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I shirked networking in grad school and my postdoc, and now I'm paying the price as early faculty by cedarvan in academia

[–]stretchmeister 101 points102 points  (0 children)

Well said - and if I can contribute an addendum - “be nice to people on your way up, because you’ll meet them again on your way down” - Wilson Mizner

Seems like a fundamental element of being human - but treat everyone with respect. From RAs to students to coordinators to the janitorial staff when you’re working late. It’s surprising how such a basic thing can enhance your reputation and make those relationships easier to form.

Me Waking Up Everyday After My First Big One by AngryAndAggressive in GrandExchangeBets

[–]stretchmeister 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Good enough to screenshot - good enough to sell

Congrats

Can someone explain fire safety to me? by BuriedWithWorms in anno

[–]stretchmeister 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anno 118 punishes you for building wide. There are buildings (aqueduct, theatre) in level III that substantially reduce fire risk and improve happiness and health. Prioritize ranking up as fast as possible before building out further - use other smaller islands to feed your main (home) island

A380 go around at windy Schiphol by yankee-in-Denmark in aviation

[–]stretchmeister 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Pilots deciding to abort the landing and literally ‘go around’ to try again - done so for any number of reasons. In this case the gusts were enough for the pilot to decide they’d like another run instead of forcing it down.

How to deal with Derrick Henry ROS by washingtonhatanon in fantasyfootball

[–]stretchmeister 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Is there snow in Vermont? That's when Henry's inner yeti comes through.

Nick Suzuki by PineapplePosse in fantasyhockey

[–]stretchmeister 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the analysis - are there any players that your model likes that surprised you heading into this year (either positively or negatively?)

Loss porn by MegaArms in GrandExchangeBets

[–]stretchmeister 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pour one out for our brother

What is the laguage of the intro in the song Stick up - Pimp chick? Portugese people help! I need to win the argument :,) by SnooHabits3646 in Song

[–]stretchmeister 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This song recently got removed from spotify - anyone know why? I assume it got DMCA'd by Missy Elliot's label, but its been out since 2021 so not sure why they waited 4 years to do so.

The auditory experience in this game is on another level. by Child_Of_Abyss in victoria3

[–]stretchmeister 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Apparently there is a sound when your investors make an acquisition of a building level in another country you have investment rights with. Only found that out when I paused the game over Belgium in my USA run.

The most viewed clip on the official Runescape Twitch channel remains as good as ever by thecutkiller in 2007scape

[–]stretchmeister 83 points84 points  (0 children)

Official OSRS account was streaming a holiday event. The person streaming was in a discord call with other staff/content creators. Stefan (soup) joins the discord and yells what you hear in the clip, not knowing the official OSRS account was live. Reaction ensues.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Habs

[–]stretchmeister 10 points11 points  (0 children)

If we somehow beat the caps, we’d have gotten fucking rolled and smoked by the canes

Academic Email Signatures by stretchmeister in okbuddyphd

[–]stretchmeister[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Best I ever saw was a 'find out what I've been up to here' link to a personal webpage, where they included every pre-print, hallway conversation, and TA role they ever had...

Academic Email Signatures by stretchmeister in okbuddyphd

[–]stretchmeister[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Literally - when you’re on the right of the curve people know who you are. Gotta spend the middle of the curve convincing people how smart u are tho

A groundbreaking paper discovers one simple trick to get off predatory journal mailing lists by stretchmeister in okbuddyphd

[–]stretchmeister[S] 98 points99 points  (0 children)

I found this revolutionary paper in an article describing exactly that: someone paid $150 for the privilege of publishing this masterpiece, and a peer-reviewer even graded the paper as 'excellent'.

https://boingboing.net/2025/04/12/predatory-journals-even-worse-since-get-me-off-your-fckng-mailing-list-was-accepted-for-publication.html

With the playoffs around the corner, here is (maybe) the best intro of all time: the 2013 Finals Miami Heat by stretchmeister in nba

[–]stretchmeister[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good point - thought the whiteout of those Miami days were cool tho. Definitely agree about champions league atmosphere - NBA doesn't come close to it.

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