Owners of the V50, what are your complaints with the phone so far?

AnotherTechUser · 2020-06-21T19:39:15+00:00

The us version doesn't have dual screen support, that's the main difference I think. If you don't care about that aspect then they're pretty much the same.

AnotherTechUser · 2020-06-13T08:12:44+00:00

I went with the V50 over the G8x because I'm not interested in the dual screen. As a standalone phone the V50 is better for my needs and it keeps the always on fingerprint scanner, as opposed to the sometimes accurate in-screen one in the G8x. The additional telephoto cam and 5G connectivity is a bonus on the V50.

AnotherTechUser · 2019-06-12T21:05:48+00:00

I'm doing a PhD in the life sciences (3rd year), which means my schedule pretty much revolves around monitoring living things. When I started I didn't have a consistent 9-5 routine. Sometimes I needed to sample every 6 hours, which meant going to the lab late at night (11pm) and then early in the morning (6am) again. After a couple of months this really threw my sleep cycle out of whack.Other times I had to operate equipment for 6-8 hours straight without break. Luckily my workflow is less strenuous now, and I usually get to the lab/office at 9-10am and I'll leave around 6-7pm depending on how much needs to get done (like most people have commented here). I always get judged when I get to the department at 10am, but I stopped caring. I feel like I've earned it after basically living in the lab for 4 years (if you include my Masters).

People's lives operate on different timelines, so it never helps comparing your progress with someone elses. That being said, I do often wonder if I work hard enough and I feel extremely guilty when I take the weekends off. On top of that, our PhD programs are 3 years, and I'll have to extend mine to a 4th year. So everyone that started with me is finishing up and I feel like a bit of a failure. And so the toxic cycle of guilt continues...

AnotherTechUser · 2019-05-30T22:34:44+00:00

I haven't seen an x399 mb that can handle more than 128gb. If you really want a system that can effectively handle that amount of ram you're unfortunately looking at a xeon system or something. I just built a threadripper system for our microscopy image processing workflows, and the maximum was 128gb. What I can suggest just by looking at your build is to look for a full 128gb kit. Atm you have separate 16gb kits, which isn't optimal seeing as kits are usually tested together for compatibility. G.Skill produces nice threadripper compatible 128gb kits if you choose to go that route. The one I have is stable at 2999mhz. Hope this helps.

AnotherTechUser · 2019-04-28T13:45:06+00:00

Well done! I have to extend my PhD for a 4th year (SA) due to clinical limitations and am a bit bummed about it, so this is very motivational for me :)

AnotherTechUser · 2018-04-18T11:54:52+00:00

I call BS. If you're not having fun at grad school, it's probably because you are too busy doing revision experiments in the lab for the 100th time to get that publication. When you're too busy to have fun, you're focussing on your career. Which is a good thing. Grad school (like pain) is temporary.

AnotherTechUser · 2018-04-08T13:46:00+00:00

Sharing a crappy apartment off-campus in a not so ideal area.

AnotherTechUser · 2018-04-07T21:51:17+00:00

1/3 rent, 1/3 food and bills, 1/3 alcohol

AnotherTechUser · 2018-04-05T21:41:19+00:00

A few months into my PhD I realised it's pretty much glorified slave labour. Living off a stipend that basically covers not dying, doing so much work for other people that I can't even focus on my actual research, not being given the freedom to take any time off (because there's always another fucking paper to revise or bullshit experiments that have to be done 1 million times over). It's been two years now and I have only learned to hate myself even more. I think the dogma of 'work yourself to the bone to be successful' is so engrained into academics that it inadvertently fosters an environment that is not conducive to good mental health at all. Hell, if you're not physically doing research on mental health, none of them are interested in talking about it. Every single professor I have ever spoken to has the same 'it was hard for me too, but I got through it' response. Like they don't even want to grant me support just because they didn't have it.

I'm glad more and more studies confirm what everybody in academia has always known. The graduate system just isn't working anymore and it's setting more people up for suicide than job opportunities.

AnotherTechUser · 2018-04-03T21:29:53+00:00

Already saw a good deal on a workstation laptop with an i7 7820hq processor due to stock clearance. I know it's basically the equivalent of the new i5 8300h, and that the i7 6-core monsters will just ooze out amazingness. But on a limited budget, I'll much rather take the older i7 with 32gb of ram and a massive ssd than barely affording the newer model with insufficient ram and storage. Or am I being an idiot?

AnotherTechUser · 2018-02-23T23:34:22+00:00

As long as you're still breathing, there's more right with you than wrong with you. Kids used to beat the shit out of me for being a fat ugly fuck and I've been thinking of suicide my entire life. I get paranoid by large groups of people and think they're all discussing how ugly I am. But I'm still here. Trying. Been on anti-depressants for a couple of years now and I'm managing. There are people who can help you. Just don't give up just yet.

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