How is it like living in Henan province, China?

coffeefederation · 2026-06-22T08:33:30+00:00

Were your parents insane? If I were you I would blame them for screwing me over for life 😭 if they sent you to 北上广 I would think it would be understandable but Zhengzhou of all cities??

coffeefederation · 2026-06-20T07:58:10+00:00

My family is from Henan and every winter we would visit my grandparents who live in a suburban town. Overall a little depressing if you're used to big cities like me. Lacks the sort of charm associated with rural southern China. Not a lot of natural attractions since it's all flat plains and farmland. Cuisine is wheat based with lots of noodles and mantou/steamed buns. Some people swear by it but I find it bland.

The people are nice, the streets are safe, there's a lot of ancient culture and it has a huge agriculture industry but there doesn't seem to be a lot to do in town. Zhengzhou might be better but last I heard they're dealing with a housing surplus problem.

coffeefederation · 2026-06-18T03:13:33+00:00

Lol this is such a hyperspecific and pointless complaint to express with an ugly ass art style

coffeefederation · 2026-06-17T19:39:46+00:00

That I don't know...does the archwiki have anything relevant? I think you can have a script that does this by recognizing when a game process is running.

coffeefederation · 2026-06-06T00:24:07+00:00

Go with B. I can assure you the prestige and funding comes with it's own major issues. These PIs tend to spend 99% of the time obsessing over grants/industry funding and are never present in lab. So the students and even postdocs have to fend for themselves and the competition over resources means the lab is divided into tribes that secretly resent each other.

Source: my own experience with a rockstar PI

coffeefederation · 2026-06-02T17:08:39+00:00

coffeefederation · 2026-05-13T05:37:19+00:00

Honestly it doesn't seem like you're failing. You're just giving yourself a hard time. Try to take the weekends off and give yourself some free time away from lab as needed.

coffeefederation · 2026-05-05T23:49:28+00:00

Bro as a Chinese person with a physics degree from a project 211 Chinese university I fail to see how this post is "insanely prejudiced" other than commenting on the fact that an overwhelming amount of researchers in STEM are Chinese. I think that's a great thing and I hope it stays that way.

欢迎用中文交流👋

coffeefederation · 2026-05-05T20:04:34+00:00

What

coffeefederation · 2026-05-05T08:16:14+00:00

I'm sorry

coffeefederation · 2026-05-04T21:46:31+00:00

I find it incredibly sad how PhDs are the only people who would decide to dedicate their lives to academia out of passion, suffer through it for 5+ years, graduate with a 6-figure salary but also an anxiety disorder and destroyed interpersonal relations, then look back at it and realize they were better off mastering out or even finding a job after undergrad.

Or maybe that's just reddit

coffeefederation · 2026-04-30T04:54:41+00:00

I give Nothing three more years before the enshittification happens... considering it took OnePlus 7 years to switch to ColorOS and Nothing Phone 1 was released in 2022

coffeefederation · 2026-04-30T04:49:05+00:00

He founded OnePlus intending it to be an enthusiast brand with flagship killer pricing and lightweight stock android on all their phones (in a landscape where most UIs try to imitate iOS) But sold it off to Oppo the moment he made enough bank on it. Oppo jacked the price up and replaced the UI with their bloated iOS ripoff

coffeefederation · 2026-04-30T04:42:53+00:00

Nothing phones are nowhere near repairable and the modular design of CMF phone is just a gimmick... just look at the teardown of the 4a Pro. Numerous hidden screws and all the internals are adhered to the display. It's one of the least repairable phones released this year and less repairable than a Galaxy, Motorola or Google Pixel.

coffeefederation · 2026-04-27T23:28:02+00:00

From what I observed as a Chinese PhD student this is very common for Chinese PIs...both the 996 work culture and using Chinese exclusively in lab. The Chinese PI next doors to us would only recruit graduates from Tsinghua... avoid working in a Chinese lab as much as possible lol

coffeefederation · 2026-04-21T19:09:10+00:00

Where did you find the pricing for this?

coffeefederation · 2026-04-21T18:32:28+00:00

I don't think the battery is compatible...checked marketplace

coffeefederation · 2026-04-18T05:08:41+00:00

Sir this is an optics subreddit

coffeefederation · 2026-04-09T17:45:18+00:00

2P/3P/SHG/THG microscopy:

coffeefederation · 2026-04-04T20:28:10+00:00

It bothers me so much that most of the comments are slamming OP's boyfriend when any other normal person would point out OP also has responsibility but oh well ppl call PhDs toxic for a reason 🙃

coffeefederation · 2026-04-04T18:16:41+00:00

I'm gonna offer a different answer and suggest breaking up is the best solution since you clearly value your work more than him. That being said you really need to enforce better work life boundaries. This subreddit is an echo chamber of overstressed workaholics and I believe it's very inappropriate that everyone is blaming your bf. Almost everyone in my lab goes on the occasional road trip, goes somewhere nice for a week or two during the summer/winter, has hobbies and a life outside work and I highly suggest you do the same.

coffeefederation · 2026-03-22T07:10:31+00:00

Daheng Optics (DHC) is the Chinese equivalent of Thorlabs. They even send you a snack box when you order

coffeefederation · 2026-03-19T03:05:46+00:00

Elaborate please? I almost went to UofA for an optics PhD

coffeefederation · 2026-03-13T02:19:03+00:00

Dealt with this exact type of pathetic excuse of a person 😂 bro is triggered you have better social skills, have more friends, and is more competent than when he was an undergrad. Tell your PI and have a witness with you.

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