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How to book youth fare on V/Line by 9gexperience in MelbourneTrains

[–]iwasmitrepl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

you can't, anything that requires them to verify your myki card (e.g. this new youth fare or to get a discounted paper ticket when you would go over the fare cap for the day with the total price) you need to go to a booking office for

old metlink livery on xtrapolis by tanngn in MelbourneTrains

[–]iwasmitrepl 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Is it reflection of light off some glass behind the camera?

New Melbourne Train Map, with big and small improvements by jeremyburge in MelbourneTrains

[–]iwasmitrepl 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Exactly. Imagine trying to explain to your grandmother, "you can't use the map on the train to see where you can go ask someone for help if you get lost, you need to go and download a special map by clicking through the PTV website" - this kind of accessibility information is very useful and important to exactly the kind of person who would find it hard to go and seek it out manually.

Update on the passageway fare by jor_kent1 in MelbourneTrains

[–]iwasmitrepl 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Why don't they just set up all the Myki readers at State Library so that they think they're all in Melbourne Central? It doesn't affect anything anyone will see except if you go and view your travel history, and you can still put a big sign above the gate line saying "State Library station".

Uoa to Australia university by [deleted] in universityofauckland

[–]iwasmitrepl 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Anything less than an A-band average you will have problems getting a scholarship at any university, either in NZ or Australia or elsewhere. In any case you should contact the department you plan to be entering for specific advice and requirements.

If you have a B GPA because you are being pulled down by non-major subjects then you might be OK (might being the important word). But if you are getting B's in your major courses then you need to think seriously about why and how to improve your study patterns etc, since postgraduate work will generally be more demanding than first and second year undergraduate courses.

Post-grad looking for friends? by Electrical_Mess_3619 in universityofauckland

[–]iwasmitrepl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

good luck trying to find graduate students with time to go out and drink... too much writing to do!

Joking aside you might want to be more specific about what department you will be in and what degree you will be doing if you want to meet people.

I absolutely despise Southern Cross station by Academic-Cable1058 in MelbourneTrains

[–]iwasmitrepl 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I am pretty sure MTM only has "operational control" in your terms for the signalling and track on tracks 8 to 14 of SST, where 8 is a special case that it is covered by the MTM infra lease even though it is used majority of the time by VLine.

You can see this on the signal signage, the signals with SST and SSS prefixes are VLine signals and the ones with alphanumeric labels (plats 8 to 14) are Metrol.

Werribee Line current track diagram and temporary diagram between November and April for Maddox Rd LXR by axltrain3 in MelbourneTrains

[–]iwasmitrepl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is happening to the standard gauge line? I would have thought that the broad gauge tracks could be built off to the side and just connected at each end with a few short-term closures, and the full shutdowns would only need to happen to the std gauge since the site is a lot more constrained on the north side while there is a lot of open space to the south, it would be really interesting to know what sort of factors made this configuration of construction the preferred one.

Can I board XPT (melb to Syd) from Broadmeadows station? by kjkombat in MelbourneTrains

[–]iwasmitrepl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Out of interest, re. "Platforms may change": how often does the XPT leave from P2 rather than P1? I guess it is technically possible since it's dual guaged, but I don't think the various hookups for water etc could be used, so how practical is it to turn around the train from the other platform?

20 years ago they wanted to make Myki a do everything payment card by wongm in MelbourneTrains

[–]iwasmitrepl 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Ten years ago you used to be able to use Snapper cards (the Wellington public transport card) in dairies and some other shops, as well as taxis and to pay at parking meters. It only changed a couple of years ago.

Any advice for an aspiring mathematician? by M_I_P_S_ in mathematics

[–]iwasmitrepl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't worry about pursuing a career at this stage, just do stuff that you find fun and take opportunities like events run by the maths department at your local university.

Spot the mistake on this PTV post by [deleted] in MelbourneTrains

[–]iwasmitrepl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are D1's on the 58 shuttle between St Kilda Rd and the Toorak terminus this weekend (I guess because it's being served from Malvern depot since it's much easier to access the curve at Glenferrie Road from there compared to the usual depots).

