Alan Grossfield
@agrossfield.bsky.social
Expert in biomolecular simulation and biophysics.
http://membrane.urmc.rochester.edu/
http://grossfieldlab.github.io/loos/
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5877-2789
http://membrane.urmc.rochester.edu/
http://grossfieldlab.github.io/loos/
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5877-2789
Something that is so obviously trash should never get sent out for peer review.
November 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Something that is so obviously trash should never get sent out for peer review.
They did a great job
November 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM
They did a great job
It looks great, and I can see how it would work really well as a not-overly-sweet dessert!
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
It looks great, and I can see how it would work really well as a not-overly-sweet dessert!
So, congratulations and commiseration? Fwiw, I’m always impressed by the food photos you post — if your food tastes as good as it looks, you’re doing a great job! (Though I hope folks are helping you)
November 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
So, congratulations and commiseration? Fwiw, I’m always impressed by the food photos you post — if your food tastes as good as it looks, you’re doing a great job! (Though I hope folks are helping you)
Does it feel stressful or fun? Or both?
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Does it feel stressful or fun? Or both?
Setting aside the fact that it might accidentally channel someone’s joke and suggest slathering the turkey in motor oil or glue.
November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Setting aside the fact that it might accidentally channel someone’s joke and suggest slathering the turkey in motor oil or glue.
Ooh, I forgot Nothing in the Dark. That would have been a great choice. Will The Martian please stand up is also awesome.
November 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Ooh, I forgot Nothing in the Dark. That would have been a great choice. Will The Martian please stand up is also awesome.
Not to mention, very few people are as skilled as you are at detecting fakes.
November 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Not to mention, very few people are as skilled as you are at detecting fakes.
Time enough at last, a game of pool, the monsters are on Maple Street
November 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Time enough at last, a game of pool, the monsters are on Maple Street
Looks good. Just added it to my “to make” list.
November 16, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Looks good. Just added it to my “to make” list.
Even the worst people will occasionally do something you like.
November 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Even the worst people will occasionally do something you like.
That’s really well said! I’ve heard the idea expressed before, but never so clearly and succinctly
November 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
That’s really well said! I’ve heard the idea expressed before, but never so clearly and succinctly
It often gets reduced to just “compute”, as in “we need to buy more compute”. I think it’s a sort of in-group jargon, tinged with the usual “I’m too important to spell out what I mean, and anyone who matters will understand”.
November 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It often gets reduced to just “compute”, as in “we need to buy more compute”. I think it’s a sort of in-group jargon, tinged with the usual “I’m too important to spell out what I mean, and anyone who matters will understand”.
I think they somehow conflate the very small number of highly selective schools (with Harvard as the prototypical example) with basically every other school in existence.
November 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I think they somehow conflate the very small number of highly selective schools (with Harvard as the prototypical example) with basically every other school in existence.
That sucks. Consider a strep test — in my experience, that’s what makes for the worst sore throats, and the upside is that if that’s it, it gets better very quickly with antibiotics.
November 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
That sucks. Consider a strep test — in my experience, that’s what makes for the worst sore throats, and the upside is that if that’s it, it gets better very quickly with antibiotics.
Almost anyone covering Bob Dylan has a decent shot here, just because Dylan’s song-writing outclasses his singing.
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Almost anyone covering Bob Dylan has a decent shot here, just because Dylan’s song-writing outclasses his singing.
I’m almost positive Douglas Adams made something up for this in one of the Hitchhikers books, but for the life of me I can’t recall it.
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I’m almost positive Douglas Adams made something up for this in one of the Hitchhikers books, but for the life of me I can’t recall it.