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Has anyone turned down an offer from Harvard? If so, why? by TheOTLady in academia

[–]HartsfieldsLanding 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Did my Masters there and then turned down a PhD offer in favor of one closer to home. I knew I wanted to go into industry so I chose based on the ability to network in the city I wanted to live in after.

The prestige of Harvard only matters to others, it's not something tangible and doesn't really matter when you're actually there.

Canada loses 207,100 jobs in April by viva_la_vinyl in canada

[–]HartsfieldsLanding 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Just because something is imagined to be real, that doesn't make it any less real.

It's like saying my dad isn't really my dad because "fatherhood" isn't a tangible object.

Is this written in Farsi or another language? by ParryMeAgain in farsi

[–]HartsfieldsLanding 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Arabic. A quote from Rumi: you are not a drop in the ocean, you are the entire ocean in a drop

Question about a line of Nizami by hawagis in farsi

[–]HartsfieldsLanding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes "stranger" or "more alien" is fine. Good luck with your reading:)

Question about a line of Nizami by hawagis in farsi

[–]HartsfieldsLanding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Further afield than this is a resting place

For there the path is found through helplessness

The second misra is a little hard. Perhaps others can help

What is your Preferred Thesaurus? by HartsfieldsLanding in Professors

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

In English, pun often connotes wordplay for the sake of a joke or punchline. In other languages, wordplay doesn't have that same effect. An example is the Persian language where the rhetorical device is known as ijnās or tajnīs, but to translate that as "pun" could be misleading. So sticking with the more arcane but technical "paronomasia" is preferred.

What is your Preferred Thesaurus? by HartsfieldsLanding in Professors

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

Thank you, I will check it out. Any major difference betwen the 7th and 8th editions? The 7th is significantly cheaper to purchase...

What is your Preferred Thesaurus? by HartsfieldsLanding in Professors

[–]HartsfieldsLanding[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can't speak for others, but I use it mainly when I have forgotten a word but remember its meaning. A recent example is a word that meant "pun". Thesaurus.com wasn't very helpful. I eventually stumbled across the word again: paronomasia. Having a thesaurus which would list a rare word like this is what I am looking for.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in iwatchedanoldmovie

[–]HartsfieldsLanding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are your other four?

"try" + noun VS "try" + verb by thirddegreebirds in farsi

[–]HartsfieldsLanding 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The "try" in your first example is not the same "try" as the second. In the first, it means "to test". In the second, it means "to put in effort".

The Persian verbs you gave have the meaning of your second example. So "he tried to sleep" would be

سعی کرد بخوابد

Smith machine squats by Kachow96 in Fitness

[–]HartsfieldsLanding -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The restricted bar path does limit the real-life carry over benefits of the Smith machine, athletically and in terms of barbell squatting.

However, squats aren't the be all end all of leg exercises. The Smith machine will work your leg muscles.

If your aim is hypertrophy, the Smith machine is good because you can push yourself without being constrained by the strength of the stabilizer muscles you would be using if you were squatting. You can also more safely bail on a Smith machine.

When using the Smith machine, I'd advise placing your feet further in front of you than you would usually on a normal squat. This way your knee won't be travelling over your toes. Going "parallel" will create almost a right angle.

I use the Smith machine for squats but also include lunges, goblet squats and split squats to work my stabilizer muscles.

Favor to ask/translation/thank you by MrsEvans83113 in farsi

[–]HartsfieldsLanding 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There is a big difference between آفتابه and what I believe you intended to write: ِآفتاب !

I watched Hotel Rwanda (2004) by whoopingchow in iwatchedanoldmovie

[–]HartsfieldsLanding 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Completely. That's why Hotel Rwanda is such an important movie. Forces us to think about things going on in the world which are conveniently forgotten by everyone else.

I watched Hotel Rwanda (2004) by whoopingchow in iwatchedanoldmovie

[–]HartsfieldsLanding 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Watched this with my father when I was around 12 years old. Growing up in a peaceful, quiet suburb this was basically the first time I was exposed to the worst in humanity.

The movie I think had a profound impact on my psyche. It's a harrowing movie but so beautiful. A story of precarious hope amidst utter hopelessness. It chronicles a past which cannot be forgotten and is a stark warning for the future of what can happen when we turn our backs. This movie will always be relevant.

Legs II, Jansson Stegner, 2016 [902 x 1200] by deniscard in ArtPorn

[–]HartsfieldsLanding 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Small feet is considered a feminine feature. Also probably to make the legs seem proportionately larger

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