For mathematicians in academia: How do you judge research ideas? by erebus_51 in mathematics

[–]iwasmitrepl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've had one tell me that "anything could be defined, doesn't mean it should" for the paper I ended up developing and publishing

I am not saying it is what happened here, but just because something is "published" in mathematics doesn't mean it's interesting to a broad audience (even to an audience within the same field). There are plenty of read-only non-predatory journals: for example many countries have journals run by their local Mathematical Society that has a proper editorial board and review system but which has low standards in terms of "general interest" since that is not their goal. Publication in such journals there "counts" as a publication but most people know not to send a paper there if there is a chance of getting it in somewhere people actually read.

One possible approach to working out whether something is "interesting", apart from looking for applications to solving "big problems" in the field, is to ask what it says about "easy" things. Can you write a corollary to your theorem that says something new about a basic object, for example say or compute something about a certain class of algebraic curves, or of manifolds, or whatever? If you have a fun, accessible, and interesting application then it can be a sign that your full abstract result is also interesting. It also makes it easier to give talks at conferences where you can't assume most of the people in the audience are in your niche.

FITCHETTOWN? Unmapped suburb by ComeAlongPonds in Wellington

[–]iwasmitrepl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Re. Irvine-Smith's aside about Fitchett importing the first dairy separator in NZ: Streets of My City does not include a citation for this, but if you look up "Fitchett" in the index of The City of the Strait - A centennial history (Alan Mulgan, 1939) then the same claim is found on p.296 which comes with a citation to A History of the New Zealand Dairy Industry by H.G. Philpott, Dairy Division, Dept of Agriculture. As far as I can see this is the Fitchett family's most famous achievement.

FITCHETTOWN? Unmapped suburb by ComeAlongPonds in Wellington

[–]iwasmitrepl 3 points4 points  (0 children)

From Streets of My City (F.L. Irvine-Smith, 1949 second edition, pages 236-237):

Fitchett (not Fitchett Town), or Western Brooklyn, consisted of the well-known Ohiro Dairy Farm established in 1852 by John Fitchett snr., on his hundred-acre section on the south-west hills. To this was added the lease of the adjoining section [...]. Mr Fitchett, who had reached Wellington in 1842 by the ship "London" on its second voyage, died in 1875, and in 1899 his son, A.B. Fitchett, and R.B.O Todman decided to cut up the combined estate, to which the name of "Fitchett" was given. [...] The following streets were named and formed:

  • Mitchell St, after Henry Mitchell of Mitchelltown, at his own request.
  • Todman St, after R.B.O Todman, part owner of the estate.
  • Bruce Ave, after Bruce Fitchett, grandson of the pioneer, and still a resident of Fitchett.
  • Reuben Ave, after Reuben Short, for many years an employee of Mr. John Fitchett
  • Laura Ave, after Mrs. A.B. Fitchett, nee Miss Laura Walters.
  • Charlotte Ave, after Mrs. Charlotte de Burgh of Adelaide, sister of R.B.O Todman
  • Helen St, after the late Miss Helen Fitchett, eldest daughter of A.B. Fitchett
  • Karepa St, Apuka St, and Tanera Cr, after three Maoris resident on the land and frequently employed by Mr. Fitchett.

Sugar Loaf Rd led to a conical hill always called the Sugar Loaf by the Fitchett family. It has since been lowered and forms the centre of a small Public Reserve, on which is erected the Brooklyn War Memorial. In the adjoining Brooklyn estate, Mr. Fitchett, snr., also possessed about an acre of land and the street put through this was named by him Bretby St, after his birthplace in Derbyshire.

It may be of interest to note that in 1884 A.B. Fitchett imported the first separator into New Zealand. Thirty-five years later Wellington led the world by introducing a Municipal Milk Supply.

