Back in elementary school I outright refused to put any effort into memorizing multiplication tables, on the grounds that calculators are a thing which exists. To this day I'm probably not as good at doing complicated calculations in my head as the average person ( Read more... )

A professor once said to me "It will be hard for you to get tenure. You're a true scientist."
It's the connection between the two statements. I can't say I like what it implies about "the System", but I like what it says about my place in it. I choose to take it as a compliment.

Also, I'm going to look at another flat tomorrow. And I just ( Read more... )

I have just found out that it would be easier for me to get a loan at the bank now if I had taken one at some point before, preferably one I didn't actually need. As in, they would be more willing to lend me money if I borrowed money more often. Like, they would somehow think I have more money if there were more things I can't afford. And it would ( Read more... )

I have finally found some time to look for some presents. I haven't bought much yet, but whatever. Maybe I'll find a little more time some other day. Anyway, buying things for other people can be a pain. If they need someting, they probably already have it. If they don't have it, they probably don't need it. If they need it but don't have it, ( Read more... )

I was going to make "random thoughts on science and stuff" a recurring thing. Then I kind of forgot about it. Then I was going to write down some obsewvations about the life of a scientist, but I didn't really know where to start. Well, I'm starting here. And now.

( At work vs. not at work )

After many weeks of Professor T. insisting on proofreading it over and over again and then not having the time to actually do it ( Read more... )

Now I'm gonna talk about things science cannot explain. No, not ghosts. And not things "They" are trying to hide from you.

( Well, mostly... )

I sometimes wonder why people so often don't understand things that I'm sure they are capable of understanding. Why they know how to solve some problem in an Algebra class, but ask them how to do the same thing in a Computer Science class and they have no idea what you even want them to do. Why they can see and understand a proof and still insist ( Read more... )

To clarify, I am not saying that everyone needs every part of Mathematics in their daily life. Many people function perfetcly well without even knowing what Topology is and that is ok. And I am absolutely not saying that everything your teachers tell you must be right, because that is simply not true. But...

( There is always a but. Sometimes there is a lot of but. )

Busy week. And not enough sleep because neigbours. I can only work or sleep when those assholes are not partying and I had a presentation to prepare, two papers to edit and approximately a shitload and three things to read ( Read more... )