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changemyview_train

CMV: the black community fails to take ownership of problematic behavior prevalent in their communities, and this contributes to widespread dysfunction and discrepancies between racial statistics in the USA The black community has some of the highest rates of gun violence, gang activity, and broken families. The black community also has high rates of prejudice against other minorities, women, and the lgbtq community. But all discussion around privilege, prejudice, and inequalities focuses on the relationship between the white community and black community- despite the fact white people are no longer the primary source of the black community’s problems, but rather other black people. “But legacy’s of racism!” Latinos are building functioning communities for themselves. Asians are building functional communities for themselves. Arabs are building functional communities for themselves. Those are all groups who also have experienced the legacies of racism. How can they and pretty much every other ethnic minority group can overcome it- but not black people?

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here's the problem: when white people fuck up, it's not a reflection of the race...just when blacks fuck up...no changing racist or ignorant minds

>Latinos are building functioning communities for themselves. Asians are building functional communities for themselves. Arabs are building functional communities for themselves. Those are all groups who also have experienced the legacies of racism. Some of the Most Elite Predominantly Black Communities in America 9 Historic Black Neighborhoods That Celebrate Black Excellence These are the top cities where African-Americans are doing the best economically 22 Black-Led Nonprofit Organizations Making History 28 Organizations That Empower Black Communities >How can they and pretty much every other ethnic minority group can overcome it- but not black people? The 1921 Attack on Greenwood was one of the most significant events in Tulsa’s history. How The Fbi Attacked The Black Panther Party The MOVE Bombing

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changemyview_train

CMV: People are getting too focused on whether Aziz Ansari committed sexual assault, harassment, or just engaged in bad sex when they should really be examining what occurred, whether or not his advances were acceptable, and how these situations should generally be handled and discussed. I've been getting frustrated seeing Reddit's reaction to this story because it seems that the hive mind mentality has been in full-force. I hold the belief that "Grace" should have taken a more professional and non-sensational approach to voicing her discomfort with the situation, such as going to the police. That being said, people seem to have overreacted in each direction, either siding completely with Aziz or "Grace", but very few people have been in between. I think that there are elements of sexual assault/harassment in this encounter, especially when you consider the fact that Ansari was following her around his apartment and repeatedly sticking his fingers down her throat despite her consistently walking away. He also continued to move her hand onto his genitals despite the fact that she kept moving it away. Now, regardless of whether or not this was sexual harassment, sexual assault, a bad sexual encounter, or some other classification, I think people are losing sight of the fact that his advances were inappropriate. If he were truly considering her wants and desires, which I think everyone can agree is something that two people involved in a sexual encounter should strive to do, then he would not have acted in the manner that he did. I think a combination of his celebrity status, the fact that she took her story to the media before the police, and general hive mind mentality have led a lot of people to take Aziz's side without reason. I seem to be in the minority here, so feel free to change my view! _____ > *This is a footnote from the CMV moderators. We'd like to remind you of a couple of things. Firstly, please* ***read through our rules***. *If you see a comment that has broken one, it is more effective to report it than downvote it. Speaking of which,* ***downvotes don't change views****! Any questions or concerns? Feel free to* ***message us***. *Happy CMVing!*

dstyy1z

dstzbyu

I can't think of a worse thing to do then focus on this situation more. This is exactly the kind of gray area situation that further divides people unnecessarily. There is a shit ton of obviously sexual assault going on out there that the vast majority of people can rally behind for real changes.

What he did was inappropriate, it was not criminal. Her saying it was assault is claiming it was criminal. Because it was not criminal that means it was a minor transgression, and one that should not have punishments in the public arena. If she never wishes to speak with him again, the destruction of that relationship/potential relationship is all the repercussions that should occur.

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askengineers_train

Experienced Engineers: If you were a new mechanical engineering graduate, which industry would you start in? I have experience in both design and manufacturing from my co-op and internships. As of now, I'm thinking medical device is the way to go in where I'm at (Upper Midwest). ​ In terms of job security, pay, and working hours which industry would you go into? Would manufacturing engineering or quality engineering or even process development engineering be a good one going in the medical device industry? Does company matter as much for that first job?

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hc86peg

Energy Renewable and alternative energy is about to explode, in a meaningful way with big money behind big developments, if it hasn't been already. And it's in desperate need of good mechanical engineers who understand and appreciate basic thermodynamics. There is also a lot of interesting topics for a MechE, where it be thermal powrr generation and new fuels,, efficient HVAC including geothermal, and continually changing industrial and process engineering. There's a huge amount of variety out there.

Production (Manufacturing) Engineering for a big Pharma group. I know, I know, it's like selling your soul but it is good work, quality must be perfect so investment is high and often they will run like a years worth of inventory in a very short amount of time. The balance is used evaluating and engineering...

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changemyview_train

CMV: Cursive is no longer needed in modern society and should no longer be taught in schools. Before I start with why Cursive shouldn’t be taught I should start with why it was created in the first place. Cursive comes the natural flow of writing with a quill. The sharpened tips were extremely brittle. It was easier and safer to write in flowing-continuous motions that way you lessened the risk of breaking the pen. During a time in which our writing technology was quite limited, cursive was the most practical method. Unfortunately (for cursive) we live in a modern time where this is no longer needed. There really is no reason to teach the Palmer style or writing other than nostalgia. I will address some of the arguments for it. 1) Cursive has historical importance and must be preserved : Some cursive supporters wil use the argument that “If kids don’t know cursive, how will they read old documents like the constitution!” This is ridiculous. Most people couldn’t read documents likes those when they were originally written. 2)Kids need to have a signature: This to me is the strongest argument in support of cursive. Here’s why it’s still irrelevant. Most people’s signatures are entirely illegible squiggles at this point. Most places also don’t bother to check your signature anyway. 3)Cursive provides a flow of thought : Some studies have found cursive to help people focus on note taking and allows people to write stuff down faster. We really don’t need a specific writing style for notes though. Most notes written are for the writers personal use. I know personally when I’m writing quickly I don’t really pay attention to spelling. I know what my squiggles mean so it doesn’t matter. If notes need to be seen then the writer can just explain what they mean in a way everyone understands. Cursive is closer to an art form then a practical writing method. Kids really don’t need it in our modern society.

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fghck72

Out of curiosity, would you consider handwriting to be necessary still?

Odd side note but many states do not recognize a printed signature as legitimate but readily accept a cursive signature. As someone who works in a job that has to deal with government forms it causes all sorts of issues when someone does not know how to sign their name in cursive.

rt9uww

askbaking_train

Since I was out of my usual unsalted grocery store brand butter today, I had to use some precious Kerrygold butter instead since that's all I had to bake with. What a fabulous substitute! The oatmeal raisin cookies turned out so addictive. Do any of you use Kerrygold exclusively for baking? Butter brands

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hqu69a9

Not for baking, but salted kerrygold on baguettes or sourdough is heavenly.

Yes! European butter is much better to bake with because of the fat content, american butter is slightly more hydrated, which makes a difference in baking :)

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explainlikeimfive_train

Explain like I'm five years old Why is smiling an instinct for humans when we are happy, but an act of aggression for apes/monkeys?

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ixnidgi

Because smiling makes our voices sound different. One main difference between humans and apes/monkeys is that we talk to each other. Having some way of figuring out the emotional state of a conversation partner by the sound of their voice is extra useful. And when a person smiles, more treble sounds come out, similar to a child’s voice. To explain what I mean, you know how if someone is playing a stereo loudly in their house across the street, you’ll still hear the bass and bass drums sounds but not the keyboards or guitars? That’s because bass frequencies travel through solids better, whereas treble sounds bounce off them and get stuck inside the house. The same deal is happening in your mouth, where the treble sounds get stuck in your mouth and remain inaudible until you smile and move your cheeks out of the way. So even though a smile would look more threatening to an ape, it sounds less threatening to a human. And as the human language instinct means sounds are more important to us, smiling has become a marker of happiness rather than anger.

Because we've evolved apart from apes and monkeys. We're descended from a common ancestor, but we're not the same as current apes/monkeys, so what they do has little to no bearing on what we do aside from pure coincidence. We evolved a different set of behaviors that worked for us, and the apes/monkeys evolved a set of behaviors that worked for them.

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askculinary_train

Making Banana bread for ice cream sandwiches Does anyone have any tips on how to make banana bread for ice cream sandwiches? Usually when I make it it is kind if crumbly and I'm not sure if it will have the structure to hold up. Maybe freezing it or maybe compressing the slices a bit?

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icl2v35

This is my best idea for making it work: instead of baking in a loaf pan, bake in a sheet pan or some other larger baking dish. The idea is to increase the area of the crust, which will add more stability to the bread. You'll also have to adjust the baking temperature and time. Then just slice into squares to use for sandwiching the ice cream. Bonus points if you can mold the ice cream into a vessel that has half the area of your baking pan for the bread. Then you can place the ice cream over half of the banana bread slab, and then cut the slab in half to make one large sandwich and then cut into smaller sandwiches. I would definitely attempt a smaller test batch first before attempting a normal sized batch, just in case it doesn't end up working out.

I would agree with the texture of regular banana bread maybe being too soft, so I'll throw this idea in the pile... how about banana whoopie pies but with ice cream as the filling? They are usually a good mix of cake and cookie from a texture perspective, and King Arthur just so happens to have a recipe. https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/banana-whoopie-pies-recipe

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explainlikeimfive_train

Explain like I'm five years old If you did a ton of sprints, going farther and building endurance, could you eventually full sprint a mile? Is there a limit we can push ourselves?

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dbtzej5

This is simplified, Explain like I'm five years old version: Lets assume that by sprinting you mean running as fast as you can, and after your speed drops you are no longer sprinting. Your muscles convert compound called ATP to energy, which in turn moves your muscles. Using ATP for energy doesn't require oxygen. Creating more ATP with creatine doesn't require oxygen either. Making more ATP after you have used all your ATP and creatine requires oxygen. When well rested, you have enough ATP in your muscles for 4-10 seconds (depends on the person and training) of maximum intensity work (sprinting) With creatine (there´s creatine in your muscles, in the form of creatine phosphate) you can basically double this time. This also depends on training and nutrition (creatine supplements increase the amount) So basically a well trained and nutritioned athlete can keep up maximum intensity work without oxygen for a about 15 seconds. After this time, your body starts using oxygen and at the same time the production rate of ATP slows down and your speed also slows down. So the answer is no you cant sprint a mile and yes there is a limit. With normal genes even with all the training in the world you are not able to keep your maximal speed up for more than 10-20 seconds. TLDR; You can't sprint a mile and there is a limit (10-20 seconds of work). Edit: Of course well trained athletes can run a mile so fast that normal people consider it sprinting. But if we consider sprinting as "running as fast you possibly can", then they are actually not sprinting.

