Ankit Barik

I submit a proposal to simulate some processes and then later infer what the detected observable would be. Proposal was declined.

Review: Weakness: Proposal did not show that the signals would be detectable ...

How am I supposed to know the result before having done the science ... ?
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Keeping time between the equinoxes I compute the eccentricity of the Earth's orbit based on the observation that there are more days between spring and fall than between fall and spring.

Ever noticed how there are more days between spring and fall than between the fall and spring (in the northern hemisphere)? That is due to the eccentricity of the Earth's orbit. I talk about it and do the math in this blog post ⚛️ 🧪
jrekier.github.io/bit-blog/pos...

Great news indeed. But I'm still always confused why disgraced faculty are not fired outright? 🧪⚛️

He's a keeper!

We were onto something as kids.

Those atriums though ...

Wow, this was a brilliant read! Such an articulate description of what I think about while walking through campus and seeing those glass atriums and new buildings while the faculty all over the country complain about student unions asking for fair wages.

I don't know honestly. I'm just tired of having to do yet another thing.

Research scientists have no shot at having a permanent position, ever. But at my university, we're now required to send annual reports of our activity in order to be evaluated. For what exactly? Just to be able to keep our jobs? 🧪⚛️

Mercury was only 50 arcminutes (0.8°) above a very young waxing crescent Moon this evening. KAS member Pete Mumbower captured this image from his home in Vicksburg, MI.

Incredible, using Tikz to animate precession and nutation of the Earth! ⚛️🧪

I think the first recorded instance is by monks? So that tracks ...

Agreed!

Ha, I was one of the reviewers for this, nice to see it out! Really good work indeed! 🧪⚛️

An advice for young folks learning to code. Please get comfortable coding the old school way, looking up solutions on stackoverflow etc before you start getting AI assist.

You can trust AI with menial tasks but not with critical code components. It is nowhere even close to the human brain. 🧪⚛️

Me, from Baltimore: "It's going to be cold on the weekend"
My partner: *laughs in Ottawa*

Because I saw some responses for suing etc. Just to clarify, this wasn't an official reason, in fact there wasn't any official feedback. I got some feedback through some insider channels and got to know that this was one of the reasons why I didn't make the cut, among others.

If it was an official reason, it would be, but it isn't. You'll also notice this trend in faculty hiring to some extent.

Really appreciate this perspective, thank you!!

Oh and the mandatory emojis (I forget how this site works) 🧪⚛️

Is that 100 ... new faculty?!

( This is a response to an insider feedback I got on a faculty application, that part of the reason I didn't make the cut was because I am "too old". ) (3/3)

If anything, at 35, I'm coming up with more interesting and impactful ideas than I ever did in my 20s *and* I have the expertise and experience to execute them well. 🤷 (2/3)

I'm tired of the rhetoric around the "young academic", the age old saying that after 30+x, you have no research potential left. Some of us, especially ones who are first generation in academia, need a few years to even fully understand the "rules of the game". (1/3)

I just came across a couple of interesting events and went "oh nice, I want to attend this!" and realized they were from mid-December ...

Yep, Jon Mound! (currently at Leeds)

I have given a couple of talks about The Core and I always have a slide about "Things the movie got right" and as weird as it is, it did get *some* things right. 😅

Ottobar? Quiet??

Captain Picard, from Star Trek TNG, is running down a hallway with a black and white tiled floor, being chased by a floating Q. Q has his arms outstretched showing off the big wizard sleeves on his funky judges robes. Both of them are blurred with movement. Captain Picard is labeled "me just trying to enjoy the weekend" and Q is labeled "Monday morning."