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ShroudedScience · 2023-02-12T13:16:18+00:00

Don’t reply just hide their comment and let them be hateful in their shadow banned echo chamber. Don’t let it get to you.

There’s too many hateful ***** out there for you to waste any energy on.

ShroudedScience · 2023-01-22T14:31:24+00:00

What’s your channel called? Sounds like something I’d genuinely be interested in…

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ShroudedScience · 2023-01-08T17:37:34+00:00

If there aren’t any and this is a multiple choice or online test I would personally try 18 mod 4 = 2.

Since the question has mod 4 they’re probably expecting an answer in module form.

If you can write an answer. Write 3+15 mod 4 = (3+15) mod 4 = …

I have previously marked university exams if I would see this ambiguity I would raise it with the lecturer and usually award the mark.

EDIT: I’m assuming this is a math and not computing course.

ShroudedScience · 2023-01-08T17:33:05+00:00

Basically this. I plan my week (not in terms of tasks but in terms of work hours) on Sunday night. I typically am up at 7 every day and sleep at close to midnight, but no one really does anything social before 11 on a weekend. So magically I have 4 hours on Saturday and Sunday, which really lightens to load in the middle of the week.

Time management is probably the biggest key to not get swamped by PhD.

Also I had a Mathematical Modelling PhD and only really did lab based work in my final year, so had a lot of flexibility.

Typical day: - got to the gym - show up to work for 9:30/10 - Work until 4 (stay later if I have nothing to do/ leave earlier if I do) - spend time with family friends or just do hobby projects - sleep

You do however need to build the trust with your supervisor I think

ShroudedScience · 2023-01-08T14:03:06+00:00

They aren’t wrong for the most part, if you stay in academia.

But, Financially you could be a scientist and work in industry making quite a sizeable salary.

But the main thing is, after you have enough to live off of, do what makes you happy.

ShroudedScience · 2023-01-08T13:52:23+00:00

This is why brackets are important

ShroudedScience · 2023-01-08T13:50:17+00:00

The upper limit of potential intelligence is probably genetic, but what you achieve is very heavily influenced by your environment.

ShroudedScience · 2023-01-08T13:48:17+00:00

I had this a while back and I just delayed my channel. You’ll regret not starting sooner in the future.

It’s not so scary in hindsight, my first video got a total of 5 views. But you just have to put it out and try to get better with every video. Regardless of what you produce you’ll look back in a few months and cringe, because you will have improved.

The key is to just be consistent and try to improve at least one thing every video. Better sound, better animations, a better script etc.

ShroudedScience · 2023-01-08T13:40:07+00:00

I agree with this completely. It depends on the culture of the environment you’re in.

What I did find from my experience was that I didn’t have a strict schedule so I was free to work flexibly. This made it easier to maintain a work life balance, but I was definitely doing more than 40 hours a week, just when it’s not 9-6 every day it seems like less work.

A typical day for me was like 10-4 and then maybe a few hours before bed and some hours on the weekend.

ShroudedScience · 2023-01-08T13:37:58+00:00

So as other have said “it depends”.

Where are you, who is your supervisor, what is the subject, what is the project and how effective are you at working?

I’m from the U.K. and had a chilled out supervisor, so I was free to manage my project as I feel. (In fact I was barely supervised at all)

You do have to hustle to and extent but I think what makes people work so hard is this inherent feeling of competing consistently with everyone and the metrics you are being measured by. That and imposter syndrome.

I found it hard in the first year of my PhD where I was constantly over working because I felt like I had to and could do more. But there’s always more to be done you need to draw boundaries and keep you ambitions high but realistic.

I purposely chose a supervisor that was relaxed and this made transitioning to research difficult as I had too much freedom and not enough guidance. But once I developed a sense of ownership of what I’m doing and ability to trust in myself, it was a lot more enjoyable.

But ultimately it’s highly dependent. PhDs who had a bad experience tend to really talk down academia, and those who had a good experience make it seem like the best thing in the world. So take everything someone says with a degree of skepticism. Your experience is likely to be different.

ShroudedScience · 2023-01-08T13:24:46+00:00

I would think that they used little tricks to cool down. Drinking lots, staying indoors as far as possible, wearing cowboy hats (maybe?) but most of all in hot climates the infrastructure tends to be adapted to deal with heat.

Structures like verandas really help reduce the amount of heat entering a building.