As some have mentioned, the limiting factor is **energy**. Your body uses food to make chemicals and store them. When breaking these chemicals, energy is released. These fuels come in many types and include fat, glycogen (a storage form of glucose), and ATP. Additionally, you always have some of these chemicals floating in your blood in a ready-to-use form (glucose and free fatty acids). **Edit**: (/u/Bearblasphemy helped me clarify this part) ATP is your fuel, and each cell only has a minimum ammount. After that, your body uses a molecule called creatine-phosphate to regenerate some ATP, but this, too, is very limited. Once they are used, you simple won't have enough energy contract in multiple muscle fibers at the same time and at a fast rate. Since those are the factors that determine the force of muscular contraction, you will feel as if you were out of strength. The muscle can use some of the free glucose and some of the glycogen (stored in the muscle and in the liver), but to regenerate ATP. They are used mainly during low-intensity exercises for a prolonged period. Fat is also used in longer exercises, during rest, and between meals. All of these are used to restore your intracellular ATP, but it takes some time. They are not as fast as creatine. ATP is your main source of energy, and although all of these others can become ATP, they need some time to do it. Finally, I'd just like to point out that high-intensity exercise is mainly anaerobic. You don't use much oxygen for that, but the consequence is that you accumulate lactic acid. The limit of high-intensity exercise is around 1 minute, and I don't know what would happen if you kept it going for much longer. You would probably enter in a dangerous state of acidosis. **Tl;dr** The limit of your sprinting isn't just a matter of muscle strength or willpower. Your muscle cells need a fast source of fuel and those are limited and take time to regenerate. You also acumulate lactic acid from the anaerobic metabolism, and prolonging high-intensity exercise could increase its levels to dangerous ammounts. **Edit 2**: /u/frontsquats is an expert and he showed articles which state that you reach your limit even before wasting 50% of your ATP. This is mainly due accumulation of H+ and a subsequent response from your central nervous system. /u/Chad_Worthington_3rd suggested your muscle loses the capabaility to use ATP in the rate necessary for vigorous movment, and that this would be the main mechanism.

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changemyview_train

Change my view thatnuclear power is the best source of energy right now Here me out. Coal produces tons of carbon dioxide, destroying the ozone layer, and according to the general book of ignorance, produces 100 times more radiation than nuclear. Renewable sources, as of now, most of them produce more carbon dioxide than nuclear does and on average kill more people than nuclear. Compare all this to nuclear, which although it has a reputation for being dangerous due to incidents like Chernobyl, are actually pretty safe. Your chance of contacting illness from one is currently one in a billion. People often use the fact that nuclear power furthers nuclear weapons research, but a new type of reactor uses thorium instead of uranium and plutonium. Thorium cannot be used in nuclear weapons, as well as being more plentiful than uranium and having a lower half life in terms of toxic waste. Nuclear power also produces no carbon dioxide. Although it’s not renewable and we may eventually run out of uranium, plutonium and thorium, it takes very little of those sources to produce lots of energy. This is why I think nuclear is the way forward until a new source of energy is created. _____ > *This is a footnote from the CMV moderators. We'd like to remind you of a couple of things. Firstly, please* ***read through our rules***. *If you see a comment that has broken one, it is more effective to report it than downvote it. Speaking of which,* ***downvotes don't change views****! Any questions or concerns? Feel free to* ***message us***. *Happy CMVing!*

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e2ukh7l

Here's an angle different from most other answers, but one that I believe is critical to humanity's long-term future: \-Nuclear fuel is a limited resource. We may have enough for the next few hundred years, but certainly not enough for the next few hundred thousand years. \-Unlike hydrocarbons, which we can synthesize with electricity, once we're out of nuclear fuel, we're out. (Barring crazy advances in nuclear fusion.) \-Nuclear rockets are much more powerful and efficient than chemical rockets, in theory. (But the technology has not been worked out yet.) \-If we exhaust nuclear fuel over the next thousand years for power production, humanity will never be able to use nuclear rockets in the future \-Therefore, it is prudent to save nuclear fuel for rockets, where there is no substitute, than to use it for power production, where there are many cost-effective substitutes

Figures for the UK: New nuclear power station (Hinkley Point): £97.20 per MWh On-shore wind: £57.50 per MWh No waste to deal with either, lower decommissioning costs, safer (Even though I agree that nuclear isn't as dangerous as some would have you believe). I don't think the benefits of nuclear make up for the higher costs (Which relative to renewable will only increase with time as nuclear is comparatively mature).

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askbaking_train

Anybody else love baking and want to start their own business but don’t want to also be a part time content creator? It seems like small business owners are being almost forced into creating social media content just so they can stay in business. I love baking, but I feel like filming all of the processes, editing, and creating videos will take more time than the actual baking itself. Is it possible to own a small (and relatively successful) business without having a heavy presence on social media?

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iba8x8i

I run a small home baking delivery service. Just officially opened up shop in January and I'm doing very well. I don't film any content whatsoever, I only have a white foam board and a ring light to take pics of my product with my phone. I don't think it's necessary at all to do all these things. I get a lot of engagement just from telling a little funny story about baking, sharing a photo, and asking my audience what they're looking for in terms of specials in the coming weeks. Social media will have you thinking you HAVE to do all this stuff, when in reality people don't care that much about well-edited catchy videos. They want your stuff to taste good. Full confession: the places near me that have a huge social media presence have garbage baked goods. Yep, I said it.

i actually want the opposite. i want to be an owner so i reap the fiscal benefits but i want nothing to do with the management or administration. i just want to bake for a quality institution that pays me well.

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askengineers_train

Out of all the college courses you took, which was the most relevant and useful to the position you're currently in? Was looking back on college and well couldn't really come up with any courses I took which stood out in terms of teaching me skills that I use day to day.

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cwhvmc4

Measurement and Controls, from this I taught myself how to really use LabVIEW and now I build test stands using it all day most days

Ethics 201 out of the philosophy department. I took it as an elective my first term in college. I learned to read and write in that class. Not the kiddy reading and writing I was doing in high school, but real reading and writing. An immeasurable value over the course of my now 10 year career. You have to realize that the engineering classes were a natural extension of my being. I've wanted to be an engineer since 8th grade; I've never wanted anything different. Ethics 201 brought something new and fascinating to my life I literally didn't know anything about before. It rocked my world. Not enough to leave Engineering, you've eventually got to do what you are, but it opened my eyes to the *context* of engineering. It's easy to get lost in the weeds of a technical problem. The skills I learned, stemming from that first Ethics class, taught me how to get my head up and look around.

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askscience_train

AskScience AMA Series: We just crunched the numbers on how the transition to a renewable-based future is progressing & we want to talk about it! Go ahead & ask us anything (we're renewable energy experts but we're up for any & all questions)! "We" are part of REN21's team, a network made up of academia, NGOs, industry, govt, and individuals who are supporting the world to transition to renewable energy. We recently released the Renewables 2022 Global Status Report (#GSR2022) so we're hosting an AMA to talk about renewables, energy, the future, and everything in between. Multiple people from the team are joining including: + Nathalie Ledanois is a Research Analyst & Project Manager of the Renewables 2022 Global Status Report, Nathalie is our expert in anything investment-finance-economy related. + Hend Yaqoob is also a Research Analyst at REN21 who led on coordinating the chapter on distributed #renewables for energy access (DREA). + Nematullah Wafa is our intern who is a very valued member of the team who brought the #GSR2022 together. We'll be going live from 11am ET (15 UT), so ask us anything! Username: /u/ren21community

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icgo8ro

Why is there not more focus on nuclear power?

With all the talk regarding battery technology, we know that these would require vast amounts of resources. Is their any future for kinetic energy storage, such as flywheels? Or pumped hydroelectric? If we want to focus on true renewables, I just don't see how batteries can scale. What are your thoughts regarding our energy storage plans?

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changemyview_train

CMV: The Tesla 'Yoke' is objectively inferior for a road car than a traditional steering wheel. I would like to note that I *have not* driven with the Tesla yoke specifically, but I have extensive experience in motorsport and I have driven cars with square wheels. My opinion is mainly based on usability. While yes in a lot of scenarios having a square wheel isn't going to bother you much. After all you are supposed to have your hands at 9 and 3 anyway. Now if you never need to turn beyond 180 degrees in either direction, this will be perfectly fine. However, if you need to go beyond that 180 degrees and need to re-adjust your grip on the wheel you have no where to put your hands. Since road cars typically have 450 degrees of rotation in either direction, this becomes a problem. At slow speeds where you need to fully rotate the wheel you are going to have trouble comfortably turning the wheel. More importantly if you are in severe weather conditions and begin to lose control of your vehicle you will need to use more than just 180 degrees of rotation. This is a serious issue with a square wheel. If you ever need to quickly adjust your grip beyond this 180 degrees you are not going to have anywhere easy to grab on, and more importantly anywhere except the designated grips are going to be closer to the center of the wheel, and will thus require more force to turn the wheel. This is extremely dangerous if you are in a slide or some other loss of control situation.

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hgm1if7

You are assuming mechanical pinyon steering. The steering yoke is part of an alternate system that does not utilize a mechanical steering linkage. It would be like driving a racing game at the arcade, where you only have probably 240 degrees total rotation.

It definitely rotates several times like a traditional wheel… it looks terrible. There’s a video a little way down of a guy parking the ‘22 S Plaid. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.motortrend.com/reviews/2022-tesla-model-s-plaid-steering-yoke-wheel-review/amp/

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askacademia_train

Is it a bad idea to pick a field based on where you think you can help make the world a better place the most? 1. How much of an impact can you make? 2. Are there other more important considerations, like building a viable career? 3. Does academia make more of an impact than work in the private sector? What about NGOs? 4. I was thinking of going into environmental science, but I'm worried that I'll end up working for a corporation just looking to reduce its taxes. 5. How applicable to helping humanity are more fundamental fields like Mathematics or Physics?

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ghu54tl

Physician. Worked private and academic. Rule #1: enjoy what you do Rule #2: There are no other rules. Everything will work out. You will have a positive impact in your sphere, whichever one you choose. If you enjoy it, you’ll spend more time on it. Find what you enjoy reading about. If you spend more time on it (read more) you’ll be better at it. If you’re better at to it, you’ll be happier. Happy people contribute to their sphere of influence. Happy people don’t have need to bend ethics. No matter if you’re in an “evil” corporation or an “altruistic” academic your positive local influence is meaningful.

