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quidcumque

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autistic parent (K1 11/18, K2 11/20, * 10/22, K3 10/23).
agender (and white).
writes (textbooks and book reviews).
teaches math (to engineering students).
likes science fiction (especially worldbuilding).

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mcnees, to random
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Mathematician Karl Weierstrass was born #OTD, Halloween, in 1815.

The fools at The Academy all said he was mad, but in 1872 he announced that he had succeeded in creating a monster.

Image: Smithsonian Institution Libraries

quidcumque,
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@mcnees if those are monsters, what about nowhere continuous functions like the Dirichlet function? 🙃

(I just love these nasty functions that aren't how you'd think a function works...)

quidcumque,
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@mcnees thank you for reminding me of this beautiful monster! It's such a nice example, and really helps understand the difference between being merely continuous and differentiable.

julianwki, to transit German
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Ich suche nach einer guten Möglichkeit das Woom 2 mit unserem Croozer Anhänger zu transportieren. Irgendwie eine Halterung mit dem man das Rad gut festmachen kann.
Im Grunde soetwas: https://www.amazon.de/Universal-Fahrrad-Halterung-Fahrradtr%C3%A4ger-Anh%C3%A4nger/dp/B0CBST3TVQ/

Kennt da jemand was?

quidcumque,
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@julianwki spontan nicht, ich schau mal ob ich morgen eins machen kann. Gerade sind Anhänger und Kinder unterwegs 😅

quidcumque,
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@julianwki kein fertiges Produkt, aber wir transportieren (nicht am Croozer, aber ähnlicher Hänger) mit folgendem Konstrukt gut:

  • 2 Schlaufen mit Karabiner am Griff des Anhängers befestigt (Klettband, Seil geht auch)
  • 1 Schlaufe (Klett) an Lenkerstange des Woom 2 befestigt (kann dran bleiben)
  • 1 Karabiner im Hinterrad des Woom 2 einhängen
  • 1 Karabiner in Schlaufe an Lenkerstange des Woom einhängen

Bei richtiger Positionierung hängt das Rad stabil quer zum Anhänger, steht etwas über.

Firyar, to random

I've been putting off a call for weeks but now I finally managed to do it. I was afraid of having to spell out my name on the phone but the person asked for my birthday to look me up in her system 🙏Maybe doctor's offices learned that it's easier. She gave me several dates but I'll get everything via Doctolib, too. So I don't have to be afraid of having written down the wrong dates. Small things that make my life easier.

quidcumque,
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@Firyar that sounds good! And nice to get around the spelling, I dislike that too (my last name is long and complicated). Would be nicer if everyone knew the international spelling alphabet...

quidcumque,
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@Firyar yeah, I guess it's even harder if the pronunciation/spelling relationship is difficult for the other person. Spelling alphabets are nice if both know them, but many people don't.

quidcumque,
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@Firyar great!

What usually throws me are the Arabic names of my students, because they use different transliteration systems depending on which country they're from and also personal preference. But that's my problem, not theirs.

At least I don't live in one of those German regions where all the variants of Maier, Meier, Mayer, Meyer, Mayr,... coexist in abundance.

quidcumque,
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@Firyar I also do "Hello/Dear/Good morning/.. [full name]".

A lot of them do "dear Dr. [firstname]" when writing to me, which I actually really hate - but I think most are just confused about which name is which and how this form of address works. So I just let it go.

Names are difficult!

quidcumque, to random
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This review* at @NerdsofaFeather makes "Spring's Arcana" by @lilithsaintcrow sound very good indeed! I think I'll try reading it next, in bits and pieces while breastfeeding and with a sleeping baby on me. Thoughts and quotes and stuff in this thread as usual.

A road trip in America, native and migrant gods and powers, oh my!

*https://wandering.shop/@Princejvstin/111215514070525181

quidcumque,
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At first, it feels weird that gods in the modern world are so often depicted as thugs, forming some kind of mob.

Then I remember what the Greek and Norse gods are like, and yes... I think I can see why.

Although some are more like sadistic dungeon masters than petty criminals.

quidcumque, (edited )
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I do wonder if there can be multiple versions of mythological figures, if there are multiple versions of the myth. This post* by @fade discusses students (only) knowing a popular modern retelling, maybe even memes about it - does this version come to life if enough people believe in it? Can it fight the older one?

