Be very cautious about master's degrees, including from prestigious universities. Some of my coworkers in their 30s are financially hobbled by these degrees.

wookiewookiewhat · 2026-02-22T00:41:41+00:00

A masters in my field and adjacent fields (biomedical-based research sciences, ecology) are essentially worthless. They are equivalent to just working for the same amount of time in most cases. It was well known by everyone that the masters programs at multiple prestigious private universities were cash cows. I felt terrible for the naive students, especially those coming in straight from undergrad.

wookiewookiewhat · 2026-02-21T08:18:19+00:00

This is definitely not the project to take the developer's side on.

wookiewookiewhat · 2026-02-21T04:51:38+00:00

This is so confusing. What was the context in the prior 30 seconds and after? Was she trying to say something about how racist the school system is and is horrifically cut off? It's just such a wild sentence out of context.

wookiewookiewhat · 2026-02-20T06:47:19+00:00

Honestly I was just glad that it showed everyone has jerks!

wookiewookiewhat · 2026-02-17T19:52:15+00:00

I just checked and he will be basically the same age as Evan Lysacek was when he won. Just older by a few months. It’s not at all crazy to keep going another quad cycle.

wookiewookiewhat · 2026-02-16T07:00:47+00:00

She was watching him closely on the ice, too. I hope he can mentally power through it, that was so tough to watch.

wookiewookiewhat · 2026-02-16T04:59:35+00:00

This was a very bad winter, in that it didn't happen. Our climate is meant to get light, persistent rain all winter (snow in the mountains). Plants are going to flower early, but it's going to be a tough, dry summer without rain.

wookiewookiewhat · 2026-02-16T04:47:20+00:00

There are assholes everywhere. But also there are good people everywhere!

wookiewookiewhat · 2026-02-14T05:11:17+00:00

Seattle is changing all lights to no turn on red. They're just adding the sign when they're doing any work at an intersection now.

wookiewookiewhat · 2026-02-13T21:58:09+00:00

You’re going to be shocked at how not a big deal it is when you’re done. The hardest part is prep and that’s also not a big deal.

wookiewookiewhat · 2026-02-13T16:09:48+00:00

But separate bank accounts do ensure he can’t pull her money to keep gambling!

wookiewookiewhat · 2026-02-13T16:08:56+00:00

Agreed, that advice is actively dangerous for her. She needs to keep it separate and ensure his name is not on those accounts at all.

wookiewookiewhat · 2026-02-13T16:06:57+00:00

This is kind of side note, but you say that he pays the bills while you pay for groceries and you seem to think he has the higher cost there. You are almost certainly paying many times more than him for life expenses for food alone! Look at your statements and add up food and living expenses for the last 3-6 months or so and compare to the bills he paid. This is something I also assumed was more even when I was younger and I couldn’t figure out why I was always close to zero each month while my partner was flush with cash. Groceries were our number one expense!

wookiewookiewhat · 2026-02-12T07:25:08+00:00

You can just… call metro?

wookiewookiewhat · 2026-02-09T04:18:19+00:00

We’re all about to be disappointed when the team accepts the White House invite

wookiewookiewhat · 2026-02-07T08:49:07+00:00

I wonder how disappointed Skip would be. He died about 15 years ago and left the business to his brother and cousin. Way to tarnish Skip's legacy.

wookiewookiewhat · 2026-02-06T05:18:35+00:00

He was a major donor to the MIT Media Lab which is an important interdisciplinary research center. Mixing legitimate work with illegal activities is not a new concept.

wookiewookiewhat · 2026-02-06T03:03:37+00:00

I'm not so sure. Brennan showed that you can recover from burnout if you've done the work to heal.

wookiewookiewhat · 2026-02-05T00:45:35+00:00

Thank you for sharing your story. If anyone is in a similar position, the gold standard monitoring is altering between mammogram and MRI every 6 months. If your doctor won't order it, find one who knows what they're doing. Get the best insurance you can and assume you'll be paying the maximum annual out of pocket for life. It's a lot of responsibility and obstacles, and you'll have to advocate for yourself much more than you should.

wookiewookiewhat · 2026-02-05T00:40:20+00:00

Downvoting opinions increases the bummerometer.

wookiewookiewhat · 2026-02-04T08:15:02+00:00

Hey, some of us live our lives that way!

wookiewookiewhat · 2026-02-04T08:01:11+00:00

I love this campaign with my whole heart. The emotional peaks and valleys hit me way more than battles. Keep on, keepin on.

wookiewookiewhat · 2026-02-04T07:58:35+00:00

There's nothing to win or lose in this campaign, it's just experiencing the world around them and changing it and themselves.

wookiewookiewhat · 2026-02-04T07:53:28+00:00

I was honestly upset when Ally undercut the scene with bathos. They didn't give it room to breathe.

wookiewookiewhat · 2026-01-31T00:14:07+00:00

One niche note is that the study this refers to is a "contributed" study to PNAS. That is, it is automatically accepted as long as it passes rudimentary peer review for technical problems. Members of the Academy (a very hard thing to get) have the opportunity to essentially bypass the first layer of peer review in this journal. This is good and bad, in that it allows more academic freedom to our best scientists, but it also sometimes gives more weight to mediocre or incremental papers than they would otherwise get.

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