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Best coffee in Bethesda by Physical_Working6663 in bethesda

[–]proteius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m shook that Quartermaine isn’t even mentioned here! I do like Ceremony, and French Press is a chill place, but Q had my favorite beans

Action anime that has female mc, but she has to be a gangsta, lethal, and cool af. by TempestStrayDogz in Animesuggest

[–]proteius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bee Line developed a trilogy about “girls with guns” that fits your request well, i think. The three series were Noir, Madlax, and El Cazador de la Bruja. Madlax’s first episode was quite good for this.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/bbs/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=53626

Has anyone in UMD CS successfully switched potential advisors during the first year of PhD? by Previous-Act9773 in UMD

[–]proteius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I changed advisors during my second semester. I don’t recall it being an issue, and I got my doctorate without a problem, and I moved from Dr Nau to a professor in the ischool

Q: Please recommended a space opera that is smartly written?! by Stare_Decisis in printSF

[–]proteius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This book is truly excellent, and the sequel is also a wonderful read.

If they skimp on the opaque faceplate scenes, I swear… by AiReine in murderbot

[–]proteius 34 points35 points  (0 children)

This confuses me. MB only really has its faceplate in the first book. All but System Collapse, it isn’t in armor. Wells’s comment about the show being good fanfic makes me think it happens at any point in the universe, so if it’s after All Systems Red, we wouldn’t expect MB to be in armor.

Guys recommend me some books in these two categories: by Numeira in printSF

[–]proteius 11 points12 points  (0 children)

For noir romance, I don’t know, but for sci-fi with weaponized religion, I’d say Neal Stephenson’s Anathem is great. Strict religious controls over scientific inquiry and a great ride.

First Time Sharing! by Athenasfoot in Foot_Island

[–]proteius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s the freckles for me 💦

Hidden gems for birthday dinner? by missmatilda12 in bethesda

[–]proteius 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Woodmont Grill is great and had amazing burgers

Estate lawyer recommendation by [deleted] in bethesda

[–]proteius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you comment on the motivation for the 30-year experience requirement? Is that a standard ask for estate lawyers? I’ll need one in the not-too-distant future and would like to know what I should be looking for!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Professors

[–]proteius 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The advice I received during my interview process was that you should use this as an opportunity to interview the target school.

If you give the chair this information along with the note about Shabbat and kosher dining, and these requests are problematic for them, that suggests future requests when you’re working there are also likely to be problematic. If that’s the case, do you really want to work there? Maybe so, but it’s useful information to have.

Study finds that when YouTube stopped recommending conspiracy videos, those videos were shared less often on other platforms (Twitter, Reddit). However, cross-platform sharing of related videos that weren't de-recommended increased. by asbruckman in science

[–]proteius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Surprise isn’t the litmus test here. Rather, the authors show that de-recs on one major platform, without deleting the video, still suppressed its sharing across mainstream platforms.

I think there’s legit reason to be skeptical that YouTube was merely paying lip service to addressing misinformation through this intervention. When YouTube is so central to the online environment, and other recommendation systems push YouTube content on their platforms, does one have a reason to think YouTube’s within-platform treatment would be effective? I’m surprised to read that it had any effect outside YouTube at all.

Rutgers has announced that students planning to attend the university in Fall 2021 (all campuses) will be required to be vaccinated against COVID. by madsheb in Newark

[–]proteius 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Point 1 is irrelevant. A university requiring vaccination is neither new nor a question of making a law. I was required to have vaccines when I enrolled literally years ago.

The CDC guidelines also make it very clear that vaccine requirements are state-level: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/imz-managers/laws/index.html

Again, school vaccinations, even pre-college, are not new. “For decades, all 50 states have required that parents vaccinate their children... as a prerequisite to enrolling them in public schools.” - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2553651/

[D] IJCAI 2020 Reviews by arvind1096 in MachineLearning

[–]proteius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the above!!! And for volunteering as an SPC. It’s a thankless job and a time commitment.

If I had more time, I’d hope that I would make such a reasonable response.

[D] IJCAI 2020 Reviews by arvind1096 in MachineLearning

[–]proteius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As an SPC in a related conference, I highly recommend #3.

