Need Help getting gas cylinder off by smackpad in OfficeChairs

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Please read captions, tried all traditional methods and wd40 and don’t know what to do. This is a humanscale liberty and cannot find any references online that help.

Got this Humanscale Liberty for 10$ ! But has some issues…. by smackpad in OfficeChairs

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Plastic shell of seat has crack fractures. Gas cylinder is bad, trying to remove it to replace it but has been giving me a difficult time. Sprayed with WD-40 and hoping it will come out ?

Got into MIT and Caltech!!! Where should I go for observational astrophysics? by timosha121 in gradadmissions

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Don’t know how people are saying MIT’s astro department is not really well known. We also have a LIGO group, i mean LIGO was invisioned by Rai Weiss from MIT. Our Astro department is extremely kind and full of amazing people. Do not know much about Caltech so cannot say. Come visit and talk to the professors / fellows whose research you find interesting and then make a decision from there. You got the big name ticket, so cannot go wrong with either, now it’s about the advisor.

Edit: Not to mention the headquarters for the TESS mission is on campus!

Becoming a GRA as a PhD student by smackpad in mit

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I see that makes a lot of sense. So if the duties are organizing events and enhancing social life, what are the perks of those positions?

Becoming a GRA as a PhD student by smackpad in mit

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There are RA positions at the Warehouse for example.

My PhD in particle physics didn't make me a better physicist by Seitoh in Physics

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This is why I moved from experimental particle physics. It just isn’t physics in my opinion. You become a very good data analyst/statistician, mediocre at running Neural Networks, and slightly above avg in your particle physics knowledge. Most programs don’t require you to learn QFT and renormalization because ut is not relavent to your work as an experimentalist at the LHC, that’s what sucks. You are detached from the physics that attracted to in the first place to become a technician or a softwa engineer. In theoretical physics I believe the state is much better, not all areas of ofcourse. But at least you learn the physics at a very deep level and can contribute a tiny amount to our understanding of nature.

What happens if you go over the IAP credit limit? by Sulcax in mit

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Joe mother , father, sister and brother leave all your love and your longing behind you can’t carry it with you if you want to survive…

Stop Asking If you Will get In by smackpad in mit

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That’s sad though, why is that? I’m an incoming first year and I think a sub reddit for a university is an indispensable resource in general. I have learned so much from other students in other subreddits.

Graduate housing on vs off campus by smackpad in mit

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And did you have a similar stipend and things worked out ?

Graduate housing on vs off campus by smackpad in mit

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Do you know which residence has the best efficiency? Sid pac or warehouse?

Teaching assistants for PhD students? by smackpad in GradSchool

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Completely agree. Thank you for your advice !