r/Caltech • u/Anita_104728 • Sep 23 '26

Place to work

Other than being in labs, where do people work? My friend is visiting me and we also want to get some work done/spend time together. Where do people usually go? Thanks!

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u/racinreaver Sep 23 '26

Top floor of the library is nice.

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u/EconomicsOk590 Sep 23 '26

Just not SFL without getting visitor clearance. There’s an older librarian that is an asshole and will call security on anyone she thinks doesn’t look like a student

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u/Apricavisse 29d ago

Omg ik right

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u/interfluxdeux Sep 23 '26

This was years ago, but I used to work in the basement of Dabney Library. It was comfortable and quiet, and usually I would be the only one there.

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u/cstrombe15 Sep 23 '26

My fav spots to work were the library in the basement of Linde, or 3rd (?) floor of Downs that has the big chalkboard corner

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u/dedicateddan Sep 23 '26

Red door cafe is my go-to!

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u/Ill-Agent-5326 Sep 28 '26

Work done/time spent = power. The question is asking where to go to maximize power. Denote the location by r. We are thus looking at the optimization problem power(r) -> max According to howstuffworks (https://history.howstuffworks.com/world-history/most-powerful-countries-in-the-world.htm) the most powerful country is USA. The US headquarters are in the Whitehouse, i.e. r=38.897737, -77.036532

Answer: go to (38.897737, -77.036532)