John Buncher
@johnbuncher.bsky.social
he/him/his Physics professor and Physics Education Researcher. Linux user. Enjoys Agatha Christie novels, painting D&D minis, & coding.
@amyklobuchar.com I am a MN citizen and have been trying to get through to your office for hours. VOTE NO ON CLOTURE FOR THE BUDGET BILL!!!!!!!!!!!
March 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
@amyklobuchar.com I am a MN citizen and have been trying to get through to your office for hours. VOTE NO ON CLOTURE FOR THE BUDGET BILL!!!!!!!!!!!
A little chilly out there today. For context, it would have to "feel" roughly 80 degrees warmer out to "feel" like it was just above freezing....
January 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
A little chilly out there today. For context, it would have to "feel" roughly 80 degrees warmer out to "feel" like it was just above freezing....
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New paper from Yelda Semizer, Dian Yu, Qianqian Wan, myself and @ruthrosenholtz.bsky.social nholtz.bsky.social! I'm really excited that this is out - mazes (and related visual connectedness judgments) are a really exciting problem domain for visual cognition. #VisionScience #PsychSciSky
Effects of maze appearance on maze solving - Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics
As mazes are typically complex, cluttered stimuli, solving them is likely limited by visual crowding. Thus, several aspects of the appearance of the maze – the thickness, spacing, and curvature of the...
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January 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
New paper from Yelda Semizer, Dian Yu, Qianqian Wan, myself and @ruthrosenholtz.bsky.social nholtz.bsky.social! I'm really excited that this is out - mazes (and related visual connectedness judgments) are a really exciting problem domain for visual cognition. #VisionScience #PsychSciSky
I'm *really* not sure what message Google's AI search is trying to send with this picture.....I really wish I could turn that garbage off.
January 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I'm *really* not sure what message Google's AI search is trying to send with this picture.....I really wish I could turn that garbage off.
The new 5E of Griffiths E&M has computational problems, cool! They are all in Mathematica, less cool! Wondering how brutal it would be to convert those to python/matplotlib for plotting Fields and solving DEs...havent really done python in about 10 years... #physics #teaching
January 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Hey all! Please share this opportunity far and wide! We are recruiting post bac students for our RaMP program. More details online - and bonus! I'm recruiting a student in Biology Education Research!
www.ndsu.edu/researchgrou...
Great things happening @ndsu-biosci.bsky.social
www.ndsu.edu/researchgrou...
Great things happening @ndsu-biosci.bsky.social
NDSU ramp | NDSU
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January 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Hey all! Please share this opportunity far and wide! We are recruiting post bac students for our RaMP program. More details online - and bonus! I'm recruiting a student in Biology Education Research!
www.ndsu.edu/researchgrou...
Great things happening @ndsu-biosci.bsky.social
www.ndsu.edu/researchgrou...
Great things happening @ndsu-biosci.bsky.social
I know I've used this book before, and I generally really like it, but I feel like Griffiths is committing crimes in the first 4 pages of Ch 2....
Take part c, which *hugely* relies on applications of symmetry, but that hasn't been discussed at all yet (cont.)
Take part c, which *hugely* relies on applications of symmetry, but that hasn't been discussed at all yet (cont.)
January 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I know I've used this book before, and I generally really like it, but I feel like Griffiths is committing crimes in the first 4 pages of Ch 2....
Take part c, which *hugely* relies on applications of symmetry, but that hasn't been discussed at all yet (cont.)
Take part c, which *hugely* relies on applications of symmetry, but that hasn't been discussed at all yet (cont.)
Unwinding by adding highlights to some minis and listening to @goobertownhobbies.bsky.social on Paint Bravely. Wonder if he has a speedpaint in his "freeze for science" paint kit.... #minipainting
January 14, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Unwinding by adding highlights to some minis and listening to @goobertownhobbies.bsky.social on Paint Bravely. Wonder if he has a speedpaint in his "freeze for science" paint kit.... #minipainting
Ready to go for the first day of class tomorrow, Algebra -based Physics 2 and then Griffiths E&M! Time for some "script r" and vector calculus.....
January 14, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Ready to go for the first day of class tomorrow, Algebra -based Physics 2 and then Griffiths E&M! Time for some "script r" and vector calculus.....
Think I figured out the issue I was having with @thearmypainter.bsky.social Fanatic paints in an airbrush: even with 3:1 medium:paint, mixing in the cup didn't work. Fanatic paints would just "sink" and clog the brush, no matter how much I mixed. Mixing out of the cup fixed issue. #minipainting
January 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Think I figured out the issue I was having with @thearmypainter.bsky.social Fanatic paints in an airbrush: even with 3:1 medium:paint, mixing in the cup didn't work. Fanatic paints would just "sink" and clog the brush, no matter how much I mixed. Mixing out of the cup fixed issue. #minipainting
Sara and I have decided that our cats are definitely Chaotic Neutral.
January 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Sara and I have decided that our cats are definitely Chaotic Neutral.
@michaelanes.bsky.social small world! My first faculty position (2010-2012) was at Wittenberg in their Physics dept! It was a great group to work with!
January 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
@michaelanes.bsky.social small world! My first faculty position (2010-2012) was at Wittenberg in their Physics dept! It was a great group to work with!
