u/randomsingularities

I’m new to water polo, how do you catch the ball without it bouncing off your palm?

I only went nc with my dad, but still normal contact with the rest of my immediate family. Anyone else in a similar spot and if so did this end well for you? Also any advice or tips? Thanks

If you’re replacing your ring doorbell battery and the battery case is stiff, try pushing the case upwards from the bottom rather than squeezing the case from the left and right sides.

I used to think you had to convert the PDF to a word document first, sign your name on the word doc then convert the signed word doc back to a PDF, but you can sign the PDF directly if you open the PDF in chrome and click on the squiggle icon

I used to think you had to convert the PDF to a word document first, sign your name on the word doc then convert the signed word doc back to a PDF, but you can sign the PDF directly if you open the PDF in chrome and click on the wiggly icon that looks a bit like a serpent

If you’re replacing your ring doorbell battery and the battery case is stiff, try pushing the case upwards from the bottom rather than squeezing the case from the left and right sides.

Something I don’t get is why people are so quick to label pump track and other niche sports like water polo as weird, inefficient forms of exercise, or something they’ve never heard about, “nope never even heard of it” or “that’s not a thing here, don’t even think about finding such a club haha”. Multiple people have this attitude for some stupid reason, friends, coworkers and relatives alike. Only my family are supportive lmao. I don’t get why everyone else is so dismissive 😭

Any non-competitive water polo clubs in Shanghai for grown ups other than Shanghai sea dragons?

Any non-competitive water polo clubs in Shanghai for grown ups other than Shanghai sea dragons?

Normal people: “I’ve been watching this channel on communication skills btw it’s really good”

Narcissists: “yeah and that channel has some brilliant communication advice I think you could benefit from”

Normal people: “ok phew. I thought I was the only one who thought this”

Narcissists: “honestly glad you agree. I thought maybe you’d be too nice for that”

Normal people: “sorry what do you mean by that?”

Narcissists: “hopefully you mean that in a good way lmao”

My parents want to invite their friends for my birthday dinner. Obviously you thank them for gifts/cards but are you supposed to give a thank you speech at some point during the dinner? Or is a toast enough 🍻? Or maybe you are supposed to give a mini/short speech?

As much as I appreciate them attending I just have social anxiety 😭 and hate public speaking. My parents don’t get this though and told me off last time. Would I be TA? Thanks.

My friend guilt tripped me for not telling him I applied for a job he later found out about and applied for as well (we both got referred by a mutual friend) and to be fair, he encouraged me to apply whereas I kept quiet about it. But I did say that I didn’t tell anyone about it, so it’s not like I hid it from him specifically. When I told him I actually already applied, he said stuff like “damn we your friends no?” and “there’s more than just one job you know” when I said that “icl when it comes to jobs we all gonna compete somewhat selfishly”.

In hindsight, when he said “I guess it depends if you value that opportunity over that friend” I should’ve just replied “I guess it also depends how much you expect from your friends”.

But anyway after the discussion he said something like “yeah I was never pissed at you dw I completely get your point and where you’re coming from” and he said this again a few days later when I brought this up with the mutual friend (in case I annoyed him one way or another as well). So he assured me twice about it not being a problem. But a week later I still lashed out at him as I was angry at the way he spoke to me earlier (condescending and acting like I’m stupid or narrow minded about jobs and friendships. I also strongly suspected that he badmouthed me or told the mutual friend to ignore me). I lashed out by saying something very similar to “more than just one job you know” (different topic but same tone) to which he replied “I didn’t know that” sarcastically with a crying cat emote.

This was all over text btw

Had a heated discussion with a friend the other day. He got an investment/finance internship and said his project was based on a type of algorithm called mcmc which was surprising because we covered this in a stats class on simulation methods. It wasn't a quant finance/ trading role though so less maths intensive.

He said they were looking for a very specific skill set when he applied for the internship, and I asked "oh was it stochastic simulation?"

Then he hits me with “No. You're completely missing the point" and "the skill set was just data science. You're focusing on minor things close to what we've already seen (in class) which I could have probably learnt in five minutes if I hadn't seen it before. Whoever hires you won't know any details, it was just a coincidence that l'd learnt it beforehand".

But l've literally seen multiple job posts (graduate/ entry level jobs btw) where they list out specific algorithms/stats/ML topics or concepts. If, like my friend said, these are just trivial things you can easily learn on the job, and whoever hires you won't know or care about any details, why do these companies list these maths topics?

Obviously, general skills like analytical skills, ability to learn, teamwork and communication are way more important but does the ML/math knowledge carry that little weight? Maybe they're listed just as a filter for candidates but isn't that kind of meaningless if they're so easy to learn on the job etc.