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.
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<icefire>
yikes fake caps
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<UmbralRaptor>
;8ball Stab people who don't realize what that "at will" means in employment contracts, and why it in practice is better for management than the workers?
<NomalRaptor>
Well, yes. Cats are stabbier than knives.
<Iskierka>
stabby telescope?
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<UmbralRaptor>
Iskierka: well, stabby binoculars.
<UmbralRaptor>
Consider: a knife has 2 ends, one of which is stabby. A (meowing) cat has 6 ends, 5 of which are stabby.
<Iskierka>
this is clearly insufficient stabby
<egg|nomz|egg>
!wpn Iskierka
* Qboid
gives Iskierka a RFC 2324-compliant gun
<UmbralRaptor>
It's an IoT SuperSoaker
<UmbralRaptor>
!wa 1 lux in Jy
<Qboid>
UmbralRaptor: convert 1 lx (lux) to janskies: lx (lux) and Jy (janskies) are not compatible.
<UmbralRaptor>
!wa 1 lux in w/m^2
<Qboid>
UmbralRaptor: convert 1 lx (lux) to watts per square meter: lx (lux) and W/m^2 (watts per square meter) are not compatible.
<UmbralRaptor>
!wa 1 lumen in w/m^2
<Qboid>
UmbralRaptor: convert 1 lm (lumen) to watts per square meter: lm (lumens) and W/m^2 (watts per square meter) are not compatible.
<UmbralRaptor>
!wa 1 candela in w/m^2
<Qboid>
UmbralRaptor: convert 1 cd (candela) to watts per square meter: cd (candelas) and W/m^2 (watts per square meter) are not compatible.
* UmbralRaptor
stabs illumination units.
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<SnoopJeDi>
bofh, 2017 and QKD is still something people get riled up about in quantum crypto :/
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<bofh>
SnoopJeDi: well yes, these are practical implementations of QKD, something in short supply.
<SnoopJeDi>
I know I'm just being a curmudgeon, it's still neat
<bofh>
like I mean quite frankly I'm exasperated at the focus on QC, which I think is on the whole interesting but not in the way many (incl. A LOT OF RESEARCHERS) see it as being.
<bofh>
but like this stuff is still neat, just as advances in, say, ion trapping or light interferometry as a result of QC is
<SnoopJeDi>
oh yes my gripe definitely extends well into that
<SnoopJeDi>
"it's quantum so it's gotta be a lot more advanced and betterer right?"
<SnoopJeDi>
"well, you have to unders--" "WOO IFLSCIENCE"
<SnoopJeDi>
but yes absolutely agreed, QKD technology is still frickin cool
<bofh>
goddamnit I hate those 'science porn' sites
<bofh>
they're all utter dogshite
<UmbralRaptor>
"No, you're just staring at science's butt as it walks past."
<SnoopJeDi>
out of curiosity bofh how do you feel about phys.org
<UmbralRaptor>
(...does this mean that many grad students are in an abusive relationship?)
<SnoopJeDi>
that's an alarmingly good analogy UmbralRaptor