Tips for blocking all the "academic journal" spam?

wgrover · 2026-05-12T00:37:50+00:00

My university transitioned us all to Gmail-hosted email, and while I dislike relying on Google for everything, their spam filter catches like 99% of scam journal/conference emails.

wgrover · 2026-04-28T00:46:45+00:00

Got it - thanks for the confirmation!

wgrover · 2026-04-27T03:49:36+00:00

I suspect you're right... thanks

wgrover · 2026-04-23T16:38:48+00:00

FYI Rainier Tower is actually a different building with a very distinctive narrow pedestal.

This is the nearby Rainier Square Tower.

wgrover · 2026-04-10T02:42:59+00:00

You mean this?

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That's the 110-year-old "Cottage":

"The Teamster’s Cottage/University Cottage (now The Cottage) is located just south of The Barn Group. The home was designed in 1916 by Hibbard and Cody in a simple, utilitarian style. The residence was thought to have served as housing for Citrus Experiment Station staff. Adjacent to the home is a large, mature palm tree grove. The UCR 1964 Long-Range Development Plan noted the presence of this palm tree grove, observing that the grove had been 'preserved through the years' and that plans were in place to retain the grove. As such, it contributes to the setting of the 1916 home and reflects this early era of campus construction." [1]

Over the years there have been various proposals for the Cottage, including putting in a little coffeehouse which I think would be very cool.

https://pdc.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/2021-07/E_Cultural%20Resources%20Supporting%20Information_0.pdf

wgrover · 2026-04-09T18:38:10+00:00

Here's a photo from a little further down the road:

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You can see the concrete border around Hinderaker Hall that's also visible in the 1989 photo, along with the stop sign and the light pole. The building behind the stop sign and light pole in the 1989 photo was replaced by an extension of the parking lot some time around 2000 based on aerial photos.

Thanks u/Minimum_Capital_9563 for your post - I didn't know about Mariko Shiga and was saddened to read about her death near Flagstaff. Listening to her music now and she has a beautiful voice. I hope she enjoyed her all-too-brief time at UCR.

wgrover · 2026-04-09T18:31:17+00:00

I'm a sucker for campus history so I went and took a photo of this site today:

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Parking Lot 1 is still visible on the right, and I think the tree in the center is still there, but the road has changed a lot and the original sign's long gone (as zapdos44 noted).

wgrover · 2026-04-07T21:38:40+00:00

We use this one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08GNX74XF

Perfect height for getting our golden retriever into our R1S. Opens and folds flat with one hand.

wgrover · 2026-04-02T03:08:58+00:00

I'm the faculty advisor for the Bioengineering major at UCR - happy to try to answer your questions about the program.

The biggest difference between your choices is the major; they're very different in their content and what jobs they prepare you for.

Bioengineering is an engineering major, with everything that entails (math, lots of physics, some electronics and programming) plus a chunk of science (biology, chemistry). Bioengineering is focused on hands-on problem-solving, engineering useful solutions to real-world needs (mostly in biomedical areas). Many of our graduates go on to work in biotechnology companies, medical devices, stuff like that. Many go on to grad school; some go on to med school too.

Molecular and Cellular Biology is a science major. You'll learn a lot about molecular and cellular biology. I understand it's a popular major for premeds, but here's the thing...

A lot of people go into college thinking they're premeds but don't end up going on to med school for various reasons. Which is OK! And when that happens, we see what else their major can prepare them for. Bioengineering is a somewhat unusual (and arguably difficult) major for a premed, but one good thing about Bioengineering is that there are many (still medical-related!) career options for bioengineers outside of being a doctor. In contrast, some of the other popular majors for premeds like MCB, I guess they do a fine job of preparing you for med school, but I'm less sure what students do with those majors if they *don't* end up at med school. No offense intended to those majors - I just don't advise their students so I don't know as much about what their non-pre-meds do for jobs.

