SolveSpace – parametric 2d/3D CAD
Link: https://solvespace.com/index.pl
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31468017
So my institution changed us from monthly to biweekly pay checks this year. Sounds great, right? Apparently this also changed the calculation for our Summer salary day rate from base/180 to base/195.
So our day rate is lower but we can now be paid for 45 Summer days instead of 40. Effectively, I'd have to work an extra week to earn the same Summer pay. Gee, thanks.
So cool that Blender has got a new parametric sketching addon!
Microsoft complaining, students and technology
My students really struggle to understand files and directory structures, but wow does Microsoft not help. They can open the same files in Teams, Office in the browser, or one of the Office apps and they all provide different editing capabilities and different limitations.
Micro-blogging for scientists without nasties and surveillance
http://variable-variability.blogspot.com/2020/07/friendly-micro-blogging-Twitter-scientists-no-nasties-surveillance.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/Open_Science/comments/ud3m8s/microblogging_for_scientists_without_nasties_and/?utm_source=ifttt
Mastodon/fedi server recs (because literally blocked me from posting it lol)
General-purpose: octodon.social, mas.to, weirder.earth
Lefty/social justice-oriented: rage.love, kolektiva.social, social.wxcafe.net, eldritch.cafe
Scientists/academics: fediscience.org, scicomm.xyz, scholar.social
Creatives: wandering.shop, photog.social, mastodon.art, pixelfed.social
Techy: cybre.space
Black-run: ubuntu.buzz
Geographical: cloudisland.nz (NZ), mspsocial.net (Twin Cities, MN), 438punk.house (Montréal, Punklandia)
PLEASE SHARE! I am soliciting stories about working in #HigherEd under austerity. Read more and contribute: https://t.co/TSwkHuCD0f
Zach Weinersmith is trying to kill me with something I already know.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2022/04/12/first-thing-in-the-morning-a-knife-to-the-heart/
Universities after Neoliberalism: How to Build a Democratic Civic University
Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Working to make engineering knowledge and education more accessible. He/him