Back when I was working on my (never completed) dissertation, I would sometimes call up televangelists’ hotlines and talk about my research. It was pretty amusing how they would initially try to steer the conversation to the God stuff but then give up as I kept relentlessly returning to my subject. Eventually they were reduced to “uh huh … uh huh” but they couldn’t just hang up on me because they weren’t allowed to. I actually worked through some problems this way.
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ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 6 months ago
ysjet@lemmy.world 6 months ago
In programming, this is called ‘Rubber Duck Debugging.’
The televangelists, in this case, were the rubber duck.
montechristo@feddit.org 6 months ago
I work on quantum systems coupled to noisy environments (noisy as in causing random fluctuations). Atoms coupled to a light field are my specialty. I just got invited by a predatory journal in the field of acoustics, vibrations and noise?!
humblebun@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
I left science a long time ago and recently got such an invitation from a Q3 engineering journal on aerodynamics (I worked on quantum systems as well, hi).
I took 3 books on aerodynamics and wrote a paper citing and compiling the texts; adding some chatgpt noise. Really nothing new, just some intermediate equations. The reference section contains these 3 books and 4 recent papers for the introductory part. I sent it several days ago and am awaiting the review.
qaz@lemmy.world 2 months ago
What was the response?
trolololol@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Hey, noise is noise. What color is yours, white, pink or blue?
montechristo@feddit.org 6 months ago
I describe the atoms using a so called Lindblad master equation. The atoms are kept in this description, but the light field is eliminated using two assumptions:
- The coupling between the two is very weak.
- Correlations between the two decay so fast that this can be considered instantaneous.
The later produces white noise.
friendly_ghost@beehaw.org 6 months ago
I look forward to your original contribution, “Atomic Noise: Acoustic Vibrations at Nanomolecular Scale.” Reviewer 2 can suck it, 'cause this one’s about to blow up!
troyunrau@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
I run a small business. People in my spam folder have really high opinions of my business. They all want to invest or something… Mostly harvesting my LinkedIn profile for keywords.
jlow@beehaw.org 6 months ago
I on the other hand for some reason seem to be in need of “high-quality” (yet very cheap) office chairs, according to my spam emails 🤷♀️
XTL@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
I apparently also need the most comfortable chair ever. Which just makes me think of this C&H www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHKiGl02NmU
SurfinBird@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Ha, relatable!
TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Nigerian princes need my help.
_bcron_@lemmy.world 6 months ago
veroxii@aussie.zone 6 months ago
If you email this to mr Cage there’s a 50/50 chance he’ll go for it. 100% chance if it ends up in his spam folder but he somehow still comes across it.
TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Cage will 100% do it if the money is right.
herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
I would legitimately love to see this. Sounds like a bit of a Forest Gump vibe, and your choice of Nicolas Cage feels perfect for this role.
RinseDrizzle@midwest.social 6 months ago
This concept has legs, let’s get this thing green lit!