Thank you for this thread everyone, I have been struggling with this is environmental science related choices for years now.

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askhr_train

[FL] is this racist? I currently work for a bully, I have. Filed a grievance for hostile work environment, and emotional distress. The investigation is still ongoing, however they are not taking it seriously. Reason for this is they keep insisting that the issue is that I’m the only one that sees a problem with the workplace environment. One example is, our boss would tell an intern we had working for us “I’m going to f*** your mom”. This is just one of many statements that have been verified. My question, I’ve been hesitant to bring it up during the investigation because I’m not sure if it is or is not racist. The boss would call me “Pakistani” or say “Pakistani come here”. Though I am not from that geographical location, I am from the Caribbean islands. Depending on how I grow my beard I do look like someone from that region. Would this be considered racism?

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izltqhq

Yes 100%

Other people have already given you good advice. I’m just dumbstruck that a grown man in a professional environment is talking to people like it’s a Call of Duty lobby.

t52bcw

askengineers_train

Is getting a job really that hard? Recently I’ve been seeing lots of questions regarding internships and jobs. Most of them are honestly scary with people saying they’ve applied to 300+ jobs with no luck. This goes for internships too which seem to be pretty hard to get too. Now I know this is a difficult career but I didn’t know that it was that competitive.

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hz26h6i

Well it's kind of saturated depending on what field and location and of course expected pay. I was job searching for 9+ months and found something for a technician to engineer gig. Though I was picky and I graduated in May 2021. I didn't want to relocate nor commute more than 30mins with traffic and I wanted around $30/hr or 60k salary. So I got what I wanted but it took time. My GPA reflects that I have kids as it's a 2.71 but I also have military service under my belt and I'm a female so ehhh. It depends what you are looking for. Edit: bc of my military service I was only getting mechanic and technician job offers. The entry level engineer paoitona I was finding wouldn't pay more than $25/hour or if I wanted to be close to $30/hr I had to commute 45mins or more. So it just depends. I hope you have more flexibility in location than I do as it will provide you with way more opportunities and of course a higher gpa. Start applying for internships as soon as you can the previous year you want them as they will fill up quickly. Good luck OP! 2nd edit: my commute to work is like a 15 min car ride or a 30min bike ride and it's a union gig so I'm happy.

If you have the time to apply to 300 jobs you aren't putting in enough effort to be specific for each application.

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askanthropology_train

Are there any Anthropological or cultural studies done on Nepali cuisine or nepal in general? I want to do a research paper on the culinary practices of the Nepalese people, so i was wondering if you know any anthropological writings on Nepal.

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ebrnsga

There's a lot of anthropological work on Nepal. It's not my area (I'm a Tibetologist) but I cross the anthropological section adjacent to the sources I need all of the time. One of the problems you'll run into is that Nepal is one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse countries on earth, so finding anything that can be called comprehensive "Nepali" will be difficult.

I enjoyed suitably modern , but I don’t remember how much they talked about food. Your best bet honestly is to go to the library. There should be plenty of material.

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askengineers_train

Engineers, what do you use trigonometry for at your job?

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eb23cy2

Finding the length of a piece of stock defined by a ton of points.

EE working mainly in control systems. I programmed and commissioned an active leveling system for a 900 tonne barge-mounted ringer crane. It’s all trig and some basic naval architecture. I made a spreadsheet to calculate how much to shim all the inclinometers so their offsets wouldn’t eat too much into their range while commissioning it. Any kind of calculation involving power systems is built on trig. Signal processing, feedback control, and trig are inseparable. Heck, I’m making myself a kitchen table with 45 degree angles and joinery. More trig.. I think I use trig almost every day I don’t know why you’re asking, but I have a laugh when people ask how often “x” type of math is used or what it’s for. Trig is useful and it’s everywhere. statistics is useful and it’s everywhere. Knowing it will make you more useful :)

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askculinary_train

Weekly discussion - Shopping at the Asian grocery Most every American city, and a surprising number of smaller towns, has at least one grocery store catering to the local east Asian community. Mostly stocked with Chinese ingredients, but often with a good supply of Korean or Japanese products depending on the local demographics, with very little labeled in English, they can be mysterious and intimidating for non-Asians who want to broaden their culinary horizons. This week, I'd like to assemble a guide for those who are considering venturing to their local Asian grocery for the first time. What ingredients are worth making the trip for? What are your shopping strategies to ensure you come home with the makings of a meal? Do you have advice on soliciting help from staff with whom you don't share a language? How do you make sense of the array of soy sauces? And for actual Asian redditors, if there's a small American grocery in your city, how do you shop there?

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ceoquv1

>they can be mysterious and intimidating for non-Asians I park next to one every day. Haven't built up the nerve to walk in yet...

For those of you who don't like to cook, are bad at cooking, or unable to cook due to a dorm or something, go to their Ramen isle. You are going to find SOOOO many more brands and variety of ramen other than Top Ramen or Maruchin Ramen. Get one of each and try them. They taste better and have more flavors.

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askvet_train

Dog bit me and cried during euthanasia My dog got euthanized today.. she was very young and oh so loving. But during the first shot, the sedative, she started panicking and kept biting my hand and she cried so loud. My hand started bleeding because of the bites.. 30 seconds later which felt like 30 hours she got sleepy and lied down.. the second shot went peaceful. Why did my dog cry out so bad and bit me..? This dog was my world and my baby and I feel so guilty that her final moment was in total panick. I need to know the truth why this happened.. what could have possibly gone wrong?

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hipewkw

I’m gonna try to post a link to a previous explanation on this sub that framed it well: if it doesn’t work, please forgive me, I’ll try again! https://www.reddit.com/r/AskVet/comments/pq9zuu/why_have_all_my_dogs_had_traumatic_euthanasia/hdalah8/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3 Did it work???

Not a vet, but assistant. Depending on what the vet used, the injection may sting and take the animal by surprise. Some may try to claw/bite you because they start to panic. I'm sorry you had to experience this in her last moments. I am very sorry for your loss. May she rest in peace...

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askengineers_train

Is anyone both a Chartered Engineer (UK) and a Professional Engineer (US) or does anyone have experience moving from the UK to the US? I'm a US citizen but moved to the UK and am gettign a BEng and MSc to switch careers. I'm expecting to work here long enough to get Chartered Engineer status but the wife and I both want to eventually move to the US long term. Therefore I'm wondering whether I'll need to get professional engineering status in the US when I move there. I just don't want to move there and find that my chartered engineer status isn't going to be recognized and I have to start over or something. I've been trying to figure out as much as possible with Google but haven't found a ton of clear answers and so I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with this. According to this abet page, my degrees (both BEng and MSc) are recognized by ABET according to the Washington Accord. This page basically says you need a degree, the FE exam, 4 years of "acceptable" work experience, and the PE. Obviously things will vary state to state (and I'm unfortunately unsure where I'll end up..) but the term acceptable is very ambiguous to me. Here are the questions I have: * If I have chartered engineer status in the UK and 4 years of experience, would I qualify to take the FE adn PE exams right away in order to seek professional engineer status? * Alternatively, if I took the FE exam next time I'm visiting the US and then came and worked in the UK for 4+ years, would that likely qualify as acceptable work experience in my field? Basically, would they be more likely to count the experience as acceptable if I can already claim to be an EIT? * If it is likely best for me to take the FE exam before I start working, does it make a difference if I take it after the BEng or 1 year later when I finish the MSc? * If I have chartered engineer status, how urgent would it be for me to get PE status when moving to the US? Would it likely impact job prospects or salary for me to have that done before job hunting or is it something I would likely just be able to sort out once I'm already working in the US? Just hoping someone has some experience and/or coudl shed some light on this. Searching past topics had lots of people who moved the other way (US to UK) but I figure there has to be a few people who went this way. Thanks!

cv4pw32

cv64t20

Stuff I've heard: 1) PE status is locked state to state. Even if you take the exam in one state, you won't be qualified elsewhere 2) Designs and assossors are quite parochial. Solutions widely used elsewhere in the world might have a hard time being accepted (not the way we do it)

I believe I would throw light on something which most of you are either not aware of nor Institutions in UK are aware of same.Currently Chartered Engineer of Engineering Council-UK can get Comity PE License directly in Maine State in US which recognizes overseas Registration from Washington Accord countries.Texas State allows PE License by Comity for Chartered Professional Engineers of Engineers Australia.There might be much more which I may not be aware or things may change in future ahead.Maine state do need though formal interview after application under Comity is filed.

rjnkco

askbaking_train

Is banana a liquid? When you’re calculating ratios for a recipe, are bananas considered a liquid? For example, if I wanted to add banana to a waffle recipe, would I adjust how much milk or flour is in it to account for banana?

hp4k85g

hp583f5

Bananas would be measured as a solid. I’m not sure what adjustments you might need to make.

Banana is about 75% water, plus some carb and sugar, if that helps your ratio!

is4tyn

askengineers_train

How has learning engineering changed daily living for you, for instance, the way you cook your food?

g55ya02

g56vtgv

I have become a more stringent planner

Engineering has made me cook very simple meals because I am so tired by the time I get home from work :(

tkdxd8

askacademia_train

Dating/marriage and Tenure Track Academia I am in my final year of my PhD and also in my late 20s. I am currently single but I find it constantly weighing on me that I feel like I should be dating if I don’t want to be single for the rest of my life but also the demands of academia are significant. I currently am fulfilling a senior role in my lab that is much closer to a postdoc than PhD student with regards to research and management responsibilities, that plus teaching activities, and finishing my dissertation leave me very busy and often overwhelmed. Every time I look at getting into a relationship I can’t honestly say I have the time that most people want. I don’t work a 9-5. I work kind of insane hours. Also, I worry that any time I dedicate to a relationship is time I could be spending writing that next article or doing XYZ thing to advance my career. Does it get better? How do you all find/make the time? Do you feel like it takes away from your career? Field: Engineering Title: PhD student Country:US

i1q8zi4

i1qnqum

Building your life up is more important than academia. It is just a job.