Not a conflict between the old gods and the new, but between different readings and retellings of the same myth...

*https://zirk.us/@fade/111223211425377677

quidcumque,
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Have a feeling that "mention the cheekbones" when writing about Slavic people is like "mention the sunsets" when writing about Africa.

quidcumque,
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I like that there are not only gods and mythological creatures present, but modern archetypes like the Irish cop as well. Of course, that's an interpretation of what it means to be a "mythological creature" (or even, a god): an archetype with enough meaning, and good stories, to endure over centuries.

quidcumque,
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@Faintdreams @fade ooh, thank you! I wasn't aware of that term.

quidcumque,
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"It always surprised her how easy it was to talk to them. People ran right over you verbally, but cats gave you space. If they didn’t know something, they admitted it—indirectly, of course, but still. And they never told her she was lying when she wasn’t."

Everyone should have someone to talk to like that.

quidcumque,
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These inductions (you get a card or invitation, you find yourself in another world - literally or figuratively) must be, like, /so weird/. It's hard to imagine! I think I would freeze completely, unable to say a word, or just run.

Which doesn't seem to be an option here...

Firyar, to random

Deleted my previous posts because it really triggered me that my personal experience turned to a medicine/drug recommendation thread, including self-medication. Wtf?
Please don't "steal" other people's threads for totally different discussions.

quidcumque,
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@Firyar wow, that sucks. I'm sorry that happened to you.

vicgrinberg, (edited ) to random
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I'm not a fan of the German expression n for PhD advisor that translates into "PhD mother/father" but taking this role on does often mean being there for young folks in crisis while away from their normal support network... And a degree in physics (very on purpose not one in psychology here) does not necessarily prepare you for this.

quidcumque,
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@vicgrinberg OMG yes. As bad as some of the connotations are, and as good it is to normalize seeing it as a normal work relationship, sometimes it has these components as well.

It's a relationship that requires trust. On many levels. 🥹

vicgrinberg, to random
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Things academia does not prepare you for: that your hiring decisions are sometimes not about someone getting this job or that or about staying in academia or not but about people going back into a warzone or being able to leave a dictatorship.

quidcumque,
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@vicgrinberg yes. Sometimes also when someone fails a class multiple times and has to leave 😔

spocko, to scifi
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This io9.com button just showed up on my office floor today. I got it from @annaleen when I saw @charliejane at a SF book reading. It reminded me to finish Annalee's book, "The Future of Another Timeline" about a brave group of people working to restore rights in the US. It was written WHILE it was still legal! One of the things I love about & stories is the "What if" scenerios.
I can't go back in time to change things, but what can I do now to change the future?

quidcumque,
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@spocko the "it was written when abortion was still legal in the US" bit... yeah, that hurts.

(Here's to hoping it won't need time travel to restore human rights there.)

@annaleen @charliejane

Minimus, to random
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titillo: I tickle
Minima is having fun tickling Minimus' nasus (nose) with the pluma (soft feather) from a palumbes (pigeon), while Minimus cacchinat (laughs aloud).

quidcumque,
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@Minimus very important vocab! 💙

quidcumque, to random German
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"I think the smiles we have for new babies are special, smiles of pure welcome, pure success: in our cruel match played against Death and endless Entropy, we score +1."

(@adapalmer, "Perhaps the Stars")

Today, we personally scored +3.

💙

quidcumque,
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Labor induction worked a little too well for the little one and they had to be delivered by Caesarean section, but we are both well now and they are a tiny perfect human.

ngons, to random
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Tiling tuesday, it should be a thing.

quidcumque,
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@ngons yes, it totally should! * follows # *

quidcumque, to random
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You get a present from the city when leaving the hospital.

Staff member: there's a onesie from [local football club] in it. Yeah, nothing for a girl, I know...

I had actually thought we were way beyond this 🙄

quidcumque, to random
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New book, as decided per fediscite: "System Collapse", @marthawells's newest Murderbot Diaries installment. So far, they've all been absolute pleasures.

quidcumque, to random
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I knew that "was that baby planned or an accident?" is a question you get asked a lot if you have more than two kids*, but it's still rude and actually hurts a lot if there was a miscarriage before the baby.

Just leave it, folks.

*or one kid but you're old, or young, or two kids who are close or far apart in age, or whatever. It's always rude.

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