Donthatme

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by Donthatme 6y ago
This is a good suggestion, but it might be limited depending on what level the OP is interested in. I would expect that the OP would be able to be a part of research, but would be unlikely that they would be able to have much say in the dir
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by Donthatme 6y ago
Here are my thoughts, as someone who completed a physics PhD not too long ago and switched academic fields. There are two parts to your question: 1) How do I study up on advanced topics efficiently and 2) How do I do research with my curren
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by Donthatme 6y ago
Just about to start their 5th year.
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by Donthatme 6y ago
I personally don't think so. I see roughly two categories: 1) Professional type degrees such as health related occupations (medicine, dentists, nurses, etc) and engineering (mechanical, chemical, etc). These are occupations where you m
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by Donthatme 6y ago
> I like this, as scientists need hypotheses to test and often those can come from non-scientists. Bold claim, or tortured use of often. > I wonder how many of our scientific discoveries have come from suggestions (or bold statements)
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by Donthatme 6y ago
Looking into blast waves might be of interest. The jargon of the difference between a shock wave and a blast wave somewhat depends on the sub field of interest.
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by Donthatme 6y ago
Agreed! I am currently planning out building a similarly spec'd machine (or waiting for zen 3), and trying to pick out a motherboard that is a good balance of features has been a headache.
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by Donthatme 6y ago
I read it as [BriansClub] pays 80% of the sale to the hackers for that data.
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by Donthatme 6y ago
From my experience, it is a pretty simplistic take. A lot of people enjoy the social aspect of college (from parties to having a cohort that is interested in the same things they are). The money issue roughly fell into three buckets: 1) stu
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by Donthatme 6y ago
> A lot of the problems in academia, I believe, come from incompetence, a lack of questioning or at least of doubting others' competence and your own competence, and reliance on unsound ideas about scientific methodology. I kind of
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by Donthatme 6y ago
My brief take on his comment section was that they were more superficially corny. Things like "Listen up bad guys, crime doesn't pay!!1" I enjoy his blog posts, but I usually binge read them every few months.
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by Donthatme 6y ago
Here is a link to University of Michigan's grad student union: https://www.geo3550.org/ The membership is based of being a GSI, but a lot of the negotiations apply to all PhD students.
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by Donthatme 6y ago
I am not remotely in this field, and have not been following this closely at all. With that being said, what obligation do they have in maintaining GPT-2? Did they have some stated commitment that they walked back, or am I missing somethin
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by Donthatme 6y ago
> It is more about forging the intellectual resilience and ability to pursue ideas for months/years ... Isn't this what a PhD generically signals?
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by Donthatme 6y ago
I am not sure about this. There is a lot of physics other than nuclear going on (rad-hydro,hydrodynamics and atomic physics at HED, etc.)