FYI - for anyone wanting to try alternative grading this semester but feeling short on time to implement it, I *highly* recommend a 0-4 scale. I used it in my 400-level quantum class last semester and it was phenomenal. Happy to answer implementation questions. #alternativegrading
January 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
FYI - for anyone wanting to try alternative grading this semester but feeling short on time to implement it, I *highly* recommend a 0-4 scale. I used it in my 400-level quantum class last semester and it was phenomenal. Happy to answer implementation questions. #alternativegrading
Trying to figure out how to reorganize my 19 standards for junior-level E&M to incorporate some "skills"-based things (i.e. setting up integrals correctly), difficulty is now I'm ending up with like 3-5 substandards in many standards....at some point it feels like normal grading. *sigh* #sbg
January 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Trying to figure out how to reorganize my 19 standards for junior-level E&M to incorporate some "skills"-based things (i.e. setting up integrals correctly), difficulty is now I'm ending up with like 3-5 substandards in many standards....at some point it feels like normal grading. *sigh* #sbg
This is Ash. She says work is optional, but cuddles are mandatory.
December 15, 2024 at 9:28 PM
This is Ash. She says work is optional, but cuddles are mandatory.
If an ad uses the word "tactical" to describe a hoodie, I block the ad and report it. Same if the ad shouts at me that it's "the most/best/greatest" ever. Just.....tell me what the thing is and what it does. That's all I need.
I really wish Google/YT would let me ban add on *advertiser* basis.
I really wish Google/YT would let me ban add on *advertiser* basis.
December 15, 2024 at 5:29 PM
If an ad uses the word "tactical" to describe a hoodie, I block the ad and report it. Same if the ad shouts at me that it's "the most/best/greatest" ever. Just.....tell me what the thing is and what it does. That's all I need.
I really wish Google/YT would let me ban add on *advertiser* basis.
I really wish Google/YT would let me ban add on *advertiser* basis.
Please spread to interested ppl!
Interested in research on learning and teaching in undergraduate STEM? Want to be a part of a collaborative community? Completed a PhD in STEM by July? Apply to the CiDER program, a two-year, NSF supported program for postdocs: www.ndsu.edu/dber/cider/
Interested in research on learning and teaching in undergraduate STEM? Want to be a part of a collaborative community? Completed a PhD in STEM by July? Apply to the CiDER program, a two-year, NSF supported program for postdocs: www.ndsu.edu/dber/cider/
December 20, 2023 at 7:37 PM
Please spread to interested ppl!
Interested in research on learning and teaching in undergraduate STEM? Want to be a part of a collaborative community? Completed a PhD in STEM by July? Apply to the CiDER program, a two-year, NSF supported program for postdocs: www.ndsu.edu/dber/cider/
Interested in research on learning and teaching in undergraduate STEM? Want to be a part of a collaborative community? Completed a PhD in STEM by July? Apply to the CiDER program, a two-year, NSF supported program for postdocs: www.ndsu.edu/dber/cider/
Navy and Ash confirming that 2 blanket > 1 blanket.
December 4, 2023 at 10:27 PM
Navy and Ash confirming that 2 blanket > 1 blanket.
We just got this blanket out for a houseguest last week, and it's the cat's favorite new place. Ash has slept there every night.
December 2, 2023 at 10:30 PM
We just got this blanket out for a houseguest last week, and it's the cat's favorite new place. Ash has slept there every night.
Just got my Flee Mortals and Feathers the owl bear from @hellomcdm.bsky.social , and was pleasantly surprised that Feathers had a teddy bear attached to them! Super impressed with the level of detail on the sculpt. Can't wait to paint it once I'm done with painting a beholder!
December 2, 2023 at 6:03 PM
Just got my Flee Mortals and Feathers the owl bear from @hellomcdm.bsky.social , and was pleasantly surprised that Feathers had a teddy bear attached to them! Super impressed with the level of detail on the sculpt. Can't wait to paint it once I'm done with painting a beholder!
Did a lot of fall chores yesterday (cleaning out downspouts, clearing leaves out of gutters and off of the roof, etc.) and I'm definitely sore today.
October 23, 2023 at 9:10 PM
Did a lot of fall chores yesterday (cleaning out downspouts, clearing leaves out of gutters and off of the roof, etc.) and I'm definitely sore today.
I rarely brag, but I was part of a phenomenal team (led by @jennimomsen.bsky.social ) that got funded to hire 4 DBER postdocs! www.ndsu.edu/news/ndsu-tr...
October 21, 2023 at 12:10 AM
I rarely brag, but I was part of a phenomenal team (led by @jennimomsen.bsky.social ) that got funded to hire 4 DBER postdocs! www.ndsu.edu/news/ndsu-tr...
This is Pinto. She says there can't possibly be something wrong with her climbing the crabapple tree.
October 19, 2023 at 10:05 PM
This is Pinto. She says there can't possibly be something wrong with her climbing the crabapple tree.
I filed an IT ticket today about an issue, and needed to file a second, so I clicked the "Go to IT Help Desk" link provided after a ticket was submitted......the link was broken......so I submitted a 3rd ticket.....
October 18, 2023 at 11:09 PM
I filed an IT ticket today about an issue, and needed to file a second, so I clicked the "Go to IT Help Desk" link provided after a ticket was submitted......the link was broken......so I submitted a 3rd ticket.....
Ordered some new paint brushes for my D&D minis and I am excited. New tools are fun.
October 13, 2023 at 10:01 PM
Ordered some new paint brushes for my D&D minis and I am excited. New tools are fun.