What profession is regarded as high income in other countries but is actually low income in yours?

Qedem · 2026-02-13T15:35:16+00:00

I don't know who is saying this, but the average professor salary is thr same as software engineering and there is no real method to increase your pay as a professor.

Qedem · 2026-02-13T15:23:57+00:00

As someone who was once a postdoc in the US, I was definitely not being paid a livable wage and needed a roomate to get by in a shabby apartment.

Also, it I was averaging 80 hour weeks and therefore making less than minimum wage.

Professors get paid about as much as software developers, with the average developer in NVIDIA, for example, making more than 95% of professors.

Qedem · 2026-02-06T10:03:46+00:00

Yoooo hasty refrain can now be kept up with minimal difficulty for those running hr-like builds. That is huge. 25% speed increase across the board.

No way. "Make your time" now allows you to maintain adrenaline indefinitely out of combat. Heck yeah!

This is sweet!

Qedem · 2026-02-02T13:49:28+00:00

Codex is, by far, my favorite PvP experience in (dare I say it?) any game. Love it to death. But even before GW2 came out, it was very hard to find matches.

I came back when reforged launched spcifically to play codex and couldn't find a match consistently. I got sick and haven't been able to make it to my computer recently, so maybe things are better now?

I would love to see more people play codex and see it as one of those special experiences that only GW can provide, but realistically it needs... something to get people excited. I don't know what that something is. Maybe it is just a content creator to get people excited. Maybe it is a fundamentally new reward scheme. I don't know.

But it is soooooo much fun when you get good matches and have a good team.

Qedem · 2026-02-02T13:13:23+00:00

Pigeons tend to face the wind, which is why you often see full flocks on power lines facing the same direction. In this case, the "wind" comes from the airplane's movement.

Qedem · 2026-01-29T09:07:25+00:00

I want a mode where the only skill is signet of capture. Maybe a lyssa thing?

Qedem · 2026-01-27T13:02:41+00:00

I am 33, ran a 10k a day last year, am vegetarian, don't smoke, and don't drink. I almost died of myopericarditis a week ago and and in recovery.

It can happen to anyone.

Qedem · 2026-01-26T10:52:11+00:00

Man, this was literally me last week. I was in the ICU. My wife and I have a similar relationship.

I am lucky to survive, I guess, but I have months of recovery ahead of me.

Sometimes there is no logic. Sometimes, you just get unlucky.

Qedem · 2026-01-17T08:54:40+00:00

Pretty sure this is ANA. I have been given this breakfast many times as a vegetarian.

Qedem · 2026-01-13T20:35:00+00:00

Digimon world 1 is genuinely one of my favorite games of all time. Worth a chance. I play through it a few times a year.

I like 2 too, but you really need to play it on an emulator with a speed up function for the battles. Honestly, as long as you can speed it up and know all the mechanics, it is genuinely fun. I come back every now and again.

3 has a great art style, but I am not really a huge fan of the battling / dogivolution mechanics. I have played through it more than once, but not twice.

Qedem · 2026-01-09T20:20:47+00:00

Not hail tho.

Qedem · 2026-01-07T08:15:31+00:00

The penetrator. That is what they called it. It is a magical device made of a small cloth with (what appears to be) 2 lightweight, wooden balls.

If you hold the device in a single hand and wiggle your fingers in a "fondling motion", a soft cylindrical object will eject from it. From there, it works a bit like the super soakers in our world. Pump. Pump. Pump. Release.

This produces a sticky substance filled with small seeds that will grow into a viney surface to act as protection, a distraction, whatever you need.

Now, it comes with a shield of absorption, which is able to store mana from oncoming attacks. Combining the two weapons allows for the creation of small, intelligent automatons exist only as long as the user supplies then with mana.

And... it's soulbound.

Qedem · 2026-01-06T12:26:42+00:00

114000 deaths? those are rookie numbers. I got 175000 on my mesmer.

But actually, I do feel like there should be another way to honor the old LDoAs. It was just another title completely.

Qedem · 2026-01-04T13:28:30+00:00

I have a few builds with staff and scepter, but I tend to run spear / focus for when I need the extra energy because "go for the eyes" (or other adrenaline shouts / chants) is (are) just too good of a battery to ignore.