I'll throw in my two cents as an about-to-graduate PhD student, who is married with a baby. >How do you all find/make the time? Do you feel like it takes away from your career? I do not find time for all of it. Something has to give. Sometimes that's family life, sometimes that's work. My family absolutely takes time away from my career. And thank goodness for that. My life has so much more enrichment because of my family. So much more joy, fulfillment, and happiness. Don't get me wrong, I *love* my work. But it's got nothing on my home life. I think I would be very sad and lonely without my family. And I am grateful to have a reason to take breaks. So my advice is, make room for dating if you enjoy it. If you think finding a relationship will bring you joy then prioritize that. Don't do it because you are supposed to, but don't avoid it because you think your career should take precedence. Your work doesn't love you back, so you've got to make sure you love it enough for both of you if you're going to skip out on other love.

jfbh9z

askculinary_train

I am grinding up my own seasonings and have a new mortar and pestle. I have been told to season it with garlic, but is there something sweet I can season it with instead? I’m making some seasonings that are specifically for something sweet and I am afraid the garlic, salt and pepper recommendation for my mortar and pestle will conflict with it. Is there anything else I can use?

g9jjjrf

g9j8vw8

I seasoned mine by grinding coconut

As a new owner of one mine said to grind rice before use for the same reasoning. I don’t think garlic and pepper will help.

a3fnmt

askacademia_train

Post-doc Here: Department wants me to become a tenure-track Assistant Professor after one year of being a post-doc. Not entirely invested in this University. What do I do?? I'm a post-doc, just received my PhD in June 2018. I just relocated to start a post-doc in September 2018....by October 2018, the faculty requested me to apply for a tenure-track faculty position. I was advised to start sending out applications, even though its relatively early for me, because I never know what I could find....so in sending out other applications, I also submitted an application for the department I'm currently in. However, I'm noticing a trend. The department chair keeps laying work on my plate at the last minute, undermining my current focuses (I would like to focus on publishing and developing the one course I'm set to teach). This post-doc appointment is beginning to feel less like I am here to publish and conduct research, and gain teaching experience, and is feeling more like I'm already a faculty member on all fronts except my official title. If I'm honest, I'm not entirely invested in this particular institution. My post-doc appointment is supposed to last for two years...and only a month after I've started, I'm already being rushed to apply for a faculty position. If I had the choice, I don't want to plant my roots where I currently am because I would prefer to be at another university in another location. Despite this, I can appreciate the offer to move into the tenure-track professoriate....but it all feels rushed, and it doesn't feel like I'm able to do what I came here to. I'm tempted to decline the offer (as it sounds increasingly likely that they will make one to me). I'm not sure what political consequences this may have - declining a tenure track offer and continuing my post-doc into my second year. But being here as faculty is not really what I want or where I want to be. What should I do?

eb64g91

eb67zfe

What work is the chair asking you to do, last minute?

I'm not sure why you feel like accepting this job means you are there permanently (i.e. "planting roots"), but that certainly does not need to be the case. I am not sure what it is like in other fields (I am in the social sciences in the US), but tenure track professors search for and change jobs all the time. So you have 2 choices: 1) turn down the offer, finish your post-doc, and hope you can find a tenure track job elsewhere before you have to leave the university; or 2) take the tenure track job, finish the work you wanted to accomplish while there, then go on the job search again. Option 1, you run the risk of not getting a tenure track job later and go into adjunct hell (or be forced to leave academia altogether). Option 2, you still run the risk of not getting a tenure track job at another university, but hey, you are still employed for another year in your current tenure track job and can try again next year. This gives you some job security. The best advice I can give is that if you get offered a tenure track job, you take it. Full stop. ​ ​

iemri7

askbaking_train

Coffee in chocolate cake? I'm baking a chocolate cake for my dad's birthday, and in researching recipes, it seems that many of them call for hot coffee and/or espresso powder. Does this add coffee flavor to the cake, or just add richness to the chocolate flavor? My dad can't stand the flavor or smell of coffee, so I wanted to check if I may need to leave it out!

g2jaot6

g2i6k4l

Does anyone else feel really passionate about chocolate cake? lmao. I put coffee in almost all my chocolate baked goods, it deepens the flavour and adds that extra something that makes people confused bc how can it taste so good? My sister also hates coffee and she says she can't taste any in the cake. I also recommend using buttermilk or yogurt instead of regular milk, for richness

Both vanilla extract and coffee enhance the flavor of chocolate. I've used recipes with espresso powder and large amounts of coffee and neither has tasted remotely like coffee. You can swap it out for milk or water if you're concerned, though.

mhwo8m

askengineers_train

Has anyone here left engineering to teach? Has anyone here left engineering to teach? If so, what grade level and subject did you teach? Also what made you leave to teach and do you regret leaving the field of engineering? I’m considering this career path myself and I want to hear from others if they’ve already had this experience.

gt1oghu

gt1maa4

My best advice: Wait a year. Now is not a good time to get into teaching. It’s something you might love, but current circumstances have taken away most of what is enjoyable about the job. After next year, hopefully, once schools have found their stride after going through a major pandemic and handling major losses in learning, it might be fun again. I can’t even imagine being a first year teacher right now. Pure misery without any of the reward, I’m sure.

I went to teaching because the project I used to work in got shut down and I needed the job. I missed engineering the whole time and regret having gone to teaching. I was put in engineering thermodynamics and in highschool physics and Astronomy. I'm back in engineering now and couldn't be happier. If you like engineering, I wouldn't recommend switching. But that's only my experience...

wggvz8

askengineers_train

[3D CAD] How do you constrain your assemblies? I am at a disagreement with a co-worker and I want to hear how other engineers constrain their assemblies. Myself: I constrain assemblies in a way that's realistic. Shafts go into holes, constrain holes over the holes they're mounting into, mate surfaces to each other, keep some surfaces flush, etc. Co-worker: He thinks it is ideal to dimension a component's origin planes to the assembly's origin planes, so basically three plane-to-plane distance dimensions per part. He says his way is more stable and less prone to blow up. And I think his way will require more work to adjust only to give an illusion it's all modeled and configured correctly. He says my way is more prone to blow up. And I think that something blowing up is Ok and serves as a red flag something needs to be adjusted in the models, and it is more future proof and requires less work to tweak if done with enough forethought. How do you guys constrain assemblies?

iizpgci

iizpvhr

Generally go with your route. Depends on the model, sometimes go to planes and origins.

I constrain like you do. However, I start assemblies centered on the file origin so that if someone needs to constrain off the origin planes it is a viable option

9exeyr

askengineers_train

Is anyone else staying in Engineering solely for the salary? I'm not sure if it's just my job or actual engineering, but I am just losing interest in the technical aspect of engineering, thinking more and more toward a technical job like plumbing, welding, machining. I feel like the only thing really holding me to my current career is the salary. I started at a relatively good rate for my experience and if I were to move out of engineering into anything else most I could hope for would either be insane hours or a SERIOUS pay cut. ​ Anyone else ever feel like this or actually gone through this realization?

e5sq37v

e5sogza

Test Engineering is extremely hands on and cool as shit.

The stuff I can afford on an engineer's salary is the stuff I'm most happy doing. That being said, I do enjoy the work I'm doing in school at the moment, and hope that carries on into my career. Though I am just fine working a job that isn't my favorite if it allows me the means to have my luxury items (horses, to be exact).

fqjytn

askengineers_train

In this time where many are staying home, what are some resources to review/sharpen your engineering design/analysis skills, or learn/train using new tools? Hello r/AskEngineers, As a junior Aerospace Engineering student who's been trying to work harder at being a competitive applicant for internship positions, I wanted to take this time where free time has opened up to hone in my hands-on engineering skills. I've heard that a bunch of online programming schools have opened up their classes/premium memberships to be accessible for free for this time (i.e. Codecademy), and I wanted to know if people from the industry/subreddit have some insight on free or affordable resources to sharpen one's engineering skills. I know personal projects are also a go-to for boosting your resume while also making you a more confident engineer, but I feel like some guidance would be helpful for students (and probably professionals continuing lifelong learning!)

flqt814

flr2lo3

It definitely depends on what you're interested in. I am an Aerospace Engineer with a focus in dynamics and control. This book and website have so many helpful tutorials about Data-Driven Modeling (Dimensionality Reduction, Machine Learning and Data Analysis, Reduced Order Models, etc.) : http://www.databookuw.com/ All example code from the book is on this website and each chapter has video lectures to go along with the material. You can find a lot of interesting aerospace-related data sets and create analysis projects easily at home.

Kerbal Space Program?

7wha40

askengineers_train

Recent grads/Seniors: How's the job search going? I realize this question has been asked numerous times, but I figured this answer could change year by year depending on the market. Also I'm just looking to vent. Have been mainly interviewing with huge corporations, 3 onsites so far - all rejected, 2nd round phone interview next week, and another onsite in few weeks. How's it going for the rest of you?

du0z4ww

du13ghm

I had a first round interview with 4 companies and afterwards I only received one onsite with 1 company. It was discouraging since I had 4 internships/co-ops, but I was really lucky because it was my dream company and I eventually received the offer.

With how much google figures out what you're doing with your search patterns, I'm surprised it doesn't have the suicide prevention hotline posted at the top of the browser when it learns you're searching for a job. Searching for a job is easily the most self-esteem crushing tasks I have ever had to do since I was born. I graduated last May in Mechanical Engineering. I want to be in Control Systems/Robotics so I've learned programming. No one will give me the time of day, though, since I don't have an EE, Software Eng., or CS degree. I'm currently networking; Chicago has a huge Python meetup group with a free mentorship program. I am giving a speech in June on the project I'm currently working on, and I'm told some people have gotten job offers just from those talks. Fingers crossed I have something before then, but until then the project is my main focus not only for the talk but also for something to slap on my resume.

qvfm88

askculinary_train

Can You Help Us Help Others on Thanksgiving? The last eight years, /r/AskCulinary has hosted live culinary holiday hotlines on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day to help folks who run into cooking troubles and need immediate answers. We'd like to do it again and need volunteers to be by their computers to give advice. If you know a thing or two about traditional holiday meals and would like to help, please comment here to let us know what hours you can cover. We'd like to start around nine-ish Eastern time as we do get some early questions. The bulk of the questions come in between 10:00 and 1:00, with later hours being pretty slow. Last year, the pattern was a bit off, what with a lot of people making their own Thanksgiving dinners for the first time, but I think it should be more or less normal this time around. I think if we can get a couple folks helping through each hour until 3:00, with some extra before and after noon, we can make a go of it. If you'd like to volunteer, please post a comment here letting us know what hours you can cover. Thanks!

hky2t7y

hky3ngp

I'll stop in as I did last year. Most of my cooking will be done before Thursday except for the bird. The rest is just coordinating the heating of side dishes brought by family. We eat early so I'm available for west coast times especially.

