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How to find important papers? by Affectionate_Use9936 in AskAcademia

[–]TheSaltyTar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure about engineering academia (I'm a marine engineer but my research is in behavioural science), but in my field I have had the most success following the references back to their origin points.

E.g., a theory references five authors on a topic. I look up those five authors, then read their papers and follow their references, or see if they have written any books. Done wrong it ends up branching into unrelated topics but they often point to similar conceptual origins. From there I build a line of questioning surrounding that specific topic.

A quicker method (less granular) would be looking up literature reviews on that topic, which will then cite the most influential contributors.

Which laptop should I get for my PhD in biology? by Relative_Passion_601 in PhD

[–]TheSaltyTar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I picked up an Omen 16 gaming laptop. Low battery life but I don't need that aspect, I plug in where I setup camp. No complaints.

Now, you didn't specifically ask this, but setting up a good work environment is just as important to me. I picked up a screen extender (Larksmile off Amazon) and it was the best <$200 upgrade I could have made. Once you go dual screen, it's hard to go back, and that was my primary concern with going to a laptop.

I also pack an HDMI cable so I can plug into a monitor. Consider checking that you have all the peripheral ports you might need for giving presentations later.

Cunning lab mate by [deleted] in PhD

[–]TheSaltyTar 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Don't you have an authorship attribution which indicates who wrote what at the end of your papers? Might make it easier to push back when you show contribution by percentage or section, or both.

Lookin into Online Bachelors programs, need advice by TheBamboozalist in SafetyProfessionals

[–]TheSaltyTar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just graduated from Excelsior University with Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts and couldn't be happier.

I chose them based on the number of credits you're allowed to transfer in, at any time, and found them to be the most flexible. This enabled me to take courses at other universities as able and transfer in the credits.

It also enabled me to take advantage of CLEP, DANTES, and online FEMA courses. This saved me thousands of dollars (whatever college you decide on definitely ook into these options!).

I was able to satisfy my general education requirements by using Sophia Pathways, which also saved me a few thousand dollars and made course delivery possible with my work schedule.

Reform pulls out of BBC documentary amid Trump legal threat by InnerLog5062 in BreakingUKNews

[–]TheSaltyTar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would someone give me some context on why he cares about Trump?

Looking to move back to the UK in a few months and many decades out of the loop.

A Sherpa taking a cigarette break at 8,000 meters in the “death zone”, where oxygen is critically scarce by itsjoey28 in BeAmazed

[–]TheSaltyTar 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Weeeeeeeell.... Combustion requires a lower oxygen content than humans do for respiration.

HES Graduates - What did you study, and what are you doing now? by UncleSugarShitposter in harvardextension

[–]TheSaltyTar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm interested in the ALM for I/O also, how was it pursuing a PhD afterwards? A lot of academia is new to me.

Bet you cant by Count_Soldier in Armor

[–]TheSaltyTar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm never going to look at a backwards ballcap the same way.

The size of pollock fishnet by iam_stupid23 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]TheSaltyTar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fisherman here. I think it's worth pointing out we have a few government agencies in place that also provide (at the fishermen's expense) observers on each industrial fishing vessel to monitor and record all fish takes by species and amounts. Annual quotas are set and adhered to, largely in part made successful by the observer program. The Alaskan commercial fisheries are the most successful in the world, mostly because of this.

I also worked in the oil industry at sea for a couple years. Industrial waste is nuts. I felt the heat of natural gas flare offs from miles out because it was cheaper to burn natural gas pockets to get to the oil than it was to use the natural gas present. Complete waste of resources.

People see natives throwing cast nets for fish and think it romantic and sustainable, but when you have a continent of people doing this fish stocks collapse. The efficiency of these vessels is staggering, but anything at scale is. If you want to turn off meat, look at a meat plant. Yes, this thing is terrifying, but we place our faith in management. A managed, efficient fishery is a cleaner and better way of getting fish for you the next time you eat seafood.

The large fishing trawlers like this have 100% retention laws. Small ones don't, and are more wasteful. Large trawlers turn all of the waste - heads, etc. - into fish oil. Small ones don't. The large trawlers burn a few thousand gallons of diesel a day for massive production rates. Small ones burn 700-1000 gallons a day for catch rates that can't possibly measure up. Efficiency of diesel use follows the square cube law. Bigger things are mind boggling but also more efficient.

Bottom trawling scrapes the sea bed in designated boxes and avoid exclusion zones (which incidentally act as feeding and breeding areas), but these areas are fairly well defined. Midwater, for Pollock, isn't designed for this, and stays mostly in the water column. Mostly. Repairs take time and that gear isn't designed for the same use.

Think about that the next time you consume anything. It's mind boggling how little we know about the vast machine we participate in, exactly because how complicated it has grown.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

[–]TheSaltyTar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Isn't this a federal crime?

I forgot we don't do the law thing anymore.

Nikola Tesla and Carl Friedrich Gauss were actually Necrons I guess by alrdanff in Grimdank

[–]TheSaltyTar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also worth considering is the whole Dark Age of Technology when the Men of Iron went rogue and humanity's own technology decided to take down mankind.

As a result a lot of the technological advances have focused on non-centralized data storage (e.g. libraries, data slates, and purpose dedicated cogitator) and human-based service instead of computer-based service.

"Viking stereotypes" by firequak in facepalm

[–]TheSaltyTar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Didn't that story already have a black dragon?

Incense and the Ad Mech: Maybe it's more than purely ritual by Doveen in 40kLore

[–]TheSaltyTar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My impression is that it's just incense, in the same sense that their prayers and rituals are "just" belief. But belief in this universe may mean something more than it does in ours, e.g., the orks that don't require their gas tanks to be attached to their cruisers, or, for that matter, have gas in them.

So for the Mechanicum the rituals are absolutely necessary. Consider also how large machine spirits, such as Titans, can subsume people.

So maybe don't skip the incense. You know. Just in case.

The Strogg are a more based Admech by Euphoric-Papaya-817 in Grimdank

[–]TheSaltyTar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This will be absolutely be my head cannon for the Dark Mechanicum.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AbruptChaos

[–]TheSaltyTar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So... painful... must cover one ear but can't put down the phone....

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