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congrats on making it offical DD. good luck with that & wait Lando is no longer a mod? Lando good luck on future endeavors & all that kind of stuff. i'm sure whatever you are getting into you will be wildly successful at it if you put half the time & energy you put in around this place. good luck & best regards
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@Madame:
Our US friends must be very proud of their women’s gymnastic team who just won Olympic gold in truly awesome style. Fabulous.
Good thing I already knew…
Oh, sorry, didn’t think about the time difference - apologies if I spoilt it for anyone…
Was so great, I got carried away!
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Good Luck Lando…I am sure u will succeed as u did on the forum. I am sure or hope you will have time to pop in as a member??
And thanks guys we are both excited although Krissy is a bit upset at my Canadian tux choice :-\
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@Madame:
@Madame:
Our US friends must be very proud of their women’s gymnastic team who just won Olympic gold in truly awesome style. Fabulous.
Good thing I already knew…
Oh, sorry, didn’t think about the time difference - apologies if I spoilt it for anyone…
Was so great, I got carried away!
[/quote]Just messing with you. It's been a bunch of spoilers this week so not the first time.
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@Dirty:
Good Luck Lando…I am sure u will succeed as u did on the forum. I am sure or hope you will have time to pop in as a member??
I am not going anywhere. THink you fuckers can get rid of me? Please.
Congrats to you and your lady and baby. Oh and I think she has a valid argument against the all denim wedding fit. You may want to let her have this one.
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LOL…I was thinking of throwing on a blazer and jeans. We decided to rush getting married for the baby. We initially planned on having a wedding next year but changed our minds so Sofia can have married parents. As for the Canadian tux time will tell lol
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Just had an awesome dinner of "Indian fusion" food at Whip Inn, followed by sour plum & black tea boba tea at Coco's Café (both in Austin, TX). I am a contented man right now.
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Just had an awesome dinner of "Indian fusion" food at Whip Inn, followed by sour plum & black tea boba tea at Coco's Café (both in Austin, TX). I am a contented man right now.
Ha that's funny. One of my best friends lives a few blocks from Whip Inn. Never got to eat there but did stop in a few times to get beer. I think I saw it on Diners Drive-Ins and Dives, too.
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Yeah, they've got a really strong selection of beer, both on tap and in bottles. If you ever get a chance to eat there, we had the goat sliders, dal puppies and south Asian Frito pie; all were excellent.
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Kind of a rant/kind of an announcement
After some months of work and a lot of bashing my head against the wall I got to present the first stage of my research earlier this week. It was a great experience, but it's definitely made me realize how much I dislike academia and doing scientific research. Time to start looking for new work so I can leave this one…
Also, the Devil Ducks are getting their first wash today...
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If I may be so indescrete: care to elaborate on your frustrations?..
Not at all. As some background, I'm a physics student with a background in computer science. I was/am working on software for the simulation of plasmas.
My biggest frustration was with the constant need to find funding. What I hadn't realized was how much research slows down as a career progresses. Most of my professors spend ~90% of their time writing grants, and dealing with lots of bureaucracy.
Because of certain regulations, and a lack of openness, I haven't been able to get the feedback I need to really progress my software.
There's also the paper submission process which I've come to notice, at least with a few of the supercomputing journals, has a tendency to be extremely political. I'm normally fine in dealing with work politics and things of that sort. After seeing what my coworkers were going through while submitting stuff I was left with a very bad taste in my mouth.
I just wasn't finding myself satisfied with this work. It's time for me to move onto other things. What those other things may be, I have no idea yet.
