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I have a real debrid account and have bound the API to comet and torrentio to use on Stremio. I've double checked that these are configured correctly. But on the real debrid site there's a list of My Devices that you can add devices to. What is this for, and how do physical devices work with real debrid?

I just started listening to the audiobook of Dark Eden by Chris Beckett and the accents are throwing me for a loop. I understand exaggerating the English accents, that's part of acting. But there are a few words that sounds like both narrators (so far) are trying to say with American accents (lantern, family, valley). I understand there's an in-story reason for this based on the background of the novel, but it's really jarring and hard to listen to. I expect I'm in the minority in really disliking this, since this book gets great reviews and I assume some care went into the audiobook.

I also assume I'm in the minority of audiobook listeners when I say I appreciate a little characterization on the part of narrators, but I chose an audiobook over an audio drama for a reason, and some readers can go too far for me. I understand why others might feel differently. But I'm not sure I can listen to this book.

I suppose it's a long shot but I'm visiting and would love a cup. There are a lot of gelateries around but I haven't seen any with chocolate sorbet (not gelato).

Edit: Sorry, folks. Chocolate sorbet is a real thing, and is not always made with fruit juice. Maybe you're thinking of sherbet? Here is a recipe.

I'm tenured in a small math dept. at a small, undergraduate only institution in the US. I'm planning to move to Canada (BC, Vancouver Island, ideally) for my partner's career in 2 years. We will get by on what she makes, but I'd like to work so we have a little breathing room. I've always wanted to work in conservation but have only ever done pure math research (graph theory, combinatorics). I can code ok and do a little machine learning, but don't want to end up sitting by myself in a room all day. What can I do over the next couple years to prepare to be hireable doing something worthwhile? I could take classes at my current institution but we have limited programs. I enjoy teaching but I'm also ready to be done with higher ed.

My research sounds useful (networks are everywhere), but just because people need to use networks doesn't mean they need an actual graph theorist. I'm not expecting to find a gig proving theorems, and I'm ok with that.

edit: A couple people asked. I'm a dual citizen and can move to and work in Canada.

What's up? Added the filter (?i)india to list of subreddit filters, but still see posts on all from TwentiesIndia

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Reading the Semiosis trilogy got me interested in stories focused on plants. Sentient or not. Fantasy or sci-fi. As long as the writing is actually good; please don't recommend anything that you haven't read and actually enjoyed! If I just want a list of stories with no humans to recommend them, I can ask an AI.

I like the unique worldbuilding in Semiosis even though the biology is not very alien compared to Earth. I really enjoy the idea of plants evolving to control their surroundings or other organisms. They also work on slow time, with fights and cooperation happening much slower, kind of like the rocks in the German short Das Rad.

Does anyone have any recommendations for plant focused stories? Or slow time stories that happen parallel to life at other speeds, ideally about plants?

edit: Holy Toledo, that's a lot of suggestions. I've got not idea how to choose. Again, if you read something you absolutely loved then please mention it.

I have a Galaxy Watch 6 and use sectograph as my primary watchface. I recently switched to a different face and noticed there is a sectograph complication available. I'm not sure what the complication style is called; it's the narrow text one that takes up 1/4 of the outer perimeter of the watch (like a range complication but with text). It doesn't appear available on any other complication style. It just seems to show hex codes. Does anyone know what it's for? Has anyone found out how to use a sectograph complication on another watchface to show anything useful?

I'm a mid-career mathematician. My PhD is in graph theory (networks) and I teach undergraduates at a small university in the US. I'm a Canadian citizen planning to move to BC in 2-3 years for my partner's career. My whole life I've done nothing but theoretical mathematics, teaching and research. But academic careers are hard to come by, especially at my age, and I'm interested in making more of a direct impact on the world. I'm privileged in that my own salary won't be very important as we can get by on what my partner makes (modestly but we have always lived simply). I'm hoping to take the next couple years to shift my mathematics focus to something that might be useful to the world, and environmental science in particular. Hopefully I could find a job in government or academia with these new skills, but even if not I hope to have an impact at least by volunteering my time and skills.

I'm a competent programmer and know a good deal about machine learning already. I've learned a bit of GIS on my own but I don't feel like throwing myself into that field is something I would enjoy. What areas of mathematics are actually useful for more than just purely academic work? Modeling? PDEs? Something else? Is there an actual use for the expertise I already have in networks? I just know that I would prefer to not be a statistician. Is there some recommended reading in environmental science that could help me communicate interdisciplinarily down the road?

My dream is to spend part of my time in the woods and part of my time doing mathematics work that not everyone happens to have the training for but might be useful. Yes this is my midlife crisis but I feel it's better than buying a sports car.

I (49M) wear progressives (-3.5/-3.0 distance, +1.75 reading) because I teach and I need to go back and forth between focusing on my notes and focusing on the class. My optometrist today told me that my reading prescription is changing faster than it should for my age, which she suggested is due to me taking off my glasses to read instead of depending on the reading Rx of my glasses. It's always just been comfortable to remove my glasses to read, and I've never heard that it might be damaging. She tried explaining to me why and I just didn't understand. I'm planning to keep my glasses on for reading as she suggests - she's the doctor but could someone help me better understand why this is better for my eyes?

I (49M) wear progressives (-3.5/-3.0 distance, +1.75 reading) because I teach and I need to go back and forth between focusing on my notes and focusing on the class. My optometrist today told me that my reading prescription is changing faster than it should for my age, which she suggested is due to me taking off my glasses to read instead of depending on the reading Rx of my glasses. It's always just been comfortable to remove my glasses to read, and I've never heard that it might be damaging. She tried explaining to me why and I just didn't understand. I'm planning to keep my glasses on for reading as she suggests - she's the doctor - but could someone help me better understand why this is better for my eyes?