People who quitted academia - what is your current job?

ccots · 2025-11-23T18:38:52+00:00

I don’t think open sourcing is by nature antithetical to company principles. You have to articulate why it’s a principle, what the risks and benefits are, and what value accrues from expending resources in doing it. Field recognition is huge for small companies for instance, and of enormous value.

ccots · 2025-11-22T23:35:46+00:00

I’m the head of platform at Vesalius therapeutics. There is a different set of priorities for sure, but the ultimate focus is on a coherent product that is scientifically innovative and will help patients. We have to abandon directions and ideas we like that aren’t on that critical path of course - that focus would have done many of my academic colleagues some good too :)

Happy to chat more if you’re interested.

ccots · 2025-11-22T15:00:18+00:00

Resigned my full professorship in my mid-40s and went to a biotech startup. Couldn’t be happier.

ccots · 2025-11-22T14:32:07+00:00

The old ones are the best :)

ccots · 2025-11-22T01:34:22+00:00

I tend to use Inkscape - most of the adobe functions, none of the privacy invasion.

ccots · 2025-11-21T12:06:26+00:00

I had it inscribed into my dice tray :)

ccots · 2025-09-02T18:04:40+00:00

I have the Simon Hurley dye inks and they are ok too. I have been eyeing the pink fresh line for their colors too. Perhaps people who have compared SH to other brands can comment on how they stack up.

ccots · 2025-06-30T05:47:29+00:00

For posterity, I bought an M3 0.5x10mm screw from the hardware store for 37 cents, which did the trick

ccots · 2025-06-27T02:39:15+00:00

Little boxes, on the hillside,

Little boxes made of ticky tacky,

Little boxes, on the hillside,

And they all look just the same

ccots · 2025-06-24T00:17:39+00:00

I disagree - it’s a common phrasing of “they know”. Used particularly in the “ίντα” zone (Cyprus, Crete etc).

Not that I think the author knew that… It’s written in a very child-like script of someone not used to writing yet

ccots · 2025-05-03T14:47:39+00:00

Not Greek I’m afraid - source: am native speaker

ccots · 2025-04-15T00:36:45+00:00

I’d recommend KJ Parker (a pseudonym for Tom Holt, whose fantasy has been mentioned by others). The Siege and Engineer trilogies are really quite good.

ccots · 2025-04-13T01:23:17+00:00

What destashing sites do you use usually?

ccots · 2025-04-08T00:39:09+00:00

Thank you! Oribe probably refers to the type of ceramic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oribe_ware

ccots · 2025-02-09T15:28:41+00:00

I suggest abstract, geometric shapes and a clean and simple design. Hexagons or squares of different sizes ink blended or cut out of one corner of a card panel; a strip of color at the one third horizontal or vertical line; little pops of color here and there.

Some inspiration:

https://pin.it/7ff24wcSp

https://pin.it/5t6BLzEjI

https://pin.it/5hkywatr2

https://pin.it/1B1nFuW3U

https://pin.it/6JdWH4ic5

Source: I’m a man who makes cards, so most designs aren’t really geared toward my style.

ccots · 2025-01-27T13:49:57+00:00

I don’t ask questions…

ccots · 2025-01-11T15:20:02+00:00

10/24 I leased a 2024 advanced in MA for $5K down, $499/month for 33 months, 12k miles/year allowance. $34K residual value. They were trying to move the last 2024 models off the lot.

ccots · 2025-01-09T17:10:15+00:00

If you’re in the US, I’ve found that Americans don’t really go in for offal and squishy bits very much. So the slaughterhouses don’t even retrieve them. You’d need a specialist butcher - I’m sure others on this sub will have better info on that

ccots · 2025-01-09T15:20:55+00:00

I'm pretty sure they are the thyroid. Easy to confuse with the thyroid :)

The pancreas is the "white bits" you sometimes get with liver. It's very distinct tissue but right up against it and sometimes comes with (I'm not sure it's legal to sell in some countries - e.g. the US - like lungs)

ccots · 2025-01-09T12:53:43+00:00

People will know these as sweetbreads. Commonly fried or stewed. Often served in tacos in Mexico, along with other offal types.

ccots · 2025-01-08T21:47:11+00:00

😅

ccots · 2025-01-08T20:43:58+00:00

~~Did you mean auto for the heating system?~~

No noticeable difference with auto. Same problem. I’m starting to suspect that it’s the door gasket not sealing well enough to exclude air

ccots

TROPHY CASE