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zenforyen

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Just another nerdy human bean. Thinking too much about everything, posting about some things.

Don't expect any consistent major topic. If I knew it myself, I'd tell you. But mostly you'll find here: #programming, #computerscience, #math, #academia, #ADHD and #random thoughts. Sometimes also bad attempts at creativity or entertainment.

"I'm reaching for the random or whatever will bewilder me, and following our will and wind we may just go where no one's been."
(Tool - Lateralus)

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AnAutieAtUni , to actuallyadhd
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Question for ADHD’ers:

Is anxiety a common thing to have alongside ADHD? And what do you think the reasons are behind that?

I’ve explored the link between my autistic challenges and anxiety before, but this is the first time exploring it related to ADHD. I feel like a total newbie on this!

@actuallyadhd

zenforyen ,

@AnAutieAtUni @actuallyadhd Absolutely. A mix of adhd-induced overthinking, repeated negative experiences growing up as the weirdo that does not really fit in, and the fact that you cannot trust your brain 100% not to forget important stuff all fuels anxiety of different kinds.

zenforyen , to academicchatter

Ok , I'm finally really breaking up. I'm becoming cynical and bitter, this relationship is not healthy for me. Gave you a fair chance as a software developer, wanted to help fixing you. But you don't really want me (permanent contracts). And now I actually fell out of love. You really don't want to change your ways. Just endless talk (consortia), endless noise, but I just can't see you improve. And I can't fix your issues with technology, we're just not a good match.

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nelksu , to random
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Okay, here we go! Giving social media another try with since I started to miss the academic community that social media used to provide for me.

I'm Nele, a postdoc at the University of Oslo, working on the language of fake news in English. I'm also affiliated with Lund University through my work on the London–Lund Corpus 2 and spoken language.

That's (mainly) what I'll be posting about. Here we go again!

zenforyen ,

@nelksu @ElenLeFoll @elmerot @linguistics @academicchatter @academicsunite @corpuslinguistics if I could not, I probably would not even be here. Given that except for following people (I don't know many here) or groups (there are not too many), following hashtags is THE main way how to get interesting content into your timeline, apparently.

theADHDAcademic , to academicchatter
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Done prepping for the fall semester? Double check that you're removing barriers for your students rather than creating them:

https://tinyurl.com/7kwy6yef

@academicchatter @edutooters @udl

zenforyen ,

@lulu_powerful @theADHDAcademic @academicchatter @udl okay that I can agree with. Some profs don't even bother to let their PhD students give the exam a test run and adjust. Then it ends up too difficult.
Others just reuse the same exam every year so everybody just learns the answers, which is absolutely pointless.

Yes, good exams need quite some thought and work, but apparently some can't really be bothered with that annoying teaching thing they have to do.

zenforyen ,

@EricaMcIntyre @academicchatter @lulu_powerful @udl @theADHDAcademic I like that idea in theory, but don't see how this is supposed to work in practice. Even having ADHD myself I can't know how it affects others, because everybody is different. How should then neurotypical staff even start to have an idea about what would help?

I know basics about designing slides so they are accessible for color-blind people, and even that is nothing you are actively taught, unless you care and learn yourself.

prachisrivas , to academicchatter
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Academic job tagline: 'Come work here/with me'.

'OK, I'm in. Give it to me. Thanks.'

Ridiculous.

Having been on both ends, the reality is ~300 people apply for one post and 3 to 5 are shortlisted. Many times, there's an internal candidate if not already working there, then someone with a or or close professional ties with the department.

One should still apply and hope. But, the disingenuousness should stop.

@academicchatter @academicjobs

zenforyen ,

@prachisrivas @academicchatter @academicjobs While this is definitely a thing to various extents, to some degree I think it's understandable. You will usually prefer to keep your home-grown candidates, take a smart student assistent known in the group / who wrote their bachelor's/master's thesis / had all the right lectures, over taking a stranger you just get a job interview impression from. It might be unfair, but it's human and somehow also rational. Still of course there should be balance.

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zenforyen ,

@schlittenhardtm @academicchatter @academicsunite @phdstudents @phdlife I can speak only for my field, where you also publish in conferences (computer science), but

  • have a great introduction section to motivate and summarize what you did
  • there probably is a page limit - focus on getting the main ideas across, move technical details into an appendix, and publish the full version on arXiv
  • similarly, make the presentation an overview and teaser. People who care can read the paper for details
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