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Benjamin Mako Hill
Somerville, Massachusetts
http://mako.cc
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How many papers should I be reviewing as a referee?
peer-review
time-management
asked Sep 27, 2014 at 21:52
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What does vulcanizing solution in patch kits consist of? Can I buy it?
repair
innertube
asked Apr 7, 2014 at 0:15
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How is ARMA/ARIMA related to mixed effects modeling?
time-series
mixed-model
arima
multilevel-analysis
asked Oct 25, 2011 at 21:00
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votes
How should a teacher approach a student with distractingly strong perfume?
teaching
etiquette
social-skills
asked Sep 26, 2014 at 23:10
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16
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Hosting a graduate student on a campus visit
graduate-admissions
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asked Apr 4, 2014 at 20:25
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15
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Good questions for post-class survey
teaching
feedback
evaluation
asked Apr 1, 2014 at 19:48
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8
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How long should a book proposal review be?
publishing
peer-review
books
reviewing
asked May 5, 2014 at 2:54
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8
votes
Should one buy a used Brooks saddle that is already broken in?
saddle
ergonomics
leather
asked Dec 6, 2014 at 18:31
bicycles.stackexchange.com
7
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Advice for teaching older "non-traditional" undergraduate students
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undergraduate
asked Sep 27, 2014 at 21:42
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Top Answers
107
Is it rude to use tracking softwares for the emails that you send to potential advisors?
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68
Would it be acceptable to occasionally sleep at the lab?
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40
What to do when university has not yet reimbursed travel costs for a job interview?
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40
How do I turn the acceptance offer down gently?
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38
How/when to retract a project from a student?
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36
How to deal with two students who potentially colluded when one is unavailable?
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33
Should you thank helpful referees in the acknowledgements section of a paper?
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29
Should I start my CV by telling about myself?
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28
Does "corresponding author" carry an implied meaning?
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27
Is it possible to get a professor position without having had any fellowships in grad school?
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27
How to tell my supervisor that I have severe phobia of flying?
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25
Do I need to mention having survived a life-threatening illness when applying for a new academic position?
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23
What is the difference between a school and a department?
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22
Are best-paper awards for conferences rigged/pre-decided?
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21
How do I tell my supervisor his idea is incorrect?
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21
What time of day should I schedule my thesis defense?
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21
Is it worth seeking disability accommodations if I get good grades anyway?
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20
How to remove gender bias from an academic job search?
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18
Old PI's coauthorship on a paper after finishing the postdoc, a preliminary idea developed then but rejected by him
academia.stackexchange.com
15
How is a part-time degree (from a reputed institute) perceived in the academic job market?
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14
Value of light-to-none peer reviewed pay-to-publish articles
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14
Why do many recent open access “mega-journals” only cover biological sciences?
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13
Can one leave out data from research because it is not significant?
stats.stackexchange.com
13
How can I parse a Wikipedia XML dump with Python?
stackoverflow.com
13
Issues with publishing dissertation on an interest/advocacy group's website
academia.stackexchange.com
13
How to write teaching philosophy and research statement?
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13
How to get pornographic movies for scientific research purposes?
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13
Is the classical chair system (in which a senior professor supervises junior professors) obsolete?
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13
Must I decline to review a former colleague's work?
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13
Do professors procrastinate?
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