[kkielhofner]

I have a project on Frontier - happy to answer any questions!

Funny story about Bronson Messer (quoted in the article):

On my first trip to Oak Ridge we went on a tour of “The Machine”. Afterwards we were hanging out on the observation deck and got introduced to something like 10 people.

Everyone at Oak Ridge is just Tom, Bob, etc. No titles or any of that stuff - I’m not sure I’ve ever heard anyone refer to themselves or anyone else as “Doctor”.

Anyway, the guy to my right asks me a question about ML frameworks or something (don’t even remember it specifically). Then he says “Sorry, I’m sure that seems like a really basic question, I’m still learning this stuff. I’m a nuclear astrophysicist by training”.

Then someone yells out “AND a three-time Jeopardy champion”! Everyone laughs.

You guessed it, guy was Bronson.

Place is wild.

[ai_slurp_bot]

Hey, my sister Katie is the reason he wasn't a 4 day champ! Beat him by $1. She also lost her next game

[kkielhofner]

Hah, that’s amazing!

Now I get to tell him this story next time I see him :).

[johnklos]

> anyone refer to themselves or anyone else as "Doctor".

Reminds me of the t-shirt I had that said, "Ok, Ok, so you've got a PhD. Just don't touch anything."

[dmd]

I think when I walked back into my defense and they said "congratulations, Doctor Drucker" was the last time anyone ever called me Doctor except for possibly a hotel clerk when I selected 'Dr' as my honorific.

It's just not in the culture, assuming you mostly work among other PhDs.

[kkielhofner]

Growing up my dad was a very well known PhD in his field (Occupational Therapy).

There were quite a few people who insisted on using Doctor when referring to others, calling themselves Doctor, etc.

He never did but I experienced it quite a bit.

[dmd]

I'm talking about scientific/research PhDs, not medical. The title is absolutely used in medical.

[dgacmu]

Do you happen to remember where you got that shirt?

Asking for a friend. The friend is me. I desperately want that shirt (assuming it's well designed).

It will complement my "Rage Against The Machine Learning" shirt that I'm wearing right now.

[johnklos]

I had it custom made. Sorry that I can't point you to something already done :(

It's much easier and cheaper than in the past to just go to Ali-express and find a shop with good feedback and cotton shirts, upload a graphic (even if it's just text in a specific font and size), and wait a month. I usually pay around $10 each.