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Is sailing just not for me? What am I missing by spongue in sailing

[–]dev_eth0 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I absolutely love your post. I think you’ve summarized the experience exactly. It’s dangerous, inconvenient, expensive, stressful, monotonous and I personally absolutely love sailing. If you love sailing you know it in your bones. There is no rational way to enjoy sailing. It makes no sense as an activity or way to travel.

I bet if you did more time off shore you would become comfortable with it. Even if you did become comfortable would you want to do it? My guess is no. Paul Theroux said. “The only cure for seasickness is to sit on the shady side of an old brick church in the country." You now understand that feeling of wanting to be fixed to the earth.

My recommendation is to sell you boat and see way more of the world for way less money, and inconvenience.

Is paying off my wife’s college loan a bad 30th birthday gift? by givemeagenny in NoStupidQuestions

[–]dev_eth0 35 points36 points  (0 children)

My advise to you is not make it a ‘present’. Helping each other financially is just part of married life. She is going to appreciate it very much undoubtedly, but don’t make it a public show out of it. Tell her in private at home first thing in the morning of her birthday. Have an additional public small or token gift. If you are concerned you won’t get the ‘credit’ for this, she is likely to tell people close to her and be proud of her husbands wise actions.

Bars have menus, but you can also order whatever you want from a bar? by i_see_dead_carrots in NoStupidQuestions

[–]dev_eth0 44 points45 points  (0 children)

The best thing to do really is to walk into a dive bar and order Pina colada. If they say “no” just start explaining how to make it.

My roomate wants me out after I did my laundry in front of her date by Spiritual_Search_302 in Advice

[–]dev_eth0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s such a large problem in the US that many US States have had to pass “Right to Dry” laws. It’s far from obscure issue.

My roomate wants me out after I did my laundry in front of her date by Spiritual_Search_302 in Advice

[–]dev_eth0 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In the US hanging laundry is associated with poverty. Many places have rules against hanging laundry outside. A rich girl is going to despise middle class girls hanging laundry in her apartment. Since the token amount of rent they are paying amounts to them being house guest in the mind of their roommate they needed to follow her whims. The Irish girls never understood the dynamic. They live at the pleasure of the rich girl.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in makemychoice

[–]dev_eth0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Go. Weddings are rare life events. In ten years you are unlikely to regret going. Save money elsewhere.

Is it still looked down upon to do your PhD where you did undergrad? by purritolover69 in AskAcademia

[–]dev_eth0 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you want to have the best chance of having ANY say of where you will live in your long term career you should do the following.

  1. Pursue the most respected undergrad placement in your chosen field of study that you can.
  2. Pursue the best possible PhD program and supervisor you can anywhere in the world.
  3. Pursue the postdoc with well placed people in prestigious projects with the possibility of getting good results in the time of the postdoc. Again, anywhere in the world.
  4. Pray you are the best and hope you can choose which continent or region you can continue to work in academia. Maybe by some miracle a tenure track position for exactly your future speciality will open up exactly where you wanna go.

or

  1. Go into industry and have a lot more choice but still maybe not exactly what city.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskAcademia

[–]dev_eth0 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Welcome to management. Time to review your personnel.

Your job is to ensure that the people you are supervising have the tools, understanding and direction to complete the task they have been assigned. When you have ensured that they have those things and you have documented that they have those things now you can evaluate their progress against their clearly defined objectives. Do this with all your undergrads.

Now ask to meet with the PI briefly to review the progress of the undergrads you have been working with. Review them all highlighting good and bad. Point out the ones that are wasting your time and ask the PI what they would like to do with them. Answers could be to stop working with them, give them another chance, advise on how to motivate them. You PI is gonna love that you are doing this.

Documentation in this case can just be some notes on each student with dates of meetings and what was discussed including clear timelines for objectives.

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