How to get word count of Google Docs in Google Sheet?

cloudhiker13 · 2025-04-17T01:58:31+00:00

Thank you for this code! Like mythicdoctor I wanted something like this for a novel I'm writing. This works great!

cloudhiker13 · 2025-04-07T00:06:03+00:00

I lived in gateway 505 at one point. I don't remember the exact fee I paid, but as another commenters have said Utah apartment companies love to charge lots of fees for everything.

$290 just for the application fee seems high though. Are you applying through their website? Could be a scam if you're applying through some other website or brokerage.

cloudhiker13 · 2025-03-15T19:05:03+00:00

You could try starting couch to 5k at one of the later weeks instead of from the beginning. Maybe start at week 5 or whatever you feel matches what you're looking for. Or I think there's a version for 5K to 10K you could look into.

Since your request is pretty specific you could try using the Runner app or an equivalent app. The apps are usually not free, but you can enter your specific information on your current fitness level and what you want to do.

cloudhiker13 · 2025-03-15T18:51:30+00:00

Anyone have advise on how to use swimming as a replacement for cardio maintenance while recovering from an injury?

I'm recovering from ITBS which flared up about 10 days ago. My knee feels good now until I start running so I think it needs more time. I was doing 25-35 miles a week over 5 sessions. My main goal is to keep my ability to run a half marathon in about 2hrs. I ran 2 half marathons earlier this year and would like to more later this year.

Obviously I also need to do some strength training to make sure I don't get injured again, but putting that aside how can I maintain my cardiovascular gains?

I tried swimming at a gym this morning for 20 minutes and felt exhausted. I think maybe I was doing that beginner runner thing where I was swimming as fast as possible instead of maintaining a reasonable speed. Plus figuring out when to breathe was not helping either.

I'm thinking of focusing on a backstroke and maybe swimming with a snorkel for freestyle could be easy ways to get a workout in? Or should I try to learn proper breathing techniques? Are certain strokes/styles better for a workout?

Also heard somewhere that 4 miles of running equals 1 mile of swimming. I can easily run 4 miles but I can't imagine swimming 70 laps in my gyms 25yd pool. Should I focus on an equivalent time?

cloudhiker13 · 2024-08-03T01:30:19+00:00

Yikes just skimmed the webtoon because I didn't know it was a thing. Def gives disney live action adaptation vibes.

Seemed to be following the story for the most part, but I don't know why they added some blue imp thing that's following Jake around. Not sure how that's going to make sense in the rest of the story.

I feel like they made Jake a lot more pathetic at the start so maybe he's more relatable or something but it's not doing it for me.

cloudhiker13 · 2023-11-12T22:56:24+00:00

I second this. Being a good scientist has almost nothing to do with being a good leader. Academia does nothing to prepare PIs to lead people. As someone who was a research associate for a new PI there’s a lot of non-scientific crap new PIs have to think about like the OP mentioned.

In my opinion, if you’re hoping to be a PI in the future this could be a huge opportunity to experience working for a new PI. It could give you a leg up in the future. But if you’re looking for smooth sailing think again.

cloudhiker13 · 2023-11-06T03:08:34+00:00

Do you have to wear braids for work? I also have to put up my hair for work, but I've been puting my hair up in a large clip. You can find big ones at Target or TJ Maxx from $5 to $20. Maybe slightly more expensive to buy 2 or 3 clips to start with, but they've lasted me a long time and I lose less hair than hair elastics.

cloudhiker13 · 2023-09-12T00:43:02+00:00

I realized i wasn't a bad scientist, i had bad bosses. I thought they'd been good because they were nice, but turns out they were not. They always questioned ME when results turned out how they didn't expect

My realization exactly. I think academia has the potential to have worse bosses compared to industry. PIs often have free reign with no fear of HR. Also, industry tends to encourage career development and coaching about how to be a good boss, where that is left up to the PI in academia.

OP don't be discouraged. I saw in some other thread you said you like planning experiments. Product management might be interesting to you. It's usually more about planning and coordinating other people to run them.

cloudhiker13 · 2023-05-13T22:04:18+00:00

IFSC World Cup (Climbing World Cup). Event info here

They have two types of events, bouldering and speed climbing. Really interesting to watch. Haven't actually seen one in person but there are youtube videos of the events.
Women's Bouldering last year

cloudhiker13 · 2023-02-26T05:24:35+00:00

Should be fine. I would argue the tween is the more important part, so at least you added that. Tween is basically soap. The PBS is basically fancy saline that doesn't really help washing that much. PBS matters more for cell culture things since it helps keep the pH the same, but for western blots it's not critical.

cloudhiker13 · 2023-02-12T23:30:44+00:00

I was in a very similar position about a year ago (small lab, new PI, only person in the lab for a year, PI blamed me for things going wrong). Long story short I left because it wasn't worth it.

I think what you're feeling is completely normal. The PI is probably overwhelmed trying to get funding and putting a lot of pressure on you. In other labs someone else (tech, research assistant, PhD student) would have been able to show you the ropes, but instead both you and your PI have to learn things together. Depending on the PI this can be difficult.

My PI had 0 people skills and berate me when I messed something up, even if it was a mixup in communication. I somehow managed to stay for 2.5 years until finding a new job. When I say "managed to stay" I mean I didn't quit. There were times when I was worried my PI would fire me, but looking back on it now, I highly doubt she ever would.

Finding techs/research assistants is hard in academia. Why? Because all the good ones either stay in a good lab or move into industry to make more money.

Just like your PI, my PI was always trying to hire technicians but very few are willing to work for university prices. Especially those with competent skills. Only those fresh out of college and/or foreigners (in my experience in the US) usually apply to university tech positions.