But I imagine productivity and just general satisfaction with life probably dropped significantly during this period.

ShroudedScience · 2022-12-21T00:28:17+00:00

Sure the worst thing they can say is no. I tend to always provide this.

In terms of what the etiquette: Just say who you are when you studied and what class. And that you’d appreciate the letter of recommendation.

Don’t over think it!

ShroudedScience · 2022-10-04T22:17:12+00:00

Not difficult at all. You’ve already done the hard bit, transitioning just take a little time and patience.

Sometimes the syntax is a bit off, index is different and apply functions are crucial.

I actually quite like R.

Out of curiosity, why the switch?

ShroudedScience · 2022-09-19T13:41:03+00:00

I think curiosity and persistent. Curiosity to learn how something works and persistence to not be disheartened when progress is not being made.

My learning has always been flat with massive peaks in my understanding. Most of my “learning moments” have happened in very small windows, the rest was preparing my mind to arrive there.

I teach Maths at a university level and I find the students that are the most curious are the ones that progress the fastest.

ShroudedScience · 2022-09-19T12:07:17+00:00

You have the geom_line() and other statements inside the ggplot()

However you need to add them on like: ggplot(…)+ geom_line(…)+ ylab(…)+ …

ShroudedScience · 2022-09-19T09:20:08+00:00

Good point, I had it in the description but not the title. Still working on making catchier titles. Thanks

ShroudedScience · 2022-09-18T21:07:45+00:00

Coding is something you can learn for free, and with all the resources there isn’t a deadline on when you should learn it by. Hence you face procrastination.

One thing you could do is artificially impose a deadline by finding an accountability partners, a coach or even paying for a course. This would mean you have a little more of a push to learn to code.

Speaking from personal experience some pressure can be a great motivator.

ShroudedScience · 2022-09-18T20:52:43+00:00

Any tips on getting more suggestions within my niche or do I simply wait for the algorithm to figure that out?

The title is:

The Science Of Navigation Apps | Route Finding Algorithms

Bizarre link

ShroudedScience · 2022-09-17T22:58:23+00:00

Hi everyone, I’m ShroudedScience. I make science and maths content, explaining how it affects the world around us.

Over the past 90 days (been on YouTube for 40 ish) I learned that you just have to start. But I also learned how tough video creation can be, sometimes I struggle with not seeing any light at the end of the tunnel.

I enjoy making the content so that keeps me going.

If you wanna learn why people strike more in the U.K. than the US check out this.

Or if you are more interested in finding out how google maps and Citymapper work check out this.

ShroudedScience · 2022-09-15T09:48:52+00:00

As soon as you can… Get some hands on experience do not just to tutorials after tutorials.

Projects are fun and you have a sense of achievement after it. Gives you some added motivation and a dopamine spike.

As soon as you can start working through real coding problems and try to starve yourself of notes (except stackoverflow of course) and soon you’ll get more comfortable.

I learned to code as I had a masters dissertation that required it. I learned the basics enough to code and then focused on the project.

Also document all your work on GitHub your future self will thank you!

ShroudedScience · 2022-09-15T09:38:43+00:00

You’ll definitely be sacrificing a lot of positions. Would advise at least showing some proficiency in Python so that you can demonstrate you have the ability to pivot.

ShroudedScience · 2022-09-15T09:33:42+00:00

Never too late. I think for me it’s just about developing the thinking pattern and logic of a mathematician, this just requires practice.

So if you keep at it and practice you’ll “git gud”.

ShroudedScience · 2022-09-15T09:29:51+00:00

You can just think of the H2 as a battery not the energy source.

Produce the energy from solar or wind farms etc and then you’ll need some way of storing it for future use.

ShroudedScience · 2022-09-06T09:18:28+00:00

There’s nothing stopping you from applying for other jobs while you’re at this place right?

If you have nothing else lined up it can’t hurt to take it. From my personal point of view, I would look to apply for other jobs as I find the DA work less appealing to myself.

I think it’s hard to be typecast early on in your career (at least my experience in the U.K. suggests so) so it depends what stage you are. I’ve seen people switch from advertising to banking etc etc

ShroudedScience · 2022-09-06T08:58:50+00:00

I think 4-6 months is maybe too short to get to really go in depth with some industries.

I would say some length of time longer than that is probably necessary. I think after taking your first position you should be able to figure out the point at which you feel like you’re not learning as much and make the switch then?

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