struthious
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@ if different enough, then should not be saddled with the association with LKY
about 2 hours ago
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in reply to kulturbrille
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ate too much.
about 2 hours ago
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...thus, I decided to do the same & work on my paper while late guests trickle in.
about 9 hours ago
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Thankfully, all the guests are computing types and see nothing wrong with sitting around in front of their laptops.
about 9 hours ago
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Guests arriving. Social stress time.
about 9 hours ago
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@ how did you get off in the end?
about 12 hours ago
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in reply to b_catenin
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@ depends on the setup of the organization. A large organization can give autonomy to its research units.
9:30 PM Nov 25th
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Pletnev is a beast. I normally find the Great Gate of Kiev kitschy but he makes it sound rich.
8:04 PM Nov 25th
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Listening to Pictures at an Exhibition for the first time in years. Pletnev's version. He's best at piano works that demand lots of colour.
7:32 PM Nov 25th
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Took first rep of stairs too quickly & bonked after 2 reps. Forced myself to stagger through the remaining 4 reps, with awful timing.
11:34 AM Nov 25th
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@ 40 storeys but the stairs go up to 36 storeys only. Also, each storey is larger than a HDB one (20-25 steps vs 16 steps)
8:30 AM Nov 25th
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No classes today, but off to the Cathedral for my dose of stairs training.
7:36 AM Nov 25th
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Boltzmann's conventionalist explanation of the 2nd law of thermodynamics is way more interesting than the branch systems view.
9:13 PM Nov 24th
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Suspect gross misattribution of silly branch systems view to Boltzmann in Horwich's Asymmetries in Time book.
9:08 PM Nov 24th
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Almost every time I return to Winterreise, I discover some recurring motif that I can scarcely believe I'd missed before.
8:23 PM Nov 24th
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"From bitter previous experience, we do not wish to regard the location of the Earth in the Universe as somehow special" - Geroch, GR notes
6:55 PM Nov 24th
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Free-riding on housemate's Thanksgiving party-induced spurt of home improvement zeal.
6:50 PM Nov 24th
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RT @ next time someone argues that transit is overly subsidized & roads "pay for themselves," show them this:
5:41 PM Nov 24th
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playing around with oxyxy extension. Can type LaTeX but the fractions and sums don't display properly in Safari. They do in Firefox.
2:45 PM Nov 24th
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@ yeah, I'd assumed a non-existent link between using IM and being in touch with tech news.
2:41 PM Nov 24th
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- Name struthious
- Location Pittsburgh
- Web http://aeolist.wo...
- Bio Graduate student. Philosophy of science, physics, mountains, misanthropy.
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