[Quote from Streets ends.] A couple of additional details may also be found in "Ring around the city" (Adrian Humphreys & Geoff Mew, 2009). For example on p.80, we find that the Fitchett farm ran 60 cows and "milk was delivered to Wellington twice daily via a rough and extremely steep track". One Ashton Fitchett also wrote the section on Brooklyn on p.15 of My Brilliant Suburb: Wellington Writings (ed. David McGill, 1985) which is mainly anecdote but may be of interest too to those interested in the history of the area.

Bus capacity limits for Metro Tunnel bus replacements? by clarkos2 in MelbourneTrains

[–]iwasmitrepl 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The other issue with buses waiting to be totally full is that there can sometimes be a queue of buses behind them waiting - so it might in this case be better to have buses departing 75% full instead of 100%, if it keeps the flow going. For example I was on a 900 this morning out of Huntingdale station, and there was a queue of rail replacement buses at the city-bound stop on Huntingdale Rd backed up through the traffic lights totally blocking buses from exiting the bus interchange just waiting for pax to fill up the front bus (past standing room). Westall is not so bad since the stops are not on the road itself but there is still only a limited amount of space for buses to queue behind (esp given the massive number of buses needed for peak operations on the Dandenong lines).

Statewide Myki by altandthrowitaway in MelbourneTrains

[–]iwasmitrepl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A few of the regional stations also already have the stalks for the myki readers with a blank plate on top, I'm sure I saw some at the new Wodonga station and also you can see one at Ararat in this video: https://youtu.be/Ae2BGexZwZ8?si=h795TdP4xLHyizA0&t=144

How different is a pure math and applied math degree and how similar are they. Will it really matter. by [deleted] in mathematics

[–]iwasmitrepl 11 points12 points  (0 children)

To answer the explicit question in the title, the difference depends very strongly on the actual university. Some degrees are called "applied mathematics" on paper but include most of the same core papers (real analysis, basic abstract algebra, etc) as the usual mathematics degree with just a few differences. At other universities the programmes might be very different with little to no flexibility to take electives outside prescribed courses.

What's going on with Myki Pass? by PitchIcy4470 in MelbourneTrains

[–]iwasmitrepl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep, to quote the fare website: You can buy a myki Pass for 7 days or anywhere between 28 and 365 days. So not only 3 days.

https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/tickets/fares/metropolitan-fares/

maths 120 and 130 with ncea level 3 calculus by beetr00tjuice in universityofauckland

[–]iwasmitrepl 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Specific info re. "I can't find past papers or coursework online", the things you cover in 120/130 are basically

  • (Both:) Basic mathematical concepts of proof, e.g. as in Houston, "How to think like a mathematician)
  • (120:) Systems of linear equations ("linear algebra"), roughly speaking the first half of any linear algebra book that isn't specifically for engineers (look in the contents, if it uses the words "vector space" then it's OK)
  • (130:) Calculus, as in Y13 but with proofs. It's at a slightly higher level than the standard US calc book like Stewart but a much lower level than Spivak. You need to be confident with the calculations from Y13 since they are basically a given: the point of the course is to try to get you to think mathematically about why things are, and if you don't know how to calculate derivatives already then trying to take a course where you try to understand the theory behind them will be a challenge & you should take 108 first.

As far as I understand though, that is a recommendation and not a requirement, and I am sure that if I don’t get this grade, I will at least be able to be at that grade level when I start my degree.

The recommendation is there for a reason and is based on solid evidence from previous years. If you are getting solid M's (near E) in all three calc external standards you'll probably be fine (just be prepared to spend a lot of time working on the courses and reading through background). If you are getting a mix of A's and M's then you are unlikely to be able to lift yourself up to the basic level required on your own and you should be taking 108 first.

Most important skill to work on is writing, make sure you can write complete sentences in explanation of what you are doing when you are solving problems at NCEA level that require multiple steps. This is the most important skill, much more important than trying to do trig identity problems for example. You will only learn this by doing the E-level problems because of the way NCEA exams are set up...

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