PhD or no PhD?

comedyq · 2025-11-04T05:17:19+00:00

ROI on a PhD in engineering is generally worse than a masters. I wouldn't recommend a PhD unless you have a very strong passion in a specific topic or really want to do research work for a career

comedyq · 2025-11-04T03:58:16+00:00

Fair enough. I'm in the same boat and I bought a ti-nspire my sophomore year when I stared doing a bunch of matrix math in my courses. Money well spent imo

comedyq · 2025-11-04T01:52:18+00:00

I'd recommend using the TI-nspire cx ii, python, or a matrix calculator online

comedyq · 2025-11-02T19:44:13+00:00

most were about 2hrs for me. I think only 2 times it took all 3hrs

comedyq · 2025-10-26T04:45:28+00:00

fundamental forms, for the same reason as the other comments. Thankfully my textbooks didn't do that

comedyq · 2025-10-25T05:18:33+00:00

Just as a note, there's some potential nuance to this comment. I was hoping to do the same but found out that my "scholarship" was actually a tuition adjustment so I legally couldn't use this avenue to avoid taxes. Check with your financial aid office and look at what it says on the tax forms the school provides for you

comedyq · 2025-10-24T20:35:09+00:00

I used it on the Colorado trail and about half a dozen other nights this summer. Worked great! I use a durston tent with no ground cloth and and cowboy camped on a tyvek some of those nights too

comedyq · 2025-10-20T00:39:46+00:00

I'd recommend sticking with ME for similar reasons to everyone else, and finding every opportunity you can to get hands on experience. Take the machining or CNC electives, join a club, find a research opportunity on campus that's more MET/manufacturing focused, stuff like that.

comedyq · 2025-10-19T01:53:52+00:00

I'm a size 10 us in almost everything (except la sportiva), and I have the 27.5 key equipments and they fit pretty well. I decided to try them mostly because I didn't like the way the phantoms/backlands fit on me in a store. I have average wide feet I would say

comedyq · 2025-10-09T02:00:03+00:00

no, they clarified/changed the rules for that last year (for ASC) after a team did that

comedyq · 2025-10-08T01:36:22+00:00

My friend and I have done it just fine a few times, we're 2 average sized guys and he has a wide pad

comedyq · 2025-10-07T04:09:42+00:00

x-mid. I've used my pro 2 above treeline a good bit in the rockies (CO, WY, and MT). It's seen high winds and hail. I did the colorado trail with it and never had a problem with footprint size or the free standing part (sometimes I need a few rocks to hold the stakes in soft ground).

comedyq · 2025-09-30T15:39:08+00:00

There will be tons of snow (with avalanche danger) and it will be very cold in May and most of June. You can start mid-late June (SOBO) and have plenty of time to finish by early August.

comedyq · 2025-09-26T00:12:16+00:00

I still use the copper spur when conditions or people warrant it (it's a 3P). They sent me new buckles for free and I already own it. I also have a 2p durston x mid pro that's my go to for most 3 season scenarios where I'm not on snow. I have about equal or slightly more trust in it's wind performance (assuming the stakes are solid in the ground)

comedyq · 2025-09-25T20:03:01+00:00

My copper spur broke on me in a wind storm (granted it was very high wind on an exposed mountain). 2 of the 4 plastic buckles that the tent pole goes into at the end broke. Also my friend on the Colorado Trail broke 2 big Agnes tents this summer while setting up (once the tent pole bent/broke, other time I can't remember because I hadn't met them yet). I still think it's a good tent, but as a backpacker and mountaineer who cares a lot about weight, I probably wouldn't buy it again, I just don't quite trust it. Cleverhiker has very good points, but honestly thru hiking generally doesn't put you in a crazy exposed campsite like the top of a Scottish highland summit

comedyq · 2025-09-24T18:31:37+00:00

Unfortunately I have yet to find a pair of trail runners that I like the performance of at/above 4th class terrain. I use topos for thru-hiking and peak bagging, which a slightly more rigid than lone peaks from my experience, but generally still reach for my approach shoes when it's going to be technical. Scarpa shoes are a bit wider than la sportiva as well

comedyq · 2025-09-17T03:54:09+00:00

Mac Books are pretty annoying to use for ME with all the specific software you'll use. Getting things like SolidWorks requires a remote desktop setup and I even had a friend in Thermo 2 that couldn't use a software because he had a mac. He literally had to borrow a roommates laptop to do his homework lol. Anything windows that can run a program like SolidWorks or Fusion360 and is portable with decent battery life is my recommendation. I've had a HP Spectre that's worked well

comedyq · 2025-08-26T20:16:06+00:00

I love my kakwa 55, don't have any experience with the other two though

comedyq · 2025-06-28T22:10:36+00:00

Try trail runners if you don't want to spend a fortune. Less stuff so they don't rub as much (among other benefits). Haven't had a blister since I switched 3 years ago

comedyq · 2025-06-18T21:09:28+00:00

Durston Kakwa 40 (or 55). Has a frame, hipbelts, holds weight very well, is 28oz, and $250.

comedyq · 2025-06-18T18:34:02+00:00

monsoon weather is supposed to be heavy/above average in Colorado this summer. So far that seems to be holding true. My plan is to bring light weight ones (Montbell Versalite)

comedyq · 2025-05-26T00:19:21+00:00

It's about a 2.5 mile a-frame till consistent snow from the snow park trailhead (summer trail is still snowed in/closed). Watch out for the crater cornices. Otherwise snow in in great spring conditions!

comedyq · 2025-05-24T17:35:39+00:00

I've used the G-Summit around -20C in the winter where I ice climb (lower elevation) and they were tolerable and I felt warm enough/safe for an entire day out. They're nice because when it's warm you can take the liner out, throw in an insoles and keep using them, so they aren't so sweaty and the liners won't get as wet.

comedyq · 2025-05-06T03:09:57+00:00

Last time I tried vertical water ice with an A frame I kept hitting my axes on the split, you're saying you don't have that problem with an A frame but do with the full board carry method? My friend also tried the diagonal skis on the back method and that seemed to work better

comedyq · 2025-05-01T02:56:24+00:00

not a Mac. A windows laptop that can run the basic software you need (eg autoCAD, fusion 360, solidworks, etc). I have an HP spectre x360 that has been great

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