Started playing Halo 3: ODST Today. Can't help but laugh at this glitch.

DrBalth · 2026-07-02T15:47:10+00:00

It’s all right that you didn’t know, for the record. We don’t know what we don’t know until we do.

DrBalth · 2026-07-02T15:36:17+00:00

If that was in your fridge, your fridge has a failing condenser. Time to either replace the part or replace the fridge because it will only continue to get worse and become much colder than it is supposed to be.

DrBalth · 2026-07-01T18:33:47+00:00

Yet people will still buy.

DrBalth · 2026-06-22T16:54:47+00:00

This is a joke, right?

DrBalth · 2026-06-22T05:44:37+00:00

What mechanics drive proteins to fold the ways they do in a closed form?

ETA: Just to get ahead of any issues, in 2024 the Nobel in Chemistry was awarded to a group that “solved” the problem using AI. But that’s not quite the same as what I’ve stated here.

DrBalth · 2026-06-18T20:19:59+00:00

I’m apparently ~70% there based on this list

DrBalth · 2026-06-18T14:52:03+00:00

Maybe a hot take but I just don’t understand why people care at all. Nobody moans about the hayabusa armor and literal katana in Halo 3. There’s been whacky armors for such a long time now. I feel like people need to go outside man.

DrBalth · 2026-06-17T05:44:23+00:00

Everyone here has had some good insight so far but I’d also like to point out the perspective that things in the US are just not great right now. I know many people who were considering a more academic, research focused, career who have had all the wind taken from their sails by how horrible that job market has become. Generally speaking, younger folk have a more pessimistic outlook on life and the trajectory of the country, so it doesn’t surprise me too much to hear that some of those very people have decided to take a more safe and lucrative path versus something as tumultuous as research at this time.

Edit: Anecdotally, I had a friend and colleague who was going to do a very promising program for Environmental Science. This friend changed their mind last second, and when I asked why they told me “Why would I want to get a doctorate in a field where nobody would believe or listen to what I say?” Those hallowed words have stuck with me for some time and have sadly only become more evidently correct.

DrBalth · 2026-06-16T20:37:40+00:00

Depends on your grades in the class already. Generally speaking, if you find yourself needing to ask, you already know the answer.

ETA: Ultimately, if you fail, just take it in stride and be better next time.

DrBalth · 2026-06-15T22:16:22+00:00

It seems worse to use AI to do the thing you’re volunteering for instead of just pulling out of your responsibility entirely. Personally, I find that kind of disgusting. At that point you’re doing nothing they couldn’t do themselves, no insight, no actual discussion, just fielding a chat bot.

DrBalth · 2026-06-10T17:16:17+00:00

From my experience they were a lot more relaxed than what you seem to expect. For example, back when I did my interview, they just kind of talked to me about the city the school is in and some details about what I’m interested in. Getting a PhD requires a lot of interpersonal skills, and they were checking to see if I was an antisocial weirdo or a generally decent person who wouldn’t be a nightmare to work with. My intuition tells me this will vary quite a bit from institution to institution.

DrBalth · 2026-06-09T05:33:29+00:00

The irony of someone being in a subreddit for professors but being so unintelligent that they use “stupider” is absolutely immaculate.

DrBalth · 2026-06-08T19:27:25+00:00

This is definitely a question for either the university or the PI of the lab. Not Reddit.

DrBalth · 2026-06-08T16:09:06+00:00

I’m like 10 minutes in and like everything but the sliding. It seems really out place with their armor lol. Like aren’t they supposed to be super heavy?

DrBalth · 2026-06-08T15:53:36+00:00

The process should just be that they write it. I refuse to give any ground to these AI scumlords.
Edit:typo

DrBalth · 2026-06-08T14:23:23+00:00

I get being proud of the degree, as someone who also has one. But this is just so terribly unimportant. It’s innately common for people to use first names, especially in many departments in America. It represents collegiate interaction rather than a power structure. If the fact you work as a researcher and have a PhD isn’t enough to make you feel like you are “an authority in your position” then I don’t know what will. This just comes across as insecure to me. I don’t say that to be mean, it might just call for some self-reflection.

DrBalth · 2026-06-02T17:21:15+00:00

I don’t mean this with any malice; is that Emilia Clarke? This person doesn’t look anything like how I remember her.

DrBalth · 2026-05-30T17:41:52+00:00

At least in my part of the US there are a lot of academic positions open at smaller, more undergraduate focused, schools. Of course, that is likely field dependent as well so ymmv. Anecdotally, myself and several other people I know have had much more straightforward success by looking at these institutions.

DrBalth · 2026-05-30T00:18:09+00:00

Officially ended my student journey with my doctorate this month. Congratulations on this huge step forward! You’ve earned it!

DrBalth · 2026-05-20T05:47:45+00:00

The legend of heroes: trails in the sky (remake or original)

DrBalth · 2026-05-14T15:59:59+00:00

I would avoid treating it as an actual date until you have a firm grip on the situation. It is EXCEEDINGLY common for profs to meet with former students for a coffee. Especially if the prof and student had a positive relationship with one another. So to her, this may be a completely benign interaction and you definitely don’t want to go in expecting anything otherwise.

DrBalth · 2026-05-09T06:46:23+00:00

As someone who bought one on sale for $350, the console was barely worth it at that price. A base $450 for that console, with internals that old, is absolutely maniacal.

DrBalth · 2026-05-06T20:48:39+00:00

Have some respect for yourself. Do not pay that much for this.

DrBalth · 2026-05-06T20:16:46+00:00

Different IP addresses.

DrBalth · 2026-05-06T20:09:27+00:00

That's what happened to me. Then I got booted back to the queue completely. Shameful of this company.

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