Max Mikel-Stites

Graduate Student in Math & @BEAMvt|FiNLab (@StaplesLabFluid)|#scicomm|#appliedmath|#biologicalmodeling|swimmer|he/him|#ADHD|@[email protected]

[Max Mikel-Stites @i_max]

I probably won't be posting here anymore--instead, I'm going to be on Mastodon at @[email protected]. Feel free to follow me over there if you're so inclined!

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@richard_gwynne @ZJAyres I know what you mean--the weirdest part is how long it can go on without being able to pin down anything other than 'my brain isn't working right.'

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I think I'm gonna vote a little bit today.

Not EVERY measure. The ballot's super long and I'm probably gonna get snacky soon. But at least some.

God I love mail-in voting in Colorado.

[Max Mikel-Stites @i_max]

@biologistimo I've had two of these, and they're surprisingly durable (I'm not kind to my chairs). I can't us the headrest, but it's fine without it: https://t.co/dAqBO2qb3p

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@generativist @JonAskonas I also feel that it's important to mention that Blucifer HAS taken a life already, so I assume he has a taste for blood.

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@generativist @JonAskonas If you fly back out you definitely won't.
Especially if it's at night. His totally normal, blood-red, backlit glowing eyes really pop against a black night sky.

You know, like all totally normal 32-foot-tall anatomically accurate horse statues.

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@generativist @JonAskonas On your way out, be sure to leave an offering for Blucifer.

Just in case.

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@DoctorPizzaMD Between that and the Bell Riots, 2024 is gonna be an interesting year.

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@laurenshippen That said, I used to think it was "Berenstein Bears" and now I just know I don't know what it is.

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@laurenshippen I've only ever been aware because I think "a vampire" makes a better title and it bugs me.

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@generativist Yeah, just waiting for that other shoe to drop....

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@Stretchedwiener @arvalis Clearly, the next step is to collect all the nightmare images and use them as the training set for a new AI.

And then this glorious, nightmare-fueled, nightmare-generating masterpiece will usher in a new flood of fleshy impossibilities.

[Max Mikel-Stites @i_max]

@arvalis Honestly, I'm really enjoying the 'nightmare fuel' stage of AI image development. With any luck, it'll never successfully crawl out of it and we'll have an endless stream of images of near-elder-things

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@jessejanderson Upside? It really increases the odds I get work done.

Downside? It really decreases the odds I shower or eat.

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@jessejanderson I leave my work 'out', so that I can't not see it. My work is all computer-based, so that really means I leave windows open and maximized at the end of the day, so that when I come back into my home office, that's the first thing I see (while sleepy/vulnerable to hyperfocus).

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@AdiFoord Griffiths is absolutely the best textbook I've ever used, and one of the best physics or math texts I own!

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@IsinAltinkaya Lastly, presenting to my cats (especially when they wander around) is EXTRA helpful for me because it forces me to adapt to real-time disruptions and get used to presenting to a hostile audience😝

I hope some of this is helpful--feel free to DM if you have any questions!

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@IsinAltinkaya I also look for 'nodders'--if the audience is large enough, there's almost always one person who looks encouraging, and whenever I feel my routine slipping, I tend to look at them.