Tag: education
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Stethoscope
My partner @scatmandan just completed his Masters degree. His sister @bornvulcan sent him a stethoscope as a congratulations gift which is one of the funniest things to happen in these parts for a while.
Ruth Trevor-Allen (@fleeblewidget)
I'm not sure my sister understands that a masters degree is not a doctorate. I don't … -
Gratitude
Dan is grateful for a great many things, despite the current crisis.
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Where Do New Viruses Come From?
Watch a 10-minute primer on where "new viruses" come from; see if you know the basics.
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Dissertation Hand-In Déjà Vu
Dan hands in his dissertation and reflects on how the experience of writing it was different to the one he wrote 16 years ago.
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Geohashing Resurected
Dan resurrects the "official" Geohashing website (as if he didn't have enough to do) with a little help from the community.
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How to explain academic publishing to a five year old
Ned Potter tweeted earlier this month about the importance of open access, using a comedic analogy about cows. Dan identifies as a goat.
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Poly Parents Evening
Ruth, JTA and Dan went to a school parents' evening as a trio. And everything was fine.
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That way they would never know
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Some 702 intimate examinations were done on sedated or anaesthetised patients (table 3). In only 24% of these examinations had written consent been obtained, and a further 24% of examinations were conducted apparently without written or oral consent.
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Coldicott, Yvette; Pope, Catherine; Roberts, Clive (BMJ)
This 2003 study at an "English medical school" determined that … -
Report: 80's kids started programming at an earlier age than today's millennials
Report: 80's kids started programming at an earlier age than today's millennials (The Next Web) Thanks BBC Micro! HackerRank has published its 2018 Developer Skills Report. The paper looks at a number things essential to understanding the developer landscape, and explores things like the perks coders demand from their workplaces, the technologies they prefer to …
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Bread Winner
Ruth and Dan go to a Festive Bread Workshop and spend a satisfying but exhausting day practising making five different kinds of bread.
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OMGYes
Wow, I was really blown away by OMGYes. The concept sounded novel but I wasn’t prepared for how completely engrossed listening to the interviews, watching the examples, and getting to practice the different techniques on the interactive vuvlas would be. This is genuinely an invaluable resource for folks looking to learn about touchin’ twats. OMGYes…
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Science! (for toddlers)
Nobody is too young for science! Dan shares some of his toddler-friendly science activities.
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How I got started with Open Source and you can do too.
This is in no way going to be a comprehensive guide on how to get started with open source; its going to be more of a description of my journey.
This might help you if you’re a beginner struggling to make your way into open source...
Lakshay Kalbhor -
What programming language should I learn first?
Most people’s journey toward learning to program starts with a single late-night Google search.
Usually it’s something like “Learn ______”
But how do they decide which language to search for?...
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Blacksmithing
Dan and his coworker Liz take a day's course in blacksmithing, and discover quite how much hard work it is.