unemphysbro

I learned on a nighthawk 650 :) Brings back good memories.

I'd say look in public sector to get your foot in the door.

His sports posting was great, wish he was a commentator.

RIP

small victories, right?

:)

ah, I didn't realize email attachment size was holding me back.

I've found I learn best organically. If it doesn't spark joy, I'm not going to dedicate the time.

Recently, I've lost interest in tech/coding/math but motorcycle repair, racing, and engine internals are cool!

It's always been internal validation.

so now can I just say I want a tesla cybertruck in the sbir directly or do I have to start a AI medical company?

His econtalk appearance was great:

https://www.econtalk.org/bret-devereaux-on-ancient-greece-an...

I have another todo list in my mac's notes 'app' which syncs to my phone.

However, for non-work stuff, I usually rely on pen-and-paper lists.

It works for me, I've experimented with a few apps but they've never stuck within my workflow.

I did the exact same thing!

quickly looking at averages/errors, a simple awk one-liner will do.

vi todo.txt

the same file served me well for over a decade. :)

I'm not the only one.

My mom started using reddit this year. Maybe it's capturing the non-(tech/young)-people market share?

I'm pretty new to virtualization, what're the pros/cons of podman vs docker in prod.?

That was the reason, both cases the bikes were $7&9k and I had some surplus crypto :).

Both sellers were happy accepting crypto. Otherwise, I stick to the traditional cash-in-hand.

I've used eth twice for motorcycle purchases from private sellers.

Perhaps it's useful in for medium-large purchases.

coolest blog post I've seen here in a while. :)

Another Physics adjacent PhD.

When I was in my 20s, I was aware of the situation anecdotally from other grad students. However, I wanted to shoot my shot and by the time I hit my late 20s and 30 all of those weekend hours in the office and the low pay made those software jobs very alluring. So I jumped ship.

I miss research in academia quite a bit, I still read papers and review articles if I'm contacted. However, I don't think I'll go back with the work-life balance and higher salaries in industry.

come on, this is funny. HN needs to lighten-up.

yup, our workplace covid check-in system is down. :)

Yeah, I've thought something along those lines, maybe applied to a layer(s)/architectural element-wise basis. I'm sure someone's done it because it; just seems like another optimization problem.

Really cool to see this here. I worked on solid-state nanopore development as a part of my PhD.

Here are some press releases related to articles I published during my PhD:

https://physics.illinois.edu/news/article/34064

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141014095320.h...

My brother is 11 and he's more of a hands-on type of person (he's built some furniture, wooden stencils and functional crossbow; terrifying for our parents) and doesn't like to sit in-front of a computer for more time then school necessitates.

Because of this I figured I wouldn't force him to learn programming, rather nudge him towards it. I bought him a Tynker membership and he seems to enjoy that. It seems like a fun, gentle introduction into programming.

https://www.tynker.com/

The first week was rough for me too. I was a 3-4 (8 oz) cup per day drinker.

I quit cold turkey in 2013. Not for health reasons, I was trying to save money. I had about a 2-3 week period of migraines and sluggishness.

Now, I usually drink a cup of tea to stay regular and decaf throughout the day.

I've been working through this:

https://github.com/pingcap/talent-plan

As lame as it sounds, leetcoding in rust has helped me quite a bit.

I can certainly tell the difference but I too was surprised with how close flavor and texture is to a real patty.

300fy time :)

as much as I dislike the 'the grass is always greener...' cliche, it's fundamentally true. :)

I'm a new-isly minted biophysics PhD. The reason I got into physics was because it felt fulfilling and my opinion of industry was shaped by a high-school internship at a defense contractor which was a total slog.

During my PhD, I got the full experience, drumming up new ideas, grant/proposal writing, managing and setting project goals, maintaining collaborations and doing the actual work. It was fulfilling and fun especially working with great group of people that are 100% dedicated but, boy, was really, really hard.

The long hours, terrible pay, and watching people stuck in the post-doc treadmill got to me. Plus, I saw quite a few 2-body problems fall apart (mine included). I also watched my advisor go through the tenure process, it seemed like he never slept.

It's been challenging getting into industry (I'm still looking :) ), but, if I make it, I'll write a blog post to see if there are any regrets in 5 years. But, like the author, I'm already missing the culture, going to seminars (the terrible seminar coffee), and nerding out with friends in other disciplines.