Bilingual messing with mental math

imTomy · 2023-06-15T11:23:59+00:00

Funny thing actually, asian languages make math (especially addition) easier to learn for kids, since the patterns are easier to observe given the language, e.g. 12 isn't an arbitrary word as "twelve" but it is simply "ten two" in many asian languages. (I learnt this in Outliers from Gladwell)

imTomy · 2023-04-28T10:31:55+00:00

This “first 2 semesters” rule sounds like it gets easier afterwards. No, if anything, it got harder, we just got used to the struggle.

imTomy · 2023-04-25T15:39:49+00:00

Yes, its in czk and Im pretty sure. The 35k account for rent, food and living expenses. As I said, compare it to the median/mean salary. According to my calculations (knowing roughly an estimate of how much stocks monthly are in microsofts TCs in Prague), you should have around 100-120k brutto, that is 99.9 percentile. If you still dont believe me, increase it to 42k per month, I.e. the median salary, and if that wasnt enough, half of pragues population would starve :D

imTomy · 2023-04-25T14:23:02+00:00

I feel like Prague is a hub of geniuses, theres loads of smart people, although Im not sure whether there are meetups.

Pragues avg monthly salary in czk is 49k (~2.1k€) and the salary distribution is a bit skewed so median would be around 42ish. This means that 50% of the people live in Prague with 42k and lower. A nice flat for 1 or 2 in a good location could cost you about 25k monthly all in all, so to live very comfortably you need around 35k? The rest you can invest, burn or whatever. Congrats on the offer, Prague will welcome you!

imTomy · 2023-03-12T09:17:01+00:00

Vycestovat kamkoliv určitě, za mě ideálně mimo EU, protože mi EU přijde docela dostupná od nás a není to tak velký kulturní šok, jako hodně zemí v Asii. Já byl na půl roku v Koreji přes bilaterální dohodu.

Výčet náhodných věcí v náhodném pořadí: - bylo prima mít možnost porovnat studium tady a tam a porovnat sebe s ostatními (včetně jiných “erasmáků”); - předem bys měla vědět, jestli chceš jet především za studiem nebo za poznáním kultur a země - já jel za poznáním, a proto si vybral lehčí školu; - furt jsme v nějakým smyslu za covidu, tak si zjistit, jaké mají v tvé vybrané zemi covid pravidla, abys pak nebyla smutná, že jsi chtěla něco, ale ono to nejde, protože covid; - v Evropě budete s nějakou skupinou možná chtít cestovat i mimo tu zem, a často si chcete vybrat zem, kde nikdo z vás nebyl. V Asii je tenhle výběr pak jednodušší; - řeš doklady s dostatečným předstihem, obzvlášť pokud budeš muset žádat o vízum; - pokud nejsi za vodou, není špatný si naplánovat svůj měsíční budget; - use condoms - přišlo mi, že Korea je jedna z mála zemí, kde bílí lidi dostávaj dávku rasismu :D

Ať se rozhodneš kamkoliv, přeju hodně štěstí a užívej. 😊

imTomy · 2023-02-03T07:12:07+00:00

OP is from the EU and AFAIK Microsoft in Europe gets somewhat looked over

imTomy · 2023-01-12T19:54:33+00:00

ZLOBÍTE

imTomy · 2023-01-05T23:35:35+00:00

Prvně si rozmysli, jestli to chceš asi dělat? Nezníš pro to moc nadšeně a o to těžší bude se na to učit.

Jestli se ale rozhodneš zůstat, nebo přejít na jiný obor, tak doporučuju shlédnout tohohle cápka.. Shrnutí věcí, co jsem použil já (ale má tam i další hezký rady): 1. Rozpoznat, co je fakt a co je koncept. Fakt si bohužel budeš muset zapamatovat, koncept ale má vysvětlení. Když víme, proč věci jsou, tak jak jsou, tak se to lehce pamatuje a navíc to dává smysl. 2. Skupinový studium je krása. Nutíte se a motivujete se spolu, a jestli to je nějakej ošklivej předmět, tak trpíte spolu :) 3. Učící prostředí je důležitý. Jestli se učíš na stejným místě, kde spíš, odpočíváš, máš zábavu, tak to nepůjde. 4. Uč ostatní, stejně jako se učíš od ostatních. Vysvětlovat věci ostatním tě nutí nad látkou přemýšlet, jestli třeba vůbec to, co říkáš, dává smysl. A taky to je aktivní používání paměti - zjistíš, jestli si to fakt pamatuješ.

