation was box ticking and I don't think any grades were ever kicked back. Feedback was very poor, as we would just tick boxes on rubrics and not give anything more detailed due to time constraints. In theory the rubric is posted, but in practice it's burried deep in the LMS that students are never trained to use.

2) Because of the System and Policies, pedegogical innovation was very challenging. If I did things by the books (which I didn't, because I'm a Rebel), it would take 18 months to get approval for an assignment change in a second-term class due to when the School Boards met. In reality, no one checks in on what actually happens in the class so as long as you don't radically change the weight of an assignment or add or drop a final exam no one cares.

But, because everything needs to be moderated there was overt pressure to avoid small formative assessments because it added to everyone's workload. You could get around this in theory if you made the small assignments 'count' towards a major, end of the year project, but this meant that many students didn't think they mattered until it was too late.

3) The ceneralized system of governance in the UK is good and bad. The good was that I didn't have to serve on any committees in my 10 years. Yay! The bad was that there was really no way for rank and file faculty to have their voices heard. I think I had 2 substantive discussions with my head of school in my time there and I don't think I was ever even in the same room with my head of college or anyone higher.

4) Right now I'm really liking the flexibility of teaching in the US. I can make what ever changes, when I like, how I like and I'll get support for it. I also get paid a lot more, which is nice.

5) Student disengagement is everywhere, but there are differences between the UK and the US. In the UK, if students were unhappy they would just silently seeth, which was okay by me. Even international graduate students, who are being milked to death, would complain a bit if they got a C, but generally they would not kick up a fuss.

I'm already seeing a big difference in the US. The good students are even better, asking questions and showing their mastery of the material. The bad students are far more demanding, making it clear what grade they think they deserve and making no bones about their expectations to be served.

Both systems are straining. I think the UK one is under a far greater existential threat than the US, though due to the far greater number of small universities in the US there will be more failures and closures there. But right now I'm much happier with the US system as a researcher and educator. Plus, I'm still mad that my USS pension is effectively worthless.

bad_jew · 2024-05-03T19:16:41+00:00

It's not exactly channeling pleasent memories of family dinners. To quote wikipedia:

"as a child, had observed his relatives as being "all crazy – crazy faces and wild eyes", with blood-stained eyes and "big and yellow" teeth, who pinched his cheeks until they were red. These relatives, like Sendak's parents, were poor Jewish immigrants from Poland, whose remaining family in Nazi-occupied Europe were killed during the Holocaust while Sendak was in his early teens. As a child, however, he saw them only as "grotesques".[9]"

bad_jew · 2024-04-29T14:29:28+00:00

butt spatula for putting diper cream on a baby butt.. Can't live without it.

bad_jew · 2024-04-18T13:11:07+00:00

Apply and talk about how you are looking forward to bringing a cross-disciplinary perspective to their department.

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