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On December 16 2015 09:27 Ghostcom wrote:
Are we talking a US PhD here?
If so you really really really need to check if your visa would allow for such a thing (I'm guessing you would need a J1? Which is tied to the institution employing you which could pose some trouble). Secondly, how well do you know the professor? Worked with him before? How much do you have in writing - as in an actual contract?
Moving 400 km at some point during a PhD is hardly an issue. The first year you'll be pretty swamped anyway so you won't really get too attached to the first place, but why not simply wait 1 year and then join him at the second place?
No, not us. Nz.
There is no such thing as a 'contract'. I have a scholarship which is basically 'do things, we'll check every 6 months/1 year or so. Also, supervisors moving /retiring/dying are pretty common, so this must already be a thing. I am basically just worried about one year more, but if I work with him this year too I could chill during the end. Dude's very chilled and easygoing.
Can't postpone because I already have a place in the university hall, visa, etc. and it's still not sure if he will get that place. Also, I see no reasons to waste another year here. I want to do that 
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It depends on your visa and your scholarship. So read the bloody fine print...
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Visa can be changed, I know that 100% sure.
Uni I do not know - but since PhDs are mostly supervisors than university focused (at least in my field, where you could basically write at home on your pc) it could work out and anyways, I would have a fresh scholarship at the new place.
Guy should update me these days, if you guys are curious I'll post the 'final word' on the matter 
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On December 16 2015 08:30 SoSexy wrote:
I have to start year 1 of a PhD with a professor and uni scholarship.
He told me that in year 2 he will probably move to another uni and that they already have a ready scholarship for me in case I follow him. No big across the world transfer - it would be like 400 km from the previous place (which is already across the world lol)
He is also collecting all the infos to see if the transition is possible (I have no idea about visas and scholarships - can you terminate early?if I move there will everything be delayed by one year or not, since it's the same professor?)
Would you do it?
If you like your advisor, if he'll help you, and if he'll give you research/ writing opportunities, keep him. Many PhD students will go into a program specifically to be advised by a particular advisor; the advisor can really make or break a program for you.
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Some general career advice I know many aspiring PhDs aren't sufficiently aware of:
If you want to stay in research after your PhD, it is important to get high impact publications, which depends on the supervisor more than on the student. A good way to understand that is to check the supervisors track record, and see what happened to other PhDs that he supervised. Did they leave academia? Did they go on to good unis and get good track records themselves?
If you don't intend to stay in academia... No clue. Ask someone in industry. 
Anyway, maybe good to keep the doors open in case you change your mind.
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On December 16 2015 14:30 Cascade wrote:Some general career advice I know many aspiring PhDs aren't sufficiently aware of: If you want to stay in research after your PhD, it is important to get high impact publications, which depends on the supervisor more than on the student. A good way to understand that is to check the supervisors track record, and see what happened to other PhDs that he supervised. Did they leave academia? Did they go on to good unis and get good track records themselves? If you don't intend to stay in academia... No clue. Ask someone in industry. Anyway, maybe good to keep the doors open in case you change your mind.
If you want to go to industry with a STEM PhD, then you need to gain strong coding and modeling skills in whatever field you are in. Look up what industry you'd like to get into and learn the tools that they use. If you don't know what those tools are--reach out to people who work there and find out what tools, methods, and collaborations they already do and network, network, network.
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On December 16 2015 16:24 Thieving Magpie wrote:
network, network, network.
network, network, network, network, network, network, network, network, network, network, network, network.
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On December 16 2015 17:11 Cascade wrote:network, network, network, network, network, network, network, network, network, network, network, network.
Spot on. Although could probably use a few more reiterations of the word. It really is that important.
And not just with PhDs and publications, but many great jobs and opportunities in general come from networking.
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Networking is unfortunately super important. 
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On December 16 2015 20:18 Zambrah wrote:Networking is unfortunately super important.
There's the old adage of "It's not what you know; it's who you know", but I've found that the people who you meet and get to know can often be attributed to what you know (False dichotomy and all that jazz.)
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Can a website track the movement of your mouse cursor?
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I know it can track browser language, screen resolution, installed extensions and things like that. I don't think cursor position though.
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Javascript can get that info, yeah. You can write a script to handle mousemove events. Check this out:
Http://jsbin.com/gejuz/1
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They can do mouseover, so yeah, they must have information on your mouse position.
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On December 22 2015 12:11 JimmiC wrote:
Any good free virus scan sites or software? I have had to cancel my credit cards because of them being hacked and used across the world so I can't currently pay for one until I get a new one. Suggestions?
If you think you got a malware on your computer that took your credit card number, I'd probably just be safe and reformat and reinstall the system.
I am no expert at all though. Have you tried the tech support subforum here on TL? Probably a job for them. Could be that there are reliable malware removing software so you don't have to reinstall.
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On December 22 2015 12:32 Cascade wrote:Show nested quote +On December 22 2015 12:11 JimmiC wrote:
Any good free virus scan sites or software? I have had to cancel my credit cards because of them being hacked and used across the world so I can't currently pay for one until I get a new one. Suggestions? If you think you got a malware on your computer that took your credit card number, I'd probably just be safe and reformat and reinstall the system. I am no expert at all though. Have you tried the tech support subforum here on TL? Probably a job for them. Could be that there are reliable malware removing software so you don't have to reinstall.
Most malware removal tools are targeted: Your antivirus/antimalware identifies the culprit, then you get the procedure/tools for that specific malware. Generic removal will only work on basic ones.
Any scan or almost any should do the trick for detection nowdays. Avast/Avira/AVG or even windows integrated antivirus would probably be enough. You can potentially also give a try at free online scanners from other providers (F-Secure/Bitdefender/Kapersky for example).
Stolen credit card numbers are more often due to phishing than malwares though, and not mutch you can do about that except check links you are redirected to.
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On December 22 2015 12:11 JimmiC wrote:
Any good free virus scan sites or software? I have had to cancel my credit cards because of them being hacked and used across the world so I can't currently pay for one until I get a new one. Suggestions?
How do you mean you can't pay for one? One would think it would just be dispute with your bank, they handle it and send you a new card while sorting out the balance, at least that is how it works in most cases.
I'm not trying to dive into your personal finances too much, but I used to talk to people everyday who had their shit stolen for Target.
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