UmbralRaptor changed the topic of #kspacademia to: https://gist.github.com/pdn4kd/164b9b85435d87afbec0c3a7e69d3e6d | Dogs are cats. Spiders are cat interferometers. | Космизм сегодня! | Document well, for tomorrow you may get mauled by a ネコバス. | <UmbralRaptor> … one of the other grad students just compared me to nomal O_o | <ferram4> I shall beat my problems to death with an engineer.
* StochasticRaptor
pokes MOSGC with a stick.
StochasticRaptor is now known as UmbralRaptor
<UmbralRaptor>
So, uh, it's possible that I'll be showing research they did not pay me for, and ignoring research that they did.
* UmbralRaptor
should assemble a slide deck of failure?
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<GreeningGalaxy>
UmbralRaptor: hah, that's what I've been doing
<GreeningGalaxy>
research I was paid for: discovering that 555 timers have crap precision. Research I was not paid for: the rest of the clock driver development and construction.
<UmbralRaptor>
\o/
<UmbralRaptor>
;8ball Should people who do not document their code be mauled by catbuses?
<kmath>
UmbralRaptor: It is certain
<whitequark>
UmbralRaptor: which reactor
<UmbralRaptor>
whitequark: the gravitationally confined fusion one.
<whitequark>
UmbralRaptor: nice
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<Iskierka>
UmbralRaptor, is the code at least somewhat self-documenting?
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<UmbralRaptor>
Iskierka: Thankfully it's mostly a rehtorical question at the moment. But probably the most self-documenting parts are wrapped in triple apostrophes. (At least in Python.)
<soundnfury>
egg|zzz|egg: I saw a shop in Montreal called "eggspectations" (at least I think that was it)
<soundnfury>
/me|zzz|me\
<bofh_>
OH: "Describing a Soyuz descent: “Kind of like going over Niagara Falls in a barrel, but the barrel is on fire”"
<bofh_>
(somewhat accurate)
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* UmbralRaptor
likes that description.
<whitequark>
lol
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* UmbralRaptor
stares at presentation schedules.
* UmbralRaptor
wonders if it's possible to be in Springfield and Rolla at the same time.
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<egg|zzz|egg>
!wpn whitequark
* Qboid
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<egg|zzz|egg>
!wpn UmbralRaptor
* Qboid
gives UmbralRaptor a pyro variety which vaguely resembles a planet
<egg|zzz|egg>
UmbralRaptor: are you a cat
<UmbralRaptor>
egg|zzz|egg: I'm afraid my eyes only use refraction.
<UmbralRaptor>
Also, it looks like scheduling won't be a problem after all.
* UmbralRaptor
stares at a research portfolio.
<UmbralRaptor>
SnoopJeDi: uh, this seems rather difficult to afford.
<kmath>
<jgerity> RT @jradavenport: So I would encourage all students to try other things while in grad school. Be a scientist on your own terms, not what yo…
<SnoopJeDi>
Eh, you just do whatever you can
<SnoopJeDi>
If you don't focus on [incredibly narrow specific focus], you're ahead of 90% of your peers at least
<SnoopJeDi>
e.g. the number of people I've wowed with very basic programming proficiency is alarming
<UmbralRaptor>
o_O
<UmbralRaptor>
Though what counts as basic proficiency?
* UmbralRaptor
recalls struggling to get Principia tests to build, and will need to ask egg lots of questions if I get to a kozai test.
<SnoopJeDi>
UmbralRaptor, understanding types, objects, the concept of pointers
<UmbralRaptor>
I guess. I'm imperfectly knowledgeable on those. On a semi-related note, LaTeX remains poorly documented magic.
<SnoopJeDi>
Imperfect is fine, but it's just unsettling how many people never stray beyond the very specific confines of their "official" work
<SnoopJeDi>
Considering how much work these days requires at least passing familiarity with a variety of subjects and tools (file under: using stats/fit packages that you don't understand at all)
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