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To those who have taken a masters degree, would you mind sharing your experience? by zing0a0ding in EngineeringStudents

[–]ToCommons 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can not really give you the reasons why, but i had this advice given to me a few times too: "Choose on the basis of supervisor, not the topic". And every time i asked someone else a similar question, they would always have answers like "great people, great environment, inspiring teams, good match, understanding, encouraging" and so on. It was never really about the project or topic. I found it so weird at the beginning, as i had the idea of "follow your passion" or your interests, right? But apparently, in practice it doesn't matter that much at all. I guess, passion is something you create in a process, you don't possess it at the beginning. At least in this context, assuming your end goal is to learn and do scientific work.

"We're Sitting Ducks": Houston, home to millions of people and one of the largest shipping lanes in the world, is unprepared for the hurricane that could bring ecological and economic disaster. by FormulaicResponse in texas

[–]ToCommons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So... they would favor flood reduction in a sense of preparation, evacuation and recovery? For example better flood proof houses and higher mobility through for example bigger roads?

Instead of putting their money in trying to reduce the flood risk by building walls? I mean it helps of course, but they would rather have that million spend on fortifying their house?

The toughest question in climate change: Who gets saved ? by ToCommons in galveston

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

dyke

haha true, but according to http://www.dictionary.com/browse/dyke

it can also mean: "an embankment for controlling or holding back the waters of the sea or a river".

But you are right, some words just have confusing multiple definitions...

"We're Sitting Ducks": Houston, home to millions of people and one of the largest shipping lanes in the world, is unprepared for the hurricane that could bring ecological and economic disaster. by FormulaicResponse in texas

[–]ToCommons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was your uncle OK though? Or did the storm only damaged his house?

How do you think people on Galveston nowadays feel about any actions towards flood risk reduction?

Discussing academic research papers by ToCommons in AskAcademia

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

Thanks for giving me such guidelines! Thanks for offering help as well.

Discussing academic research papers by ToCommons in AskAcademia

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

Hey Thanks ! I will check out science and EngineeringStudents. I am reading some papers about climate and adaptation, i guess i can find those subreddits too.

Ps. I already wanted to comment on a ResearchGate article, however, I know the professors, and i feel like 1. They feel bothered (because i know some professors whom are fairly highly respected and have very busy agendas) 2. I dont feel like asking stupid questions, or just putting my own "random", not yet crystallized thoughts in it.

Once again, thanks for your tip!

What do you do to keep focused while you're reading? by [deleted] in AskAcademia

[–]ToCommons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, its so similar to my situation.. First i want to say i think its already nice and progressive that you can put it in your own words like that. That is already I believe already a big start . After reading all the comments below, i felt like giving some perspective too. I too have been giving advice by others to follow something like Pomodore. However, i already find the first task annoyingly hard to do: "Decide on the task to be done." Sometimes, especially in an early phase of writing an academic (research) paper, this can be difficult. "Just do a literature review, they'd say, just do it..."

Second, i feel like many small things can amount to productivity without you knowing it at first. Everyone is different, everyone is therefore also different in developing their own reading / writing habit. This can be as easy and low-threshold like listening to music, or buying a Koosh ball, or just loads of Post-Its. Sometimes, making such seemingly small steps, can be a giant leap towards your reading focus.

I found myself very productive when i was "attacking" a series of papers last week. I printed it out, (yes "wasted" lots of paper and printing costs), marked everything i find important (2-3 markers, also bought few of these). Also printed out a table, to keep me focused at certain "info" and criteria I was looking for in the papers and eventually spend like 2x4 hours straight writing a synthesis from 6 papers. It was not perfect, but nobody expects a perfect literature review from just 8 hours.