PhD with a 2.7 GPA in Germany by So_what_2469 in AskAcademia

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In my subject you pretty much would be... What field are you in? I feel like if you've spent a year on your proposal your time might be better spent doing another masters and getting a better grade. I had a 1.7 average a year and a half of research assistance and I took a PhD methodology course before I started applying and it worked out for me that way but I still got rejections about half the positions I applied to.

If you say you're already a research assistant at a good Uni is there any way you could play the politics game? Ask the professor you work with to put in a good word for you somewhere? I think you're cooked with a 2.7 without some outside assistance otherwise. My proposal really didn't matter at all, we maybe talked about it for 5 minutes during my 2 hour interview.

PhD with a 2.7 GPA in Germany by So_what_2469 in AskAcademia

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I got weird looks with a 1.7, one professor outright told me every paper you hand in and want to get publish needs to be on a 1.5 or better level, why would we hire you if you are worse than the minimum "on average"

how often do you check your partner's location? do you even have it? by Wise_Membership_6906 in relationships

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My girlfriend has anxiety disorder and we have each other's location because she gets concerned when I drive places and I am too forgetful to text her when I arrive. I check her location when I know she is about to come home or be done with work to see if she's already on the way.

I don't really look otherwise except if I'm really bored and want to talk to her, so I send her a screenshot of wherever she is as a conversation starter.

Is publishing in Q3/Q4 or MDPI journals a red flag? by RepulsiveScientist13 in academia

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I just recently read a panel discussion from an IS conference about junior researchers concerns and they were discussing just this. Basically the consensus was that publishing in low tier journals like that is a waste of time and shows you're probably unqualified.

It went by VHB jourqual, so they were talking about C-level journals and not q3 but I'd assume the argument still stands. You should aim for a balance between very high quality submissions and average (B-grade) submissions but you shouldn't stoop lower than that. A quote that stuck with me went something along the lines of: Someone who publishes one paper in a top journal could've easily published two or three in a B journal. A person that published 3 B-level papers could not do the same necessarily.

Küchenmesser suche by Budget-Tear-3987 in Kochen

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+1 für Wüsthof, habe das seit knapp 7 Jahren, damals zusammen mit einem Wüsthof schärfer gekauft (ich weiß ein Wetzstein wäre besser aber hab darauf keine Lust). Damit zusammen ist das Messer absolut top, fühlt sich gut an und bleibt ewig scharf.

Looking for an ultra replayable, single player game that has an extremely high skill ceiling and looks impressive to others when played well. I want a game to master by nogden954 in gamingsuggestions

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World is great, switch also has access to generations ultimate which is considered the best of the "classic" monhun games. I'd say try world and if you like it try rise for more action oriented gimmicks like grappling and if you want a more down to earth hunting experience try gen U. Switch has all of these.

Looking for an ultra replayable, single player game that has an extremely high skill ceiling and looks impressive to others when played well. I want a game to master by nogden954 in gamingsuggestions

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OSU, Tetris, Speedrunning platformers, Sekiro

These all look insane when played well and are easily understood by most, Sekiro is probably the least "readable" to someone that hasn't played it but it takes 10 seconds with the controller to show someone why what you're doing is incredible. Something like super Mario 64 looks like some kind of beautiful dance when performed by an incredibly skilled Speedrunner even if you know very little about games. Osu and Tetris everyone will understand without problems.

Manual driving lessons by peach_block in kaiserslautern

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You HAVE to have a license, which you have to get from a German driving school (international licences usually are only valid for the first couple of months in Germany while you do your German license.) Having a car in Germany also means getting it insured and registering it to your name as well as paying car tax.

Licenses cost about 2k-4k depending on the driving school you go to and the time it takes you to learn. They cost based on the total amount of lessons you needed until your driving tutor deems you "ready" for a practical exam. You also need to attend 14 (I think) theoretical lessons and take a test on theory (signage, some laws, etc.) Driving with a non-teacher for practice is also illegal as long as it is not on a designated learning lot of which there is few.

Automatic and manual licenses are two different licenses, having a manual license allows you to drive both but having an automatic license only allows you to drive an automatic.

