Bohemian relativist

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A chat room for cracking the PhD entrance exams.
08:58
sleeping is the foundation of working.
Fri 12:17
it would be nice if someone can book a hosel for me even for one night.
Thu 13:36
Upwork seems to be fake. I have never got a reply from my proposal besides hey there.
Jul 14 10:08
@vidyarthi Appen Crowgen just sent me two emails notifying me they have a project to film 7 short full-body videos of yourself in different outfits. Would you like to work on it? I don't want to work on this nor do I have a way to do this.
Jul 14 09:49
I feel this kind of task seems not to use any particular skills of mine. Sometimes I feel it boring.
Jul 14 09:46
Have you done this kind of job? @vidyarthi They give you a prompt and 4 videos as responses. Then you need to rate the videos based on 5 axes and give justifications.
Jul 14 09:35
It's video rating.
Jul 13 13:53
@vidyarthi I was given a project to work on but was removed because of not completing the onboarding by deadline.
Jul 5 17:50
@vidyarthi I couldn't work on Outlier due to failing to verify my ID. The latter AI company I mentioned is just Telus.
Jun 30 23:04
I mean "has not assigned me any task to pay me further since then"
Jun 30 23:01
@vidyarthi I have tried to get freelance jobs since last September, but I keep not getting much money. I have become a contractor of an AI company in February, but the project I was originally hired for didn't need so much work shortly afterwards, and I haven't had a chance to work on other projects to get payment. Another AI company has my status become "selected" after paying me $22.5, but has assigned me any task to pay me further since then (more than 3 weeks ago).
Jun 27 20:09
Do you still work on freelance jobs? @vidyarthi
Aug 31, 2024 11:11
Actually without the house, there is also a lot of inconvenience, like you need to carry a lot of heavy things where you go and risk being stolen, you cannot do the laundry easily, you have no quiet place to do stationary work.
Aug 31, 2024 11:04
Also, without such a house for cooking, you have no access to well cooked food unless you have a lot of money to buy Asian food.
Aug 31, 2024 11:01
Without such a bed for sleeping at night, you cannot work well in daytime, particularly brainwork.
Aug 31, 2024 10:59
The major financial need is for booking such a bed, whose price each night is so high.
Aug 31, 2024 09:05
Aug 31, 2024 08:55
Financial problem is the most difficult problem.
Aug 12, 2024 14:19
So if one wants to take a freelance job, they need to afford house rent if they don't have own house?
Aug 12, 2024 14:17
Why are there so many freelance jobs? I didn't see so many in the past. Because nowadays house rents become so expensive that employers who don't have own house don't like to offer offices to their employees?
Aug 11, 2024 14:19
the most difficult thing here is lack of house for sleeping, working and cooking. Here house seems to be everything because without house, it's not easy to find a place to sleep, doing stationary work needing concentration and proper food, yet house rent is the most expensive expenses and need to pay persistently.
Aug 10, 2024 20:18
@vidyarthi the housing I have been financially problematic for long. I originally came here with scholarship to study for 4 years, but it was discontinued after just 1 year because my originally assigned supervisor was a jerk who kept opposing me whatever I said or did and I couldn't find a new supervisor after some months.
Aug 9, 2024 16:03
I could use these time to study something meaningful if I don't need to do the position-seeking work.
Aug 9, 2024 16:00
I am also seeking PhD positions, but couldn't get any offer for long. I think seeking either position is the most frustrating thing in this world because it's not a paid job and a lot of work is waste of time because they wouldn't actually lead me to a position.
Aug 9, 2024 15:56
there are a lot of on-site teaching jobs. There are simply too many to apply. I get tired of keeping applying. I only got a recruitment agency's email in early July saying to wish to discuss with me for some roles in their client schools I may be suitable for. But she hasn't replied further after I replied her. She gave me her email and phone number, and I have only emailed because her number is uk-based probably.
Aug 9, 2024 15:48
@vidyarthi Actually I have heard of a lot of freelance websites you list above. I applied occasionally but not so progressively. It's like most freelance jobs in physics are online tutor or something needing programming. I actually had never attended an online course before coming here, where all courses were online during Covid-19 pandemic lockdown. I also don't have an office to do the online tutoring even if I can manage to do it.