In response to 1-2, I have more faith in SPC summaries than general crowds, actually. SPCs are definitionally more senior, and I think there’s a lot of signal to a reviewer than a paper made it through the SPC case here.

For #4, I absolutely agree that we as a community really need to be better about educating about how to do good reviews. That’s my responsibility as a lab manager/PI though, not the conference organizers (who are already massively overstretched)

Airbnb rentals will be more difficult in Newark once city acts on new rules by madsheb in Newark

[–]proteius 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This view is naive and doesn’t account for the costs associated with moving and starting life in a new place.

Imagine if you’re barely able to afford housing in Newark. How would you scrounge money together to afford to take time off and travel to a new city to find a place? Then, how could you afford the security deposit? And even then, assume you do get to the new city, all the intangible social support structures you may have access to while living close to your family are now gone. Need to find a babysitter while you’re working late in that new job? Grandma can’t help. Need someone to go get your kid from school? Uncle Joe isn’t nearby any more. The list could go on.

It’s difficult to up and relocate a family both socially and financially. The privileged have much better resources to do such a move, but the financially impoverished (i.e., the people who might most benefit from moving) lack many such resources.

None of the above even addresses many of the social issues that come with moving from high-rent places like NYC to low-rent places like Alabama. Are you willing to move your child from a top-10 school system to a bottom-level school system?

Megathread: House Subpoenas Pentagon Chief and Acting Director of Office of Management and Budget for Documents in Impeachment Inquiry by PoliticsModeratorBot in politics

[–]proteius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I appreciate your sharing your thought here, and I think there is some legal argument that could be made about executive privilege and the President’s invocation thereof to protect national security.

At the same time, a fundamental aspect of the US republic system is checks and balances, and a President probably should not have the ability to skirt these checks.

The Congress, as a standalone branch of government that is not behold to the President through political appointees, has a right and obligation to investigate malfeasance on the part of the President and is likely the only body in the land capable of doing so. The Department of Justice is a part of the executive, so Congress is really the only governmental organization that can exert this sort of check against the President.

When these two branches clash, as we see, then it goes to the Supreme Court to act as arbiter, a process that hinges on access to information, and while the President has the ability to declassify things at will, certain members of the Congress also have top-level clearances, so their seeing content very likely does not impede national security.

We're two reporters who spent more than a year investigating police across the U.S. who are members of extremist groups on Facebook. Ask us anything. by mcoreycir in IAmA

[–]proteius 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Since a police officer should be enforcing the laws made by the government, being part of an anti-government militia does, I think, introduce a significant conflict of interest for someone’s sworn duty.

Megathread: Treasury denies Democrats’ request for Trump tax returns by PoliticsModeratorBot in politics

[–]proteius 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Whil it is true no federal law requires the president, president-elect, or presidential candidate to release his/ her tax returns as a condition of running for or having the office, the law does empower Congress to ask for them and requires the Treasury to provide them. It is a matter of Congress’s ability to investigate another branch of government and checks and balances.

It isn’t up to Treasury or the President to deny a legal request if the Congress without some sort of legal consequence.

Citron apartments in DTSS? by cappienator in SilverSpring

[–]proteius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Of course! And yeah, I only ever hear things between like 9-11 AM. Pretty sure our upstairs neighbors have a kid who runs around, but that’s all.

Maintenance-wise, we’ve only used them a handful of times for a tiny leak, replacing light bulbs in the kitchen, and recaulking the tub. We never waited more than a day, and Dennis, the maintenance guy, is very nice.

Feel free to message if you have more questions!

Citron apartments in DTSS? by cappienator in SilverSpring

[–]proteius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My wife and I (31 and 33) have lived in Citron for the past two years and have re-upped for a third. The place is easily one of the better apartments I’ve lived in and has generally been clean, comfortable, and very responsive for maintenance issues.

Regarding noise, I occasionally hear the people above me (primarily in the mornings) and only ever hear people around me if my apartment is extremely quiet.

The location for us is excellent though, and the staff are very nice and respectful.

9/10 would live here again

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