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  1. Comment on Graduated again, not sitting in a field this time, AMA in ~talk

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    I'm half Chinese so I already had tones and grammar down from talking with family, but I took 2 years of Mandarin courses in college since my vocab was pretty limited.

    I'm half Chinese so I already had tones and grammar down from talking with family, but I took 2 years of Mandarin courses in college since my vocab was pretty limited.

  2. Comment on Graduated again, not sitting in a field this time, AMA in ~talk

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    I'm going to be applying for PhD programs this fall, focusing on either international relations, comparative politics, or likely some combination of the two. Most of my existing research has been...

    I'm going to be applying for PhD programs this fall, focusing on either international relations, comparative politics, or likely some combination of the two. Most of my existing research has been on US-China competition, especially in Southeast Asia, and the effects of public diplomacy, and I'd like to continue that research.

    Until then though, I'm trying to find some research work I can do while applying and waiting to see if I get in anywhere (I'm a bit doubtful, but fingers crossed). If any of you are professors or work at a thinktank and looking for research assistants/analysts hit me up :p

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  3. Comment on Graduated again, not sitting in a field this time, AMA in ~talk

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    Thank you! I’m a native English speaker, and I’m conversational in Mandarin. I also took French in high school but would be hard pressed to recall any of it

    Thank you! I’m a native English speaker, and I’m conversational in Mandarin. I also took French in high school but would be hard pressed to recall any of it

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  5. Comment on Graduated again, not sitting in a field this time, AMA in ~talk

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    Cheating a bit since this was an undergrad class, but my introductory macroeconomics class was one of the worst organized and taught classes I’ve taken, despite not being particularly difficult....

    Cheating a bit since this was an undergrad class, but my introductory macroeconomics class was one of the worst organized and taught classes I’ve taken, despite not being particularly difficult. As far as graduate classes, I’d have to say international law for similar organizational reasons, even though it was cool in concept and the teacher was really passionate

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  6. Comment on Graduated again, not sitting in a field this time, AMA in ~talk

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    Thank you! Thankfully all standing and/or sitting was done inside this year

    Thank you! Thankfully all standing and/or sitting was done inside this year

    4 votes

  7. Comment on Graduated again, not sitting in a field this time, AMA in ~talk

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    Hi chocobean, nice to see you here! I went to school in San Diego, which has a huge variety of bird species. I had a really cool experience where a red shouldered hawk landed on the fence on the...

    Hi chocobean, nice to see you here!

    I went to school in San Diego, which has a huge variety of bird species. I had a really cool experience where a red shouldered hawk landed on the fence on the other side of the backyard from me and stared at me for a while. I unfortunately wasn’t able to get a pic, but it was duly logged in my Merlin Bird ID bird tracker

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  8. Comment on Graduated again, not sitting in a field this time, AMA in ~talk

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    I didn’t actually know that, I’ll have to confront my Turkish roommate for withholding this info from me. Yeah the job market is pretty abysmal right now but I’m looking to stave off unemployment...

    I didn’t actually know that, I’ll have to confront my Turkish roommate for withholding this info from me.

    Yeah the job market is pretty abysmal right now but I’m looking to stave off unemployment by doing a PhD (though it’s tough getting anything there too right now). I will have a year before I could even start doing that so I’ll be looking for research jobs anyways 😔

    Thanks for your kind words!

    4 votes

  9. Comment on Graduated again, not sitting in a field this time, AMA in ~talk

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    Yes. My favorite flavor is maple Shoutout my favorite rapper T-swizzle

    Yes. My favorite flavor is maple

    Shoutout my favorite rapper T-swizzle

    5 votes

  10. Comment on Graduated again, not sitting in a field this time, AMA in ~talk

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    I’m partial to cold chili oil noodles. My preferred noodles are udon or flat noodles (he fen, biang biang, etc) with a beer (I’ve been drinking Cass recently)

    I’m partial to cold chili oil noodles. My preferred noodles are udon or flat noodles (he fen, biang biang, etc) with a beer (I’ve been drinking Cass recently)

    6 votes

  11. Graduated again, not sitting in a field this time, AMA

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    Last year I ran an AMA while sitting in a field waiting to graduate from my undergrad program. I had planned to do the same thing again as I graduated from my master's program but was foiled by...

    Last year I ran an AMA while sitting in a field waiting to graduate from my undergrad program. I had planned to do the same thing again as I graduated from my master's program but was foiled by the 502 Bad Gateway last week, and then forgot to do it after as I was busy with moving and celebrations.

    So, 1 year older (and wiser? -ish?), with deeper eye bags and less sleep, AMA

    39 votes

  12. Comment on I'm going on vacation in ~tildes

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    He's alive!! Welcome back!

    He's alive!! Welcome back!

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  17. Comment on Website showing spuriously correlated affects in ~science

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    Big fan of the R2 = 0.902 on the correlation between the distance between Jupiter and the Sun and the number of secretaries in Alaska

    Big fan of the R2 = 0.902 on the correlation between the distance between Jupiter and the Sun and the number of secretaries in Alaska

    7 votes