<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@shriramk" class="u-url mention">@<span>shriramk</span></a></span> Yep, totally understand. For me it was much easier, since I lived there for a long time and had direct encounters with pretty much all of these famous people in things I was interested in. That&#39;s also why I&#39;m so surprised about the architects, which I didn&#39;t know about before. Another missing part is economists, which I&#39;m afraid primed the US in a certain way.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> hello Catherine. I&#39;m developing a Linux Arctis support layer and I&#39;m sending obscure packets in order to activate the dac&#39;s mixer (see <a href="https://tinyurl.com/3xy9b9an" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/3xy9b9an</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> in particular). I came across your message and hoped that in these blobs there could be some hints on the 0x06 USB commands (and how to parse the responses). May you please help me out?</p><p>Thanks</p>

<p>December 26th. Everyone left…</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/darktable" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>darktable</span></a></p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@shriramk" class="u-url mention">@<span>shriramk</span></a></span> maybe it was just a very very big piece of material covering the rest of the universe, left over after removing the triangle shaped piece at the middle?</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sbrunthaler" class="u-url mention">@<span>sbrunthaler</span></a></span> Good point about medical research. All kinds of wacko &quot;institutes&quot; that we now look at and shake our heads.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sbrunthaler" class="u-url mention">@<span>sbrunthaler</span></a></span> My big surprise so far has been how many people were Viennese (eg, Fritz Lang, whom I always associate w/ Berlin). Of course, as the author openly admits, he&#39;s taking a rather liberal interpretation of &quot;Viennese&quot;.</p>

<p>Was listening to a podcast where a fashion historian referred to a piece of clothing as an &quot;inverted triangle&quot; and was reminded yet again of the stubborn misconception that triangles have a &quot;flat side at the bottom&quot;—because that&#39;s how they&#39;re drawn in texts and by teachers.</p>

<p>Okay thank you all for explaining. I have one more question: Is there actually, like, a difference between drive vendors. Like if I pick WD vs Samsung vs Lexar (vs… &quot;crucial&quot;?!) will it ever make any difference</p>

<p>One of my papers got declined today by the journal I submitted it to, with a polite letter saying that while they found the paper interesting, it was not a good fit for the journal. In truth, I largely agreed with their conclusions, and the paper is now submitted to a different (and hopefully more appropriate) journal.</p><p>Rejection is actually a relatively common occurrence for me, happening once or twice a year on average. I occasionally mention this fact to my students and colleagues, who are sometimes surprised that my rejection rate is far from zero. I have belatedly realized our profession is far more willing to announce successful accomplishments (such as having a paper accepted, or a result proved) than unsuccessful ones (such as a paper rejected, or a proof attempt not working), except when the failures are somehow controversial. Because of this, a perception can be created that all of one&#39;s peers are achieving either success or controversy, with one&#39;s own personal career ending up becoming the only known source of examples of &quot;mundane&quot; failure. I speculate that this may be a contributor to the &quot;impostor syndrome&quot; that is prevalent in this field (though, again, not widely disseminated, due to the aforementioned reporting bias, and perhaps also due to some stigma regarding the topic). So I decided to report this (rather routine) rejection as a token gesture towards more accurate disclosure. (1/2)</p>