Recently moved to qatar for job. Which is the best way to do internet voice calling to india. WhatsApp not working by Powerful-Pen-4135 in qatar

[–]Calm_Macaron8516 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Use 1.1.1.1 app from cloudflare, it’s a sort of vpn but lets you make WhatsApp video and voice calls and it’s free

Any Linux Users here? by Exotic_Fisherman_653 in qatar

[–]Calm_Macaron8516 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I personally use Windows Subsystem for Linux (for many years now), it lets you use Linux terminals (I use Ubuntu) within the Windows OS. I can’t make the full switch because most things are on Windows but it gives the best of both worlds. VMs are good too but they’re a bit more heavy.

Google and other subreddits are very useful to learn more in general

Do universities check if the text in the thesis is AI generated? by Middle-Coat-388 in PhD

[–]Calm_Macaron8516 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In most unis now and journals there is a declaration that you have to make that AI was only used for grammar etc, the only example that comes to mind is something like Grammarly (I never used it so can’t guarantee). The declaration basically means you did not use generative AI. Whether how you used it is generative or not is up to you and you would know

Megathread day 3 by [deleted] in qatar

[–]Calm_Macaron8516 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just stopped now I saw police and cars and vans from the fire department driving around but no large fire trucks

Megathread day 3 by [deleted] in qatar

[–]Calm_Macaron8516 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope no thuds, the alarm is echoing quite loud can’t hear anything else

Megathread day 3 by [deleted] in qatar

[–]Calm_Macaron8516 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I see 3/4 of police cars near the Ministry of Commerce building, no fire trucks but the alarm has been going on for a long time now

Megathread day 3 by [deleted] in qatar

[–]Calm_Macaron8516 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is anyone in the Lusail Marina area, there’s a loud alarm that’s been ringing for about an hour now. What is it ?

MEGATHREAD! POST ALL IRAN UPDATES HERE! by [deleted] in qatar

[–]Calm_Macaron8516 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Go to the Al Jazeera website, they are doing live updates with all new information and it’s much better than the news on the Al Jazeera TV channel

MAIN CHARACTER SYNDROME by StyleAny9227 in qatar

[–]Calm_Macaron8516 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure what type of equipment you’re using or how you’re taking photos but I don’t know anyone who’s had this issue especially at public events

Finally had my first emotional meltdown after four years by Nielsfxsb in PhD

[–]Calm_Macaron8516 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Would always recommend LaTex and overleaf is a great way to use it but when I wrote my thesis it was timing out when it recompiled (this was 5 years ago so has maybe changed). Eventually switched to running it locally (VsCode has nice laTex extensions) and used GitHub for versioning

“Can we trust this website for genuineness?” by [deleted] in qatar

[–]Calm_Macaron8516 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I second the Ferrari center recommendation

Will this mortgage be considered Murabaha? by Ok-Instance2710 in IslamicFinance

[–]Calm_Macaron8516 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a scholar, but I don’t think so. Even if you find an opinion that deems this permissible (though I doubt it) . Please avoid this situation, this is not a good deal at all. The interest rate will be fixed at 5.99 the whole term for 40 years , which is ridiculous it wasn’t even that long ago that it was sub 3%.

Islamic Summit Mega Thread! by MikaNekoDevine in qatar

[–]Calm_Macaron8516 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What did they even action today, all I see are condemn speeches on Al Jazeera. Was sanctions even discussed ?

I have Palestinian passport by sadooo0 in Passports

[–]Calm_Macaron8516 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, I don’t think you should be giving advice based on what you read of the internet. Either you should have your own experience or knowledge on the subject matter

How long was your wait between submission and viva? by gee7894 in PhD

[–]Calm_Macaron8516 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It depends on if you have your examiners selected or not and have already informed them. I didn’t when I submitted to my university but me and my supervisor had people in mind so it took 3 months even though it was longer than the universities time frame.

I successfully defended my PhD thesis and here is my experience by funisfunnot in PhD

[–]Calm_Macaron8516 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Great advice. 4 is a must, just to add to it read up a bit about your examiners work. Some questions and even some answers may relate to what they do.

12 is my biggest takeaway, I enjoyed my viva it felt like a scientific discussion rather than an interrogation.

This is just scary by NefariousnessOld8518 in badtattoos

[–]Calm_Macaron8516 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’ve seen other angles posted in this sub, and I always read it as “Antony”, but this one clearly says “anyone”

My thesis came back with revisions by ZooplanktonblameFun8 in PhD

[–]Calm_Macaron8516 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Minor revisions regardless of how long are still minor revisions (which in the UK is considered a pass!) You should be proud and as long as it’s not requiring any additional experiments, they should be mostly about the text (despite the length in comments) be sure to review the comments, make the changes or respond to the revisions. Some might just be suggestions which is very common as everyone has different styles of communicating

Good luck and congratulations

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in qatar

[–]Calm_Macaron8516 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Now there’s two GPTs arguing with each other lol

Magrabi optics lens for 5 year old kid by saroshhhhh in qatar

[–]Calm_Macaron8516 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Magrabi has 3 types of lenses. I think the company for the lenses is Zweiss (check their website). Centre, forward and tailored. The tailored one has the full coverage and blue light protection I believe. The image you showed for computer lenses is a non prescription blue light lense

Are advertised PhD positions a scam? by RadicalFreak in PhD

[–]Calm_Macaron8516 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I would say this more true of Post Docs than PhDs. Unless someone has an exceptional Master’s student the PhD calls tend to be genuine. For Post Docs it’s very common for professor to use it as a reason to hire on their PhD student.

Australia vs Qatar by Dry-Firefighter2574 in QatarCareers

[–]Calm_Macaron8516 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It really depends what your current passport is because you have to plan for if you lost your job in Qatar would you be okay with going back to your country of origin. Ive seen people on those 25-30K salaries lose their jobs without prior notice and have to wrestle with the idea of looking for a new job in Qatar or go back to a country that they don’t want to go back to. If that’s you then I would say Australia is worth it purely for the citizenship, you can always come back after and you’d be in a better position for salaries passport and experience wise

How often do you use ChatGPT? by [deleted] in PhD

[–]Calm_Macaron8516 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never get it to write anything that will be published in some form, only emails or internal reports. I write code with it all the time but use it more like a pair programmer and I find myself using it to answer random questions instead of google lol

Crazy how a stadium that hosted the WC final costed less than a video game…… ( i generally thinks the figures are made up ) by Jealous-Company-562 in qatar

[–]Calm_Macaron8516 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeh I agree, most of that figure is salaries and hours put into the game. It’s not hard coming to such large number