u/RandolphCarter15

A few weeks ago I posted about some issues I was having as an outside member of a PhD committee. Basically I was asked to do it in the spring, I said yes, and then I heard nothing about the process until July when the chair asked us to meet with the student the next week to provide feedback on the proposal. I posted here that this felt unreasonable, as I didn't know anything about the timeline and was off contract, so had been planning on taking care of my kids and didn't have time to do this at the last minute. Many thought I was being unreasonable.

Well, I responded and asked if we could meet in two weeks when my kids' camp schedule was more manageable. I didn't hear back. It's now two weeks after the date I suggested to meet. This is the issue I was trying to raise. I'm trying to be helpful here, and suggested a good compromise. But I can't help at all if no one responds to me.

edit: i guess i need to clarify brigading. it's people from another sub coming to a sub they don't like not to engage in conversation but to troll and disrupt. You know what i mean- the people mocking this sub, calling us right wing, etc. many subs actually have rules against it, as it ruins the sub​

Banning it would be against the spirit. But it's going to be annoying if every post here is overwhelmed with people attacking the sub. If we just downvote they won't have any visibility

edit: as someone pointed out i should have labeled this a problem kid in a group, rather than the issue being the fact it's a kid

We had someone join our group, guys in their 30s and 40s, with their teenager. We try to be inclusive, so we welcomed them. But it's getting tough.

Some in v the group think the kid is on the autism spectrum so we're trying to be sensitive. But things are getting frustrating.

We kind of take turns focusing on characters, each gets a spotlight. But the kid doesn't like that and always wants to be the focus. They'll challenge rules, even when they're wrong. And I'm 90% sure they are cheating on dice rolls.

I'm not really sure what to do. I'd hope the dad would address some of this but he isn't. We're all getting frustrated but no one really wants to raise it with them.

2 in Burlington, 2 in South Burlington. Meanwhile her biggest margins happened in Winooski. Seems like the people most affected by her policies are done with it

https://electionresults.vermont.gov/?_gl=1*1h98yz7*_ga*MTg2NjY5OTkxMS4xNzg2NTU4NzM0*_ga_V9WQH77KLW*czE3ODY1NTg3MzMkbzEkZzEkdDE3ODY1NjA0MTQkajUzJGwwJGgw

edit: NW 9, sorry

I'd like to add some Nwn 9 levels, mainly for RP reasons. What are some good builds you've tried?

Relevance: this issue had come up repeatedly on the show and I feel like it will end up an episode

I don't follow WNBA but I guess a player said they should not have to play against "biological males." When her team played in Seattle she was booed. But two teenagers held up a sign thanking her. An owner of the team then harassed them.

Update: maybe I should have asked AI to catch typos in my title

Update 2: someone noted journals ask about AI usage on submission. So you'd likely have to acknowledge this or that would be unethical

A colleague mentioned they've been doing this. Basically feeding a paper into Claude and asking it for the feedback a reviewer would give. I'm wondering what people think.

My first impulse was to think it's unethical. But it's not using AI to do the writing or analysis. So i can also see the argument for it being OK.

Although if we say it's ok, then I'd argue we have to be ok with students doing this.

I'd love to hear some thoughts on this, as I'm still figuring it out. I understand in turn 1 you want to use your passes to avoid deploying, letting you react to your opponent's moves. But what about turns after that?

I've had situational uses of later-game passes, especially moving into melee with activated units. But I don't have an overall strategy for when to pass and when not to later on.

For any podcasters reading this, this topic would probably make for a good episode (if there's already not one out there).

I'm having a great time with this build in the OC but am reaching the part where I'm mostly fighting undead so all my fun crits are useless. I remember MoTB has similar enemies. Would it not be very fun to play as this class?

Went camping with my family at a state park. They're strict on quiet hours and have signs all over saying to call with any issues and not wait till morning.

We had a loud college group near us, drinking shouting and cursing. I probably could have complained before quiet hours. We waited til they started. There was no sign they were slowing down. So we called.

