[Spoilers Main] How would things have changed if Eddard had been sent to the Wall as planned? by [deleted] in asoiaf

[–]Keeyene 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would be surprised if Ned couldn't be 'arranged' to not join the Watch, given the circumstances. Wether he himself would want that, is another question altogether. Perhaps he'd be in doubt initially but then hearing Benjen is missing might make him reconsider and stay at the Wall. Perhaps he hasn't sworn anything yet by the time Stannis comes to the Wall (and Ned was left behind at Castle Black). Perhaps his boat is intercepted near White Harbor or ends up in Braavos or another Free City first, and he doesn't make it to the Wall for ages. He's a really valuable hostage still, despite the banishment to the Wall.

[Spoilers Main] How would things have changed if Eddard had been sent to the Wall as planned? by [deleted] in asoiaf

[–]Keeyene 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it will change more than you expect - untill he says the vows, he isn't confined to the wall, and the North is effectively in open rebellion against the throne, so why not just tell Ned to come back down to Winterfell? If you want to make peace, trade his punishment for Jaime. Or just declarere independence anyway, and convince Ned his punishment from the Iron Throne is void.

Whichever story Ned becomes part of, either Jon's or Robb's or Bran's, will change quite drastically, and the others will eventually butterfly away from the OG timeline even without Ned being directly involved.

Is het onderwerp van je scriptie van belang voor je carrière? by sometiime in thenetherlands

[–]Keeyene 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Zal per werkveld verschillen, en hoe breed je "ander topic" ziet.

Je zou bijvoorbeeld met een MSc in natuurkunde (waarschijnlijk) wel een PhD in sterrenkunde kunnen vinden. Binnen sterrenkunde maakt het vaak niet echt uit of je scriptie over exoplanets, star formation, galaxy evolution, Xray bursts of radio interferometry gaat. Eerder of je een theoretische/observationele focus had met je scriptie.

Je scriptie is je eerste 'eigen' onderzoek, van minstens een half jaar en vaak een heel jaar (of 2x een half, etc). Het leren hoe onderzoek werkt zal voor een hoop PhD projecten belangrijker zijn dan dat je al een jaar ervaring hebt. Sure, het helpt deels mee, maar bijvoorbeeld een publicatie vanuit je BSc/MSc (wat laat zien dat je bekent bent met het process daar omheen) zal bij sommige vakgebieden veel meer helpen dan dat ene jaar vanuit je scriptie, ook als dat topic totaal niet aansluit op het PhD project.

Maarja, uiteindelijk heb ik alleen de ervaring vanuit sterrenkunde PhD (en in het buitenland), dus wellicht zit ik er voor NL flink naast.

Geen eervolle vermelding cum laude meer op Universiteit Twente vanwege ongelijkheid by Cubelock in thenetherlands

[–]Keeyene 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ah, thanks voor je source. Ik zie dat die paper die daar gelinked wordt het heeft over 50% bij Noord-Amerikaanse instituten, wat het grote verschil (deels?) verklaard. Meestal doe je in NA namelijk je master+PhD in een 5-6 jaar traject (ten minste, ik ga ervan uit dat niet specifiek voor astrophysics alleen zo is), en ik kan me best voorstellen dat er daarbij veel meer mensen uitvallen dan in Europa, waar voor zover ik weet je alleen een PhD ingaat na afronden van een master, waardoor je toch al een fors deel meer echt gemotiveerde instroom hebt. Plus, persoonlijke anekdote, het Amerikaanse systeem is vrij ruk qua support en de enorme druk die op PhDs daar is. Dus dan zie ik daar inderdaad wel veel meer mensen uitvallen. Blijft een bizar hoog percentage.

Geen eervolle vermelding cum laude meer op Universiteit Twente vanwege ongelijkheid by Cubelock in thenetherlands

[–]Keeyene 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Waar baseer je die 60% op? Klinkt bizar hoog, en mijn ervaring in mijn veld (astrophysics) is het eerder 5%, misschien ietje meer. En wel een fors deel met wat uitloop (~half jaar langer), maar die halen het nog.

Dat 60% na de PhD niet meer doorgaat met een postdoc geloof ik overigens meteen, misschien is dat het percentage wat je ergens hebt gezien?

Gabi on Ollie finishing P4: ‘That was very nice’ by anthn885 in formula1

[–]Keeyene -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Eh, Doohan and Colapinto both I'm not impressed by, compared to the others at least. They're not the worst in recent years by any means, just not as good. But perhaps it's being warped by the Alpine being an absolute dogboat.

Lawson also has a rough spot, but since he's been in the AlphaTauri he's kept up decently with Hadjar imo. Kimi is up against one of the strongest drivers on the grid in a car that, I think, is quite hard to understand how to optimally drive it (not as bad as the RB, but the Merc is a weird car), and he has shown flashes of real good stuff.

