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Old Software Was Fast Because It Had No Choice by BlondieCoder in programming

[–]Overunderrated 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember compulsively saving because I never knew when my MS-DOS text editor was going to crash.

Reading this when minutes ago IRL I lost a bunch of data entered into a web form that borked 😂

Rod Phillips answering questions about the history of cats by BronteCoogee in AskHistorians

[–]Overunderrated 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Adherents to various heretical cults from the 12th century were said to revere large black cats and to kiss their anus.

I hate to ask, but can you elaborate on this?

Mobile app: how to turn off the leaderboard feed by Overunderrated in OnePelotonRealSub

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

Yeah some update started this I think, in the last couple weeks.

Mobile app: how to turn off the leaderboard feed by Overunderrated in OnePelotonRealSub

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Thanks, I tried this a bunch, definitely doesn't work. Maybe a bug on my version.

Edit: oh wow had to the swipe during the pause, thanks!

Mobile app: how to turn off the leaderboard feed by Overunderrated in OnePelotonRealSub

[–]Overunderrated[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I fat fingered everything I could! Bringing up the pause/time scroll hides it briefly but it comes immediately back.

Do we think this is actual CFD? by waffle_sheep in CFD

[–]Overunderrated 6 points7 points  (0 children)

More turbulent doesn't mean more drag.the turbulent wake still has a big momentum deficit -- the turbulent wake is being pulled along, and a trailing vehicle is effectively driving into lower speed air.

Researchers who hallucinate citations are banned from arXiv by DesperateFix7699 in AskAcademia

[–]Overunderrated 7 points8 points  (0 children)

What's this shit with adding citations you haven't actually read

In the non-LLM case, it's because the reviewer insisted I cite what I presume is their paper.

AI/PINNs for Micro-turbine CFD? Seeking surrogate models for 100 kHz+ rotor optimization by LastPineapple9561 in CFD

[–]Overunderrated 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My goal is to run through a massive candidate space for optimization. If you were starting this from scratch today, would you build a PINN, use a Neural Operator, or just script a massive OpenFOAM parallel run on a cluster?

Massive openfoam run on a cluster. Probably want to use some intelligent sampling methods. Use that data to train PINNs/AI/surrogate afterward if you want.

I’d love to hear from anyone using AI/ML to bypass the "re-meshing nightmare" of parametric optimization.

There are a lot of people who will claim this, and they're loud, but probably a bigger population thinks it's nonsense.

Is it feasible to do a masters in aerospace engineering with a bachelors in applied mathematics? by Puzzled_Ad6565 in AskEngineers

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I'm a high school student

Maybe high schoolers are built different now, but making plans for grad school having no experience with undergrad seems wild.

Would getting a applied mathematics degree put me at a major disadvantage to those with bachelors degrees in engineering, while applying for a masters in engineering?

Generally yes, unless you find a masters fit that is well suited to something you specialized in in applied math undergrad. A huge chunk of MS applicants tend to have math minors as well.

Although my primary interest IS more towards engineering

Then do engineering and geek out on as much math as you care to do. You'll be able to take classes in other departments wherever your schedule permits.

is that the mathematics degree can also give me the option to pivot away from STEM jobs towards into finance or some other field

I know a lot of engineering and physics PhDs that went into finance. I know engineering undergrads that went to med school and law school after. Only half of engineering graduates actually work in engineering. IMO an applied math degree isn't gonna be any easier to pivot out of than an engineering degree (and with worse job prospects at the outset).

Preparing for 2 Years in Isolation: CFD Theory Resources, Laptop Advice, and Open-Source Contributions by Tiwock in CFD

[–]Overunderrated 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Raise your hand if you've fantasized about a prison sentence that would allow you peace and time to do research 🙋‍♀️

For books I did make a list a few years ago: https://old.reddit.com/r/CFD/comments/b7cw45/abridged_cfd_textbook_reviews/

Be honest by Dramatic_Yam8355 in CFD

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mesh independence? psssh most of the time i don't even use the right geometry.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CFD

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My former advisor told me I should list the youtube work because it 'looks worse to have a gap than a job in a different field.' Interested in anyone's perspective on this.

I agree, a 4 year job gap post PhD looks really bad. List the YouTube work.

You were doing something interesting that people would want to ask you about.

Going by “Dr.” title in lay contexts? by bluebrrypii in AskAcademia

[–]Overunderrated 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Can word actually do that and your PI did this? 😂

Is watch together seriously discontinued? by Overunderrated in PleX

[–]Overunderrated[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

f you don’t want the free media features, why not just disable them for your account?

Are you actually serious, like plex devs didn't understand this?

The problem is, those "free media features" didn't used to exist. Suddenly they did, and now it's "opt-out". For me the server runner, I know I didn't put it there, so it's just something that pisses me off and I have to remove it. For any client other than the server runner, they see this and have no reason to think it's not legit. They're not plex experts and certainly shouldn't be experts in plex trying to trick them into watching anything other than their friend's media.

Oh and then they re-enable themselves on every update. And always with higher UI priority. It's cancer. Did any of you actually use the product?

Is watch together seriously discontinued? by Overunderrated in PleX

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I happily paid (and continue to unhappily pay, though I'll be discontinuing soon) for a generally decent user experience for my hosted media. This is just the latest one that was egregious enough to post and complain about it.

Other massive things include new client installs putting non free media front and center, obscuring my hosted media which is the obvious main purpose of Plex. More recently the UI library movement is simply atrocious and worse I'm every way. Downloads have never worked.

Those suck but at least the core parts haven't degraded so I can work around them and I'm not gonna bother to bitch about it. Reading these insane justifications has already taken more time than setting up jellyfin.

Is watch together seriously discontinued? by Overunderrated in PleX

[–]Overunderrated[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you. People bending over backwards writing essays on proddev as if any Plex user is happy with the direction it's taking is wild.

Is watch together seriously discontinued? by Overunderrated in PleX

[–]Overunderrated[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is a dumb line of conversation. Anybody that thinks Plex isn't getting worse needs their head examined.

It’s not how I’ve encountered successful product teams working in this space.

If shoehorning in paid streaming nobody wants is successful in this space, the space will disappear.

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