Aug 7, 2024 12:02
but you are better than me because t least you have income from freelance and other job.
Aug 7, 2024 12:01
seeking positions is very daunting, isn't it?
Aug 7, 2024 07:24
and the libraries open for very short time, particularly in summer vacation.
Aug 7, 2024 07:22
here even the toilets in the railway stations need to pay to use.
Jul 31, 2024 12:20
not having a position is very difficult. These business organizations outside academia don't know anything about theoretical physics and pure mathematics, but they could just find you trouble when you occupy their land.
Jul 31, 2024 10:57
@vidyarthi I feel sheaves are like bundles in differential geometry. What are the difference between the both? sheaves use sets while bundles use local coordinates?
Jul 26, 2024 09:43
Earlier this month I also applied for the job Physics YouTube Channel Writer/Director and another similar job Your application for Physics Writer, Content Writer, Scientific, YouTube, Veritasium,Remote posted on a different platform from the former. I have got the rejection for the second job but haven't got any further message besides a confirmation of receiving my application for the first job.
Jul 26, 2024 09:30
And 2 days ago l got another test invitation from TestGorilla. I don't know which job that test is for. It's so strange that Invisible Technologies has stopped their recruitment but l still got a test invitation from TestGorilla.
Jul 26, 2024 09:27
But few days ago l got the email saying "We have not heard from you in a while. We assume that may be down to you not being interested in the role anymore so we have closed your application for the Mandarin Advanced AI Data Trainer role."
Jul 26, 2024 09:23
That's a test for senior Al data trainer. I also applied for Mandarin senior Al data trainer, which require less high level English ability. But next day after l attempted the C2 English test, l got an email saying "We are writing to let you know that Invisible Technologies has decided to put our hiring process on hold for now. We won't be doing any more screenings, interviews, or making job offers until further notice." So l didn't do the test for the job Mandarin senior Al data trainer.
Jul 26, 2024 09:12
I also applied for several jobs about Al data trainer in Invisible Technologies early this month and I got some test invitations from TestGorilla as a part of their recruitment process. I have only attempted one test, which is the English C2 test. I found it quite hard because it needs to be able to read very fast, but l cannot read that fast under time pressure or when reading articles l feel boring.
Jul 26, 2024 08:56
So it's like they don't have job offer to me currently.
Jul 26, 2024 08:55
But they still didn't reply me any progress of my application status besides a confirmation until earlier this month, when they wrote "We'd like to keep in touch with you to be able to discuss future vacancies for which we feel you may be a strong candidate. To enable us to reach out to you in the future, we'd like your permission to keep your data for an extended period of time."
Jul 26, 2024 08:45
I remember l have sent multiple applications (since they have a lot of announcement in different countries as a remote job) each with my CV. Nevertheless, l resent them my CV.
Jul 26, 2024 08:41
I applied for the job physics scientist to improve AI-generated educational contents in physics in Toloka in March, but they kept not replying me with progress besides the initial confirmation of receiving my application. Then in May l emailed them I inquiring about the status of my application, and they replied me that they received my application but my CV was missed and asked me to send them my CV.
Jul 26, 2024 08:32
@vidyarthi How did you find freelance math writer job? I have also applied for freelance jobs for a period, but haven't got any offer.
Jul 25, 2024 17:03
Does this article only talk about sheaves in the 1-dimensional case? Are sheaves also defined on higher-dimensional manifolds?
Jul 24, 2024 18:37
I see it's like jobs which only need to know theoretical physics or pure mathematics are only offered in schools.
Jul 24, 2024 17:36
@vidyarthi what job do you have now? You said you have completed your PhD.
 

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Sep 24, 2024 17:31
@tchrist strange. why use the plural form of BSc and MSc since I only got one of either?
Sep 24, 2024 17:10
@tchrist So I say "I have completed both my MSc and BSc in physics."?
Sep 24, 2024 17:08
@tchrist I heard the two things followed by both need to be parallel.
Sep 24, 2024 17:04
Which one is correct? "I have completed both my MSc and BSc education in physics." "I have completed both my MSc and my BSc education in physics." ""I have completed both of my MSc and BSc education in physics."