Of the 5 (of ~100 who took the exam) students to give “free text comments” on our astrophysics course this year, one was very positive, two were equivocal, one complained about our email response times, and one was “delete this module”.
There is a scary & common misconception in physics that students work better if… supervisors & … senior group members pressure them with negative, condescending language.
—Physics World, July ‘22. Print only?
WTF. Does anyone really believe this?
I ordered a Mac Studio Display through an Apple Educational reseller in the UK around 1 April. It hasn’t arrived yet. Has anyone had any similar (or otherwise) experience of such lengthy delays (~16 weeks)?
If the ROI from programs like this is so good for businesses, why not make them pay for it themselves instead of funnelling so much money to private industry (and let government invest in more blue-skies research instead)?
Yes, I know, I am biased, and it’s not zero-sum.
For generations, homes in Britain were designed to retain heat, to make cold winters bearable.
Clearly the author has never actually lived in Britain, where we spend the winters stoically wearing extra jumpers to keep warm in our inadequately-heated and poorly-insulated homes.
Two minutes to curtain up at Jerusalem with Mark Rylance at the Apollo Theatre.
Off to my first in-person scientific meeting in 2 1/2 years — and my first flight without my family in about 7 years. @SimonsObs here I come!
Sunday focaccia project.
“Proforma” does not mean “blank form for you to fill in”, even in the UK, right?
It’s almost impossible to believe now that the 1989 TV movie Roe vs Wade was broadcast on NBC to some acclaim, and (correctly) portrayed the 1972 decision as a heroic triumph for civil liberties.