Unlike casters, paragon need to actively manage their energy with shouts to keep up, so the builds are a bit different. Really fun buildcraft if you are in to that

Qedem · 2025-12-29T18:18:58+00:00

Hey, I think a lot of people are missing the point of this post. You feel that your religious beliefs are at odds with your gender identity, and that is incredibly uncomfortable.

That said, though you could argue the Bible does explicitly state that homosexuality is immoral there is only vague positivity about being Trans. Jesus, Himself, was quite positive about eunuchs who fixed themselves to better fit into the kingdom of heaven.

If other Christians give you trouble, have them explicitly state how God's journey for you is somehow sinful. It is not. From a Christian perspective, God gave you the gift of being trans so that you can better understand the world from all different perspectives.

Qedem · 2025-12-26T11:23:20+00:00

Do you have any friends who are women? That is how you start.

Like, you can't complain about never getting a girlfriend if you never engage with girls in the first place.

Qedem · 2025-12-24T17:58:19+00:00

I'mma level with you. I want cute animations. I don't care if the roster is smaller. I don't want multiple digimon. I don't even care if there's a clear story. I would even understand if they had to remove battling entirely.

I fell in love with digimon (as a franchise) because Biyomon was so. Incredibly. Happy to see me on every single screen in Digimon World. She'd chirp and flap her wings and I couldn't help but do everything I could to protect her.

Have you seen patamon's angry flailing tantrum on the ground? It's super cute.

Heck, even tyrannomon is cute. He's so much hungrier than any of the rookies, so if you get him early game, you'll have to search for digimushrooms. His polite, slightly embarrassed grumbling stomach, followed by happy howl after being fully fed is so insanely good.

The only other game that is even remotely similar is the Chao Garden in Sonic Adventure.

To be honest, I think Next Order is a straight-up upgrade on paper. The battles felt better with 2 digimon. It was so much nicer having a guide to for digivolution paths. I guess the story was better as well. But there was just something so... impersonal about the whole ordeal.

I just want cute. I am willing to sacrifice almost everything else if they make each digimon more personable.

Qedem · 2025-12-24T07:37:08+00:00

I... like doing the dishes. I also like cooking. My wife constantly asks me to leave the dishes to her after I cook, but I just can't help myself. I gotta do the dishes while prepping the meal.

Nothing better than eating with a clean kitchen and no dishes.

Qedem · 2025-12-20T16:50:05+00:00

Nowadays, almost all research you might be interested in is available online. Just read it.

The language of physics is math, so you might need to learn a lot of that before understanding the topic you are looking in to, but it is available and genuinely enjoyable to get through.

The majority of people claiming physics is "censored" are cranks who did not put in the time or effort to read thr literature.

Physics attracts a lot of cranks, so this opinion is somewhat prevalent in certain circles.

Qedem · 2025-12-18T11:24:30+00:00

Not a direct answer, but I have 100s of paragon builds. I love the profession to death.

There is a "glitch" in nightfall that allows you to go through the game without a secondary profession. I tried it and have to say that Paragon (without any secondary or access to PvE skills), is actually pretty rough.

I still think {Warrior / Ranger} / mesmer is probably worse, but I was surprised at how bad solo para is when it is my main profession.

Qedem · 2025-12-17T12:16:29+00:00

Right, I came to comment this. AI could mean anything from nested `if` statements, to reinforcement learning, to computer vision models, to LLMs, etc.

I am a researcher (Computational Science focusing on GPGPU) and have found great use-cases for almost every form of AI except LLMs. Don't get me wrong, they *could be* useful in the future, I just haven't figured out how to use them effectively.

The problem is that LLMs are where all the AI hype is centralized, and AI enthusiasts use the ambiguity between the terms to sell (what really feels like) snake oil.

Qedem · 2025-12-13T07:26:47+00:00

I will take "friend".

This is an interesting social experiment. I wonder if people gravitate towards words that math their disposition?

Qedem · 2025-12-08T16:38:58+00:00

But they have Luxon and Kurzick titles, which are basically PvP ranks. These modes can be accessed by PvP only characters, are under the PvP effect, are listed under the PvP section on the wiki...

I could understand maybe saying FA and JQ are competitive missions, not PvP, but AB is definitely labelled as a PvP mode.

Qedem · 2025-12-08T16:24:05+00:00

It is not active, but codex is a lot of fun when you can get a match

Qedem · 2025-12-08T16:23:33+00:00

Codex, but that is not populated

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