Thank you, Matt! Loved your guide when I started my own PhD in ye olden days, and I've shown it to a lot of people since then.
Matt has also written a great follow-up, "How to get tenure", see https://matt.might.net/articles/tenure/ Highly relevant for the aspiring researcher, and it describes really well the nonlinearities of (academic) life.
Please consider that not everyone has the luxury of having (had) a PhD advisor who really cares. There's a wide spectrum, ranging from micromanagers, to people you see once during your PhD, to advisors that are…
I can only second this after having advised a few students from bachelor to PhD level. The ones who do well are (usually) the ones who are genuinely excited. Not only about the thing they're doing, but in general. It…
Congrats, Ian, on the amazing side project and the thorough and thoroughly enjoyable writeup. You really got me with the tests for the original Bauble, I had a good laugh after that paragraph! I’m now also somewhat…
Steven's articles are always a joy. I love that he often delves into details others miss or leave out on purpose. For SDF fonts in particular, most articles skip the fact that in Valve's paper, very high-res per-glyph…
Chrome on iOS also uses WebKit as backend, as iOS restrictions don’t allow other engines. Same goes for Firefox, Brave, etc… Edit: Actually not fully true anymore, as of iOS 17.4, you _could_ bring your own engine…
This is a great summary how to use regexps, complete with some very nice examples. Thank you!
Came here with the idea of this being about how someone made terrible pre-1970 washing machine UX into something much better. Can’t say I’m disappointed though! I’m wondering if cleaning-intensity ultrasound could cause…
Thank you, Matt! Loved your guide when I started my own PhD in ye olden days, and I've shown it to a lot of people since then.
Matt has also written a great follow-up, "How to get tenure", see https://matt.might.net/articles/tenure/ Highly relevant for the aspiring researcher, and it describes really well the nonlinearities of (academic) life.
Please consider that not everyone has the luxury of having (had) a PhD advisor who really cares. There's a wide spectrum, ranging from micromanagers, to people you see once during your PhD, to advisors that are…
I can only second this after having advised a few students from bachelor to PhD level. The ones who do well are (usually) the ones who are genuinely excited. Not only about the thing they're doing, but in general. It…
Congrats, Ian, on the amazing side project and the thorough and thoroughly enjoyable writeup. You really got me with the tests for the original Bauble, I had a good laugh after that paragraph! I’m now also somewhat…
Steven's articles are always a joy. I love that he often delves into details others miss or leave out on purpose. For SDF fonts in particular, most articles skip the fact that in Valve's paper, very high-res per-glyph…
Chrome on iOS also uses WebKit as backend, as iOS restrictions don’t allow other engines. Same goes for Firefox, Brave, etc… Edit: Actually not fully true anymore, as of iOS 17.4, you _could_ bring your own engine…
This is a great summary how to use regexps, complete with some very nice examples. Thank you!
Came here with the idea of this being about how someone made terrible pre-1970 washing machine UX into something much better. Can’t say I’m disappointed though! I’m wondering if cleaning-intensity ultrasound could cause…