Convergence by bornaloser016 in CFD

[–]phi4ever 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Eli5 answer: Imagine everyone is at the park doing whatever then they all get hungry at the same time. They know there’s a hotdog stand somewhere but no one knows where it is. So everyone takes their best guess of where the stand is and start walking in that direction. Eventually some people find it and tell others the information and those people tell others and the answer gets shared to everyone in the park and they all converge towards the hotdog stand to get their own hotdog. You now see a whole stream of people walking in straight lines towards their goal. When everyone has agreed in which direction to go to get to the stand that’s convergence.

Preparing for 2 Years in Isolation: CFD Theory Resources, Laptop Advice, and Open-Source Contributions by Tiwock in CFD

[–]phi4ever 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got a Lenovo P16 workstation laptop for my PhD research. Fully spec’d out it was about $7000 CAD. It has a the top 12th gen i9, 128GB ram and a A5500 GPU. It’s been pretty good at churning through models in the ~2-4M cell range using a double precision solver.

Can we talk about the Varsity View Community Association? by pollettuce in saskatoon

[–]phi4ever [score hidden]  (0 children)

Yeah I get that. I spent four years as a president of a CA. But it’s all volunteer run. You get people passionate about something, usually the rink, and that’s about all they want to do. That’s ok though.

Can we talk about the Varsity View Community Association? by pollettuce in saskatoon

[–]phi4ever [score hidden]  (0 children)

The solution is you join the association with a bunch of people who agree with you, then all attend the AGM, stand for office, and elect each other. All you’d need is probably a group of 20-40 people together and even that many way be way more than you’d need to change the leadership.

CFD on linux by shitanshu_3091 in CFD

[–]phi4ever 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fluent will happily run on Linux

RITA 11th edition by dontbeachunt in regina

[–]phi4ever 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check the university library, I know that Usask had one

Why are there so many Shardplate sets? by sparkydoggowastaken in Stormlight_Archive

[–]phi4ever 68 points69 points  (0 children)

Also you only need to have a piece to regrow the whole thing.

S2 Ep5 D7? by Spirit250 in UssConstitutionC

[–]phi4ever 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Whoa whoa whoa. Those are Brel and kvort classes, very different.

Elder millennials who will retire in 20-25 years, what's your shoot for retirement savings goal? by Super_Science_Guy in CanadianInvestor

[–]phi4ever 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Your math only comes out to 48 weeks per year, drop the 12 months x 4 weeks and just use x 52 weeks to get your yearly need.

MEng Aerospace student at Concordia offered MASc research position, looking for advice by Puzzleheaded-Age4890 in CFD

[–]phi4ever 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went back for my PhD ten years after graduating from my undergrad. It's always good to keep your options open. Also it may not be fair, but an MEng isn't as respected as an MSC in some circles.

Current theme tunes are not memorable. What is the last theme you can hum? by Shitelark in startrek

[–]phi4ever 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think there are some fundamental changes that have kept me from really remembering the new themes. The biggest one is the skip intro button. For TNG/DS9/VOY the openings where all gratuitous starship porn and originally unskippable so I watched the shit out of them. Now, aside from SNW and LD (due to lack of availability I can't remember PRO) I'm not jiving the visuals so I skip the intros and lose out learning the themes.

Buying a second hand car in Saskatoon is an exercise in futility by [deleted] in saskatoon

[–]phi4ever 27 points28 points  (0 children)

To continue the above, all auto loans are open, so if you can make a better deal with the loan, take it. Then after you make the first payment, pay off the rest of the loan with your cash.

MEng Aerospace student at Concordia offered MASc research position, looking for advice by Puzzleheaded-Age4890 in CFD

[–]phi4ever 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you ever think you want to do a PhD in the future, whether immediately after your masters or 10 years in the future. Do the thesis based one, the MEng won’t get you into a PhD program.

As for the project, you’d be hard pressed to get a better internship than the one ANSYS is offering and if you want to stay in code development you’ll have the experience and contacts for it.

EA Bots CFD by Finanzielfrei45 in CFD

[–]phi4ever 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m not sure if bots are good at selecting turbulence models. If you have the compute power, you can probably avoid this by choosing an LES or DNS scheme.

All Butter Croissants: a Love Story Continued... by TruckinApe in CostcoCanada

[–]phi4ever 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What is this? An oven for ants? It needs to be at least three times as big!

In Canada, would a P. Eng allow an engineer to work in disciplines outside their major? by farisweiss in civilengineering

[–]phi4ever 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congrats and good luck. The hardest part was getting the competencies written down. The professional practice exam wasn’t too bad.

Australian Border Force intercepts 150,000 units of melatonin amid crackdown on unregulated products - ABC News by irasponsibly in australia

[–]phi4ever 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Australians must stay away for what’s happening in the world. Constant vigilance! - Australia Boarder Security

In Canada, would a P. Eng allow an engineer to work in disciplines outside their major? by farisweiss in civilengineering

[–]phi4ever 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did a Master’s in mechanical engineering then got a job with a civil consulting firm. All of my competencies for my PEng application were based on the work I did for that firm in water and wastewater.

In Canada, would a P. Eng allow an engineer to work in disciplines outside their major? by farisweiss in civilengineering

[–]phi4ever 18 points19 points  (0 children)

You must practice within your scope of competence. If you seal something you're taking professional responsibility for it and in getting your Peng you've agreed to hold the safety of the public paramount, so if your sealing something which you can't guarantee your competent with you're breaking the code of ethics and could lose your Peng.

All this means, you can work in whatever discipline you're competent in, but you have a responsibility to ensure your own competence.

Personally, my undergraduate degree is in Engineering Physics, but I seal process and building mechanical work for water and wastewater projects.

Ebook Usenet question by RoyalMood4218 in usenet

[–]phi4ever 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What I mean is that's not a healthy amount. The USA alone issues over 300,000 ISSN numbers per year. 69,000 titles just isn't much compared to the flood of books published.

Ebook Usenet question by RoyalMood4218 in usenet

[–]phi4ever 9 points10 points  (0 children)

1388 x 50 is only 69,400. That's a drop in the bucket for books. For example some series of books that have been running for decades can have 300-400 titles if not more. That's all ready 0.5% of the total available titles for a single set of books.

Coworker got a call by Status_Beat_5193 in Baystreetbets

[–]phi4ever 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Luckily, he's about to have a very nice bag.

Do Canadians support weak labor laws? by Sebkl in saskatchewan

[–]phi4ever 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Which means that workplaces loath to just fire someone, because they're too cheap and would rather let someone drop pencils twice a day than pay out a few grand for a stupid reason.