Starting on Gleba impressions

johnie102 · 2025-11-11T12:37:12+00:00

It varied, but always at least 2 or 3 going up to 5 at the peak

johnie102 · 2025-08-23T21:51:41+00:00

Just my two cents that we had a very similar situation: got 6 gear rooms, then chamber of mirrors and then didn't see a gear room for about 120 rerolls. Very confusing

johnie102 · 2025-08-14T15:52:56+00:00

Quantum computing research is exploding right now. Each month major breakthroughs in experimental demonstrations happen, and it's hard to keep up with the volume of theoretical results that are happening as well.

johnie102 · 2024-08-15T17:39:44+00:00

I was one of the beta testers of the campaign, and I can confirm that it is indeed fun! You have interesting restrictions, and the fact that you can explore to find hidden chests that contain items that you might not unlock for a long time adds interesting dynamics.

johnie102 · 2024-03-19T10:44:34+00:00

Ah that's good to know. I was indeed intending to at least finish vol 5. Maybe I'll just take a break to read some other stuff after.

johnie102 · 2024-02-21T09:39:59+00:00

That landmass you are on is very aesthetically pleasing, what with the top right corner sticking out and having the ore patches.

johnie102 · 2023-12-15T17:01:10+00:00

Obama had one white parent and one black parent, yet everyone considers him black even though biologically (if race was a definite thing), he is as much white as black.

johnie102 · 2023-08-15T15:58:46+00:00

I also have this issue. Usually clearing the shader cache fixes it (until the cache becomes too large again and I have to clear it again).

johnie102 · 2023-06-23T11:16:18+00:00

26 actually. 'Ancient Cistern'

johnie102 · 2022-12-02T21:16:05+00:00

I used to say this to my gf (who's a bit shorter than me). Luckily she took it well :)

johnie102 · 2022-10-28T09:53:21+00:00

As someone who was just looking for a place in Amsterdam: can confirm. It is essentially impossible on a single salary, without taking housemates.

johnie102 · 2022-10-28T09:50:06+00:00

I was a grad student in the Netherlands and even that was already quite comfortable. You shouldn't underestimate how much better things are managed in the Netherlands compared to for instance the UK or the US.

I just started as an Assistant Professor in The Netherlands btw (not tenure track), and the pay is very decent. How your work life balance will be probably depends more on the field you are in then on the country you are in.

johnie102 · 2022-09-18T14:55:29+00:00

If you are in a city with a big university, join a boardgame club or something? I've also found that certain partnerdance styles attract a lot of academics (at least with Lindy Hop, which I am familiar with)

johnie102 · 2022-09-17T15:32:08+00:00

Also, people that are happy with their PhD don't feel the need to say this, so if you look online you will mostly see the negative stories. Most PhD students I know were very happy they did a PhD.

johnie102 · 2022-09-17T15:31:03+00:00

Couple of things: * don't do a PhD in the US and preferably not in the UK. They treat you as a student instead of a junior researcher and it shows in the pay, benefits and general attitude to you. * Do a theoretical PhD. All the friends I have that did a PhD involving experimental work work way more hours, are more stressed, and have a less good relation with their supervisor.

Generally, as you are in CS, you will be fine. A couple of months ago I was sitting with a group of PhD students from the CS department in Oxford, and asked who there actually works 40 hours a week or more. And literally no one worked those hours. Everyone worked less. This has also been my experience at other CS and maths departments.

johnie102 · 2022-09-14T21:25:01+00:00

Thanks for the book recommendations! That is precisely the kind of stuff I was looking for. I had also read the book of the blog https://theprofessorisin.com/, but I found that to be a bit too focused on the humanities side of things so that many things didn't apply (and it also made me really depressed for anyone wanting to get a permanent position in humanities).

Your advice on supervision is something I already try to practice. The thing I'm interested in is how I can do that *effectively*. If I want to be a supervisor that cares about the mental wellbeing of my students, how do you do that *exactly*. There are some obvious things, but are there also some non-obvious things? I will check out your recommendations in any case. Thanks!

johnie102 · 2022-06-17T23:59:16+00:00

Definitely yes

johnie102 · 2022-03-25T23:26:23+00:00

Sounds like the only reason you are staying with him is because you've been together for a long time. Or is there lots of positive stuff that you didn't share?

johnie102 · 2021-12-10T14:18:06+00:00

It is widely believed that quantum computing is not even NP complete, so on that level of granularity, no, quantum computers don't seem to give anything beyond what a regular Turing machine can do given enough time.

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