John BS @johnabs@qoto.org
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- Chem, NetSci, ML, Math
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- Fencing, Woodworking
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- Christian & Stoic
A previous analytical biochemist, (functional) programmer, industrial engineer, working on a PhD with a focus in complex systems.
Joined Dec 2020
@lina Sorry to hear this. I hope things get better for you soon!
@a1ba This is gonna be me in December! 
While working on my dissertation I found a neat (probably new?) way to sample from the probability k-simplex. I've already drafted a short paper on it; maybe it can go on the Ar-xiv which would be great, and I can polish it up later after I wrap up my preliminary exam. 
It looks like the hardest part of my candidacy exam is going to be scheduling it. It feels like trying to get professors to agree on a 2hr block of time is like herding cats. Wish me luck everyone.
Shower theorems are the best theorems.
@barefootstache Perfect, glad I could contribute a bit :3
@barefootstache Nah, the php CLI version is way better than the python version. (In fact, python is a bad language, and you should use a better one 
)
In fact, if you have poppler installed, you likely already have pdftotext installed as well.
@barefootstache pdftotext allows image extraction apparently :3
@barefootstache Have you tried using pdftotext with layout mode and some regex? That worked for me with a 600 page database schema :)
@vicgrinberg I break them in half with my hands, stuff both halves directly into my mouth, and repeat this until I can barely close my jaw. Then I enjoy the megacrunch followed by the flood of chocolate and dopamine like an animal
(But really, I just bite them, or occasionally dunk them in milk or sweetish beverages)
@ElenLeFoll So what you're saying is that if I give my advisor popcorn this will help with getting feedback...got it
I'm officially down 66.4 lbs, with another 24.6 to go!
I decided that around 185 ish will probably be a good stopping point, then I can bulk a bit if I need to. I'm 6'2 and a bit, and I don't want to be scrawny but I want to get by body-fat percentage to around 15% before I start bulking and recomping if I decide to.
Also, I should be doing my candidacy exam this semester and defending the next as I already have a professor in the UK who wants me to postdoc with him! Fingers crossed all goes well this year! :D
On this one particular issue he is "better than *the* alternative", yes; however, the problem lies in the dyadic assumption that we are subscribing to when voting in general (which is what I was trying to address). I'm not saying you made a bad point, I think it's good to put these things into relative perspective. But the response at least seemed to be "look they only increased the spending a little compared to Biden" when Qasim's original point was that they aren't cutting waste despite promising to. An increase is the opposite of cutting.
Thus, it seemed like "that guy increases it a lot, but this guy only increased it a little," when the original point was that actual decreases should be made instead since that is one of the campaign promises that fails to be enacted each time the Republicans are in power.
So, fair enough perhaps this wasn't whataboutism per se, but it seemed to me to distract from the original point Qasim was making. Apologies for the misclassification :)
I mean, sure, but this kind of whataboutism actually doesn't solve the problem (which *is* the 2-party system leveraging small but divisive issues to "manage" the plebs and achieve outcomes that no reasonable American would actually support).
Qasim isn't wrong: the Rs are basically false advertising and using their position of power to further damage the social safety net for the poorest Americans while further enriching our corporatist overlords.
Freemo isn't wrong, because the Ds are just as guilty of ridiculous spending (if not more so) than the Rs.
However, we aren't getting anywhere by continuing in the same 2-party voting system. We need to have the courage to vote for our values to send a message to the people at the top. If enough people "waste" their votes, then it's no longer a "waste" as the actual public sentiment would be measurable and our politicians would have to account for it to maintain reelection eligibility...but for now, the population of America is acting insane: repeating their mistakes and expecting better results.
My 2 cents, lemme know what you think (and sorry Freemo, it's been a while because life has been happening all at once, I hope you're doing well :) )
@Paulos_the_fog Not for me, but certain teas (namely oolong) do it. You may have a mild allergy. Or it could be any other number of things that we can do experiments on!
Try it with a high-caffiene content tea and see what happens! Also, you should also try decaf coffee and tea.
Also, you should test if it's the temperature, it could be that. Or it could be the dissolved material, so you could try an apple juice as well.
Finally, it could just be that any liquid (or maybe solid) material entering the stomach is re-engaging the digestive tract, thus you should also do a negative control with no liquids and just food.
Thus, we achieve the following experimental configuration:
Cofffee/Tea/Apple Juice (or a non-pulp juice) all heated.
Then try them all unheated (still brew them hot for the brewed drinks to ensure consistent extraction across batches).
Then all uncaffinated.
Then nothing but bread.
Finally try nothing.
Time everything relatively based on ingestion period, then based on your circadian rhythm (compared to when you woke up) and finally on absolute time. Also, try not to run the experiments near daylight savings time transitions to prevent confounders of circadian rhythm shift effects.
I'm actually looking forward to the results, and may even run the experiment myself xD
@neotoy Buy 10 yachts, or half a megayacht.
I just ordered a 4'x4' (1.2192m x 1.2192m) CNC router with a variable speed spindle for my woodworking/making hobby. I got a deal and didn't have to pay taxes on it (err...I paid taxes, but the discount covered that), and I'M SO EXCITED!
IT CAN MACHINE METALS, WOOD, PLASTIC, STONE and more! I'm so excited to design and make super neat stuff :D
...Now I just need a decent CAD program. I use FreeCAD which is, well, meh, but the rest cost an arm and a leg to use, which sucks. I like Shapr3d, but the vestigial parametric features aren't powerful enough (though it's great on my iPad for super quick mock-ups), blender may be better for art stuff maybe? Anyways, any recommendations anyone has will be greatly appreciated <3
I've lost around 51lbs since the end of January this year! I still have about 24 to go, but I'm back on it after my honeymoon to London and my various trips to visit my inlaws and such :) It was more, but I had another trip and my diet is quite hard to stick to while traveling due to cost so I gained a bit back q.q
@RustyCrab I have the Caldigit TS4; it has one display port, but it also has support for usbc to DP and HDMI so I use dongles for those that work great. It has 4 usb ports in the back, 2 usbc up front, ethernet, and other goodies that I really loved to that point I bought 2 (not at the same time lmao)!
- Background
- Chem, NetSci, ML, Math
- Blog
- write.as/johnabs/
- Hobbies
- Fencing, Woodworking
- Religion & Philosophy
- Christian & Stoic
A previous analytical biochemist, (functional) programmer, industrial engineer, working on a PhD with a focus in complex systems.
Joined Dec 2020
