Author: jeremy
Tip of the Iceberg
To Spec
“It’s not like they actually think any of this is going to be used in our day-to-day lives, right?” Inspired by the recent headlines for room-temperature superconductivity.
Quality Calculations
Rabbit Holes
Playback Speed
You really owe it to yourself to watch a lecture at a quicker speed. Those who are super slow and difficult to listen to suddenly become full of energy!
General Case
Naming
This doesn’t just apply to group names. I see crazy acronyms on the arXiv all the time. Perhaps the best instance of this though is in the comments section of this article, by “NJBiologist”: Much like how Src is activated by Srcasm? (No, I am not making that up: see Seykora et al, J Biol Chem. 2002 Jan25;277(4):2812-22.) You can find a paper on srcasm here.
Middle Steps
It’s a time-honoured tradition of professors in mathematics and physics. (This comic was inspired by Sidney Harris and his wonderful comics. In particular, the top-right one on this page.)
Squiggle
Seriously, the number of physics professors that default to using ξ or ζ as their symbol of choice makes me think that there’s some collective brainwashing going on.
