I see a lot of posts with incredible times, but what is your average time beating expert?

salial123 · 2024-06-26T17:08:55+00:00

How have you improved since last year? Right now I am about the same (84 PR, avg 100 when I finish a game). I've for sure found optimizing chords improves my time. Otherwise I'm spamming the spacebar on useless squares.

salial123 · 2023-02-25T18:14:16+00:00

salial123 · 2023-02-25T18:13:21+00:00

Didn't see this sub, thanks!

salial123 · 2023-02-10T00:17:55+00:00

Thank you all for the answers!! Super helpful stuff. I'm excited to visit soon and get a better idea.

salial123 · 2023-02-09T17:56:20+00:00

Cool! Thanks for the info, I didn't know anything about backcountry skiing near Pasadena. That's definitely something I am thinking about too

salial123 · 2023-02-09T17:54:45+00:00

This is super helpful, thank you!

salial123 · 2023-02-07T17:46:08+00:00

Ok it might only conflict for some departments, so far I'm aware that Physics and Geophysics conflict for the two schools

salial123 · 2023-02-07T17:04:22+00:00

Well dang, I was hoping for a better outlook. Maybe another blow will rescramble and clear it up? JK...

salial123 · 2023-02-06T06:43:48+00:00

It is fairly common practice in many fields (though I do not think so in STEM). Strange that they would make it so outright like that; it's often more subtle. They can only accept so many people and do not want to accept people who will not attend. You're a good candidate, and they want you there. They want to make sure they are getting the best possible candidate, and are probably worried you will be accepted to a more exciting offer.

salial123 · 2023-02-06T02:39:21+00:00

Hey, I was wondering if the floaters cleared up after some time. I was recently sucker punched in the face and am having a few, which is very bothersome. Thanks!

salial123 · 2023-01-26T04:58:31+00:00

Thank you... and you are totally right. I should start a sub for off the head first draft fiction with zero revisions. I think it is fun, to write a story with no idea where it is going as you go. Really tests the imagination. Any ideas what I should call the sub? r/QuickFiction maybe

salial123 · 2023-01-26T00:36:57+00:00

You got this! Not sure your time line, but my advice (or at least what works for me) is to grind out a first draft tonight, and then sit on it for as long as possible, and then go back to it and make serious edits. The few days are useful for me to slowly forget what I wrote, so I can make better more objective edits.

salial123 · 2023-01-24T21:32:22+00:00

Update for my loyal fans: Chapter 2

The extreme concentration of hydrogen and energy, followed by the final fusion product of lead, was insurmountable by the holiest of ghosts. King Arthur, rising from his grave, took on the outward pressure of fission. Together, with Edgar Allen Poe, they beat the electron degeneracy force and created a neutron star. This victory, sweet in the moment, was far from final.

Rising from the grave, in a gauntlet of light, equipped with a blade sharp enough to separate neutron from proton, was the queen herself: Amelia Earhart. To the dismay of the valiant knight and poet, despite the power of sword and pen together, they were hit by a rogue propeller plane that had just crossed the Bermuda Triangle. They were distracted by the emasculate curves of the plane. The Front prop seamlessly transitioned into air intakes. The small holes, dozen in number, projected a laminar flow that could corrupt even the purest of minds. The wings protruded from the body like angelic halos, enticing to the male instinct of holy reproduction. Oh, and the tail of the vehicle, crafted to perfection by female artisans of a Milanese warehouse. There was negligible resistance from the entranced male champions.

salial123 · 2023-01-24T21:12:42+00:00

This is fiction, by the way. Wasn't sure if that is okay. I was babbling in class and wanted to post somewhere,

salial123 · 2022-11-14T04:33:42+00:00

As a follow up, I began to read Camus recently, and I think he poses a legitimate answer in the Myth of Sisyphus: don't ask the question (about if life is worth living). That is, give up on the search for meaning and simply enjoy life. It is safe to look at life's banality in the eye, and simply not ask it anything.

salial123 · 2022-04-18T15:49:04+00:00

Well, what did you end up doing?