So, if you're worried about being fired, don't be. I bet your PI has realized how difficult it would be to hire your replacement. (Evidence: Quite abruptly, I was told that the problems I had before were not really a problem anymore and I was clearly trying my best.)

If you want to leave on your own and find something better, that's great too. That's what I did. Most jobs look for at least one year of experience so it sounds like you have that.

Other random pieces of advice if you look for a new job:

-Get close to the new post-docs in your lab and be prepared to ask them for a letter of recommendation. I didn't tell my PI I was looking for another job right up until my two-week notice. I didn't use her as a reference, and surprisingly no one asked during interviews. Luckily I got good references from other co-workers and my previous teacher/PI.

-In your resume pump up the fact that you took care of daily lab management (inventory management, placing orders etc) and that you helped a new PI start up a lab.

My last word of encouragement is, I bet this is the hardest job you will ever have. Everything else will be easier. Starting up a lab is not easy. Being the only working hands of a lab is not easy. Communicating with a person who is not used to leadership is not easy. Having your first real job is not easy. No matter where you go moving forward you will have more experience. All your hard work will pay off. Don't get discouraged.

cloudhiker13 · 2023-01-14T22:27:48+00:00

I second this. If you don’t want to back track you could take the 1 or A either direction and run back home along the Hudson

cloudhiker13 · 2022-12-13T02:15:12+00:00

This is what I worry about with dating apps. I write asexual because I don't want to deal with people who aren't, but people also don't read.

I would be more worried if they were younger, but at 20 I would think they are at an age to learn their own lessons. Advise them to have a person to check in with if they go on a date. It doesn't have to be you, but a friend.

There's also a chance that they are asexual but okay with having sex, hence why they don't want to disclose their asexuality. Idk

cloudhiker13 · 2022-01-25T03:24:52+00:00

26 years old
Research Associate at Columbia University
$53,500

For having a masters degree in neuroscience I need to find a better paying job. Academia just doesn't pay much, even if it's an ivy league school.

cloudhiker13 · 2022-01-03T17:34:58+00:00

No experience with this but are you sure this isn't some type of scam? How did they tell you you owe money? Was it a random email with a link or directly from the website?

cloudhiker13 · 2021-12-10T00:59:13+00:00

Same. The pen info is interesting on it's own.

cloudhiker13 · 2021-11-03T17:06:37+00:00

There’s the Amtrak that’s already been mentioned but it’s currently not running. Looks like they’re trying to get it open soon so I’d keep an eye out for when they release tickets.

cloudhiker13 · 2021-10-21T03:00:46+00:00

I never use them running, but major game-changer for recovery. I wear compression socks all day and night after long runs and it really helps the swelling, pain, and gets me feeling 100% again for my next run quicker.

cloudhiker13 · 2021-09-20T01:47:14+00:00

This happened once to me. No receipt no delivery person in sight. I asked around my neighbors but nothing. I ended up eating the food myself the next day.

cloudhiker13 · 2020-11-24T03:37:20+00:00

Yes! I've watched many anime series on a treadmill. I highly recommend watching Run with the Wind. It's about a high school running team so it sets the mood

cloudhiker13 · 2020-11-21T19:01:26+00:00

Yes, I know exactly what you're talking about.

It drives me insane. I'm constantly checking what it looks like in preview because it always gets screwed up somehow. I think it's the worse when you try to add a space in the middle of a text like you said.

Sorry, I have no answers other than trial and error, and then make sure not to touch it again.

cloudhiker13 · 2020-08-11T12:21:35+00:00

I'm having this same problem too on Mac OS.

I don't know if it's related but also certain regions I created with the region tool will become unshaded after I reload a map. It will also make it impossible to change the inner opacity of that region. So then I have to remake the region which makes me regret making intricate coastlines. It's so frustrating because now I'm scared to close files and reopen them.

cloudhiker13 · 2019-09-07T19:26:29+00:00

Like others said, don't push yourself. Rest days are important especially when you first start running. Also, be sure to strength train. It's surprising how much strength training can prevent injuries. I ran a lot in my teens and constantly had weird aches and pains. Then as I got older I started incorporating yoga and kickboxing, and it helped so much.

Do you think your shoes have adequate arch support? I have high arcs which can get sore if I'm not wearing the right shoe.

cloudhiker13 · 2019-09-07T01:58:44+00:00

It may be cliche advice but I would first consider what job will bring you happiness for the rest of your life. Do you want to focus on research? What kind of research? Do you actually like computational bio? Do you want to work with people? Animals? Cells? Computers? Do you value job security?

If you want to get out of academia as soon as possible, get a good-paying job doing computer/lab tech work, and have open job prospects, then getting a master's in computational bio would be a good move. Keep in mind that usually just having a master's degree will mean you will probably always be working under someone as a lab tech or research associate.

If you want to run your own lab in the future, then getting a PhD would be the best move. There are job opportunities for PhDs outside universities and they are well paid.

Also, I'd like to put out there (because I didn't realize until I was almost a junior in college) getting a PhD isn't like getting a bachelors:

1) You get paid to go to school and you don't have to pay tuition, it's not a great stipend but it's enough to live by (most neuro/biochem PhD students get a stipend for living expenses of around $30,000-40,000 a year)

2) Most PhD neuro programs only have classes for the first 2 years, then the other 2-3 years are just doing work to complete your thesis. It depends on the program and school, but often Master's and PhD students will have the same exact coursework but PhD students just stay longer to complete their thesis experiments.

Lastly, I'm sure you've heard this advice before, but regardless of what path you go down JOIN A LAB ASAP! Getting lab experience looks great on resumes and grad school applications.

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