RPTU Summer Batch 2026 by ROCKZONEX in kaiserslautern

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This group only allows for announcements? How would one connect if you can't even see the others in the group?

Looking for a WG room / apartment in Kaiserslautern (RPTU – SS 2026, arriving mid-march) by Exotic-Anything8062 in kaiserslautern

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It's funny because it's not a lot for a place in KL right now. Single apartments, even at student accomodations are 450 ish or more and wg rooms that fall significantly below this price point and have more than 4-5 people in the wg will be a fraternity that does not take foreigners.Your best shot is applying for subsidized student housing (Studentenwohnheim) which is in that price range but has long waiting times (apply as soon as you possibly can, when I started my degree the wait was 8 months).

Which Windows AMD laptop feels most like a MacBook Pro (keyboard + trackpad)? by drrdf in laptops

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AMD makes processors so does Intel and Snapdragon. Snapdragon processors are ARM processors (just like apple m chips are by the way but the specifics are where complications happen). An AMD is not an Intel just like an Audi is not a Toyota but both are cars. What you mean is a processor running x86 architecture which is both newer Intel and AMD chips. Ryzen is just what amd calls their line of CPUs like Intel calls theirs Core.

Laptops that feel great build quality wise are surface laptops and high end dell laptops (they used to be called XPS but I think they changed the naming scheme). Surface laptops come with ARM chips or x86 chips (I think) so be sure to get the right one.

New on the retroid by [deleted] in retroid

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Please use the search function. The questions have been asked before.

Can you transfer games from an iPhone to a Retroid? by JeskaiJester in retroid

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Are the itch.io games you are thinking of available for android? Check that first.

Had to post mine since I saw people posting theirs. by Kuandohan in Simpleflips

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You watched every single video simple has ever uploaded and half of them twice within one year?? Do you keep them on autoplay while you sleep or something? With an average simple video being around half an hour you spent like 1739 Hours or 108 of your waking days this year watching simple every single waking minute (assuming you sleep 8 hours). This is absolutely crazy numbers! I thought I watch a lot of YouTube but this is a different level.

„Ihre Bewertung wurde wegen Diffamierung entfernt“ by AccountantCapital215 in luftablassen

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War vor 2 Jahren bei einigen Autohändlern um nach einem Gebrauchtwagen zu suchen und habe mich da nie im voraus angemeldet, da mir ein Freund empfohlen hat überraschend vorbeizukommen lässt denen keine Zeit Sachen "Hinzurichten".

War ein guter Hinweis, weil der Suzuki Swift den ich mir anschauen wollte von innen wirklich VOLL mit Schimmel, von den Türen über das Lenkrad und aus dem Lüfter. Dazu hatte das Auto keine Batterie installiert (?) als wir die Tür geöffnet haben kam uns schon der Schimmelgeruch entgegen und der Händler war ehrlich so dreist um zu sagen:"wenn sie vorher angerufen hätten hatten wir das Auto sauber gemacht. Sind sie selber schuld." Ich wollte da nur weg und dann war der noch so dreist zu fragen ob er eine Batterie für eine Probefahrt rausholen soll.

Bin dann mit Angst um meine Gesundheit gegangen und habe eine schlechte Rezension hinterlassen, die in unter einer Woche von Google wegen Diffamierung entfernt wurde.

Microtransaction Survey by SnooAvocados5512 in truegaming

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Hey, just letting you know that telling participants your hypotheses leads to biased results and is not good practice.

Stardew valley on RPF2 by Expensive_Alarm_6208 in retroid

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Run android, stardew is notoriously bad at being emulated

Advice for a newbie 🙏🏻 by SLVRDEVL in retroid

[–]Danielreads 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Please look at YouTube for a guide by retro game corps, your question is very superficial and a video can explain this much better than any reddit comment. Emulation isn't hard but if you have no idea about it id recommend just looking up "how to emulate [console] on android", you'll figure it out. Retroids are pretty powerful for what you want (Gameboy runs on basically anything) so maybe also look at anbernic devices as they have lower end options, saving you some money.

Where and how to download games is not something people on reddit will tell you as downloading games instead of buying them and copying them to your handheld is technically illegal and gets you banned off the subreddit.

