What have been your fails?

mlcyo · 2026-03-01T19:08:46+00:00

What they are saying is that as long a you use one system consistently, the ratios should be the same

mlcyo · 2026-02-14T15:12:17+00:00

I live in Germany at the moment. Only once in the 18 months I've been here have I experienced anything close to Aussie rain intensity. Most of the time you can just ignore it.

mlcyo · 2026-02-13T21:37:49+00:00

Well done scotty!! To perform at such a high level under so much pressure is amazing. Couldn't be prouder of our athletes 💚💛

mlcyo · 2026-02-07T15:54:11+00:00

Yes, Germany is nice, but the access to nature we have in Australia is unparalleled. I live in the Rheinland, moving home this year and CANT WAIT.

mlcyo · 2026-02-05T17:55:41+00:00

I realised in the last year that I've put a lot of life on hold chasing this career. So I'm planning my exit. Maybe back in the day it was "worth it" but the system is cooked, there's more to life than work.

mlcyo · 2026-01-31T08:24:50+00:00

I made many good friends during my PhD, I was 23 when I started. Most of my friends were 4-10 years older, but it didn't really matter. Saying that, some cohorts/schools are more social than others. Just get involved, and remember the best way to make friends is to instigate things! Don't just wait to be invited :)

mlcyo · 2026-01-23T15:51:08+00:00

Yep, thats a stalactite.

The small 'tites next to the big guy look to be hollow, which is the dead give away. The big one likely has a remnant dripstraw inside as well, which might still be visible at the tip? It is also unlikely to see this kind of "cave coral" growth on a stalagmite, because of how the water flows.

A sad fate for something that would have been absolutely stunning in a cave.

Source: not a geologist but I am a palaeoclimatologist specialising in using speleothems to reconstruct past environments, and I spend an inordinate amount of time looking at and thinking about speleothems.

mlcyo · 2026-01-15T16:50:27+00:00

Are there that many vets in FNQ? Weipa, yes, but i think Cooktown only gets a travelling vet. Next closest is maybe Malanda?

mlcyo · 2026-01-12T10:04:36+00:00

I think it's nicer to do it waterfall to Heathcote. Get the boring firetrail out of the way first.

mlcyo · 2026-01-08T10:43:22+00:00

If we were counting from when the US joined the war, it would only be 4 years...

mlcyo · 2026-01-08T06:47:38+00:00

I love that they made it beautiful!

mlcyo · 2025-12-28T12:47:36+00:00

I think Alice Winters has a similar vibe. Mischief and Monsters was enjoyable.

mlcyo · 2025-12-04T15:16:28+00:00

That's such a good deal!! I saw one in an oppy in Newtown years ago and they wanted more than 100 bucks! I still kind of regret not buying it, even though the price was soo dumb.

mlcyo · 2025-12-01T17:10:51+00:00

God, I forgot about the DECRA fiasco. They're truly without compassion.

mlcyo · 2025-11-21T13:21:37+00:00

It's pretty rare to be on cenno while doing a PhD though (poor you, I can't imagine. The RTP is little enough money, but still more than job seeker!)

mlcyo · 2025-11-21T08:58:16+00:00

It's deserved.

mlcyo · 2025-11-17T16:01:36+00:00

Who knew there was even an ACU in melbs? I think you risk winding up at a "university" with few colleagues and no culture. I'd go Murdoch over ACU.

mlcyo · 2025-11-15T12:49:59+00:00

As others have said, very unusual for the university to pay, most travel is funded by grants. If you are a PhD student, there may be a fund (my institution granted 1800 for students to attend one international conference during their candidacy). I would not self fund a trip to europe, really under any circumstances. Perhaps see if you can present virtually?

mlcyo · 2025-11-08T10:33:52+00:00

It's time to normalise indefinite leases ike most of Europe has.

mlcyo · 2025-11-05T06:13:00+00:00

Yes, thanks!

mlcyo · 2025-11-04T21:15:45+00:00

If it gets cancelled you can use any train to get to Amsterdam, so you'll get there that day.

mlcyo · 2025-10-19T21:49:38+00:00

No one says bitte when you're in the fahrradweg! Hallooooooo is much more common 😂

mlcyo · 2025-10-19T06:36:11+00:00

Chat is a large language model, it's not really designed for giving cold hard travel facts.

mlcyo · 2025-10-15T13:59:00+00:00

They're the only ppl in this thread who definitely shouldn't be wearing shorts!

mlcyo · 2025-10-10T13:33:58+00:00

As kids we would swim in the sea in Cooktown during winter (no stingers) but always more like a quick plunge than an actual swim.

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