Dana Fried

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Software wizard. Gym rat. Mom. Gamer.

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Bon Cop Bad Cop should be required viewing for anyone who moves to Canada.

(With the caveat that it is extremely A Movie From 2006.)

On old Twitter, there used to be a pretty vocal and thriving community of academics in various disciplines, as well as people who were learning from them and current grad students when it comes to applying for grad school & prep programs.

Things seem more silent here (with the exception of EECS and physics, perhaps).

Unscientific poll: How many of y'all grad school seekers are here?

#AcademicChatter #GradSchool

I want to apply to a Masters program
9.1%
I want to apply to a PhD program
14.2%
I haven't found a way to afford grad school
18.5%
I have no interest in grad school
58.2%
Poll ended at .
@joshin4colours like everything else, it's mostly just insultingly unserious
I can't believe there's an entire party in a developed country whose proposal for universal health care is "let people buy health insurance at McDonald's"
I keep thinking about this but then I never find it when I go looking for it.

@eniko @0xabad1dea @governa least we forget, there was a whole era where state of the art presentation crafting involved the same color scheme.

You know - putting your important bullet points against a color the eye can't focus well, for something designed to be viewed in a dark room 🙃

#Windows 3.1 included a red and yellow 'Hot Dog Stand' color scheme so garish it was long assumed to be a joke, so I tracked down Microsoft's original UI designer to get the true story

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/windows/windows-3-1-included-a-red-and-yellow-hot-dog-stand-color-scheme-so-garish-it-was-long-assumed-to-be-a-joke-so-i-tracked-down-the-original-designer-to-get-the-true-story/

Windows 3.1 included a red and yellow 'Hot Dog Stand' color scheme so garish it was long assumed to be a joke, so I tracked down Microsoft's original UI designer to get the true story

Setting the record straight, 33 years later.

PC Gamer
Wake Up Dead Man was exactly what I needed it to be. Thank you again Rian Johnson.
@Xibanya You joke, but there's some biological validity to this.
@kims you have them backwards though - it's "red right returning" 😛