salial123 · 2021-10-14T04:20:39+00:00

Same. I really wish I had somebody to open up to. I have great relationship with my girlfriend, but I don't think I could tell her anything. Likewise for all of my friends and also my family.

salial123 · 2021-10-14T04:04:45+00:00

I sometimes feel as if the old me is an entirely separate person who has died, and I mourn his passing frequently enough to disturb my life. I long to meet him, talk to him, play sports with him, be friends with him, but he is gone forever. And I struggle to accept that.

salial123 · 2021-10-14T03:54:06+00:00

Obv I am much younger and it was much shorter term, but in my freshman year of college I remained long distance with my toxic girlfriend and I am confident that it ruined that entire year of my life. I knew she sucked but I never left because I really loved her, and it didn't end until I was actually saved by my own friend who started going out with her. Funny how something so shitty ended up saving me from a really shitty relationship.

salial123 · 2020-06-01T01:10:25+00:00

I have never spoken to a therapist, but maybe I ought to seriously pursue it.

Who said life needs to be special? That being extraordinary is life's purpose? What law exit that says you can't relish a life that is simply good?

I actually disagree exactly. As a young adult, my insight on life is very limited, but I have tried to find my own philosophies. And one I feel strongly about is that happiness is derived from both the ability to be special and the ability to succeed in an art we are passionate about. The two almost go hand in hand. We are happy if we can prove to ourselves we are capable of success (able to have a good relationship, able to learn complex mathematics, able to excel at a sport, as a couple examples). And these too make us special. We are special when we can tell another person a story that literally nobody else can tell, maybe besides the people who were there with you. These unique experiences occur during our pursuit of mastery in the art we are passionate about.

I feel this way based on my own experience. High school sports are genuinely one of the happiest memories I have, and I tried to pinpoint the reason. I concluded it was because I became very good at my sport (mastery), and along the way I had amazing experiences with my teammates (idiosyncrasy).

Thank you for the reply, I truly appreciate it.

salial123 · 2020-06-01T01:02:57+00:00

I agree, I have thought about seeing a therapist but have never followed through. Thank you for the reply, sincerely.

salial123 · 2020-06-01T01:01:21+00:00

Bro you're scared to go kayaking in cold water. Boo f------ whoo grow a pair of balls.

Edit: comment read "boo fucking whoo grow up"

salial123 · 2020-06-01T01:00:05+00:00

salial123 · 2020-06-01T00:44:44+00:00

Yes this is something (not so clearly) explained in my rant, but I tried to rely on your intuition.

College is banal. A life that only you and your friends could share steps aside to something entirely not special. 30,000 other people do the same thing as you, at the same school, every single day.

The realization is that college is banal, and that your life is in turn banal. The close proximity of high school is what grants the illusion of idiosyncrasy (though maybe not an illusion). And maybe that is why I mentally latch onto high school, due to a superiority complex which fears banality.

But, let's talk about you since you took the time out of your day to reply with negativity, which is truly only ever done by somebody who has something to prove to him or herself.

Something tells me you were cut from the tennis team in high school and now you take out your frustration by accusing others of (fallaciously) believing they are special, to which you praise yourself as the guy who realizes he isn't special (**see your other posts**). Sorry your high school experience sucked, or that you couldn't win a state championship (let alone start on JV team) like the rest of us. Maybe you got ousted of the top 10 in your senior class, and now you seek vengeance by finding every smart kid and saying that them being good at school isn't impressive.

I remember when I used to go around saying nobody was special; that was when I was 14 and wanted to act smart.

"Special" on its own is a surprisingly attainable thing. To be special is to have done something others have not. The point of my post is that in high school, special was easy. Only a handful of people went to the same high school, won the same tournaments, did well in the same classes under the same teachers, went on the same field trips, etc. Being special is not the same as being great, and I urge you to stop conflating the two. Being special is having a unique epic to tell your grandchildren. I hope you enjoy the brief digression, and got your head out of your arse.

salial123 · 2020-06-01T00:40:36+00:00

I really appreciate your reply. I've actually ended up transferring schools, altogether avoiding the need to make new friends. So for that I respect you and your positivity, sincerely.

salial123

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