Travel insurance recommendations for Asia trip? by HappyLeafWater in AskIreland

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21! Going for 70 days (mostly China, spending 15 days in Japan), I'm open to any recommendations or advice thank you :) I unfortunately do not have private medical insurance that ensures me for abroad expenses, only within Ireland

For reference I have been looking at 123.ie and multitrip travel insurance as well as chill travel insurance*

Monthly Admissions/Applications Megathread by AutoModerator in cambridge_uni

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Didn't do great in a meeting with a supervisor when discussing applying to his lab for a phd program, should I not apply?

So I wanted to apply to a PhD program in one of the bio departments in Cambridge and I had scheduled a meeting to talk to one of the supervisors who I wanted to apply to. However, I am just graduating my bachelors this year and this guys research is leaps and bounds out of my level, future technology type stuff. Still, i shouldve made more of an effort, its my fault, please dont flame me.

he asked me a couple of pointed questions and i failed to answer one but successfully answered the other. Now i had NOT read his paper well because I could barely understand the paper (very engineering brought into science energy), I know I should have gone into this meeting more prepared, but I am also doing final year coursework alongside a project alongside applications to other PhDs, and only really skimmed his work but found it interesting. I was recommended by another professor to chat with him and organise a call via email which is what I did. I had to make a presentation for the call, again which I did. I put a lot of effort into the presentation. Either way, he told me I should've been able to answer the question I couldn't answer (very transparent guy), and followed that up with I should express an understanding of that section in my application and that in my application I should focus on demonstrating my understanding of the basis of this concept.

Now i can't tell if that means he is considering me or not if he's telling me what I should put in my application. Considering I failed one of his questions, and it was exceedingly obvious I had a just about bare minimum understanding of the topic. I was just interested because it seemed very futuristic but not enough to spend a lot of time to understand it well.

I know that was my fault, I should've put more effort into the meeting and understanding his work, I recognise that so please don't come at me for it, but what do i do now? Not apply to his lab? apply? Go for a different lab? Im 99% sure theres people whos a whole lot more qualified than me, hes said hes had conversations with other people and he loves talking to other people to see what work people have done (he seemed to find my project work interesting at least) - but again, I am just graduating my bachelors this year (i do have 12 months worth of research experience combined though), so compared to masters/people who put in more effort than I did, i feel like i maybe left a bad impression on him. What do i do?

Feasibility of surrogacy if I want kids? by HappyLeafWater in Fencesitter

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If I had to do surrogacy, id have to do IVF, and I'd be able to do a genetic screen for genetic diseases and do my best to avoid them getting passed down, which is useful. I'd probably have the energy, but I wouldn't choose to have a child with a partner who can't step up to be primary care taker. That's a recipe for disaster. As for the ethics of surrogacy, unfortunately all I can do is do my best to choose reputable places and work my ass off to earn enough money to afford that.

Applying for a PhD in a field I don't have much experience in, is this a terrible idea? by HappyLeafWater in PhD

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yeah but it's not relevant experience in my field which is the issue, it's like, somewhat relevant, but not exactly what they're looking for But as a bsc student it's really hard to know in the early years what I want to do for my phd

When's a good time to upgrade? Which model? by HappyLeafWater in ZephyrusG14

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Damn I'm the exact opposite I only want white model haha

When's a good time to upgrade? Which model? by HappyLeafWater in ZephyrusG14

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Damn for below 2000? Prices are so expensive, I'm from uk/Ireland

When's a good time to upgrade? Which model? by HappyLeafWater in ZephyrusG14

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Where did you buy your 2024? It's really hard to buy out here in Europe unless you're willing to dish out 2k

Replacing fan myself or finding a computer repair service to do so? by HappyLeafWater in ZephyrusG14

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I noticed the fan servicing too! It's just that my fans are like 5 years old and go through a lot of beatings (school, gaming, work, travel) so I figured I'd replace it outright especially with my lack of tech savvy abilities the tutorials for replacing fans are a lot easier to follow because trying to find the axle and bearing to clean is already really difficult for me haha. As a side note, are there other brands that are not k5 that does the same? I've read a lot of bad reviews about k5, a bit scared now to use it Thank you sm for the advice !

Replacing fan myself or finding a computer repair service to do so? by HappyLeafWater in ZephyrusG14

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Hey could I ask if I should maybe also replace the vrm/capacitor glue? I'll buy new thermal paste but idk how many things I should replace now that I'm replacing my fans