The ranger told them they had to turn off the music and talk quietly. That lasted 15 minutes, so we called again. This time they were quiet until midnight when the music and shouting started up. The ranger read them the riot act and they were quiet.

But what got me is we were behind them, they had people on all other sides and no one seemed to be complaining but us. Do people just not want to deal with it? Do they think they're being a Karen? i get not wanting to confront them- I wasn't about to get into it with a group of drunk college guys while my kids were there. but the rangers are ready to do it.

I think this behavior happens because it's so rare there are consequences. I heard them arguing with the ranger and couldn't believe someone called on them.

I gave some money and signed up to be a volunteer. But I haven't heard anything. Haven't seen many road signs. Meanwhile Gray got a puff piece in my local paper. The primary is just a few weeks away...

update: I failed to post the link. sorry-

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/general/boomers-were-supposed-to-downsize-they-are-buying-bigger-homes-instead/ar-AA285nkW

An article on Boomers as the biggest buying group in real estate. And they're buying bigger houses than they lived in before, raising overall prices.

edit: to clarify I'm interested in thoughts from people who contractually do not have work responsibilities over the summer and have other responsibilities, like childcare, that they would have to work around. I guess some people are expected to work over the summer but that's not my situation. and I'm not planning on ignoring it all summer, I'm just having issues meeting their timeline

also this sub has taken a snarky tone with people unable to just respond to a question without being critical and if that's you I'll just block.

I recently agreed to be an outside advisor on a dissertation at a different institution. I'm in a 9 month contract so don't do any advising over the summer. But the committee chair wants to meet and have us read through the proposal to provide comments.

I'm inclined to say no, and that I can help during the academic year. The only communication we had was me saying i could be part of this so hadn't set expectations. But I'm not sure if it's bad form to not participate in the summer.

How have you handled this?

I've been wondering about this. After getting married we would alternate between the parents. But we moved farther away and had kids and liked the idea of being home for Christmas morning, and not dealing with Thanksgiving travel. There were also family issues-my family always seems to fight when together and my wife's parents don't allow alcohol in their house. Neither made for fun holidays.

Growing up, Thanksgiving would be at my grandmother's and Christmas "dinner" too, but we all lived close together.

I sometimes miss having people around for holidays but also enjoy not dealing with the stress.

update: to be clear, I'm worried about this ceasing to be a neighborhood and turning into a bunch of empty houses

We bought our house in 2016. It was expensive, but not crazy. Our street was all older people.

Since then prices have gone through the roof of course. Meanwhile my street has become a wasteland as all the old people turned into snowbirds and their houses sat empty half the year.

I thought this would change when they downsized and moved. But the first who did was replaced by a single woman in her 50s who doesn't interact with anyone. Then another old couple is selling their house. Friends with young kids want to buy it but it's $600,000. So they don't think they can afford it. Meanwhile I've seen an older couple looking at the house. And a family we're friends with who live nearby and were renting got their house sold out under them because the owner wouldn't accept their offer.

I liked my neighborhood because it was multi-generational. I don't think only young families should live here. But it's frustrating that people who would still make a huge profit if they sold their house at a reasonable price list at a level only other wealthy retirees can afford. And it's even more frustrating to know they'll probably move in and then not even be in the house.

I narrowed it down to two places it might have been. It could have been a bug we got at the hotel, but then my kids would probably have gotten it.

I don't want to ruin any businesses but if there is a contamination issue it may be good to know.

update: since there seems to be some confusion "thanking" literally means thanking. At one point on the tour they used to thanking any first responders on tour.

I remember they did this around Covid, thanking first responders as well as veterans. I thought it was nice, that there are many ways to serve the community. Just went today and they just thanked veterans. I was a little disappointed.

I'm running swash/Duelist, currently 6/7 and just got to the duel with Lorne. It was pretty fun. I turned on parry and he only managed to hit me a few times. Meanwhile my riposte and flourishes wore him down. It felt like the Oberyn/Mountain fight in GoT but with a different ending.

This has been a pretty fun class so far. I usually like having some magic but there are enough tactics to give some variety. ​

I'm intrigued by this just but am not sure how to run it. What do you do?