5 years professional here, plus degree in molecular biology. I'll be available all day.

p0mwia

askengineers_train

Job interview for 2nd position when already received a verbal confirmation for the 1st? So I have a question for r/AskEngineers . As a little bit of back story I’m an engineer with about 1.5 years of experience. I already went through one interview and got a verbal confirmation and a text from the manager that I was the picked candidate for the position. I haven’t received anything official yet. I also was chosen for an interview for a different position at the same company. It’s a great position, but I would prefer the first one. This second position is also under a different manager so I’m hesitant to look bad to the first manager by interviewing for a different position when he’s already told me I was the top pick. Should I do the second interview?

h87ndkd

h87pqsy

Is there a particular reason why you want to interview for the second position, if you prefer the first position?

nothing is certain until a contract is signed!

wixc4a

changemyview_train

CMV: Canada is generally better then the USA I believe that Canada is generally better then the USA and that the average American would be better off Canadian. There are a few major reasons for this that I'll go over in the paragraphs below ​ **Universal Healthcare** In Canada everyone receives government subsided healthcare rather then the insurance based system in the USA. This means that there are no $10,000 surgeries and nobody goes bankrupt from calling an ambulance which, in my opinion is much, much better then the US system where if you don't have insurance you could easily lose your life savings if you get sick. The benefits of this system is reflected in Canada's higher life expectancy. ​ **Government** The government of Canada seems to work a whole lot better then the USA. They don't have the frankly garbage electoral college system that leads to minority rule (even in the House half the time) and they have a much easier time actually getting things done. There aren't any Trump's or Jan 6ths and the scandals are pretty tame from what I can tell ​ **Education** Generally going to college in Canada is far cheaper then in the USA, which leads to more people getting educated. Indeed, the average cost of college per year in Canada is \~$6,700 while in the US it's over 20k, almost *3 times* the amount. While you could argue the US has better universities, really only the top \~30 are better then the average Canadian university and most students aren't going to the very top institutions regardless. ​ I've also heard there is a housing crisis in Canada but there's also a housing crisis here so it cancels out. While both the USA and Canada are modern, 1st world countries I believe that Canada is generally a much better place to live and the average American's life would be improved by being Canadian. CMV!

ijfcjpz

ijejj8j

Universal Healthcare? Ask a very sick Canadian about that. There's a reason that some of you get transplants and other medical services within the USA. You're also very racist. You just haven't been smacked in the face with anything the African Americans did.

I wouldn’t conflate higher life expectancy to a better health care system, those two things can be weakly correlated, there’s lots of other factors at play. FWIW i live in canada and i would say our health care system is pretty bad (though I don’t think I would prefer the US system), so it’s not so cut & dry.

s1tnws

askengineers_train

Advice on how to negotiate salary after receiving offer letter Hello fellow professionals, so I received an offer letter recently. The base salary is 1k off of what was verbally agreed upon before the offer letter was sent. However, that 1k will be paid to me lump sum after the 90 day probationary period as relocation assistance. I wanted to see if you guys think it’s worth bringing up with the HR manager before I sign the offer letter or not and if so how should I broach the subject? Thank you.

hsdumcd

hsd1eru

Having worked in the HR / recruitment space within the engineering industry for 6 years now handling salary negotiations etc I can tell you this is weird, not common and is giving me the impression the company is abit dodgy. Are they paying you a relocation allowance? Did they provide reason within your contract to state why they are holding the $1000 until the end of your probation? Is it possibly to cover the cost of equipment provided? That's very strange and I would politely but firmly ask the HR manager, the manager of your department or the hiring manger / recruiter to provide further details. I hope it can be clarified for you.

Red line the changes you feel necessary. Initial beside your red line. And submit back. However. Depends your situation to “stand up for yourself” as everyone’s got different constraints of the red line move doesn’t go over well. I’ve never done it yet as it’s never situationally come up but I’m ready with it lol.

hcvbqj

askengineers_train

Manufacturing Engineers, how do you stay sane? I’m 5 years into being a manufacturing engineer at a small privately held company. It seems like everyday there is something catastrophic that I have to deal with, it’s exhausting.

fvht4lb

fvhu35n

I wasn't sane in the first place so it's actually a fitting job for me

After being a manufacturing engineer for about a year and a half, I moved on to be a mechanical design engineer. Catastrophes are fine, but the way management handled them in the manufacturing world always made everyone more stressed out than they needed to be and it just wasn't an enjoyable or rewarding work environment for me. Design engineering has its own catastrophes, but I find the teams I'm on work together cohesively to a solution rather than throw their hands in the air. I'd recommend checking out some other roles if you can within your own company. See if there is anything else that might interest you!

wesqe0

explainlikeimfive_train

Explain like I'm five years old: Why does 1000 day aged Gouda have a use by date of 30 days?

iiq1ayy

iiqopgw

"Aging" as it refers to food is a process with specialized conditions. Sitting in your fridge (after warming up in between the store and there) is not the same as aging for another thirty days.

that gouda spent the last 1000 days in the perfect environment for it - as soon as it left that environment, it began to get old and die. industrial levels of packaging and refrigeration kept it stable long enough to make it to your house, but by the time you open it, slice it up, and put the leftovers in the fridge? it's got literally days to live. as soon as it was removed from its preferred environment, and as soon as you took it out of it's technologically-guaranteed stasis, its days were numbered. this is your fault, OP. you know what you have to do. don't let its sacrifice be in vain.

x1ap84

askhistorians_train

Why are there periods in history where they would make eunuchs bodyguards, soldiers, or assassins? Doesn't a lack of testosterone in a male body make you frail, less decisive, hampered in your cognitive abilities, and more prone to mental breakdowns?

imf3pn1

imdaknn

OP, from the negative tenor of your question, the way you've blasted it in a lot of Asky subreddits, and your general post history, I think you're working through some things about yourself, what it may mean to live in a body without testosterone, and if historical eunuchs are your spiritual ancestors. I wasn't going to engage, but you know what, there's probably less than 5 people on the internet who could meaningfully talk to you about this, and you’re clearly in distress, so let's talk. So the vibe I'm getting from your question is basically ... A) Is lack of testosterone a disability? B) If so, why were these people in history intentionally disabled by themselves or others? And furthermore, assuming A and B, why did society explicitly make and value these disabled people, when society traditionally does not value disability? (And the subtext, if I do not have testosterone am *I* disabled, am *I* valued by society? Which I have firm opinions on but is outside my scope of practice, and you'll have to figure out for yourself.) Let's tackle your assumptions first. Assumption A: Periods in history where eunuchs are "bodyguards, soldiers, or assassins." Those are some jobs you've thrown together that perhaps shouldn't be. Bodyguards - yes, eunuchs were often bodyguards, but more in the sense of an honor guard. I didn’t expect the geriatric veterans firing blanks at my 92 year old grandpa’s funeral to be eunuchs, but that is way closer to what role a eunuch held than the Secret Service. The bodyguard role was (to grit my teeth and be extremely reductionist for the sake of time) symbolic and often religious or quasi religious. Assassins? From time to time a eunuch would do a poisoning, but that wasn't a full time gig. If they did that, it would be because their real role as a close body servant gave them access and trust, not because they were ninjas zipping up windows. Soldiers? No. The idea of eunuch armies is popular from a certain book/tv show that I have never seen and yet am cursed to answer questions about. Eunuchs, when they were in the military, were in high ranking positions, usually given to them by rulers. They did not work up from letter carrier to postmaster general, they went straight to the top. Think Narses, not Unsullied. Assumption B: Eunuchs as disabled, in particular you say: "frail, less decisive, hampered in your cognitive abilities, and more prone to mental breakdowns." There's a lot of work you're putting on old T here. Frail? Eunuchs were certainly prone to osteoporosis, so their bones would weaken over time. However, pre-pubescently castrated eunuchs seemed to experience it differently, compared to contemporary old people, the bone density of an entire castrato skeleton studied in 2013-16 was different than expected for senile osteoporosis. (look at figure 8) The authors conclude he had made "a long-standing adaptation," aka, learned to live with it. I assume you also are thinking of lower muscle mass, that’s harder to study on skeletons, but the article does talk about very particular muscle development for a professional opera singer and the markers on his bones for that. So he was absolutely able in muscular ability to do his job, an occupational therapist would pronounce him fit for work, however we do not know what our friend Gasparo could bench, alas. Now, mental abilities. Hormones for sure do *something* on our brains, but the what, why, and how much are all in debate. There is decent evidence low testosterone contributes to mild depression in older men, and possibly dementia. It’s a hard thing to study. There are no controls, they’re studying prostate cancer patients, the elderly, or various specific endocrine disorders. No one’s doing a double blind castration challenge on human subjects. There is also a big difference between growing up with a certain brain-body connection and hormonal profile, your neurons pruning under those hormones, vs having your hormonal profile change along with your brain aging. Emotion and mental health history is also very hard, because the way we relate to our minds is so different after 300 years, even within the same culture. But much like the birdbones, historical eunuchs may have just been used to it and already mentally adjusted to any depressive tendencies. I can tell you many eunuchs lived good lives, worked opera well into their 60s, and enjoyed an active, social retirement worthy of any assisted living brochure. General low mental ability and indecisiveness? Well they have a similar hormonal profile to postmenopausal cis women, so I invite you to go down to your local quilt shop, posit this theory, and see what happens to you. Cognitive impairment is an observed, but hard to quantify side effect with prostate cancer patients. It is mild enough that they can still go about their existing lives. (I am sure we could find a case study saying someone was super hampered, but I am only checking up on systematic reviews today.) Again, it’s hard to say how this applies to historical eunuchs, since there is a big difference between growing up with your eunuch brain vs getting power-blasted with hormonal blockers at 64 AND you have cancer. As a counter, eunuchs were usually stereotyped as conniving and intelligent in their societies, but I think that was probably because they were politicians and learned to read and stuff. They were certainly put in positions requiring great intelligence, like accounting and military strategy. I know of a castrato who was into investing, which everyone thinks is very intelligent these days. They probably mentally did as well as any other average Zhou in similar circumstances. So in conclusion, simple testes-only castration was a mildly disabling condition in life without modern medicine, and probably way better than having gout or rickets or fistulas or other such common complaints of 18th century Europeans. They still held down jobs and lived good lives. (Complete castration, no penis no testes, was way worse for your health, but that does not have to do with testosterone, it has to do with having a stoma entrance to your bladder and the resultant infections.) So why weren’t they soldiers? Not because of their bodies, but because they were *way too expensive.* In societies where eunuchs were enslaved, and where they practiced complete castration, a eunuch was worth about 10 times the price of a normal boy. Now, the idea of “cannon fodder” and disposable soldiers is wrong, or so I have frequently read on AskHistorians, but if you’re looking to assemble a unit of 100 people, would you rather spend $1,000, or $10,000? You’re not spending 10K unless it gets you something amazing, and eunuchs did get you something amazing, but only in very specific contexts, which was not battlefields. Eunuchs were high value human capital, to use modern HR terms, and you deployed them only when you absolutely had to, which was only in certain spaces such as religious venues and around royalty. The very last eunuch guards were (are? They are hard to keep tabs on in English) in Mecca and Medina. For why they were so valued in these spaces, please take a look at the second list /u/gynnis-scholasticus has so kindly assembled. Back to today, and you. Eunuch is a gender identity some modern people use, so if you feel called to embrace it, you're not alone, and it is valid, even if you’ve never met anyone who identified as such. It is somewhat diverse, with some people who simply seek castration surgery, and then once they have it are satisfied and do nothing else, some cancer patients, some people closer to transmen. Some modern eunuchs also find great meaning in having a historical heritage to their gender identity, namely Richard Wassersug, who is the leading academic in modern eunuchry, and he identifies as a eunuch. Here is his Google Scholar profile. (he also knows a lot about frogs.) And here is a nice popular article from Dr. Wassersug: Embracing a Eunuch Identity. Don’t let your historical stereotypes about eunuchs and the perceived superiority of testosterone stop you from being who you want to be in the body you want to have.

