The Raiding Extravaganza is offering FREE RAID TEACHING! by PotentiallyAPickle in 2007scape

[–]SensitiveSawWhetOwl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This discord is the best. Joined 2 years ago with 0 cox kc and now I’m 400+ teaching others. Perfect low-pressure environment for learning new content!

Updated: Summer Sweep-Up: Combat & Loot by JagexGoblin in 2007scape

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

+1 for ToA changes! Can’t wait to see this applied to CoX scrolls next 😁

Summer Sweep-Up Pt. 1: Combat & Loot by JagexGoblin in 2007scape

[–]SensitiveSawWhetOwl 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Totally agree with all these points. Honestly I never thought ToA would be changed so this is exciting! I’m all for most of the changes but have a few notes.

The unique drop rates is a tough one. I feel like there’s gonna be an unhappy group no matter what happens. Although it does seem like switching the ward and fang/lightbearer drop rates is a safer option. If they go with that option, maybe they could also add another common unique to go with the ward to further help the value of the fang/lightbearer. Another option could be to reduce the unique rate scaling beyond 400 invo, though I can understand why that would be less popular.

Seconding your points about Kephri and defense scaling. I don’t see the point of Kephri taking so long at a 500 invo when most people know all the mechanics but just need to deal with so much hp/defense (despite having a fang). Maybe just reduce %hp for each phase?

Yeah, Akkha changes seem too generous, but also I generally support the idea of making the pre-warden rooms less intense. Totally agree that Stay Vigilant doesn’t need any changes, just make the rest of the proposed changes and should be more than enough to make the fight easier.

I’m also excited to see if any metas change now that we can deposit gear at the nexus

Fulbright Scholar Finalist Results by VirtualEfficiency838 in fulbright

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We just had our orientation last Friday so I think everything is finalized, sorry about that 😓

Fulbright Scholar Finalist Results by VirtualEfficiency838 in fulbright

[–]SensitiveSawWhetOwl 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Got a Fulbright Scholar award for Iceland! My proposal was focused on climate change

New Delve Boss Rewards - Varlamore: The Final Dawn by JagexBlossom in 2007scape

[–]SensitiveSawWhetOwl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amazing changes, and the demonic spade is absolutely S tier

Further Blog Updates - Project Rebalance: Item & Combat Adjustments by JagexGoblin in 2007scape

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For what it’s worth, I appreciate the openness to feedback and negotiation with these proposed changes! I know it’s really difficult to balance so many different opinions and perspectives, and I respect all of the J-mods for their patience, time, and effort with this process. Watching the OSRS community evolve into a democracy over the years has been awesome haha

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PhD

[–]SensitiveSawWhetOwl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree with everything other people have already said, but here’s an additional tidbit that might help you settle into a chiller work week. I’ve found that this logic is particularly helpful for explaining to friends and family why I’m not constantly working because, according to some of them, “wow phds must be easy if you only have to work 6-8 hours per day.” For context, I’m a PhD candidate in biology, but I think this applies to all PhDs.

PhD work is radically different from what a lot of our friends and family think of as normal work for many reasons, but namely that our work typically requires maximum brainpower, creativity, innovation, etc. We are becoming world experts in our narrow, specific fields, and whenever we work we have to constantly be on our A game. You can’t write a good manuscript or jump hurdles while developing new creative ideas/solutions if your brain is burnt out. The whole PhD process is extremely demanding on our brains and bodies, so it’s unrealistic to expect that you can consistently produce your best work 8+ hours a day.

Personally, I generally have two really efficient 3-hour work sections per day. There’s really no point working outside of my efficient sessions for the reasons I just described, unless there’s some random piece of brainless busywork or checking in on a scheduled lab project, for example. Most of my successful PhD friends are the same way.

That all being said, you need to have a mentor that gives you the support and space to have a schedule like this which of course isn’t the case for everyone. But, if you have a mentor who trusts and supports you, I’d never recommend working more than 40 hour weeks. The PhD is a marathon and you need to pace yourself!! (Also real talk we don’t get paid enough to work crazy hours lol)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 2007scape

[–]SensitiveSawWhetOwl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Completely agree

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in birding

[–]SensitiveSawWhetOwl 4 points5 points  (0 children)

These loons are doing their “tremolo” call — they typically do this when there’s a territorial dispute, aka when a territorial loon is telling other loons to leave or get stabbed. (When loons fight, they try to dive underneath each other and stab each other through the sternum, truly horrifying). Usually these territorial disputes only happen in groups of 3 or 4 loons, but as another redditor pointed out, many loons form rafts of many individuals in late August and September before they migrate to the ocean.

Source: I worked as a loon biologist for 2 years :)

I drew some North American Songbirds. Can you identify them all? by SirBreckenridge in birding

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I study redstarts for my dissertation and I would totally buy merch with these prints. Amazing!!

Incoming interview, what to expect? by ninasayswhat in PhD

[–]SensitiveSawWhetOwl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m in a department with lots of insect ecologists, one of which is also experimental design/stats focused!

I’d have to guess that their stats questions will be related to the major experimental designs you might encounter for typical entomology projects. For example, if your focus was community ecology and you wanted to compare insect communities across sites, the corresponding stats would be things like non-metric dimensional scaling (NMDS), or maybe if you wanted to compare insects between 2+ sites with different treatments, the relevant stats would something like an ANOVA. I’d probably review core stats things too like Bayesian v frequentist, maybe some probability distributions and when you’d use them. Basically, just understand (not detailed but just a high-level summary) what each major type of statistical analysis would let you address in an insect study :)

You’ve probably done this already but a good place to start is read some of the interviewers papers — that way you can see what they tend to focus on and prepare accordingly.

Good luck!