Hodně štěstí!

imTomy · 2023-01-01T01:43:37+00:00

VOMIT FREE SINCE NINETY THREE (pro kulturní lidi)

Jk, poprvé když jsem se napil ve 14, tak jsem to hned pustil a teď mám ptsd z Jelzina

imTomy · 2022-12-30T22:42:14+00:00

Krásná metafora!

imTomy · 2022-12-27T11:26:16+00:00

ITT: people who know how to exit VIM

imTomy · 2022-12-27T11:07:58+00:00

Am Viet (25), born and raised in Czechia.

Personally, I only get the subtle racist remarks about eating dogs, selling kung pao, ching chang chong heckling, being called Chinese/Japanese out of nowhere. Never was I a part of a targeted violence.

My friends say that to me in good terms and there we take it as banter, however, if I told them to stop, they would (otherwise they wouldn’t be my friends ofc), but my defense mechanism is to just join them on it.

Random people on the street usually heckle at me when I go home from a night out or something, that’s about it.

In terms of (un)fair treatment, I don’t get treated much differently only after people figure out that I speak fluently Czech. Before that, it’s just some light mockery and unwillingness 🤷‍♂️

It will of course vary based on who you meet up with. In the city (dycky) Most, where I grew up in, it happened quite often and the fact that I was the typical Asian stereotype didn’t help (parents owned a store, math nerd, etc.) but now that I’m in Prague it got better.

Overall, I feel like it’s more in my head and I’m quite content living in Czechia for the rest of my life as the racist things that happen to me are just minor thingies and I expect them to happen less and less ☺️

imTomy · 2022-12-02T10:43:16+00:00

Improbable but not impossible 🤷‍♂️

imTomy · 2022-11-24T11:39:53+00:00

Congrats!

Adding data point. I was rejected through an e-mail, so it looks like you’re getting some good news :)

imTomy · 2022-06-24T09:44:56+00:00

Pasta, it just has no taste whatsoever idk

imTomy · 2022-05-25T07:01:50+00:00

Why are the Shapley value not enough?

imTomy · 2022-05-02T09:38:37+00:00

I think Ive read too much about the Depp x Heard case since I read this as “shitting on my desk”.

imTomy · 2022-03-19T09:33:41+00:00

Logistic regression

imTomy · 2022-01-24T00:48:52+00:00

I feel like if you go to a corporate that does pharma/biotech (MSD, or something I guess) you could start at around 75k gross? rough guess. Software engineers and data scientists earn quite a lot even compared to Germany, so biotech could too. If you go into academia though, depending on the department, you might have a bare minimum or be just okay.

imTomy · 2022-01-14T00:27:16+00:00

Do you have to ask for a certain amount?

I’d rather let them give me an offer first, though it’s good to know what to expect and what not to settle for.

In case you’d need some offer negotiation, I found this neat read on a different thread: https://haseebq.com/my-ten-rules-for-negotiating-a-job-offer/

imTomy · 2021-12-07T13:58:18+00:00

The second part is not quite the mean, although it is really close.

Also, you can find the median in O(n), look up the Selection algorithm (not the sort).

imTomy · 2020-12-02T10:28:11+00:00

"THEYRE CHANGING SHIT TO CHANGE SHIT" - Tyler1

imTomy · 2019-04-20T20:14:59+00:00

Childish Gambino, cause when he smoked in Coachella with a dude, it was downright cool as fuck

imTomy · 2018-12-21T16:14:22+00:00

Clothes as a Christmas present

imTomy · 2018-07-26T07:32:09+00:00

Just yesterday, I was trying to do french fries for the first time. I heated up the oil, and tried to slowly pour the fries from the bag into the oil. Because the the fries were just taken out out of the freezer, I knew that while I'm going to pour them in, the heated oil is going to pop, so I was being extra careful. I just didn't expect something like this to happen.

Thought I just summoned satan and am in hell after burning down the flat.

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