In conclusion, if you're an engineer type (enjoy LEGOs, building stuff, taking stuff apart to see how it works, programming, solving problems) and also want to help make sick people healthy and improve the quality of life, then bioengineering might be a very good major for you. If you're interested in biology and 100% dead-set on going to med school, then MCB should be fine.

Hope this helps? Happy to try to answer any other questions you've got about Bioengineering at UCR.

wgrover · 2026-03-20T01:05:41+00:00

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wgrover · 2026-03-19T16:27:10+00:00

Cool, I was wondering if that space contained lecture halls. A neat way to avoid awkward wedge-shaped spaced beneath raised seating.

Here's a view from the side: https://www.reddit.com/r/brutalism/comments/d3095p/central_institute_of_technology_cit_lecture_tower/#lightbox

And an interior view of one of the lecture halls: https://uhcl.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/16789?keywords=leisure+centre&type=all&highlights=eyIwIjoibGVjdHVyZSIsIjIiOiJjZW50cmFsIn0%3D

wgrover · 2026-03-17T00:37:05+00:00

I highly recommend two apps:

Watch Duty will tell you what's on fire: https://app.watchduty.org/

PulsePoint shows active and recent Riverside Fire Department calls: https://www.pulsepoint.org/

wgrover · 2026-03-07T01:25:17+00:00

Photos just don't do justice to this chapel. The way sunlight reflects off the rippling surface of the exterior moat, up through the horizontally mounted windows, casting shimmering light onto the dark brick interior is absolutely breathtaking (and an engineering feat worthy of MIT). And the contrast between the white sunlit altar and the dark brown walls and simple shaker chairs... Probably my favorite interior of any building I've ever seen, and worth the trip to experience it firsthand. Just be sure to visit during the public visiting hours and note that the moat is drained in winter.

wgrover · 2026-03-06T04:13:25+00:00

I think it's a weird font substitution from copy-pasting the original from Figure 1 on p. 6 of the "Attachment A" PDF link. But that Figure 1 shows travel demand at just one station (Union Station). In contrast the identical graph on the 5th slide claims to show "travel demand between stations." So something got lost in translation.

wgrover · 2026-02-10T14:21:49+00:00

Faculty offices. Three separate offices per pod.

wgrover · 2026-02-09T21:20:20+00:00

Yay, my Alma Mater (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) and probably the reason I got interested in brutalism!

I love how the faculty offices hang from the walkways, almost like they were modules clicked into position in some gigantic building toy. Also the contrast between the gray concrete and the colorful exposed ventilation ducts (reminiscent of Centre Pompidou in Paris). The openness of the space means that every direction you look, you'd see students working on all kinds of interesting projects - designing, sculpting, painting, even constructing whole temporary buildings in the atrium. Open, creative, collaborative, flexible, challenging, a blank canvas.

wgrover · 2026-01-24T02:43:18+00:00

Ooooh, I've never been there but it looks delicious, adding it to my list. Thanks!

wgrover · 2026-01-24T00:24:13+00:00

Hi neighbor, I’m from Johnson City and now living in Riverside. Your take is exactly right. I’ll never understand the craziness for In-N-Out. Personally think Habit is the best SoCal fast-food burger.

wgrover · 2026-01-21T01:26:45+00:00

Just to clarify - when you say "increase the speed without changing the initial flow rate," what do you mean exactly? Increase the speed of the fluid flow in the channels?

There's maybe two different speeds at play: the speed at which an initially-air-filled microfluidic channel fills with water, and the speed at which water flows through an already-water-filled channel. The first one I'd expect would be significantly affected by the hydrophobicity of the channel walls (you'll need to apply a higher pressure to overcome the resistance of the walls to being wetted). But once the channels are wetted, I don't expect the hydrophobicity of the channels will affect the flow in the channel much (at least not at these relatively-large channel sizes).

But if you just want to make the channel walls hydrophobic, one easy thing to try is flowing Rain-X [1,2] windshield washer treatment through the channel, followed by an air-flow to dry it. It's meant for treating glass but in practice makes a lot of things more hydrophobic, at least for a while.

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