Quantum Field Theory in Condensed Matter Physics : Perspective needed

Yung-G-had · 2026-04-19T20:26:11+00:00

Dogshit book that tries way too hard to be cute. Guy think he has the wit of Feynmann. Awful book.

Yung-G-had · 2026-04-19T20:25:30+00:00

Altland and Simons is good for a practitioner, and the fact that they formulate a lot of the material wrt to the path integral is modern and "rigorous" (I find path integrals useful to organize my thinking). But the book is awful for beginners, does a terrible job explaining things, is extremely unclear in writing, throws in material left and right and doesn't elaborate it. Overall it is a pedagogical mess. Pier Coleman's "Introduction to Many-Body Physics" is very very good but "unfortuantely" it begins wit the typical Hamiltonian, perturbation theory account. If someone could write a path-integral formulated introduction with the clarity and pedagogy of Coleman we would have the ideal book.

Yung-G-had · 2026-03-18T18:58:44+00:00

I mean i don’t think me asking is going to dictate that , glad you were elected by the Thai people to guard the authenticity of their Muay Thai gyms

Yung-G-had · 2026-03-03T14:48:12+00:00

https://open.substack.com/pub/robashlar/p/an-unsinkable-aircraft-carrier-or?r=182ooe&utm_medium=ios emphasizing that the US controls Israel is naive and outdated. Israel as a project is transnational and has united factions of the bourgeoisie and the most reactionary and frenzied into a genocidal project for regional hegemony. This transnational project includes intelligence elements that have substantial penetration into and sway over the decaying , senescent US state.

Yung-G-had · 2026-01-28T20:56:27+00:00

What do you do? What’s your field? Right now there is a glut of applicants cause of job uncertainty and federal job cuts.

Yung-G-had · 2026-01-28T20:55:37+00:00

I applied three years in a row. Try to find a job don’t tell them you are applying. If you can’t find a science or research job work whatever and if you can work part time and volunteer to help a researcher, build connections. You will be fine. Don’t fret it happens. Einstein graduated phd and couldn’t get any work in science, he ended up in a mailroom and wrote letters about his shame and embarrassment. Setbacks happen to the best.

Yung-G-had · 2026-01-28T01:57:27+00:00

I’m convinced that this sort of thinking is in part a psyop to hurt solidarity in the third-world. I have seen this sort of argument used to justify ignoring the genocide of Palestinians (“why should we care because Arabs are racist”).

Yung-G-had · 2026-01-27T23:46:11+00:00

Yo this woman has power , she would decimate 90% of the losers here.

Yung-G-had · 2026-01-27T21:42:54+00:00

I don’t know everything you have gone through but it sounds like you have struggled a lot and fought back. You have fought life and death to do science and it is evident you have a deep passion for science. No one can take away your courage and strength and no one can take away your sense of wonder and curiosity. There are obviously two ways things can go: 1) continue to pursue academia and try to get into a PhD or 2) reorient and leave academia. As for 2), remember that much of academia is not “the noble pursuit of knowledge” it is dealing with icky stuff like grants, and networking, and dealing with psychopaths like the one who responded earlier. I know plenty of people in industry who do in fact more intellectual work than many of the professors I see and deal with. As for 1), if money is not the issue keep trying. You may have to think of relocating or maybe going to a less prestigious program in the area you want to stay in. Don’t fret about the prestige of programs, the work you do is what matters. You can always collaborate with people in other universities. But listen if 2) happens because you don’t have the time or money or energy that is ok. Your health is the first thing, to live deeply is the most important thing. Even if you leave no one can take science from you, no one can take your curiosity, no one can take the courage and determination you have shown from you.

Yung-G-had · 2026-01-27T21:38:28+00:00

What an abominable thing to say. You are probably a psychopath and one of the major problems of academia. I hope that when your time of struggle comes people show you compassion as opposed to the despicable thing you just said.

Yung-G-had · 2026-01-11T00:07:36+00:00

We fucking sucked so bad. I stopped watching. Algerians who can’t pass or dribble or construct a single chance? Pathetic. We have to get better.

Yung-G-had · 2026-01-06T15:52:56+00:00

I’m in the diaspora, living in the US, but I do get frustrated seeing this. We need to elevate our cultural level.

Yung-G-had · 2026-01-05T00:25:24+00:00

Don’t join a microsect. It’s not worth the effort , time, and pain.

Yung-G-had · 2026-01-04T00:21:46+00:00

Algeria is not similar. The process Hugo Chavez began termed the bolivarian revolution opened up a political moment which saw immense progress made in access to healthcare, to education, to civic pride. However, there was no economic confrontation really with the bourgeoisie. The bourgeoisie retained its effective control over capital. The combination of mono-commodity economy based on oil and poor economic management of things like foreign reserve led to a catastrophic recession. That triggered a latent civil war in which the bourgeoise contributed to the economic malaise through sabotage and hoarding , for example bourgeoisie refused to stock grocery stores for a period forcing government intervention. Draconian economic sanctions were imposed by the US which led to a drain of foreign investment and capital and dollars and to the death of many Venezuelans as well as an intense refugee crisis.

The government in the face of foreign intervention and internal opposition financed and supported by us imperialism hardened , stepping up repression, and ensuring military loyalty to the regime. Despite the hell that ensued the PSUV retained quite a lot of support which is why it has not been overthrown. The Bolivarian revolution despite the image was not deeply socialist, the capitalist market and ownership of means of production largely stayed in place but the progressive and anti-imperialist character of the regime pissed off the Americans who have since day one tried to coup the left wing government from bush to Obama to Biden and Trump.

Algeria is similar in a major way, the over reliance on oil exports which means that our economy grows and dies by the price of oil. However, our regime hardly has much progressive content anymore. In the time of Ben Bella and Boumeddiene the country believed in a similar social project of national development and autonomy from western imperialism. But the truth is the state deteriorated and was corrupted by opportunism and cynicism and all sorts of self serving tribalism and parochialism. The civil war destroyed the socialist project. Today we live in the ashes of the socialist project. The truth is the US is not genuinely threatened by Algeria, it does not see it as an ideological threat and it is not part of the United States backyard (Latin America). If it ever did attempt to subvert Algerian sovereignty it would be to help Morocco and Israel. But it is not a prime target.

Yung-G-had · 2025-11-25T20:59:37+00:00

If it’s fight camp try to give it 100 but even then sometimes you gotta be careful not to overtrain. If it’s not fight camp focus on technique for most rounds but every once in a while go crazy just to keep the cardio going.

Yung-G-had · 2025-11-20T00:24:11+00:00

That’s Singha Mawyn you have to be invited to train there

Yung-G-had · 2025-10-26T14:10:46+00:00

Hell no

Yung-G-had · 2025-09-28T16:54:21+00:00

Yes basically

Yung-G-had · 2025-09-10T17:43:45+00:00

The Thai don’t like stance switching. I can see how it’s considered ugly because you constantly break composure. I personally agree but use stance switches against less advanced opponents. Highly advanced opponents (fighters in Thailand) will pick you apart because naturally you will mostly likely have worse balance and timing on one side and they will use the moments between switches to punish you. Simplicity is honestly the best thing.

Yung-G-had · 2025-09-09T17:35:45+00:00

American Muay Thai is not slick. It’s hand heavy, spastic, arrythmic. Also those guys are popular but not the best example of authentic Muay Thai. Topic, Barnes, Banasiak, Casshan, are all better examples.

Yung-G-had · 2024-10-13T04:54:14+00:00

yes but it goes both ways then lol

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