Very, very true. This is the sort of epically bad manager you desperately try to identify as a prospective. Alas, the ones with very shiny science can often dazzle, leading new students to write off the risk. It’s sad and makes me want to gather newbie grads students into a huge virtual hug and tell them it’s okay to…

Sounds from the Buzzfeed article like Ott has had problems with students before, though not necessarily gender-based. I work in government, not academia, but it seems like we share a problem when it comes to promotion. We tend to promote subject matter experts solely based on expertise in their field rather than…

It is very much harassment. Mature adults should be able to control their personal feelings in such a way as to not affect their subordinates. It’s called professional behavior, and it is not asking too much of grown-ass profs. If you cannot be impartial because you’re sexually attracted to your student, then the…

Existing spread-spectrum encoding IS already “unjammable” - it’s just a question of what kind of bit/symbol rate you can push through. This announcement is about a fairly huge increase in that rate.

Well that Ott case is quite different from the offering dildos and commenting on body types. If you read the Buzzfeed report it’s something like this:

It was a vast right-wing conspiracy out to get him. It's just sex.

LOL lying Portlandian Obama shill.

is this falling apart? of the earthquake building —during one?

Supply is up, demand is down... really low prices.

Did anyone else notice the ironic “DO NOT ENTER” sign in the picture.

Someone needs to take a stand against this architecture. It’s making me seasick.

Saudis aren’t flooding the market. The US is. The Saudis just haven’t cut production while the US increased its domestic production. The lower prices drive companies to invest in more profitable energy sources.

Could I buy Lance Bass? What is the going rate?

I think this is a rare occasion where people don’t really blame the actor for the character being so shitty.

Don’t show them a siphon, it will blow their minds. This one weird trick plumbers don’t want you to know!

The hairless wandering ape of course.

i work at a zoo (as an interpreter) and im surprised that nobody has been arrested for running this foundation. every animal that this man owns could kill (with intent or no intent) one of his visitors and he could be held liable for their death.

Man, this reminds me! I miss Far Side cartoons.

I’m 31. For my planning purposes, I use a 4% before inflation lifetime average return assumption for both retirement and personal investing and plan not to have Social Security in retirement.