As you are waiting you can look at some earlier answers on here on the subject of eunuchs, written by the amazing u/caffarelli! On the physical side of being a eunuch: * Assuming I lived in a culture where eunuchs were common, could I recognize one when I saw him (clothed)? * Tuesday Trivia | Forgotten Day-to-Day Details (mostly the same answer as above but with some interesting responses further down in the thread) * At any time in history were eunuchs ever used as soldiers? * How big are eunuchs? On the reasons eunuchs were used/employed: * Why were eunuchs so prevalent as both servants to various aristocracies, as well as power players in ancient history? * Why didn't European Kings (aside from Byzantium) ever have eunuchs to serve them and their court? * Why did eunuchs often get so strong position in royal courts around the world? * Did the bizarre practice of turning men into eunuchs (and then giving these men substantial responsibilities) emerge independently in many places, or do we have some evidence of it starting in one place and then spreading through cultural diffusion? I hope this is helpful, or otherwise that you will get a new response from one of our users! I have not seen Caffarelli here in a long while, but we have some other users who know much about sex and gender in history and should know a bit about eunuchs. Cheers!

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explainlikeimfive_train

Explain like I'm five years old: Because there is a no fly zone around Washington DC, why are commercial airliners able to fly and take off in that zone?

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The term is ADIZ: air defence identification zone. Special rules to fly in and out, stretches out 30 miles, but it's not terribly hard to get clearance. There are flight schools that operate under the ADIZ if I remember right. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%2C_DC_Metropolitan_Area_Special_Flight_Rules_Area?wprov=sfla1 Source: flew commercial jets in and out of DCA

simple: none of the airports are in the no fly zone. I don't think any of them are even in washington DC, even the ones people talk about as DC airports are all over the border and just in virginia.

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askacademia_train

Dating/marriage and Tenure Track Academia I am in my final year of my PhD and also in my late 20s. I am currently single but I find it constantly weighing on me that I feel like I should be dating if I don’t want to be single for the rest of my life but also the demands of academia are significant. I currently am fulfilling a senior role in my lab that is much closer to a postdoc than PhD student with regards to research and management responsibilities, that plus teaching activities, and finishing my dissertation leave me very busy and often overwhelmed. Every time I look at getting into a relationship I can’t honestly say I have the time that most people want. I don’t work a 9-5. I work kind of insane hours. Also, I worry that any time I dedicate to a relationship is time I could be spending writing that next article or doing XYZ thing to advance my career. Does it get better? How do you all find/make the time? Do you feel like it takes away from your career? Field: Engineering Title: PhD student Country:US

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Ain't nobody writing "he is survived by a loving career and CV" in your obituary.

You need to make time because you'll never find it, out there, especially if your mindset is "I could use this time to write the next article or advance my relationship." I don't mean to be rude - I totally get that mindset - but I've seen that mindset blow up some relationships (including ones I've had!) To your question about it taking away from my career? No, because my career isn't the most important thing in my life. I've had to work hard to separate me (as a person) from me (the academic) and decide what my priorities are and how to put time towards them in a balanced way. Took years and a few good therapists, but I have (and continue) to advance my career without feeling like I can't dare afford anything else (relationships, geographic control, etc). It means I let go of certain things, but I know they're not things I really want (even if they seem shiny and wonderful). FWIW, I think your program sounds like it is particularly difficult to function (as a person) in and, while you can't change that, you can think about future opportunities that encourage very different ways of doing research.

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askculinary_train

Next year I'm moving into an apartment with only a mini-refrigerator. What are some core ingredients I need to keep in my limited space that will go a long way? I'll be moving into an efficiency place with a mini-refrigerator, a stove/oven, and a microwave. The freezer in the refrigerator is small to non-existent. I've already accepted that I may need to shop once every 1-2 days for fresh ingredients, but what are some ingredients/food I need to always keep on hand. As I have said, my space is quite limited so things that go a long way or are very versatile are best.

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Condiments and eggs.

You'll probably want to make sure you always have a few eggs, even if it's just a four or six pack. Boiled, scrambled, fried, as part of a recipe, they're just a great and extremely versatile food. Some people even claim that you shouldn't store eggs in the fridge, which you might want to read up on since your fridge space will be limited.

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askbaking_train

Anybody else almost always reduce the sugar in recipes? Hi guys, This post was prompted by making my first baked cheesecake. I followed this King Arthur Baking recipe which calls 347g of sugar. Thought that was a little crazy, so reduced it to 190g. So the cheesecake is done and it's DELICIOUS but *very* rich, to the point where I can't imagine what it would've been like if I used the full amount of sugar. I do this a lot with cakes, tarts and muffins (what I usually make) and have never had any problems, so I do wonder why recipes contain such a high amount of sugar. I guess a follow up question would be are there any particular bakes where you absolutely need the amount of sugar specified?

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I reduce 20-40% depending on the recipe. Especially if it's American recipe. Typically i'd compare recipes from other sources to get the idea of the proportions first. Lately have been using recipes from Dominique Ansel's book and the proportions are quite nice. Not too sweet Edit: typo

For online recipes, basically always. Yeah it can affect the bake yadda yadda but if I cut 75g from the recipe, it bakes up nice and still tastes very sweet, that's a win for me.

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askphysics_train

What jobs do you think prepares you best to be a physicist? I think mathematicians, data scientists, electrical engineering all help you build relevant skills and knowledge used by physicists. I would love to hear opinions on what other careers or jobs are deemed relevant for physicists in terms of technical skills and experience.

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Being able to talk about why your science is important is a good skill to have. Sure, its always nice to be able to code in a few different languages (probably Python is most useful, at least in astrophysics and cosmology, my specific field), and being good at math might also be helpful. However, without being able to communicate your ideas and get other people excited about your work, nothing will really move forward. So that being said, any job that requires you to do a little bit of public speaking (it doesn't even have to be physics related) will help quite a bit. If you have any other questions feel free to pm me!

Do you mean what skills are required to be a good physicist?

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askacademia_train

What Challenges Am I Facing If I Try To Become A Professor After 46? Full disclosure: this is my first post on Reddit (I’ve replied a time or two but this is the first time I’ve ever been the OP). I looked for other posts with similar questions but I felt like my situation was nuanced enough that I couldn’t find an answer that suited me. So here we are. I feel like I’ve made a few badly timed (but not necessarily bad overall) decisions in my life that have led me to this point so I need to start with a bit of back story. I graduated high school in 2000 and worked several different jobs (some part time, some full time) in a couple of different fields for a few years after graduation. In 2006 (when I was 24), I decided to join the Air Force. I served for 6 years, got out when I was 30 and started going to school. I couldn't figure out what I wanted to do so I changed majors several times before settling on double majoring in math and economics. Because of those major changes and not always being able to go full time (and having to take some semesters off completely) due to building a family during that time as well, I took 8 years to graduate. The pandemic was in full swing and most places were shutting down/not hiring. So, I continued to work a part time job that I had held for the last 5 years in the tutoring center of one of the local community colleges up to the present. So now, because of my wife's job, we are moving to Ohio and I am trying to find a job. One of my professors had suggested that he thought I might do well in a Phd program so I am considering applying for a Phd in Economics when we move, but I wouldn't make the deadline to apply before next year (I'll be 40) and then wouldn't start the program until the following year (I'll be 41). Assuming I make it through the program, I'll be at least 46 years old (quite possibly older depending on how things go). I would be doing this with the goal of becoming a professor after getting my Phd. My questions to all of you wonderful people is, what challenges am I facing by doing this? Do you think it's worth it for me? Do colleges care about my age as long as I can still publish papers? I'm worried that I might be goofed up either way since I don't have 20+ years in any one industry anyway, so in that sense, what can it hurt to try?

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If you are independently wealthy and have a revenue stream already in place for retirement, then go for it: probably you will struggle more than younger PhDs on the market afterwards, but smaller colleges, CCs, VAPs, etc., will consider you. Econ is a relatively good job market. You’ll be 15-20 years older than most of your classmates and older than some of your professors, though: don’t be the mature student who tries to dominate conversation or resents being taught by someone younger. If you are going to need to earn money in the future to support yourself or your family, though, this plan is very risky. I would say “madness” if you were in the humanities, but with a PhD in econ you could probably fall back on private sector work if the job search is unsuccessful, albeit with 5-8 years’ lost wages and seniority.

I entered a PhD program in applied economics and there were a few people in their 40s who entered (and finished!) the program. They had to be at least 46 when they finished. So it's definitely doable and I don't think they discriminate on age. I believe they are all going for faculty jobs at R1 schools too (it was a top program). One thing I'll mention is the financial aspect. If you have a family, will you guys be able to be supported on just your wife's income? A PhD in economics is very very hard and you won't have time to do a part time job if you want to be successful. I'd assume the funding you'll get as a student with your stipend will be around $2k/month. Another thing to consider is do you want to do research? I don't think you noted if you've done a master's in math or Econ, but doing a master's and writing a thesis could be a good gauge to see if you would want to go into research and get a PhD.

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askanthropology_train

Those on this subreddit who got degrees in anthropology and its subfields, what are you doing now? I just got my BA in anthropology and will soon be attending an MA program in archaeology, and I'm interested to see what everyone does with their degrees. I'm essentially trying to prepare myself if academia doesn't pan out! I'm also just curious.

