Dr Ben Wolfe

Pretty sure our cats are, respectively, more intellectually coherent.

Even Howl.

Ben's EdTech rant is an entirely separate thread. And would require whisky.

That is a remarkably spurious objection, and directly at odds with larger goals of being able to interpret scientific literature (and results).

Neigh, 'tis parody

My flavour of informative BSky alt text silliness would likely be frowned upon.

That's a terrible Bond movie.

At least Diamonds are Forever is self-aware camp.

I didn’t know the current state of the world could be captured by a cat comic, but…

That is pretty excellent

Huh! Might be different in your end of things than mine, then

*growls in human factors*

Why do we automate?

Dull, dirty, dangerous... and sometimes, for the sheer challenge of it. Mostly the first three.

Ah!

I see much more in the way of upper-year students, and in psych/neuro, a surprising number think that BSc->PhD is a track they should (try) to take. Some do, but I wish our funding environment let us have more postbac opportunities. Tends to help students a lot.

Yup, and the only path to those is through a Masters.

Canadian system: let's hybridize the US and European approaches...

Oh, absolutely. And the modelling corners of psychology (mostly) get to dodge data collection, but at least for the program I'm part of, it's "come in with a Masters or you're on the five year track by default"

Relatedly: do you see LOTS of undergrads who want to go straight to grad programs?

I could see that... not a grad school world I know anything about

The only way someone here would wind up on a 4-year track is if they'd already completed a MA or MSc

That, and they don’t understand why it takes time (and that these tools aren’t even a shortcut, they’re an early truncation of development)

Just an astonishing piece. Less a knife in the kidney, more the entire armory.

Fair. Drunk isn’t really a thing that’s happened for me in a long, long time.

We won’t talk about Midnight Absinthe damn near a decade ago. There were reasons.

They’re both choices. I don’t think they’d work for me.

The Council Of Eldritch Judgement YouTube video by Punkey Doodles

Have you watered your flesh prison?

Had to look that up, but ow. That undoubtedly has its uses...

Hell, "I live west of Toronto [Mississauga] and need to go to the East side of downtown [Scarborough] " is a pain in the butt.

Minimum viable product and all that.

Carrot cake might be arguably a salad, but *that* carrot cake (brought in for trainee birthdays) is gloriously dangerous.

There are multiple Everclear variants that one can buy in the US depending on the state.

This includes a 190 proof variant.

I used it years ago to infuse fruit and citrus peel into booze. It's a thing.

When Oasis played Toronto last year, I was subject to Wonderwall. On the radio.

At the orthodontist.

With the technician singing along.

...that last one + vision was, of course, what I was proximate to.

Ted's lab + startup should have "see through your fingertips" as a motto.

But but but the Regurgitron is a replacement for human cognition! It told me it thinks! It told me it has feelings!

Hanging out with roboticists in my postdoc days was *fun*

But I did just buy a 22” plush beaver off eBay. For reasons.