You Are Here - 2015-11-27

5:58 AM

@RoflcoptrException Are you doing it at ETH?

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10:46 AM

@DJClayworth, thanks given here travel.stackexchange.com/questions/59260/…

@CMaster, where? I did grad school in the US and here, with a bit on the side in Heidelberg. I always like it when people have advanced degrees... So call me a snob, but I still like it. where did you study?

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12:17 PM

@Relaxed No, but Switzerland is correct

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1:36 PM

I thought you said you lived in Zurich once

Reason I asked is that I smiled thinking about “acceptable wage” and ETHZ

Switzerland is expensive but I was once told ETHZ is the institution paying PhD candidates the most in Europe

(I did mine at TU Delft, supposedly the second-best or so I was told.)

Lord Nelson ship from 22nd - 29th December

@RoflcoptrException Forgot to ping you!

Q: UK visa: unsigned application form

I just submitted my UK tourist visa application. However I forgot to sign the printed online form although I made an e-signature after my fingerprints registration. Does this lead to a refusal?

This is low-hanging fruit for anybody who wants rep. The comment IS the right answer

Anybody?

@GayotFow Doesn't it need authoritative references to be complete?

2:20 PM

@relaxed, yes, but it's not ETH but the university. By acceptable, I'm referring to around 70k - 75k a year

before taxes

@RoflcoptrException Yeah good luck getting that on a PhD.

@JoErNanO I'm talking about actual PhD wages in Switzerland. You know, it's an expensive country

So you're telling me you are currently getting 70+k per year before taxes as a PhD scholarship?

I'm not talking about my wage :)

but yes that's what you get here

2:38 PM

I remember reading 51k for epfl: phd.epfl.ch/salary and I thought that was reasonable compared to the standard of living in switzerland.

it depends on the field. e.g. when studying science you could earn a lot of money in inudstry. so they pay quite a lot of money to phd students, because otherwise, no one would do it

Ah yes. So we are talking about an industry-funded phd then.

but if you don't pay at least half or 2/3 what industry pays, no one would do a phd here

Ah.

You got me thinking. :)

yes, in the US and other countries, academia seems to think that phd students are modern slaves. but i think also phd students should get the money they deserve

2:48 PM

That's because you are a phd student. :D

Look at this smart user: travel.stackexchange.com/users/37569/carmen-blandish With a link to their website in the profile, answering schengen visa questions.

I wonder if those answers are actually useful.

Sorry I changed the topic. :)

Even that is unusual, in many places the pay is the same for everybody

And you would still find many foreigners to do a PhD for less ;)

Actually, I don't use the word “PhD student” for that reason

(the fact they desserve a fair wage)

3:26 PM

@JoErNanO Why? Those portions of the operations manual are not publically available........ Don't understand why?

@GayotFow Just asking. I think that if you answer it'll be considered an authoritative answer. If I do it won't. Simply because you can back that up with personal experience. I can't.

@JoErNanO Yeah, but if I upvote and add a +1 comment, then what???

Still seems weak. You don't think so?

3:46 PM

Nah, people shoot from the hip on TSE all the time

Tomorrow I am taking a helicopter for 12 miles. Is that sad or what?

Sad or posh. Depends. :)

Where and why?

CMaster

4:35 PM

@GayotFow Leeds (both degrees) in some ways should have gone elsewhere, but at the time was enjoying the city and University, and didn't have many contacts elsewhere

A: Can I have a Geiger counter in my hand luggage?

4:54 PM

I got a downvote here:

This Has Been Done Before Setting aside my personal opinion on the reason motivating you to carry a Geiger counter on a plane, you'll be happy to know that this has been done before. Indeed people have carried Geiger counters in hand luggage, according to a quick google search. Some had problems...

Boh.

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Willeke

6:32 PM

We do not like/close double Q, but how about an answer that is used twice? travel.stackexchange.com/a/59287/27650 and travel.stackexchange.com/a/59231/27650