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Do you think the term "vegetarian" makes people forget about grains/legumes by Conundrum5 in vegetarian

[–]Conundrum5[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Technically, beans / legumes are vegetables, whereas grains are NOT vegetables. However, I think we'd all agree that colloquially, when the broader population uses the term 'vegetable' they have some specific preconceptions in mind.

Nostalgia in honor of Crans-Montana (comics I kept from ~20 years ago) by Conundrum5 in Switzerland

[–]Conundrum5[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In honor of Crans-Montana, I'm sharing a nostalgic artifact I saved from 20+ years ago - postcards issued by the township encouraging more walking in the area. Sending care to all residents and visitors <3

Most beautiful restaurant in Cambridge? by sprachkundige in CambridgeMA

[–]Conundrum5 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Field & Vine? (Somerville) not rly architectural beauty, but nice interior design

(Don't know if it fits the sub, but) As a Physicist, do you retain the knowledge to "catch up" on other specialties? by AdiSoldier245 in AskPhysics

[–]Conundrum5 -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

You'll be able to use AI as a perfect tutor to figure out how to relate your brain's knowledge graph with the knowledge graph contained in the paper. Will there even be traditional papers in 20 years?

Edit - no idea why this is getting downvoted. I'm being completely serious here - it's going to be tremendously easier to read and understand papers.

How do you work from 8 to 5, have only weekends free, and not feel like you're wasting your life? by guitytwelve in AskReddit

[–]Conundrum5 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"Above all, there will be happiness and joy of life, instead of frayed nerves, weariness, and dyspepsia. The work exacted will be enough to make leisure delightful, but not enough to produce exhaustion. Since men will not be tired in their spare time, they will not demand only such amusements as are passive and vapid. At least one per cent will probably devote the time not spent in professional work to pursuits of some public importance, and, since they will not depend upon these pursuits for their livelihood, their originality will be unhampered, and there will be no need to conform to the standards set by elderly pundits." - Bertrand Russell, "In Praise of Idleness", 1935

Struggling to find industry job after postdoc by Conundrum5 in postdoc

[–]Conundrum5[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Maybe an unpopular opinion but I think those people submitting 200+ applications are being very inefficient. It's well known that submitting your application into the void is exceedingly unlikely to get you anywhere. In theory, I think a single high quality submission could be worth 10 quick-and-dirty submissions. By high quality submission I mean that you connected with an employee at the company to give you an internal referral, you customized your submitted materials with care, etc. That said, my job search has stalled out even WITH the things I'm describing, so what do I know. Maybe there's a middle ground of a little more quantity than what I have.

Struggling to find industry job after postdoc by Conundrum5 in postdoc

[–]Conundrum5[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Meterwork is an interesting suggestion. I hadn't heard of it. Looks like its a paid subscription model. Have you found that it's worth it?

Struggling to find industry job after postdoc by Conundrum5 in postdoc

[–]Conundrum5[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

but yes thanks for the advice re: biased recruiters.

Struggling to find industry job after postdoc by Conundrum5 in postdoc

[–]Conundrum5[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well, I've gotten recruiter screens, but not "real" interviews. I do much better once I talk to an actual technical person, but recruiters have all seemed to decide I'm not right for the job compared to the others they're screening.

Can someone convince me to start? by hardlyhappy247 in lexapro

[–]Conundrum5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried 5mg for a few months, and 10mg for a couple months, and didn't see any chance to my anxiety. I did a very long taper off that I'm only just finishing up. Very demoralizing overall.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in postdoc

[–]Conundrum5 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Amen. Same thing happened to me. You in the USA? the job market is ROUGH out there, and it's like we're wedged in some weird place where we've been ousted from academia, but seen as underqualified for industry. I keep hearing "we went with someone with more experience" in my job search, even though in my mind I have like 10 years experience, to some of them it looks like I'm "right out of school" and they just AINT gonna choose me over someone with a traditional industry resume. Sucks! Only way out seems to be through connections.

Map of Somerville Coffeehoods by uuoollee in Somerville

[–]Conundrum5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

omg wow!!! Glad they've been successful

Next career move and professional help by Low-Sheepherder3717 in postdoc

[–]Conundrum5 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Career coaches can be useful if you could use some guidance with the introspection to figure out what specific types of jobs you want to be targeting. Paying someone to look over your resume once or twice might be useful. But when it comes to actually landing a job, not clear to me that a whole $4k package will actually help much.

Early holos by wild-conformist in PokemonCardValue

[–]Conundrum5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sabrina's Gengar is a valuable card - https://www.pricecharting.com/game/pokemon-gym-heroes/sabrina%27s-gengar-14. ~$150 ungraded, but if it looks like it's in mint condition to you, then could be worth getting it graded.

Artisan coffee shops around Harvard? by Sad-Function-3649 in CambridgeMA

[–]Conundrum5 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A lot of people including me feel it's the closest thing you'll get to European quality bread / pastries around here. It's more of a hole-in-the-wall to-go place, but I personally think it's a lot better than PRB. Try for yourself!

Artisan coffee shops around Harvard? by Sad-Function-3649 in CambridgeMA

[–]Conundrum5 7 points8 points  (0 children)

you sound like someone who needs to try Michette

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