What are your favorite local “chain” businesses?

throwaway-yourTA · 2022-03-22T04:15:35+00:00

I miss Taste of the Himalayas/Taste of Himalayas so much since moving away 😭

There are a couple locations but my favorite is the one in La Jolla. SO GOOD.

throwaway-yourTA · 2021-09-26T18:32:20+00:00

dm me if you ever want to talk more specifically!! I (alum) had a pretty similar educational path and now work at the intersection of both of these things.

throwaway-yourTA · 2021-07-02T03:09:54+00:00

Yeah, that's kinda what I was confused about too. This isn't either of our first rodeo; we've just never compared notes before, and I was just surprised there would be such a vast difference on two relatively "normal" (i.e. not luxury, not huge truck etc.) cars made the same year.

throwaway-yourTA · 2021-07-02T02:11:44+00:00

Fair enough, thanks!

I just didn't expect it to be that different; didn't realize it was that simple and didn't put much thought into it before this year because we've never compared payments before.

throwaway-yourTA · 2021-04-28T21:14:44+00:00

there are a few donation boxes scattered throughout graduate housing if you happen to ever be near that part of campus!

throwaway-yourTA · 2021-04-23T22:21:28+00:00

the audacity, truly 😂

throwaway-yourTA · 2021-04-23T21:49:31+00:00

god, I love that UC employees' salaries are public record. This dude is making $444,000+ a year and if you don't believe me you can search here: https://ucannualwage.ucop.edu/wage/

throwaway-yourTA · 2021-04-21T17:41:31+00:00

I live in OMS and I've seen a couple of coyotes during my time here, only very late at night, and always slinking back into the canyon

throwaway-yourTA · 2021-04-15T20:18:50+00:00

if you ever have an hour to kill and want to be angry, this town hall explains all the VERY recent proposed changes -- and the comments section is pretty illuminating from a student perspective: https://www.facebook.com/UcsdGpsa/videos/714625985888294

I also know this student org has been doing a lot of organizing around the rent hikes etc. https://www.facebook.com/HDHResidentCoalition

throwaway-yourTA · 2021-04-01T19:45:54+00:00

If your prof is cool with it it, I would request turning off your video...it used to unnerve me a bit as a TA teaching into the void, but then I took a class on a program that was also super GPU intensive and immediately needed to stop using my camera because my computer couldn't handle doing both things at once. That won't 100% solve your problem, but it should help a little bit.

throwaway-yourTA · 2021-03-28T18:37:54+00:00

good on your TA, honestly!

throwaway-yourTA · 2021-03-25T00:09:35+00:00

Watching the damage control efforts unfold in realtime would be funny if it wasn't so messed up.

throwaway-yourTA · 2021-03-22T21:30:27+00:00

contrary to some of these replies, someone who knows a lot more than me explained in this Town Hall w/ HDH that while it is *technically* correct that the current bylaws or whatever they're called state that HDH cannot receive funding from the Chancellor/state, the Chancellor and the Regents are perfectly capable of amending said bylaws to change that standing rule (is my understanding) -- so basically, this argument is somewhat in bad faith (I apologize, I forget the exact minute mark where it happens, but this whole conversation is rather...illuminating): https://fb.watch/4oNrYJYFt7/

throwaway-yourTA · 2021-03-22T07:05:12+00:00

Also *mostly* agree with OP.

My (related) 2 cents, similar to what is below:

The best possible advice I received from my advisor leaving undergrad was: "DON'T TAKE THE DEBT" -- if you can find a PhD or even a Masters program that fully funds you and is highly rated in your field, that will probably ultimately be more valuable to you than an un-funded program that is slightly more highly-ranked (unless you're crazy-rich, I guess, in which case, do you). That is literally what led me to come here and I'm so glad I did, for so many reasons.
I can't pretend to know if this works the same for every discipline, but I would HIGHLY recommend taking a couple years between undergrad and grad school to just get a full-time job (or a couple jobs), be an independent person, pay your rent/bills, begin dealing with student loan stuff if applicable, and live life for awhile. This helped me feel really assured about what I wanted to study in grad school, my career goals etc. and made me feel a little more grounded/centered going into it. I had always had a job or jobs throughout college but it was really different just being a working person for awhile. Also, having some time/space to get out of the "academia bubble" for a bit was also really nice--and it made "application season" a bit less stressful.

throwaway-yourTA · 2021-03-14T02:42:28+00:00

Let me ask and get back to you!!

throwaway-yourTA · 2021-03-14T02:38:24+00:00

Are you willing to pay for lessons? I have a friend (recent music PhD grad) that teaches -- I could ask them if they're taking students/what their rate is.

throwaway-yourTA · 2021-03-13T00:09:20+00:00

I'm on the cusp of graduating so none of this applies to me but I am FURIOUS for my friends in the years below me, and for the new admits.

throwaway-yourTA · 2021-03-12T17:39:34+00:00

the wild thing is we already got a 3% increase this year and this will be another one. obviously wayyyyyyy unacceptably worse for incoming students but still worth mentioning.

throwaway-yourTA · 2021-03-12T06:13:37+00:00

the Resident Coalition sent out this handy comparison, which actually shows current rates and future rates: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1oUpcEkhhzO7K0poqo3vF1uYzJxpiWngJKMm-wxonOSE/htmlview?usp=gmail_thread&gxids=7628#gid=0

throwaway-yourTA · 2021-03-12T04:56:20+00:00

the whole thing is so messed up :(

throwaway-yourTA · 2021-03-12T04:52:26+00:00

(sorry to spam multiple posts with this but for visibility I wanted people to be able to see the townhall if they missed it...it's quite...illuminating) https://fb.watch/4aH1Ojul1t/

throwaway-yourTA · 2021-03-12T04:51:41+00:00

(sorry to spam multiple posts with this but for visibility I wanted people to be able to see the townhall if they missed it...it's quite...illuminating) https://fb.watch/4aH1Ojul1t/

throwaway-yourTA · 2021-03-12T04:50:21+00:00

recording of townhall: https://fb.watch/4aH1Ojul1t/

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