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Many identities By definition, an interdisciplinary scientist has the option of multiple identities. For myself, I am a biologist, a mathematician, a statistician, and a computer scientist. What should I call myself? How should I describe my research to a stranger? Most specialists don't understand Interdisciplinary science is still looked upon with skepticism. Most scientists… Continue reading Identity in Interdisciplinary Science
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As a graduate student, I often heard that polite, formal emails are critical when communicating with your colleagues or collaborators. There is always some story going around the internet about professors being catty to students about their poor grammar and informality. I could not disagree more. We are scientists Scientists spend their whole lives learning… Continue reading Politeness, formality, and science
A mathematician, a physicist and a statistician went hunting for deer. When they chanced upon one buck lounging about, the mathematician fired first, missing the buck's nose by a few inches. The physicist then tried his hand, and missed the tail by a wee bit. The statistician started jumping up and down saying "We got… Continue reading Statistics Jokes
There are many different beliefs about the meaning of life. This infographic mixes up existentialism and logical positivism. Existentialism and absurdist are very closely related, as demonstrated in Camus' Myth of Sisyphus. Another Asian philosophical tradition is Taoism, which is very closely related to existentialism.
I am replacing a small Radeon 5450 graphics card with a CUDA capable GTX 1050 Ti that I can use for GPU computing. Please ignore my terrible cable management. I will fix it one day... Overview of the steps mentioned here: Set up work area Remove screws around installation area Remove the card and identify the… Continue reading How To Install a Graphics Card
It's no secret that academia is high stress. Graduate students often acquire mental issues due to high stress. It's important to realize that it isn't weakness and indeed a reasonable response to the environment. Take matters into your own hands and value mental health over perceived consequences of seeking help.
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