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MA in Cultural Anthropology. Actually went to the US for it and after working there for a year (in consulting NGOs and Federal Programs) came back to Chile to stay unemployed for half a year, then got a shitty job and now have been working in ESG/Sustainability since the beginning of the year. Not really using the skills I learned, besides research skills and a new personal view on the world (BA in History). So I don't know if this helps

Worked in marketing agencies for years. Went back to school for writing, and now I teach with a masters and do non-profit work. Having an anthropology degree always helped me stand out in marketing. It's all in how you sell yourself.

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askengineers_train

What made you realize engineering wasn't for you? I have been working for almost 1.5 years and have been absolutely miserable in my current role. The thought of me sitting at a desk for 40 years straight, staring mindlessly into a computer screen causes me major depression. I see what other engineers at my company do and it all looks horrible. I always loved working with my hands and building things but engineering is just not that mostly just pencil pushing and emails.

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Not me (I graduated), but I know four (Two in Uni & two in real life) who dropped out of engineering. 1) Went into Physics & couldn’t handle the intense studying. He got depressed studying for hours & barely getting a “C”. He went into accounting & now he’s a professor in Texas. 2) He didn’t like Statics and couldn’t imagine Dynamics, so he dropped out of engineering & went into physics. Last I heard, he was behind over a year when we graduated due to the classes he had to take that we had completed in engineering. 3) My friend & I met in Calc 3. She was smart but lazy. Her parents were wealthy. She worked for Cummins & after a few years I guess she got burned out & quit. She went back home, lived with her parents in their massive house and is getting another degree. 4) This one became a programmer. She cashed in her 401k, went to a programming boot camp, got citizenship in the EU (family was from Spain), and got a job over here. She’s happy with her job & life now. Everyone walks a different path, my friend. No shame in living yours how you want to live it. I wish you well.

I just got back from 150 hours onsite across two weeks, hands on and getting some generators running. I like the balance of design/commissioning I've got -- I want some office/computer "normalcy", but gotta get out there and see it come together too!

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askscience_train

AskScience AMA Series: Hi, I'm Dr. Christina Nicolaidis and I'm editor of a brand new peer-reviewed journal called Autism in Adulthood. Ask me anything about the new journal or the ways that people on the autism spectrum can get better health care! Hi, I'm Dr. Christina Nicolaidis and I'm editor of a brand new peer-reviewed journal called Autism in Adulthood. I teach social work at Portland State University and internal medicine at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. There's a lot of talk about autism in children, but not as much about autism among adults. That's why we just launched this new academic journal. Our goal is to cover the most pressing issues affecting autistic adults, from emerging adulthood to later life. I am particularly excited about including autistic adults in our new journal - as editorial board members, authors, reviewers and readers. As a doctor and a services researcher, my own research is focused on how people on the autism spectrum can get better access to health care services. Many autistic adults don't get the health care they need, resulting in more health problems and shorter life expectancy. Ask me anything about the new journal or the ways that people on the autism spectrum can get better care. We'll be on at 1 p.m. Pacific (4 PM ET, 21 UT), we're looking forward to the session!

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What do you feel was the gap between diagnosis of adults 15-20 years ago versus today? To say, why were fewer adults being diagnosed 15-20 years ago compared to today?

First, thank you for this AMA. It seems that GenX adults with milder symptoms, more akin to those that used to be deemed Asperger’s before DSM-5, who were left to navigate the world before there was this current awareness, are still somewhat in a no-man’s land due to the fact that they’ve adopted certain behavioral accommodations to “pass” in social situations. Are there any specific diagnostic tools that are truly able to assess where these individuals exist on the spectrum? And if so, what treatment options exist for these now-middle-aged adults?

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askbaking_train

How to make a cookie alcoholic? I hope I worded that correctly. I am helping with a business that is opening up where they will focus on cookies containing alcohol, but we’re having a hard time truly making them alcoholic. I have done rum glazes, but not nearly enough rum is used for a good alcohol flavour. Does anyone have any idea I can have a cookie contain about 2 Tbsp of alcohol without cooking off, and for it to taste like it? TIA :)

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Do macarons count as cookies? You could make any type of filing for those and you wouldn't lose flavor to heat.

I guess you could do cheesecake cups with the cherry soaked in something yummy, a modified tiramisu or rum cake presented in the same manner (mini-cupcake/tartlet.) I’m recovering alcoholic so I gotta go lol, good luck tho!!!

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askengineers_train

Thoughts on unpaid, expected overtime I want to know what your thoughts are. I work at an engineering firm in the UK as a junior design tech (I do zero actual design work) and my line manager complains that I don't stay later than 5 every night. But, I do 40 hours a week and get paid no overtime so I'm worried about the money I'm, in my eyes, losing and the work life balance. The other week he told me that he stays an extra hour each night, also unpaid and also does work at the weekends. Is it just me that finds it a little odd?

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Depends on the position and pay: For management it is often expected.. They can try to have you do it too.

Sorry we in America are bleeding over into other areas of the world. I thought the constant work was just a US thing. Sorry about that. But for real, no. You will find plenty of people who agree that it's total BS to have this expectation. I've had bosses who do this and expect it from their employees, and I just don't do it. They do it because they think it's the only way to advance their career. If getting to a Director level means working 60 hour weeks constantly, what's going to happen when I DO hit that level? I'm just magically able to go back to 40? Haha. No. That expectation is already set. I'm sure that my attitude has cost me a promotion or a job somewhere along the way, but I just don't care. If you're going to fire me because I didn't want to work 5-10 extra hours every single week then I don't want to work for you. And I will happily explain that in my next interview with someone else. I am a-okay with the occasional weekend work, or now that I work with a lot of global teams there are days were I'll start at 8am but work until 8pm. But not everyday. And I work somewhere that acknowledges that and encourages comp days from time to time. So all that to say, it's a normal thing to happen from time to time. But if it's an expectation that you do this regularly then no, that's not normal. That's not the expectation you were given when you were hired. If they told you up front this was a thing then maybe there's less ground to stand on, but assuming that's not the case, then no, this isn't on you for feeling how you do.

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askengineers_train

AskEngineers (in all fields): What's the hottest topic in your field right now? This thread was made almost a year ago, and I think it'd be fun to see how fields have changed since then. What's hot right now in your field?

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Civil land development here. Big thing is water management and conservation. I am doing groundbreaking stuff with a Philadelphia paper mill this year, basically looking at onsite water supply with city systems as a backup.

Electrical/materials engineer here. Energy is the broad one. Gallium nitride and how to grow it cheaply with low relevant defect density is a big one. A perfect AlN/GaN/InN multijunction solar cell would be pretty sweet even if unlikely. Solar is not a good place to be right now and most LED manufacturers are scaling instead of breaking new ground.

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askculinary_train

Need advice on noodles to use with a stir-fry dish I want to make a stir-fry dish and serve it over noodles instead of over rice. I have tried a variety of noodle types from the local Asian foods store but none seem to be what I am looking for. What are the best type of noodles to use and how do you prepare them? I am looking for a thinner type noodle, kind of like what you would get at Panda Express or some other fast food place. All suggestions are appreciated!

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Noodles can be an art in itself. Choosing the right one would depend what sort of stir-fry you're trying to make. It does depend - are you trying to make a very saucy dish to go with the noodles (in which case, you might want to use thin chow-mein noodles that looks almost like vermicelli, stir fried until almost crisp); or are you trying to serve it with a relatively dry dish (in which case, I'd suggest the thicker chow mein noodles)? There's many ways to pair your foods, but I can't be of much help until you clarify. I'd disagree with using spaghetti though - the texture is too soft, so it'll probably disintegrate before it could be properly stir-fried.

Do you want a wheat noodle or a rice noodle? Homemade or packaged? I use packaged, and I use ban pho noodles from the local Asian grocery when I want rice, and for wheat noodles, I quite frankly just use thin spaghetti from Kroger.

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askacademia_train

age for a PhD in EU Good afternoon people, I am an European guy who is searching a PhD in northern Europe (I am currently 30 years old). I think about my age and wonder if it's maybe too late for further studies even if I'm passionate about them. What's your opinion is there an age limit for a PhD?

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You can be 35 with your PhD or without But you'll be 35 anyway. Follow your bliss.

I've been in a lab where someone pursued a PhD after they retired for a while.. they must've been close to 70 by then..

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askengineers_train

BS in Engineering Technology grads, what is your current job and title? Hi fellow BS in Engineering Technology grads, I’m wondering what your current job and titles are. For example, Engineer vs. Technician? Also, what college did you study at?

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Copy paste of another comment I left in this sub, lightly edited for clarity: “…And don’t let the MET vs ME thing keep you up at night. I always had a chip on my shoulder from it and it motivated me, but, it’s a slippery slope between motivation and imposter syndrome. MET grad, from an ABET-accredited program, Youngstown State University. Sub 3.0 GPA, with 2 internships at a machine/job shop. I had a lean green belt from IISE and passed the FE. I began career in a simple mechanical structural design, mechanism design, and DFMA role. I’m in a Sr Mfg Engr role currently, have 6 years of engineering experience in a manufacturing environment, and clear six figures. The director of engineering at my site is also an MET graduate, 10 years of engineering/ops experience in a manufacturing environment, and he clears 225/year.” COL in our area is less than national average.

Do not. I repeat DO NOT apply to any job that has the technician in the title if you got a BS in engineering.

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askculinary_train

Was just given 50 lbs (each) of Chipotle Seasoning and Jalapeño Seasoning Hoping this falls into the exception of bulk quantities because I honestly have no idea what I’m going to do with all of this. The title pretty much sums it up - I’ve got 100 lbs of spices sitting in front of me.

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iq4ifme

Give it to a food bank.

Donate it. Seasoning is a luxury for places that have to bulk out dishes with starch in order to feed lots of hungry people.

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askscience_train

AskScience AMA Series: We're a global nonprofit ocean exploration organization conducting science research missions in the most unexplored areas of the world, from the Galapagos Islands to the Arctic Ocean. Ask us anything! OceanX scientists have had rare encounters with a giant purpleback flying squid, identified a potentially region-altering tsunami risk in the Red Sea, and come face-to-face with the elusive sixgill shark, descended from animals that roamed the planet over 200 million years ago. We're currently on mission on our marine research vessel, OceanXplorer, conducting daily sub dives, scuba and ROV ops, and helicopter scouting - and documenting it all to share with the world. Next, we'll be hosting 15 future scientists for a ten-day immersive program aboard our ship. We're broadcasting live from the Red Sea and have a whole crew of experts from OceanX ready to answer your questions about all things ocean science-exploration, engineering, research, testing, identification - and science education and communications! We are: + Mattie Rodrigue, OceanX Head of Science Operations; + Dr. Tiara Moore, Scientist and Black in Marine Science Program Lead at The Nature Conservancy; + Toby Mitchell, OceanX Submersible Team Leader; + Buck Taylor, OceanX Submersible Pilot; + Olaf Dieckhoff, OceanX ROV Pilot; + Ben Neel, OceanX Helicopter Pilot; + Eben Hall, OceanX Executive Producer; + Richard Barden, OceanX Dive Team; + Roger Solem, Captain of OceanXplorer; + Marko Cagalj, Chief Officer of OceanXplorer; + Jesse Boulton, Second Officer of OceanXplorer; + and Ross Davison-Harmer, Second Officer of OceanXplorer. We'll be answering questions live from the Red Sea starting around 12 PM EDT (4:00 PM UTC), ask us anything! Username: /u/oceanxorg @Oceanx on Social Media

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How can I join you guys exploring ?