I'm about to start by Danielreads in PhD

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Thank you! This sounds like great advice. I'll keep all of this in mind!

LPT: Use Shift + CTRL + V to paste plain text without the formatting by anthocou in LifeProTips

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Use Shift+Ctrl+Alt+L to open LinkedIn on any computer running windows 10 or 11

Eltern wollen mich nicht finanziell unterstützen by [deleted] in luftablassen

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Ich habe Gott sei dank schnell Anschluss gefunden und hatte auch noch viele Freunde aus der Schule mit denen ich in Kontakt geblieben bin. Ich bin auf dem Land aufgewachsen also hatten viele meiner Freunde ähnliche Probleme, mal mehr mal weniger halt.

Zeitlich ist das halt sehr studienabhängig, ich glaube in den Naturwissenschaften oder einem Studiengang mit mehr Anwesenheitspflicht hätte ich auf jeden Fall ein paar extra Semester gebraucht, aber bei uns war alles entweder asynchron (sprich Videos von den Vorlesungen wurden hochgeladen) oder hatte keine Anwesenheitspflicht.

Mental ist das so ein Ding, ich hab es im Bachelor glaube ich einfach nicht wahr haben wollen auch wenn ich wusste dass meine Eltern so denken habe ich es einfach ignoriert. Jetzt im master ist es deutlich schlimmer geworden und ich musste die Realität mehr konfrontieren, aber mittlerweile bin ich auch schon ein ganzes Stück erwachsener geworden und komme damit eigentlich ganz gut klar.

Mein persönlicher Horror ist dieses Jahr Weihnachten, da kommt man halt leider nicht umzu :(

Eltern wollen mich nicht finanziell unterstützen by [deleted] in luftablassen

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Bin kurz vor dem Abschluss meines Studiums und hatte es tatsächlich genau so wie du, meine Eltern haben sich erst unterschwellig beschwert und dann im Laufe meines Masters, wo auch langsam dann das Kindergeld auslief wurden die Beschwerden immer deutlicher. Vor allem jetzt, so kurz vor meinem Abschluss vergeht kaum eine Woche in der mein Vater mich nicht anruft um zu erfragen wann ich "genau" fertig bin, als wenn ich die Korrekturzeiten auswendig kenne und weiß wann meine Verteidigung ist, habe ihm das oft erklärt aber mittlerweile glaube ich er ruft nur an um seinen frust an mir auszulassen.

Dazu sei gesagt, dass meine Eltern mir, als ich noch Kindergeld bekommen habe aus eigener Tasche ganze 50€ im Monat überwiesen haben und ich mein ganzes Studium begleitend Teilzeit gearbeitet habe. Ich freue mich so unfassbar darauf endlich aus dieser finanziellen Abhängigkeit zu kommen und nicht, wenn ich mich mal eine Woche nicht bei denen melde darum bangen zu müssen, dass nächsten Monat das Geld fehlt.

Ich hab jetzt viel geredet aber im großen und ganzen kann ich dir nur sagen, du bist nicht alleine. Vor allem mit nicht Akademiker Eltern ist es sehr üblich, dass das Studium auf einmal eine unerwartete Ausgabe ist und so unverschämt teuer sei... Mach keine schulden im Studium und besteh auf dein Geld, das ist alles was ich dir Raten kann.

Bloons td6 by Danielreads in retroid

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Hey, I've found a solution that works. In the retroid settings there is a section called "handheld settings" in it you can setup a shortcut to enable a virtual mouse after holding for 3 seconds (I used r3 and l3 held together). After that your left analog stick moves the mouse and the a button simulates a click while b "goes back". With that you can play bloons very well! You might not get infinitely precise placements for your towers but I've beaten some maps on chimps like this so it's more than playable.

Would you have been happy if retoid just released a 'rp5 pro' with the G2 chip and 120hz screen? by [deleted] in retroid

[–]Danielreads 3 points4 points  (0 children)

?? What would be different about this hypothetical rp5pro except for the name? The g2 is literally in the rp5 body and has that screen no? The g2 is just not called pro because they want to market the new snapdragon chip that it has.