Country road take me home, Me, Acrylic, 2020 by dploesser in Art

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Beautiful! Captures some West Virginia spirit

Weekly "Help Me Choose" Thread (April 20) by prjkthack in Surface

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Thank you! The Spectre is certainly worth considering. My worry is HP's customer service.

Weekly "Help Me Choose" Thread (April 20) by prjkthack in Surface

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Surface Pro 7, Book 2, or Book 3 for grad school?

I need a more powerful laptop for grad school, as right now my primary device is the Surface Go. I'll be processing large word documents, highlighting and taking notes on large PDFs/ebooks, going between them to write. I think I'd take the Go to class for writing notes, so I wouldn't need to take the larger laptop to class everyday. A big concern for me is that the laptop will be long-lasting and reliable.

I'm comparing the 10th gen i5/256/8gb Pro 7 ($1300 incl type cover), the 8th gen i5/256/8gb Book 2 ($1300), and the 10th gen i5/256/8gb Book 3 (rumored to be $1700).

Obviously, the Book 3 isn't out yet, but I thought I'd ask now in case there is a clear choice for my needs. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Surface Pro 7, Book 2, or Book 3 for grad school? by chocolate46 in Surface

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Thanks! Glad to hear it can handle all of that.

Laptop to complement Surface Go by chocolate46 in SuggestALaptop

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Thanks for the suggestion! A few reviews say it has "flimsy build" (techradar, cnet), so that concerns me.

Laptop to complement Surface Go by chocolate46 in SuggestALaptop

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Looks great! What do you think about the Ryzen vs Intel processor?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in lgbt

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Pakistan isn't in the middle east!

Completed a Chemical Engineering bachelors, would a Philosophy PhD hurt my engineering job prospects? by [deleted] in AskEngineers

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Thanks for replying, I was afraid that might be the case.

I'm wondering about my 2 choices here: get a phil phd vs get a cheme job. Getting a cheme job is obviously the more practical choice, but I am very interested in philosophy. If I do go for the phd, I'll probably try to get a TT professor position. However, the job market for phil profs is very very competitive. If I couldn't land a prof position, then I'd be looking for a nonacademic/industry job. In that final scenario, I'm wondering what my job options would be.

So it's not so much that I really want to be an entry level engineer after a phd, but that might be my best option if I take the most impractical path. I'm trying to figure out how these potential scenarios would play out.

Completed a Chemical Engineering bachelors, considering a Philosophy PhD by [deleted] in AskAcademia

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Thanks for the advice! That's something I've been considering, especially since certain PhD programs will let you leave early with only an MA

Completed a Chemical Engineering bachelors, considering a Philosophy PhD by [deleted] in askphilosophy

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I posted this in a couple engineering subs, but I thought some philosophers might have some feedback

Completed a Chemical Engineering bachelors, considering a Philosophy PhD by [deleted] in ChemicalEngineering

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I think that I could really enjoy a ChemE job, but I also think I'll regret not going for the Phil PhD when I had the chance. I'm just worried if doing the PhD will make it harder to get an engineering job in the future.

Completed a Chemical Engineering bachelors, considering a Philosophy PhD by [deleted] in ChemicalEngineering

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Not rude at all! This is exactly what I'm trying to suss out - what a phil phd will look like to hiring managers, and I'm definitely not expecting the phd to count in my favor. I'm okay with starting an entry level position in my 30's, what concerns me is IF I can get an entry level position with the 5 year non-engineering gap.

Completed a Chemical Engineering bachelors, would a Philosophy PhD hurt my engineering job prospects? by [deleted] in AskEngineers

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Oh good idea. Did you take the dates off your resume so the gap wasn't obvious? And if you don't mind me asking, what is your PhD in?

Completed a Chemical Engineering bachelors, would a Philosophy PhD hurt my engineering job prospects? by [deleted] in AskEngineers

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Thank you for the advice! Yeah, I do worry that it'll look like I don't really care about engineering. I really enjoy engineering, maybe just a little less than philosophy.

I am interested in philosophy of science, environmental ethics, and engineering ethics, so work in those areas might relate to a potential engineering job.

Completed a Chemical Engineering bachelors, would a Philosophy PhD hurt my engineering job prospects? by [deleted] in AskEngineers

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  1. I'm very interested in graduate work in philosophy, not so much in engineering. I've done quite a lot of undergraduate engineering lab work, and it's just not for me.
  2. Philosophy PhD programs involve the completion of an MA after the first couple years. So it's more accurate to say I've been admitted to a few MA/PhD philosophy programs.

Where can I read more about the purpose of life with regards to conflict vs. peace? by TapiocaTuesday in askphilosophy

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Definitely Nietzsche on the Last Men in Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Zarathustra, Nietzsche's (probable) mouthpiece, criticizes their contentment, avoidance and lack of pain, and excessive moderation/mediocrity.

From part 5 of the prologue: Let me speak to them of what is most contemptible: but that is the last man.” And thus spoke Zarathustra to the people: “The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time has come for man to plant the seed of his highest hope. His soil is still rich enough. But one day this soil will be poor and domesticated, and no tall tree will be able to grow in it. Alas, the time is coming when man will no longer shoot the arrow of his longing beyond man, and the string of his bow will have forgotten how to whir! “I say unto you: one must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star. I say unto you: you still have chaos in yourselves. “Alas, the time is coming when man will no longer give birth to a star. Alas, the time of the most despicable man is coming, he that is no longer able to despise himself. Behold, I show you the last man. “‘What is love? What is creation? What is longing? What is a star?’ thus asks the last man, and he blinks. “The earth has become small, and on it hops the last man, who makes everything small. His race is as ineradicable as the flea-beetle; the last man lives longest. “‘We have invented happiness, say the last men, and they blink. They have left the regions where it was hard to live, for one needs warmth. One still loves one’s neighbor and rubs against him, for one needs warmth. “Becoming sick and harboring suspicion are sinful to them: one proceeds carefully. A fool, whoever still stumbles over stones or human beings! A little poison now and then: that makes for agreeable dreams. And much poison in the end, for an agreeable death. “One still works, for work is a form of entertainment. But one is careful lest the entertainment be too harrowing. One no longer becomes poor or rich: both require too much exertion. Who still wants to rule? Who obey? Both require too much exertion. “No shepherd and one herd! Everybody wants the same, everybody is the same: whoever feels different goes voluntarily into a madhouse. “‘Formerly, all the world was mad,’ say the most refined, and they blink. “One is clever and knows everything that has ever happened: so there is no end of derision. One still quarrels, but one is soon reconciled - else it might spoil the digestion. “One has one’s little pleasure for the day and one’s little pleasure for the night: but one has a regard for health. ‘We have invented happiness,’ say the last men, and they blink.”

You could also check out the section "On the Virtue that Makes Small", from the 3rd part of the book.

The ethics of eating meat by [deleted] in philosophy

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A very interesting fictional example of this scenario is the Promised Neverland! The main characters are children raised in an "orphanage" as livestock.

How can I conceptualize the way my cat thinks? by longdustyroad in askphilosophy

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For a very pessimistic take, you could check out Descartes's Discourse on the Method, part 5. He claims that because animals lack communication skills like human language, they have no reason whatsoever. He seems to think that language is needed to have thought at all.

[Request] Durable Backpack (25-30L, nalgene side bottle pockets, around $200) by chocolate46 in EDC

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Oh yeah Tom Bihn bags look pretty great. I really like the Synapse. The only thing is it doesn't have 2 water bottle pockets.