1. UW Update Thursday Feb. 26
a. Physics
tutorial revealed a crazy (I think) truth: magnetic fields are just electric
fields viewed in a frame of reference that is moving so that moving charge
undergoes length contraction and charge densities change, resulting in electric
field effects that, in nonrelativistic contexts, are thought of as magnetic.
b. Cows;
interesting discussion of Creatures of Empire and fur trade
c. Lunch
at Mod with CS group. Talked about potential grad school plans (for them).
d. Physics
lab, on magnetic fields, induced currents.
e. Returned
to dorm, tried (and I think finally managed) to get ahold of the length
contraction concept
f. Went
to Glee Club
g. Dinner
with Jamie (Sophia joined us in the middle).
h. Saw
this crazy movie at Film Club called Sorcerer (misleading name), which was
about a group of down-and-out exiles in Colombia agreeing to drive volatile
dynamite across South America to stop an oil well fire. It was really intense,
and surprisingly plausible for such a nutty premise.
i. Returned
to dorm and met with Ayush from physics, research class to talk about
interviewing Garcia tomorrow. We came up with some questions, but ended up
having a long conversation about a tutor-tutee coordination app, an “Uber-for-tutors”
kind of thing, that Ayush and his friend are building. They want to throw up a
usable Android prototype and webapp before Dead Week (they already had a
website uwtutor.com), and Ayush recruited me as a tutor. We talked about their
pricing model, potential features, all sorts of stuff. Ayush had
well-considered responses to most of my questions, but I think I came up with
some useful input. Curious where that’s going to go.
j.
Wrote this log and went to bed.
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