You have decided to get a PhD. OK but I cannot let you do it without\u00a0giving you a\u00a0few life saving instructions in order to survive. Most human beings do not know what it means to get a PhD. You have to say goodbye to about 18 years of protection by the syllabus mommy.\u00a0You leave the warm home, where teachers and professors tell you what to learn and what to do.<\/p>\n
Welcome to the wild side.\u00a0Its like becoming\u00a0a member of a tribe with crazy rites, a chief (professor), subordinates (post docs), sub-subordinates (PhD students), sub-sub-subordinates (students) and handicrafts (structured paper stacking, reading multi color layered white board paintings,\u00a0dealing\u00a0with different types of deadlines, …). Because life in the wild is tough here a list of websites you should use\u00a0during your PhD to adapt to the new circumstances.<\/p>\n
Phd Comics (Jorge Cham)<\/a><\/strong> XKCD (Randall Munroe)<\/a><\/strong> The magic button<\/a><\/strong> Correlation?<\/a><\/strong> Paper generator<\/a><\/strong> Nobel prize<\/a><\/strong> List of not\u00a0obvious (techy)\u00a0procrastination sites<\/strong> A little bit more useful procrastination sites<\/strong> I wish you well\u00a0and\u00a0hope to see you in some of the dance your PhD videos. You have decided to get a PhD. OK but I cannot let you do it without\u00a0giving you a\u00a0few life saving instructions in order to survive. Most human beings do not know what it means to get a PhD. You have to say goodbye to about 18 years of protection by the syllabus mommy.\u00a0You leave the … [Read more…]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[22,40,39],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexander.vondrous.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexander.vondrous.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexander.vondrous.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexander.vondrous.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexander.vondrous.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=310"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/alexander.vondrous.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":369,"href":"https:\/\/alexander.vondrous.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310\/revisions\/369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexander.vondrous.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexander.vondrous.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexander.vondrous.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAt the beginning of your thesis you will laugh, later you\u00a0will use it as a source for\u00a0compassion ;-).
\nhttp:\/\/phdcomics.com\/comics.php<\/a><\/p>\n
\nIf you need something else to think about\u00a0with relation to maths, technology, childish or grown-up\u00a0curiosity you will enjoy XKCD.
\nhttp:\/\/www.xkcd.com<\/a>
\n(If you are not able to enjoy it: http:\/\/www.explainxkcd.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\nIf nothing works, this button will also not work. At least you will\u00a0feel a little bit better.
\nhttp:\/\/make-everything-ok.com<\/a><\/p>\n
\nSome correlations are just not as true as necessary for a publication.
\nhttp:\/\/www.tylervigen.com<\/a><\/p>\n
\nIts true, there is a generator for papers, which works. Unfortunately you have to submit often till it gets accepted.
\nhttp:\/\/pdos.csail.mit.edu\/scigen\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nIf you cannot get the real one, you can at least bring glory and honor to your institute with the ig\u00a0Nobel prize.
\nhttp:\/\/www.improbable.com\/ig\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/dilbert.com\/<\/a>\u00a0(ok this one is obvious)
\nhttp:\/\/thecodinglove.com\/<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/devopsreactions.tumblr.com\/<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/devhumor.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.ted.com\/<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/99u.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/gonzolabs.org\/dance\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"