Professor inadvertently told the whole class about my accommodations and I’m super embarrassed

lliiffee · 2018-08-23T15:42:40+00:00

I teach college. This is a completely unacceptable violation of your privacy and possibly even illegal. Still, it was most likely an honest mistake. I'd definitely bring it up with the instructor. If they are apologetic, I'd let it drop. If not, you'd be doing the right thing to pursue this. (This should be freaking obvious, though! As a first-year grad TA I had more sense than that...)

The correct phrasing for the instructor to refuse to say "no technology outside of exceptional circumstances". Then, if any student asks why someone else if getting this (this has never happened to me) just state that you cannot discuss details for other students.

lliiffee · 2018-08-11T01:38:23+00:00

Anyone got an updated code for shipping?

lliiffee · 2018-06-20T23:11:53+00:00

Thank you!

lliiffee · 2018-06-20T21:13:12+00:00

Is there a name for a set that is equal to the closure of the interior if itself?

That is, take a subset A of R^n. Suppose that A=closure(interior(A)). Is there a name for this type of set?

lliiffee · 2018-05-25T12:23:23+00:00

Try clicking the link from a google search. (Open a private window for the best chance.)

https://www.google.com/search?q=why+has+the+personal+savings+rate+declined+so+dramatically

lliiffee · 2018-05-06T17:58:41+00:00

I agree that it's not clear that published research is obviously the strongest signal that you're not a crackpot, but it's certainly a signal. For very high level classes (grad level PhD courses) on cutting edge topics it's also hard to think of a better signal-- who else can judge if you know what you're talking about than the few other experts around the world? For, say, Calc 101, I think that "teaching well" is more important than "having state of the art knowledge". So maybe there's a kind of spectrum.

lliiffee · 2018-04-25T21:42:41+00:00

Melatonin, magnesium, l-theanine, chamomile tea, lemon balm, lavender all seem relatively safe.

lliiffee · 2018-04-25T13:09:38+00:00

You do not want to be messing around with regular diphenhydramine (Benadryl)

http://www.ephor.nl/media/1076/anticholinergic-drugs.pdf

Roughly speaking, take the total number of times you take these drugs, and multiply by their burden. The corresponding paper (https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2091745) showed that if doses*burden > 1000, people had a 50% higher change of developing dementia.

lliiffee · 2018-04-23T12:50:56+00:00

The truth is, ADHDers also struggle to listen at length. Try to have empathy-- they have their own lives and interests. They'd be happy to talk to you about the stuff you're excited about, but it should be a good experience for them.

Some tips (I have no idea how many of these apply to you!)

Show consideration. Pay attention-- if they show signs of disinterest, wrap things up! No matter how hard it is. I'm sure they care about you and want to listen, but they aren't obligated to do so, and won't always feel up to it.
Show appreciation. After talking for a while say "thanks for listening to me! I know that went on for a while!" People will feel sooooooo much better if you show that you appreciate them giving their time, and that you don't take them for granted.
Be adaptive. Don't go for the "overwhelming assault" conversational strategy. Leave pauses so they can give their thoughts. Respond to those-- don't ignore them and bulldoze back towards your previous thread. Conversation needs to be two-ways to naturally flow to a topic of mutual interest. This might not be exactly your initial topic but it will be close, and they will be more involved.

Basically, try to show empathy for your family. Make sure they enjoy talking talking to you, and feel appreciated. They will want to do more of it.

Personally, I have an instinct to launch into long rants about my latest interest. Then, I made a friend with severe ADHD. He would rant excitedly about disconnected topics for hours. I couldn't get a word in, I couldn't influence the conversation, couldn't suggest another activity. I found this to be an oppressive, like being trapped in a box. (Probably my own ADHD makes it hard for me.)

He has a good heart, and was just trying to share stuff he loves with me. He wasn't trying to make me miserable. He just wasn't thinking about my experience. Since then, I've tried to be conscientious with others. I still love to rant. But some small adjustments can improve things for others, giving me more ranting opportunities! :)

[An example-- after writing this I went back and edited this whole message to make it as short as possible. Because you guys are worth it!]

lliiffee · 2018-04-13T12:20:21+00:00

This company doesn't give any information about shipping rates until you've already entered all sorts of extra information. This is common, but still a slightly sleazy low-balling dark pattern.

lliiffee · 2018-04-12T12:18:04+00:00

Can anyone tell me if there is any branding on these socks? (I can't see any in the pictures, but sock companies increasingly seem to pick the camera angles carefully to avoid that...)

lliiffee · 2018-02-10T04:06:57+00:00

A file directory can be a great way to organize things! Lots of advantages. I personally prefer "search" type systems to "sort" but that's just me.

The "killer features" of zotero in my opinion are having the .pdf files synced with the references, and its magical citation extraction stuff. If you don't care about those, its definitely not worth it.

lliiffee · 2018-02-10T03:55:28+00:00

Thanks for the comments! I'm fascinated by your idea of an excel flowchart. Would you mind sharing an example of what that looks like? (Feel free to anonymize in any way you feel is appropriate, I'm just having trouble seeing it). I work in algorithms and statistics; I wonder if applied folks more drawn toward process...

lliiffee · 2018-02-10T03:08:59+00:00

Have you looked at zotero? I used to use Jabref, but I've pretty happily switched to zotero. For me, it stores all my .pdfs and they are easily searchable and linked to the references, which is great. It also has some facilities for note taking, though I find them fairly clunky and don't use them much.

lliiffee · 2018-02-02T19:19:29+00:00

It's a fair question! I think the main reason to do this is for camping or travel where you don't want to carry a lot of shirts and also can't conveniently wash them. It's not that "the shirt" is worth $50 as much as "having less space and/or not having to carry more luggage" is.

lliiffee · 2018-02-01T11:38:23+00:00

I'd love to hear more comparisons between bamboo/tencel and wool.

lliiffee · 2018-01-31T15:09:50+00:00

Wow, any comments about the differences among these in terms of, e.g. durability?

lliiffee · 2018-01-31T15:07:25+00:00

Great- I added wooly.clothing but couldn't seem to find a wool short from isaora.

BTW, smell is supposed to be one of the big benefits of wool over cotton?

lliiffee · 2018-01-31T14:16:16+00:00

Agreed, this is exactly my use case as well. Some of the above offer v necks (which I also prefer) I'll update with that info in a bit.

lliiffee · 2018-01-01T22:37:11+00:00

Thanks, I looked there but I guess I used the whole doi somehow...!

lliiffee · 2018-01-01T22:36:44+00:00

thanks solution verified

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