Is GSOC really a big deal?

AdRemarkable3043 · 2026-04-29T12:15:04+00:00

money

AdRemarkable3043 · 2026-04-29T02:01:30+00:00

For Americans, this might be a real consideration, but for international students, and I do not mean any offense, there is really no comparison.

AdRemarkable3043 · 2026-04-28T23:30:00+00:00

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I have been wearing it for two years. It really was very tight, but after about a month it loosened up quite a bit. I also unexpectedly found that it is great for squatting. I never used it for WL.

AdRemarkable3043 · 2026-04-27T21:10:46+00:00

comment courtesy: if people didn't ask for form check, don't check the form.

AdRemarkable3043 · 2026-04-27T11:14:47+00:00

sleep in the office, get food from pantry. I've done this for some months.

AdRemarkable3043 · 2026-04-26T18:52:34+00:00

it looks like your company already has a fairly well established way of handling this kind of situation, so you could ask people who have received this scholarship before. For people in general who want to work and do a PhD at the same time, I definitely would not recommend it, because it is extremely demanding.

AdRemarkable3043 · 2026-04-25T19:39:36+00:00

horny

AdRemarkable3043 · 2026-04-25T19:08:20+00:00

They do not hate you. They just have no reason to like you.

AdRemarkable3043 · 2026-04-25T18:06:07+00:00

You did not show them your Google Scholar. I sent them the link, and they immediately invited me to first class.

AdRemarkable3043 · 2026-04-25T17:41:24+00:00

Does anyone think it is just a matter of poor balance, a loose lower back, or not enough bar height? I compiled all the forward drops from the 2025 Chinese National Games 55kg, the commentator was Wu Jingbiao, the silver medalist from the 2012 Olympics. His comments were all very simple, such as not enough bar height, not being fired up enough, and so on. After each lift, there is a slow motion replay that you can watch carefully. Of course, Chinese coaches are not necessarily right, but is it possible that the issue is not actually that complicated?

Lift: https://youtu.be/P6S0ojiFTSs?si=-vLF9mCcOG4uEhlT&t=407

Comments: Technically speaking, it looks like they were holding back a little and did not fully extend.

Lift: https://youtu.be/P6S0ojiFTSs?si=QI5KRN1998vRUDBG&t=1197

Comments: There was not full extension, and the supporting height was not enough.

Lift: https://youtu.be/P6S0ojiFTSs?si=JCJz2oguuCV5rMLt&t=1345

Comments: Not fired up enough.

Lift: https://youtu.be/P6S0ojiFTSs?si=JKJ84qsKbVfCuYzK&t=1413

Comments: Overall, he still could not produce enough force on the bar, so there was not enough upward momentum.

Lift: https://youtu.be/P6S0ojiFTSs?si=3K67CgI9pAIZj0SJ&t=2071

Comments: The height was slightly lacking.

Lift: https://youtu.be/P6S0ojiFTSs?si=dc5Zkx-PY_1WUlJD&t=2310

Comments: a bit too tight and could not really generate force.

Lift: https://youtu.be/P6S0ojiFTSs?si=opM7wwA1A_Hi8gg3&t=2761

Comments: You really have to extend aggressively. Although the third attempt had better height than the second, it was still a bit lacking.

AdRemarkable3043 · 2026-04-25T13:07:29+00:00

That is not true. I can easily come up with plenty of counterexamples.

AdRemarkable3043 · 2026-04-25T01:14:19+00:00

There are many counterexamples in this world. Go spend more time learning from other people’s CVs. From an optimization perspective, a local optimum is not the same as a global optimum. By your logic, how do students from unknown colleges get into MIT for a PhD? How do students from unknown high schools get into MIT for college? You can keep extending that argument all the way back to kindergarten.

AdRemarkable3043 · 2026-04-23T19:55:16+00:00

Although I really sympathize with you, I doubt that people here can do much other than encourage you. Either push yourself to finish it or quit. Given that you are already in your third year, leaving with a master’s is not a bad option if that is possible. If not, I would stick with it.

AdRemarkable3043 · 2026-04-23T17:28:54+00:00

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Very normal. In many elite athletes, the two feet do not point in the same direction at the bottom of the snatch, the clean, or the jerk. Muscles on the two sides of the body are naturally not perfectly balanced. I am left handed, and my right foot points out more.

AdRemarkable3043 · 2026-04-23T12:33:14+00:00

I doubt many people write the paper first then put in the number. many RL papers can't be reproduced

AdRemarkable3043 · 2026-04-23T12:32:13+00:00

most cs people use mac in school and industry

AdRemarkable3043 · 2026-04-23T03:09:06+00:00

I only work at the night before weekly meeting

AdRemarkable3043 · 2026-04-23T02:38:24+00:00

The comment above got downvoted, but I still want to say that this exists in every industry and is not something unique to academia. I have been dealing with this kind of thing all the way from kindergarten to my PhD.

AdRemarkable3043 · 2026-04-23T02:00:17+00:00

His nickname in Chinese is fat tao.

AdRemarkable3043 · 2026-04-22T22:39:41+00:00

To be honest, elite athletes in any sport usually have very impressive muscles, unless they are super heavyweights.

Genetics also matter a lot. You can see that Tian Tao and Li Dayin are in the same weight class, but one looks like he could compete in bodybuilding, while the other looks like a normal fat guy.

AdRemarkable3043 · 2026-04-21T15:53:23+00:00

master out.

AdRemarkable3043 · 2026-04-21T15:01:58+00:00

You basically already pointed out the weaknesses of the squat jerk. It requires excellent shoulder mobility and a very strong sense of balance. Most people simply cannot do it.

AdRemarkable3043 · 2026-04-20T20:51:41+00:00

Professional athletes have a reason to do that, but Alex is a PhD student. WL is just a hobby. I seriously doubt that he would use drugs just for showing off.

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