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by monster_group 2mo ago
It depends on what you want to do with your life and career. You haven't said what your interests are or what your Master's is going to be in. If you want to be a software engineer then starting career early is better. If you want
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by monster_group 2mo ago
Downside is not "essentially uncapped". That would be the case if I did not have insurance. I do have insurance - one with high deductible with a fixed maximum loss that I am willing to accept should such an event happen.
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by monster_group 2mo ago
Your point is perfectly valid. There is no single right answer. It just depends on what risk level one is comfortable with and that varies from person to person.
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by monster_group 2mo ago
By catastrophic loss I mean an event that has the potential of causing bankruptcy (such as house burned to the ground). Home insurance rates vary a lot depending on where you live so our math is likely very different and we both could be ri
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by monster_group 2mo ago
At this point, I buy all insurance (home, auto, health etc.) with highest deductible and lowest premium knowing that there is a high probability that insurance will not pay (or pay only partially). I mainly buy insurance to avoid catastroph
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by monster_group 3mo ago
Note the irony in the title.
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by monster_group 3mo ago
A little off-topic - the movie Stowaway (on Netflix) is a good movie about journey to Mars.
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by monster_group 5mo ago
Stark reminder of how precious and meaningful a life can be - of any creature, no matter how small. We should be nice to all creatures not just humans.
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by monster_group 9mo ago
Ideally yes, one would ask these questions. Practically, there is not enough time. You'd be lucky to get even 5 minutes to ask all these questions. Even if you have the time, you have to ask these questions in a diplomatic manner. Unle
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by monster_group 1y ago
One doesn't need unlimited PTO to be dead.
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by monster_group 2y ago
Author's description of twin paradox is incorrect. In fact, the paradox is not described at all. The paradox is that since motion is relative then from both twin's perspective the other twin goes on a journey and ages slowly. So w
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by monster_group 2y ago
Nothing lasts forever. Even 100 years is a very long time given the technology / cultural / legal changes. It's futile to try to come up with an eternal solution. Just host it on something that seems to be reliable / sta
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by monster_group 2y ago
The main (and possibly only) benefit of networking is that hiring manager will look at your resume. Without networking, your resume may never even been seen by the hiring manager. But beyond that networking does not matter for the candidate
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by monster_group 2y ago
This process is quite normal. The reason is two fold - first they want multiple people to interview the candidate before making a decision, one bad interview doesn't necessarily rule out a candidate. The second reason is the candidate
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by monster_group 2y ago
And I want to become a quantum theorist. I think being able to manipulate symbols on paper and explain the universe is food for the soul. Grass always seems greener on the other side. :-)
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by monster_group 2y ago
That's not the correct analogy. In classical case, the color of the ball is fixed even before you open the box (you just don't know it). But in quantum entanglement case, the spin is not fixed until it is measured (because the wav
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by monster_group 3y ago
While the article may have some truth to it, the emotionally charged language makes it difficult to see the article as having been written objectively.
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by monster_group 3y ago
It's the element in quick sort that you swap around to make sure all elements before pivot are less than it and all elements after are greater than it.
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by monster_group 3y ago
You don't need to get a degree from a top college or even a good one. Just get any easy degree through online / distance learning program to get past filters and dumb HR criteria. For online / distance learning degrees you wo
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by monster_group 3y ago
Can you elaborate? Are you taking this decision willingly or are being forced to because you can't clear interviews?
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by monster_group 3y ago
While I don't know Latin, I do know Sanskrit. In Sanskrit you can say entire sentences with one word. For example "जिगमिषामि।" is a full sentence and it means "I want to go." This is possible because Sanskrit (and L
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by monster_group 3y ago
I have been working on quantum physics since March of this year and am hoping to complete the whole text book (Townsend) by end of the year. Then on to special relativity -> classical field theory in 2024, general relativity and QFT in 2
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by monster_group 3y ago
I decided to start self learning theoretical physics late last year. I have been now studying physics every day for almost a year (before and after work). I did have to brush up on calculus and matrices but it came back very quickly (within
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by monster_group 3y ago
Not a physicist either but currently self learning quantum physics. Note that Planck length and time are just units - they do not mean that space and time are quantized. Quantum theory treats space and time as continuous variables. While it
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by monster_group 3y ago
If you want to get good at something, you will get far more return on your time and effort investment if you just practice that thing rather than something tangentially related to it. If you want to get good at programming, practice program
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by monster_group 3y ago
By - 1 Listening to them talk about stuff that is interesting to them but not to me such as video games, kids' books, toys. 2 Fixing their broken toys. 3 Building science models with them 4 Helping them collect stuff (such as rocks etc
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by monster_group 3y ago
This is terrible advice. Great that it has worked for the author but it does not mean it's a good idea for everyone. 2 weeks is the standard and as long as you give that you maintain good relations. Most people are not as valuable or i
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by monster_group 3y ago
You can also ask Okta. They should be able to list tangible benefits. If they struggle to answer the question, you still get your answer anyway.
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by monster_group 4y ago
After using Ubuntu for 15 years, I moved to Pop!_Os (it uses Flatpak and no snap crap). Have been very happy with it.
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by monster_group 4y ago
That's not practical at any company of a decent size. High level executives routinely discuss highly confidential information which cannot be shared with lower level employees until the right time (if at all). That's the reason wh

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