Nick @internic@social.cleverlibre.org
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Theoretical physicist by training (PhD in quantum open systems/quantum information), University lecturer for a bit, and currently paying the bills as an engineer working in optical communication (implementation) and quantum communication (concepts), though still pursuing a little science on the side. I'm interested in physics and math, of course, but I enjoy learning about really any area of science, philosophy, and many other academic areas as well. My biggest other interest is hiking and generally being out in nature.
Joined Nov 2022
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I have a recommendation. First, make sure you are following your server's Admin. Then, I recommend that you follow some of the admins of servers other than your own, especially the larger ones. Set them on notifications. This will keep you in the loop on what is happening across the Fediverse.
#Fediverse #Mastodon #TwitterMigration
@InAFeverDream Sadly not a problem unique to redditors. There's been a fair amount of that with people coming from Twitter and elsewhere (especially when there are big waves). Contrarily, some corners of Mastodon/the Fediverse have pretty unusual customs versus most of the rest of the Internet, and Fedi folks should realize that people violating those don't necessarily know that they are doing so. Occasionally these events do seem to spark some rethinking of those customs, which can also be a good thing.
@jesusmargar I relate to your last sentence myself.
@InAFeverDream Yeah, that's probably wise.
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Introduction? Sure, #introduction I guess
I'm jules and this is my professional account. I'm a mathematician and computer scientist based in Glasgow 🏴. I'm an applied category theorist, which means I study compositionality, especially in microeconomics and machine learning
I'm affiliated with the Mathematically Structured Programming group, I'm a co-founder of the startup 20squares, and I'm in the process of co-founding a nonprofit research organisation called the Institute for Categorical Cybernetics
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My #introduction! I’m looking for a good home in the fediverse. Have been on social media of some sort since the MUDs and Usenet of the 90s, and a participant in intentional communities on and offline, including #cohousing. I am interested in science and education topics as well as some light computer geekery, sustainability and organic ag, reskilling, and parenting. Currently parenting teens in #westernmass with my husband.
@JennieKelly04 Welcome to Mastodon!
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1. I’m Jennie Kelly. I am entering my 20th year teaching. I teach PAP Algebra 2 and AP Computer Science Principles in Pearland, TX.
2. Cakes > Donuts > Pies
3. I enjoy playing the flute and playing with my dachshund puppy.
#Prompt1 #ClassroomMath and #Introduction.
@InAFeverDream Welcome to Mastodon!
Incidentally, I know kbin and lemmy are other Fediverse software (i.e. also use the ActivityPub protocol so can communicate with things like Mastodon) that offer an experience more similar to Reddit. I haven't tried them personally, so I'm not recommending, just mentioning they exist in case it's helpful.
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Hoping to see some new #science folks exploring Mastodon so figured it’s time for another #introduction - I’m Mya, a professor at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science. Our lab studies #microbes (bacteria, viruses, protists) in the oceans and other environments and also works on #fish egg identification. I also post about my cute dog and cat a lot! #USFCMS #ocean #marine #oceanography #microbiology #virology #research #seagrass #urchin #academia
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Amazing thunderstorm photos captured at 37,000 feet by airline pilot Santiago Borja.
Web: https://www.santiagoborja.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/santiagoborja/
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RT @Streetsblog Transportation officials across the US like to pretend that "induced demand" doesn't exist—but Americans know better, and they want better transportation options for their communities, a new study finds.
@jesusmargar @TobyBartels We may have seen complex numbers in high school (around age 15--16); but they definitely weren't covered in significant depth. I only really learned them well in my early physics courses on wave mechanics. In any case, if people only saw them briefly as teenagers I wouldn't count on them remembering that much by the 3rd or 4th year of university.
@TobyBartels @jesusmargar @johncarlosbaez @caten Agreed. As I said, looking back it seems like a really odd choice. Especially because it's not like you have to teach complex analysis, just the basics.
I'm not sure who all "science and engineering majors" was supposed to cover. Certainly physics and EE students should know complex numbers well by senior year. If they were trying to accommodate other sciences and things like software engineering then I'm less sure. In my professional life I've found that people with a CS degree (from a US university) often have little to no familiarity with complex numbers.
@johncarlosbaez Are there areas where you would expect (at least intuitively) there to be more likely to be of some practical use or not really?
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It’s happened. Our department has lost a young faculty member to a better offer in a safer state.
Texas’s extremist government will end up wrecking the universities here. Given a choice, people don’t want to subject themselves to fascism.
@jesusmargar I certainly don't know what any of those things are! 
But it was my mistake for transposing the abbreviation between sub-threads. If I had been clever, I would have defined it in the original post to make everyone's life easier.
@jesusmargar Sorry, in this context NSA = nonstandard analysis (others were using it elsewhere in threads responding to the original post).
@jswphysics @johncarlosbaez I had run into this book
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary_Calculus:_An_Infinitesimal_Approach
that was seemingly developed with that intent. From the article, it sounds like there were some limited attempts in that direction that had positive results but it was never widely attempted/assessed.
I assume there must be a fair amount of research into the pedagogy of teaching calculus, and I don't even know what the most common areas of student difficulty are.
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@andrejbauer Interesting. I'm unfamiliar with that, so I'll have to check it out.
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Theoretical physicist by training (PhD in quantum open systems/quantum information), University lecturer for a bit, and currently paying the bills as an engineer working in optical communication (implementation) and quantum communication (concepts), though still pursuing a little science on the side. I'm interested in physics and math, of course, but I enjoy learning about really any area of science, philosophy, and many other academic areas as well. My biggest other interest is hiking and generally being out in nature.
Joined Nov 2022
