still being haunted by the ghost of fortran

Margaret@lastcomment314.bsky.social · 3mo ago

one of these days I will stop being haunted by fortran things I did not write but that are nonetheless in the backbone of my research but apparently today is not that day

for all of my "yeah I can fix it if I break it" confidence I have with physical objects, I really do worry a lot more about breaking things on computers *even though I also know how to fix a lot of those problems*

It appears that between my current Project Hail Mary fixation and the newest episode of Humans that I'm reentering a more general space fixation and thinking to myself "I should apply to the next astronaut class"

Yeah it's 100°F outside but what if I just, you know, made cookies

the thing about ADHD is i can know: ✅ what i need to do ✅ when i need to do it ✅ why it matters ✅ how to start and STILL sit completely frozen on the couch watching the deadline approach like a slow-motion train

Y'all I swear these Panda Express fortune cookies

Margaret@lastcomment314.bsky.social · 5mo ago

My hard work better be about to pay off since I defend my dissertation in a little over a month

I've been writing fanfic for the first time in ages (Project Hail Mary is still devouring my attention) and have had some absolutely *banger* lines, my favorite of which so far is "And then it was done. It was Friday, and the world was ending."

so I'm in the middle of listening to this week's episode of Humans and when Hank asks Andy Weir if he's ever played any of the Civilization games, that question felt very "is the Pope Catholic?"

My programming experience is scientific data analysis, but nonetheless I keep my comments casual and intentionally leave a few typos for the ✨ whimsy✨

Alex I. Thymia@maia.computer · 3w ago

hot take: we fucked up when we let computers get so important to society that developers had to stop putting easter eggs into software because they were seen as unprofessional and untrustworthy

terrible new sentence I just uttered: I need to shower now so that I stop smelling like leaky potato (for context, my roommate and I were checking if the potatoes were still good and, uh, they were not)

i spent the whole day waiting for my apartment's maintenance to come do something about the leak in our ceiling only to log into my apartment's resident portal and find that the maintenance request was marked completed at some unknown time earlier today with no notes and no timestamp

it's truly a wild time in my brain right now with the World Cup, Project Hail Mary, and the ongoing Catholic Church schism drama competing for my attention

me watching project hail mary a few weeks ago: wow I feel really seen by this character and this movie me reading project hail mary right now: why am I so aggressively seen by this book and this character

So @nfdiscordserver.dftba.social has a collaborative video project in July and I'm cooking up some ideas along these lines

Margaret@lastcomment314.bsky.social · 3mo ago

why have I spent so much time this evening thinking about how I could make videos explaining recent weather and climate research as a fun little side project while I apply to postdocs and jobs

my desire to write a science-y thread about tropical waves (my dissertation topic) and Cabo Verde (of World Cup relevance) is in conflict with my brain not fully functioning before noon and the fact that I already have plans in brickspace for this afternoon

I don't know if it's just the ADHD speaking but I really wish that I had over-the-air TV options for watching both final games for each world cup group instead of being stuck with whichever one the TV networks think will be more popular

I understand very little Spanish but watching the world cup on telemundo was absolutely the correct choice because it's just incredible hearing the commentators go 'gooooooooool' so excitedly no matter who's playing and it's getting me invested in matches I have only a passing interest in

dear rewards programs just because I didn't spend my birthday reward the day you sent it to me does not mean I need fifteen more reminder emails about it clogging up my inbox

somehow I've become so engrossed with the world cup that I didn't even notice that the first tropical storm of the atlantic hurricane season already formed

so I've been on a quest to listen to all DH&J and SciShow Tangents in order, and right now I'm in 2020, and, in some incredible timing, reached the "Games" episode of Tangents where Hank did a soccer-inspired All Star parody (and other soccer factoids) which is incredible timing with the World Cup

still being haunted by the ghost of fortran

Margaret@lastcomment314.bsky.social · 3mo ago

one of these days I will stop being haunted by fortran things I did not write but that are nonetheless in the backbone of my research but apparently today is not that day

(grad school/research things) I'm finally getting around to reading a colleague's review paper and what do you mean my work is being used as an example for one of the families of methods discussed in one section???

Funny coincidence that the one year anniversary of this certified Oklahoma meteorology grad student moment was also my PhD graduation

Margaret@lastcomment314.bsky.social · last yr.

A real thing I said to my parents earlier this afternoon: it's 80°, partly cloudy, and a light breeze. Great running weather except for the tornado 25 miles south I waited for the tornado to get a little bit further away and then went for my run.

postdoc/job applications: what is your expected salary? my american butt: health insurance

I've caught a few in-text citation errors when reviewing because I was familiar with those papers, and I always put in my review "please check all other references for accuracy" because while I'm not going to review every reference, I sure want the authors to do so

will pooley@willpooley.bsky.social · 3mo ago

the responsibility has to be with authors. peer review *will* catch some and editors will catch some too no doubt but the system is barely sustainable as is. who thinks making reviewing MORE arduous is a good idea?

why have I spent so much time this evening thinking about how I could make videos explaining recent weather and climate research as a fun little side project while I apply to postdocs and jobs

one of these days I will stop being haunted by fortran things I did not write but that are nonetheless in the backbone of my research but apparently today is not that day

the most disappointing part of getting my PhD is I can no longer use the "I'm not Dr [lastname] that's my dad" joke when random unknown scientific journals cold email me trying to get me to write articles for them (I haven't actually ever replied to those emails that way I just think it to myself)

Me: the temperature is really nice (~80°F) let's go running this afternoon! The weather: also has 40°F dewpoint and a brisk southwesterly (dry) wind The uphill sections of my favorite trail: either towards the south or west Me: *dying running uphill against the wind into the sun with a dry mouth*

So I accidentally read all of Empire of Storms in four days and I may have written one of my favorite sentences in my review, wherein I say "I consider myself something of a connoisseur of cliffhangers" because I've read and written my fair share of them but that whole book is a masterclass in them