Do you humanize/get attached to your robots?

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askhr_train

[NJ] My paycheck has been frequently tardy, and I'm afraid I don't have the ability to complain about it. Is my best option just to grin and bear it? Hello, all, I've been working full-time at a finance company for almost two years. Five years ago, they implemented a policy where if employees wanted to get their paycheck direct deposited, they had to use the checking product our company offers. Otherwise, the check would just be mailed. I didn't want to get the FI checking product because I already have more than I really want that are all open for different reasons (credit card here, student loan there). So, I've been getting my check mailed. Who does and doesn't get checks mailed appears to be a "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" kind of thing. This really hasn't been a problem for the most part. I would technically get the check a couple of days late, but it was consistent. However, now with the mail system having its problems, my check has become unreliable. I've already talked to the Payroll department about this a few weeks ago, and while my fellow employee was understanding because of the holiday, she did take a moment to pitch the checking product for direct deposit. A few days later, we all got a mass email from Payroll stating that they are aware the check receivers haven't been getting their checks as expected, but that they do offer a direct deposit option for our company's product. The late checks are definitely frustrating, but I don't see a long term gain in opening the account, since if I leave the company I wouldn't have a reason to need the account anymore. So my questions are: \- I think in my state that I'm not considered compensated until the check is actually in my hand. That means that if the check gets lost that they are still on the hook to pay me, right? But are they accountable to do something in regards to how long it takes for people to be compensated? If so, how long do they have to make sure an employee is properly compensated? \- I also would like to minimize the number of people who know I don't have a checking product. I do know of a few people that get mailed checks, but it seems to be seen as a "loyalty" test that everyone mutually understands. I definitely don't want to bring it up to people who will likely say that the "correct" choice is just to open another checking account.

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Regarding Direct Deposit -- As long as Direct Deposit isn't _mandatory_ (meaning there is some other way for you to get paid, say, via check in the mail), an employer can restrict what institutions they'll allow for direct deposits. From reading through the comments, I'd wager that ADP is handling the payroll for your company (everyone uses ADP, because who wouldn't?). As long as the check is mailed and postmarked regularly and generally the same day as everyone else's payroll is processed, there's not much that can be done. As an FYI, direct deposits arriving on Wednesday is absolutely normal, especially if they're to accounts operated by the institution making the payments. To get a payment to post to accounts, it has to go through the ACH, which takes 1 - 2 business days to show up (and much longer to _actually_ clear, but that's behind the scenes stuff). I'd wager payroll at your company is processed on Wednesday, the printed checks are dropped in the mail at EOD Wednesday, get postmarked Thursday, and show up at your home Friday/Saturday/Monday, depending on the postal service. If you're in the US -- you may remember some bullshit during the election with the USPS and disassembly and trashing of sorting machines meant to speed up mail delivery? That's affecting more than just ballots.

Suck it up and open the direct deposit account. Set up automatic transfers from that account to those that you want to use.

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legaladvice_train

(AB, Canada). Neighbors built a fence before we bought our house. Now they want 50 percent. We live in Alberta, Canada. We took possession of our new house in August 2016. The fence separating our yard with the neighbors behind us had already been built sometime before we moved in. This summer we started working on our yard and our neighbors behind us have started harassing us for money for the fence they built before we moved in. Basically every time we go into the yard they ask us if we have a cheque for them. We've discussed the issue with them. They have no bill or receipt for the fence, so they've verbally given us a $ amount of what they say they paid (33/linear foot) and told us to measure the back fence and pay 50 percent of 33/linear foot. They confirmed the fence was completed months before we took possession, but don't feel that matters. It's a decent amount of $ (about 1000) and they're quite rude... They've never even introduced themselves or spoken to us other than rudely demanding money. Ethically speaking I know we should probably just pay them the cost (this all started a month ago so we haven't done anything yet... We haven't even finished building the fence on the sides of the house in conjunction with our other neighbors yet because the one house is still being built and the other guy just moved in so we want him to have time to get settled). But they're being really, really rude (the wife yelled at me today with my 18 month old son and I playing in the yard). When they first approached us (literally didn't even say hi, just asked us when we would be paying for the fence as we owe them 33/linear foot, and I actually just learned their names today because they are so short with us) I told them my husband and I needed a few weeks to discuss as this is a lot of money and we weren't expecting it. And that we'd follow up with them in a few weeks as we had company over at the time. Since then they've made comments every time we step into the yard. I'm getting frustrated and don't just want to blindly write a cheque simply to have them leave us alone as I think that's the tactic they're hoping for. Legally speaking, what is my obligation given they have no receipts and did the fence months before we bought the property? Do we just write then a cheque based off their word?

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>We live in Alberta, Canada. I don't know the laws of Alberta, Canada. So I will speak only in broad generalities. >We took possession of our new house in August 2016. The fence separating our yard with the neighbors behind us had already been built sometime before we moved in. If it were me, I would tell the neighbor that I wasn't sure what the law said about the requirement for a neighbor to share the cost of a fence, but that I was willing to presume for discussion that that this was required. And therefore I wished him luck with the process of collecting it from the previous owner whose house it was when the fence was put in. (I had, I would explain if necessary, purchased the house, but not the previous owner's debts.) The truth is that I WOULDN'T wish the neighbor well in the pursuit of this undocumented and un-negotiated debt, but it isn't polite to say so and besides, I have to live near this ass, so there's no reason to antagonize him further. I would also mention that I was willing to share all costs for ongoing maintenance of the fence *SO LONG AS* those maintenance costs were discussed and agreed on beforehand (and ONLY if agreed on beforehand). In general, my goal here is to AVOID arguing the law with this neighbor (because it isn't likely to be productive), but to deflect by using my neighbor's idea of the law to send him after some other party. Preferably one who doesn't have to live near him. Edit: if the developer owned the property before you did, that's great! I would use all the above arguments to tell the neighbor to go bother the developer instead.

Sometimes it is useful to review a dispute from the perspective of the other party. In this case, they erected a fence, and expected to be reimbursed for half, under the Line Fence Act. They are out a good sum, and they want it. And as far as they are concerned, you are now the person on the other side of their good sum of money. Line Fence Act states that a landowner's obligations to reimburse a landowner for the costs of the fence commence >...as soon as that owner or occupier receives any benefit or advantage from the line or boundary fence by the enclosure of that owner’s or occupier’s land or any portion of it or otherwise It occurs to me that if you made an offer on the house, and in that offer placed any value on the pre-existing fence, then the previous landowner received a benefit, and at that time became liable to your neighbors. However, you did not. Furthermore, the statute cannot be read that every time a plot of land is purchased the new owners owe half of the value of the surrounding fences to anyone who erected them. So it does not seem reasonable that an obligation to reimburse your neighbor should apply to you. Therefore, in the spirit of mending metaphorical fences, I might recommend you explain to your neighbor that the fence was part of the purchased property and that their dispute is with the previous owner, and that you are willing to co-operate with them to bring about a mediated solution. But stress that their issue is with the vendor, and not with you.

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askculinary_train

How do restaurants peel soft (or hard) boiled eggs so they always come out perfect? I really like making ajitama tamago (the seasoned egg that many people top ramen soup with). Since I figured out the marinate it's really upped my at home ramen game. The problem is I'm \*really\* bad at peeling the soft boiled eggs. It's also random how well I peel. Some look great, others look like they've gone through a war. I boil refrigerated eggs for 7 minutes, then immediately shock in an ice bath and let them cool almost completely before peeling. I've tried the spoon trick of getting under the skin, I've tried pricking the air pocket before boiling, and peeling under water. How do restaurants have always smooth perfectly peeled eggs?

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fycwt69

When you shock the eggs, that’s when you crack the shell,

Very surprised I haven’t seen my tricks yet in the top dozen comments. 1: do them a full day in advance. Let them sit in the ice water bath in the fridge over night. 2: vinegar in the water. I’ve tried with and without and it just works better. Vinegar in your shock water too. 3: cook in rapidly boiling water. People often turn down to a simmer— don’t. Full time at an aggressive boil. I also use room temp eggs. This may affect your cooking time but 7 minutes sounds short to me anyway. Not sure if this makes the biggest difference but it’s the way I always do it. I do this with 9 minute soft boiled eggs and the results are perfect. The only ones that get destroyed just accidentally get crushed.

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askculinary_train

Screwed up my marinade. Added oil, egg, and cornstarch when I should have coated the marinaded chicken in that after it was done. Is it going to ruin the meal? For context, I'm attempting to make Chicken 65 and I'm following some shitty food blogs recipe. Due to the poor layout and ads everywhere I followed the recipe wrong. My chicken is currently marinating in all the correct ingredients plus egg, oil, and cornstarch, and according to this recipe, that should have been the coating after the marinade is done. It's been in there for about 30 min.

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hrgfipz

Marinating chicken in egg and corn starch is literally what you do to velvet chicken, so it’s hardly wasted. Will it turn out like originally expected? No, but you don’t have to throw that out. Just get a couple tablespoons of oil going, strain off the marinade and fry up the chicken. Don’t worry about it not being a deep fried batter, it will still have a nice thin crust to the exterior.

Fuck it. Fry it up and let us know how it goes. The best way to learn is to make mistakes.

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askbaking_train

What is your ALL TIME favorite American dessert? Hope this is the right sub for this but I'm curious what the general public opinion is on desserts. Since I'm from America what is your favorite American dessert. Feel free to comment what your fav is if it's not listed! 🍨🍰🍪 I tried to list what my impression is the most popular. View Poll

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grrm7cd

It is a crime against humanity that Brownies aren't listed.

~~Simple dessert: sweet potato pie Serious dessert: opera cake~~ Edit: Kids, don’t reddit after bedtime. You’ll miss important words like “American” and get all excited about desserts. Edit 2: I was wrong, my answer is peach pie