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<raptop>
hrm, smoke is tractable?
<WeylandsWings>
what do you mean by Tractable
<raptop>
we're getting good enough images for an open dome tour
<WeylandsWings>
raptop: are you the poor grad student that will have to mark off 6' distances on the floor of the observatory
<raptop>
Well, it's all remote
<WeylandsWings>
a remote open dome tour?
<raptop>
Yeah, as in they get raw images of objects/seeing the software in action(!)
<raptop>
tonight: Jupiter/Saturn/M57
<WeylandsWings>
this if for the class you are TAing?
<raptop>
sort of TAing
<raptop>
More of TAing a portion of a bunch of intro to astronomy classes (check out our observatory and some example objects(tm))
<e_14159>
"5) establish science metrics, such as publications and citations per year, as criteria for the performance evaluation of the USRA contract award fee"
<e_14159>
That seems, well, wrong.
<WeylandsWings>
e_14159: ugh. That is a terrible idea
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[Principia] pleroy synchronize pull request #2717: New numerical utilities for integration - https://git.io/JUWd9
<e_14159>
Isn't there a quote saying that, whenever you use some KPIs, you'll improve exactly *those* KPIs, and they're not necessarily what you're after?