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6:29 AM

white people are cute, they are scared to visit Paris, but they still visit Iran and Afghanistan..

1 hour later…

7:47 AM

@NeanDerThal What's the threat in Afghanistan? :)

8:39 AM

Not sure many people visit Afghanistan…

9:19 AM

Not sure if the people visiting Afghanistan are the one who'd be scared to visit Paris atm :)

9:29 AM

I tried

I was at the embassy in Tajikistan

wanted to enter at Ishkashim

had a 4-day window to go into the Wakhan corridor

but sadly was running low on meds

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Q: Can I get warfarin in Tajikistan (or nearby?)

I've run into a major problem, requiring urgent Warfarin. However, am in Khorog, Tajikistan, and there's NONE in town, and the pharmacist at the hospital believes there to be none in the country, save for the 5 tablets in my bag. My question is, what would be the nearest city from Dushanbe that...

safety health tajikistan

so had to turn around and go back to Dushanbe

still disappointed I didn't make it

Iran was awesome, @NeanDerThal!

RoflcoptrException

10:09 AM

I would like to go to Iran, even made a friend this summer who lives in Teheran

time to visit him soon

@MarkMayo btw hi! haven't seen you for a long time :) Still in Australia?

In the meantime I'm also slightly concerned about mindcorrisive. He hasn't been online for weeks and on FB there is also no activities since more than a month

10:39 AM

@RoflcoptrException I'm around ;)

I moved back after travelling in August, back to Sydney

got a job at Qantas Loyalty, 12 month contract

you could email him?

RoflcoptrException

10:50 AM

yes I could

Maybe I should

Also because I'm going back to Canada next week and won't have this much time for mod duties :)

2 hours later…

12:32 PM

@RoflcoptrException and when's the flight to Sydney???

RoflcoptrException

when I'm done with my phd :)

1:00 PM

...which is when? ;)

RoflcoptrException

early 2016

that's not so long!

RoflcoptrException

thank god

3 hours later…

4:31 PM

@MarkMayo been there a few times,, never left the airport..

5:18 PM

Ah, chasing the end of a PhD

although I gather that's a somewhat harder experience in the US (and therefore maybe Canada) than in the UK

RoflcoptrException

yes, it's a moving deadline

it depends really on your adviser

but you're right, US is gnereally quite hard

In the UK, you have a fixed deadline

normally 4 years full time/7 part time

don't submit within that - instant fail

So there is always an end in view

RoflcoptrException

ok i see

here it's more like that you have to work on it until your advisor is satisfied

most people submit at some point in their fourth year

and it does need approval

if you're on a funded program you'll ususally get 3-3.5 years funding, so that gives a bit of a push too

me being the way I am, I submitted the day before my absolute deadline

RoflcoptrException

yeah why not :)

but it's amazing how different phd programs are in different countries

5:29 PM

Would have been nice to have got done a few months earlier, spend less time not getting any money

but I often need real deadline pressure to make me get on with well, anything

on the plus side, got a pass straight away, with about 2 days worth of editorial corrections only

things have changed a bit over here since then too

they've made a typical PhD a lot more structured

with things called Doctoral Training Centres

trying to bring down the number of washouts I think

RoflcoptrException

yes

a good thing probably

do you get a lot of money?

while doing your phd? or are you really a poor student

Depends on your funding source and program

most PhDs in STEM subjects are funded, some in humanities are, very few in arts are

pretty much all have a project outlined before hand - although it may evolve and change over time of course

rcuk.ac.uk/media/announcements/150121

Says that minimum PhD stipend (so what anyone funded by a research council will get) is £14k a year, roughly

RoflcoptrException

ah ok

That's not counted as a salary though, so it's tax free

and you are exempt from a couple of other taxes for being a student

so it's like having a poor, but not minimum wage job

RoflcoptrException

i see

5:35 PM

but various programs offer more than the minimum, especially if there is an industrial parter involved

RoflcoptrException

ok that's not too bad

and most departments will offer (or even require) some demonstrating/tutorial hours, which will pay something

During my undergrad, I lived with an american who came over to do a PhD because the UK system offered a chance to get a PhD faster than in the US, and without debt

RoflcoptrException

that's just ridicoulus

although I think research council studentships are EU only

RoflcoptrException

in north america the wages are really really low

i'm really happy to have an acceptable wage during my phd

5:37 PM

Yeah, my understanding is that normally you don't get paid for the PhD, maybe even have to pay fees

but you can/must do teaching hours

is that right?

RoflcoptrException

yes i think so

i dunno exactly

but that's what i heard from others

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