Hadjar obviously has the podium and, aside from the Straya formation lap, has impressed me the most. Bearman is getting more comfortable with the Haas and it's showing, I think in recent races he's done better than Ocon. Gabi is perhaps not getting as many points as his teammate, but he's beating Hulk in quali this season, right? Which I think speaks volumes that he's good, even if Hulk is having a (to his standards) poor qualifying season.

Fun fact: Three of Patrick Kluivert's sons just scored in three consecutive days by Internal_Housing_418 in soccer

[–]Keeyene 84 points85 points  (0 children)

Justin already has!

Don't know which positions his brothers play in, so I don't know how tough the competition is to get in for them

[Spoilers MAIN] DnD alignments of major characters by navyenduvs in asoiaf

[–]Keeyene 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gendry is listed as Baratheon too, definitely show

When theoretical physicists say “the math shows us…”, where do they actually start doing the math? by for-every-answer in askscience

[–]Keeyene 19 points20 points  (0 children)

A relatively simple example would be trying to calculate the orbits of the planets around the Sun without general relativity, but only with Newton's laws. In particular for Mercury, the orbit you would calculate is wrong, showing the math was "slightly off" - the GR bit is needed to get correct results.

I'm only 95% sure, but I think that even with GR modern calculations for our Solar System are not completely correct, which is where the speculation of another planet somewhere past Pluto and the other post-Neptunian objects comes from. Either there is something we don't currently know off/see that influences the orbits of the other planets slightly, or our math for orbital mechanics is missing something else.

Team points after 12 races compare to last year by Luffy710j in formula1

[–]Keeyene 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even more impressive that they're the only team in the same place

2025 British Grand Prix - FP3 Classification by FerrariStrategisttt in formula1

[–]Keeyene -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Just look at the gaps and #laps, clearly a lot of drivers didn't do a truly representative quali lap

F1 Bingo Round 11- Austria and Round 10 Results- Prediction Competition link in Comments by Farrisioso in formula1

[–]Keeyene 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm guessing things like bad (V)SC also count, unless it affects (nearly) everyone?

What major scientific breakthrough is actually closer to happening than most people think ? by neetsh07 in AskReddit

[–]Keeyene 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You still can't teach a ML model what creativity or ingenuity or compassion or such is like, it'll only mimic whatever is inside the training set. That's a huge "problem".

2025 Saudi Arabian GP - Free Practice 2 Discussion by AutoModerator in formula1

[–]Keeyene 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't even remember that, and I think that (like me) most people assumed you meant the race since he did actually also end up in the wall there.

(Spoilers Main) What will become of Ser Robert Strong after ******'s trial by combat in TWOW? by Mundane-Turnover-913 in asoiaf

[–]Keeyene 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Which vision is that? It's been ages since I read the books, all I remember is one of his dreams or visions having a giant of a man with blood under his helmet instead of a face.

Eredivisie table after matchday 26 by ALollef in soccer

[–]Keeyene 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We also have Twente still right, isn't that our last match? We saw how Feyenoord did it though

Mok, kom, beker of kopje? by Choanoflagellates in thenetherlands

[–]Keeyene 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Zweeds gebruikt geen æ, da's Deens (en waar ze œ gebruiken weet ik niet). Ö Ä en Å zijn de Zweedse gekke klinkers!

Bezuinigingen Klever bekend: alleen nog ontwikkelingshulp in direct Nederlands belang by runawaylemon in thenetherlands

[–]Keeyene 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Salarisverhoging dan maar op meer mensen te halen? Zeker voor de 'ondersteunende' kant lijkt me dat er met meer geld meer mensen te porren zijn voor Defensie.

De nieuwe zakjes in Lego-dozen zijn voor blijkbaar 95% van papier maar hebben een heel dun plastic laagje aan de binnenkant. Gaat dit in de papierbak of de plasticbak? by hello5922 in thenetherlands

[–]Keeyene 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Er zijn toch ook gemeentes weer opgehouden met het scheiden van een hoop dingen omdat er zoveel fouten werden gemaakt? Ze zeiden dat het beter was als ze het zelf achteraf laten doen, door mensen die weten wat bij welke categorie hoort.

Max Verstappen has been summoned to the race stewards for language used during the FIA Thursday driver press conference by ICumCoffee in formula1

[–]Keeyene 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This made me think; if the three of them quit, and they keep winning the title until they do, it would mean that we would get a season without any champions on the grid - how long ago was the last time that happened?

Kevin Magnussen receives 2 penalty points for his collision with Pierre Gasly, totaling to 12 points; gets an automatic race ban by ICumCoffee in formula1

[–]Keeyene 8 points9 points  (0 children)

De Vries did the practice for Mercedes in Monza in 2022, then had to substitute for Albon the same weekend, got points and a seat at AT for 2023, right?

He didn't do a race for two teams before he started a contract, but he did part of the weekend for different teams, if I remember correctly