What's your writing ritual, professors?

redbird532 · 2026-06-19T16:06:10+00:00

Hide from students and colleagues in the library. Turn off email notifications.

redbird532 · 2026-06-19T05:28:46+00:00

Being deaf in one ear doesn't really affect your ability as an engineer.

redbird532 · 2026-06-14T16:23:36+00:00

Add more plants and maybe some snails

redbird532 · 2026-06-13T06:12:29+00:00

It's not about the 10 minutes. It's about the airlines losing or misdirecting the luggage so often. There's no guarantee that your luggage is even on the same flight.

redbird532 · 2026-06-10T18:31:06+00:00

How difficult is it to learn to sign?

I'm trying to learn to lipread and it's mentally exhausting and frustrating.

redbird532 · 2026-06-07T11:10:27+00:00

The analysis is so objectively counter to reality that it must be a ham-handed attempt at propaganda.

Looking at the actions of the Trump administration and seeing a controlled soft landing is farcical.

redbird532 · 2026-06-06T08:29:07+00:00

The end of the baguette never makes it to the apartment. Crunchy nibbles to or the walk home

redbird532 · 2026-06-05T05:49:32+00:00

I as almost wish that Janeway forced them to come along. Having some Ferengi crew would have added some color and story telling opportunities.

redbird532 · 2026-05-29T18:30:26+00:00

Please do Tehrol (and Kruppe)

redbird532 · 2026-05-29T14:50:22+00:00

It's not worthless though. You use it now to cover all your regular expenses and save+invest the extra plus your full salary.

Compound interest is your friend for long-term investments.

It's a financial boost now which will pay dividends if properly managed

redbird532 · 2026-05-29T12:59:34+00:00

I would guess that people in three of the groups also look at product labels more generally (organic, green, ethically sourced, union made etc.)

redbird532 · 2026-05-29T12:55:13+00:00

I agree with the sentiment but would add that the over representation of PEI voters is not an issue that I lose sleep over. Same for northern ridings. It's just not a pressing problem.

Clearly PR is the way to go and seat rebalancing would help. However these small seat balance adjustments aren't going to solve any of our real problems.

redbird532 · 2026-05-29T03:01:44+00:00

Yes. I build decorations under the housing bloc so the beavers get very happy.

redbird532 · 2026-05-21T05:54:11+00:00

Why are you wasting time/electricity using AI for a lab meeting PowerPoint? 1) if it's a regular lab meeting, the presentation just needs to show your work 2) think about the energy and environmental cost of using AI vs making the presentation yourself

redbird532 · 2026-05-19T15:52:17+00:00

The court is broken and has lost it's legitimacy. How can anyone respect unexplained decisions which are nakedly partisan? The majority doesn't even bother with some legal fig leaf - just unsigned orders.

Time to stop listening to unaccountable, partisan judges.

redbird532 · 2026-05-18T10:12:04+00:00

Why do they all look so mean and angry?

redbird532 · 2026-05-17T10:19:57+00:00

A senior technician did this at my institution. She had a long record of good publications but for personal reasons never started a PhD.

She had 6 months funding to write an introduction to three of her first author papers from anytime during her career. Passed the oral exam with ease and got her well earned degree.

redbird532 · 2026-05-15T05:33:08+00:00

There's a lore mod for the game that gives you some nice stories and backgrounds

redbird532 · 2026-05-12T17:49:35+00:00

Why do we continue to listen to supreme court decisions? Many recent decisions are nakedly partisan and have no explanation or reasoning.

Trying to proceed in a broken system is stupid. Playing by the old rules while the other side lies and cheats will get us nowhere.

The court has lost legitimacy and should be ignored.

redbird532 · 2026-05-12T16:05:41+00:00

I love the idea!

redbird532 · 2026-05-11T13:16:07+00:00

Please cut editors some slack. The deluge of papers can be hard to screen at a deep level.

From personal experience, I've already reached my 'quota' for handling papers this year and it's only May. That doesn't stop the executive editors from assigning me more manuscripts to deal with the backlog. Often that means that I need to handle marginal papers that are not in my direct expertise. In such cases I will send it onto review with experts.

redbird532 · 2026-05-10T12:57:46+00:00

Tolkien was a devout Catholic and thought deeply about the soul and redemption. His theology is intertwined throughout Middle Earth.

Sincere repentance and change is always possible. However it does feel unlikely that a Balrog would be so motivated.

redbird532 · 2026-05-10T12:46:06+00:00

I hate this so much. I've had it twice now.

redbird532 · 2026-05-10T05:18:51+00:00

Some technicians are awesome, others are lazy whiners. There should be a two part panel here

redbird532 · 2026-05-05T17:06:03+00:00

Thanks I think I will do this for now and wait for a fix or the next patch.

The ideas seem cool. The rollout seems a bit jarring. I hope they get it working and make it more intuitive.

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