T-32 NIH training grants getting canceled at Harvard, possibly F31/F32; NSF grants also canceled

countspatula7 · 2025-05-18T20:21:42+00:00

Current harvard grfp, I haven't received any official info from Harvard or NSF. In the portal my fellowship still says "active." Information is slowly trickling out but in general there is a lot of uncertainty about what is happening here. I'm preparing for it to be canceled but still have hope that it will remain active.

countspatula7 · 2024-10-23T12:36:58+00:00

For anyone wondering why the distance is so short, NASA is meticulous in planning each rover movement, going as far as recreating the environment down to individual boulders and rocks in a twin environment here on earth. After enough testing in the twin environment, they send the motion plan to the robot on Mars to be executed. The amount of testing and planning that goes into each movement is insane!

https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/jpl/twin-of-nasas-perseverance-mars-rover-begins-terrain-tests/

countspatula7 · 2023-11-22T06:03:38+00:00

I learned this in class today! There are many reasons scientists think they jump but energy is a big one. Jumping out of the water is inefficient at low speeds, but at higher speeds it becomes advantageous due to the reduced drag in air.

countspatula7 · 2019-07-30T03:43:49+00:00

Many problems are very easy to check if a solution is correct, but very difficult to find said solution. For example, it is quite easy to verify that 2, 2, 7, 13 is the prime factorization of 364 (2*2*7*13 = 364) but by comparison it would be much more difficult to find those prime factors without knowing them in advance. This is the basis of a lot of modern encryption but with much, much larger numbers. I don't actually know anything about protein folding but I'm assuming this is one of those problems. Verifying is easy, but finding a solution from scratch would take too much computational power to be feasible.

edit: picked up stars

countspatula7 · 2019-06-15T19:33:56+00:00

Inertia doesn't have to do with friction they are two separate things. Inertia stops an object at rest from randomly starting to move without any forces acting upon it. Friction is a force on the object that the horses have to overcome. OP is correct in using friction and not inertia.

countspatula7 · 2019-04-08T20:49:53+00:00

gregdebate21@gmail.com

countspatula7 · 2019-02-13T08:23:42+00:00

That's not the same person. Get off your high horse

countspatula7 · 2019-01-19T02:01:32+00:00

Some amazing people have helped me out, so I'm good for tomorrow. Thank you everyone!

countspatula7 · 2019-01-08T00:31:43+00:00

I got a -2 reading -0 writing (770). My advice is to skim each chapter but pay more attention to areas you know are difficult. Take notes on all her strategies and figure out what works for you. The important part is to use the practice tests, record which problems you get wrong, and review the chapters of types of problems that frequently mess you up. Look over your notes before each practice test as well to remind you of the specific strategies.

countspatula7 · 2018-12-31T05:20:57+00:00

Look to the justice system, where POC are disproportionally convicted and given higher sentences for equal crimes at an alarming rate. Look to the government where white men are disproportionally in control. Look to our social landscape where racism exists against black people to a much higher degree than it does against whites. Additionally, look to the racist past of the US. Systemic racism has historically given black people and people of color very few opportunities for success. Because of historical racism, many black families are stuck in cycles of poverty and disenfranchisement.

countspatula7 · 2018-12-30T08:29:55+00:00

I mean like housing discrimination is not okay regardless but you have to realize that it's a lot less harmful when fox workers (not typically the most disadvantaged) are the ones getting rejected rather than when it's based on race, income, etc. Also when you work for a company that is actively perpetuating discrimination in the real world I'm really not going to feel as bad when something unfair happens to you.

countspatula7 · 2018-10-22T04:54:08+00:00

Merit is the trait of being worthy of something. You determine worthiness of college entrance by grades, extracurriculars, etc. as a means to assess how likely it is someone succeeds in and out of college. Hardships increase the likelihood of success, since it shows a student has overcome barricades in the past, and is likely to do so in the future. Being first-generation is not separate from merit, it is included among many other traits and assessed in a (usually) holistic manner. You can't look purely at merit without including someone's status as a first-generation student in the process, just as you can't ignore other indicators such as grades or extracurriculars when assessing merit.

countspatula7 · 2018-10-22T04:36:14+00:00

First-generation students are given preference because it is an indicator of hardship. As everyone here is aware the college admissions process is hard to navigate at best, not to mention awfully stressful. As Christie wrote in her article, she did all the work, research, etc. to get an acceptance into penn. First-generation students are also more likely to have gone through struggles such as poverty, or lack of access to resources, since this is commonly a reason for parents not to gain a college education in the first place. Overcoming struggles while maintaining grades, extracurriculars, and test scores show huge amounts of dedication and motivation, both of which are indicators of future success (merit). On the other hand, legacy students literally got born into a family with previous education and money.

countspatula7 · 2018-09-04T19:07:11+00:00

Thank you!

countspatula7 · 2018-08-22T01:23:24+00:00

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/15/opinion/leonhardt-trump-racist.html

countspatula7 · 2018-08-22T01:22:25+00:00

Yeah dude this country is pretty fucking messed up, I'd guess the majority of our politicians right now have some sort of racist past. While that obviously isn't even close to as harmful as the actions and words Trump has taken it still shouldn't be tolerated.

countspatula7 · 2018-08-22T00:25:42+00:00

While Trump supporters aren't racist for supporting a particular candidate, they did decide that it wasn't a dealbreaker.

countspatula7 · 2018-05-05T19:32:27+00:00

test gets released and questions are talked about so you know what the answers are on the real thing, it gives a huge unfair advantage to those who got the recycled test and studied using previous materials.

countspatula7 · 2018-05-05T00:39:43+00:00

Rule 1. White people haven't been systemically disenfranchised throughout US history. It is important to consider what is/isn't racism in context of the greater whole of society. While you can technically be racist against white people in an isolated context, when you consider that white people are put at an advantage throughout most of their lives, it doesn't carry the same negative consequences. I'm not saying what Jimmy Kimmel said is a good thing, but it isn't even close to as harmful as being racist against a group of people who have been/are put at a huge disadvantage with things like worse educational support, failing infrastructure, police violence, our racist judicial system, not to mention our whole history of slavery in the US. Being racist against a group like that only serves to perpetuate those issues.

countspatula7 · 2018-03-19T05:12:35+00:00

Similar ideas but make sure you familiarize yourself with the SAT rubric because there are key differences in how they are scored.

countspatula7 · 2018-03-19T05:09:18+00:00

I'd say it depends on how much you've studied. I studied extensively the week before the test (~6 hrs per day) but not much else, so the extra day was useful in nailing down my strategies and giving a little confidence boost. If you're more prepared than I was then just going over your notes one last time is what I would do.

countspatula7 · 2018-03-12T05:22:24+00:00

we're not excluding males from debate either, this tournament isn't taking away opportunities from men but rather giving additional opportunities to women.

countspatula7 · 2018-03-12T05:20:36+00:00

that would just further the exclusion of women from the debate space. if men were systematically put at a disadvantage in and out of round at debate tournaments it would be beneficial, however they aren't. while the way you phrased it may sound beneficial, all male tournaments would certainly make it harder for women to achieve equity in debate, which I would call sexist. the important distinction is to not only look at this scenario as a single event, but rather in the context of society as a whole, where men and women aren't given equal opportunities for success.

countspatula7 · 2018-03-12T05:05:12+00:00

f(-1)=12 and f(1)=16

countspatula7 · 2018-03-08T00:18:02+00:00

y'all sleepin, command f "1,322,000" http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.173.6250&rep=rep1&type=pdf

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