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by mniebur
Mon May 05, 2025 3:05 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2024-2025 Player Appreciation Thread
Replies: 10
Views: 5222

Re: 2024-2025 Player Appreciation Thread

As I look forward to my impending graduation, I figured I would take one last chance to procrastinate my school work with quizbowl related shenanigans. I'm moving to far away land of Germany for grad school, so I don't foresee playing much (if any) quizbowl in my future, so this seems as good a time ...
by mniebur
Mon Apr 21, 2025 7:42 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Where are you going next year? (collegiate, 2024)
Replies: 19
Views: 8378

Re: Where are you going next year? (collegiate, 2024)

I will be heading to the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics at Martin Luther University in Halle to do my doctorate for the next 4-4.5 years. I assume this marks the end of my closed collegiate career, but if anyone needs a science player at an online open or COOT I would amenable.
by mniebur
Mon Feb 03, 2025 4:31 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2025 ACF Regionals - Specific Discussion
Replies: 43
Views: 29780

Re: 2025 ACF Regionals - Specific Discussion

It's probably a faux pas to nitpick specific bonus parts, but the hard part on "quantum monogamy" stood out to me as far beyond the average difficulty of hard parts in this set. This is fairly far beyond even what one would learn about entanglement in graduate quantum classes, and would really only ...
by mniebur
Thu Nov 21, 2024 11:01 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2024 ACF Winter Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 37
Views: 11004

Re: 2024 ACF Winter Specific Question Discussion

Mostly enjoyed the science, but I was curious as to why "archaeology" is promptable for the "dating" question (H14)? At least to me this is really stretching what should be promptable, since no clue refers to any other task in archaeology except for dating, and establishing chronologies is arguably ...