porous_grey_matter

@porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Seriously, it was all the rage back when I joined my first instance.⁩ ⁨⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I miss orbs

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Republican Senator callously says 'biblically, we are supposed to work' to millions set to lose health care⁩ ⁨⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends on the translation ofc but yeah that’s really what it says

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who remembers alt.fan.tonya.harding.whack.whack.whack ?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Really recommend listening to the “you’re wrong about” episode about her

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨To thy own self be true⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s exactly what it is

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon likes trains⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  So in most Western European countries I think that limit is actually more like 1000km, or if it includes crossing France even more than that, or if you’re not close to the airport too. Beyond about 7 hours of train, flying starts to be faster and more convenient, most people around here find, but you can get quite far with a train in that time. I appreciate the current situation in the US isn’t the same and it would cost money to upgrade the network, but I think the rest of the world does show that it’s actually worthwhile.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm gonna mute this one⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Those people don’t exist, they are just an excuse for you to be cruel

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon likes trains⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends what you are thinking of as long distance. NY to LA? Sure. NY to Chicago would be 4-4.5 hours, downtown to downtown, with a proper train (typical French TGV speeds of 330 kmh / 205 mph). Faster than flying when you count the time and cost of getting to the airport etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon likes trains⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Even if you adjusted for population (550 mil vs 330 mil) you could easily at least connect all the major cities in the US, given how many smaller regional lines there are in Europe too

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm gonna mute this one⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  but even if we had enough of that, there’d still be mentally ill people and drug addicts that would prefer to live on the street

  How about we get there first and then you can hand wring about any of these supposed people who are left?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fun to do⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Ok boomer

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'd be screaming too lmao⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re quite a lot pointier, I think it would help

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'd be screaming too lmao⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It doesn’t even have a tip on lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Due to American politics I'm afraid of using high speed rail in Germany⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Heh, “high speed”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨p is for pHunky⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  And the same origin, it’s not a coincidence they all start with P

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨kiwis!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The Tokoeka (North Island Brown Kiwi) has never been gone from the wild, there’s always been over 20,000 in the wild, mostly in Northland, Coromandel, Te Urewera, and Tongariro. The Southern Tokoeka is also hanging on alright in Rakiura (Stewart Island) and a little in Fiordland. The Roroa (great spotted) and little spotted are near extinct in the wild, the little one particularly is totally wiped out from the North Island and mostly only found on predator free island sanctuaries now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon has a dream⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think they meant “testing” them like it’s some kind of game, hardly anyone does that and yeah it’s fucked up when they do.

  It’s just, how do they handle it when you say no, do they moan about it and act entitled or just understand you’re a human being who doesn’t feel like sex literally all the time. That’s a real good piece of evidence to how this person actually views you and their relationship to you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's going on with Borderlands 2? Steam is giving it for free, but the game has 23% positive recent reviews.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  See you’re looking at it from the point of view that it would serve the player experience, but that’s not what it’s for, it’s to mine your data

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kinda fucked up tbh⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re old enough to have finished a master’s degree

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I hope i don't get downvoted for this⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Imo comparing it to a Disney movie is even a bit disrespectful to that masterpiece of animated cinema. I do get what you mean. But it just has so much more heart.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dont call this number again, we uphold the laws of physics in this home⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  KB mirrors: am I a joke to you?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Somebodys got a case of the Easter Mondays⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Without units that’s not really clear, could be depth in km

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jack Dorsey would like to ‘delete all IP law’.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just look around what they produce

  Exactly, a thin wrapper around results from public research, almost nothing novel or valuable

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jack Dorsey would like to ‘delete all IP law’.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Companies do hardly any real or worthwhile r&d, they do product design and marketing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jack Dorsey would like to ‘delete all IP law’.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is already the only way scientists make a living

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨it's the intent that counts⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You think normal people are packing papers to read?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨p r e s s u r e⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The top right corner is supercritical fluid, that’s correct, it’s not the same as plasma, which doesn’t really fit neatly on a pressure/temperature phase diagram.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Today's Survey. One point for everything that you have NEVER DONE⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Germany is cheating, you only need to be like 20 to get most of this list

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is worried about men⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is absolute made up nonsense, and yet it tells us so much about what kind of content you consume and what kind of attitude you have.

  Obviously joking… Haha… Unless…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does my back hurt?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re not meant to stick your head in there, the whole point of it being so low is to keep you from breathing in the stuff that’s in there

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cosmology (2025-03-12)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In Anglophone countries there are usually other pathways. In Aotearoa/New Zealand, for example, it’s normal to start a PhD with a master’s, but you can also do it with a BSc(Hons) or “honours” degree, which is a one year programme added on to the end of a bachelors. It’s roughly half graduate courses and half research for a small dissertation. A real master’s degree there is a bit more intense than it would usually be in Germany, and would usually involve half a year of graduate courses and a year and a half of independent research for a thesis to be examined by independent examiners. It should really contain some novel work, even if it’s just replicating, comparing and synthesizing existing techniques from the field. Often if people want to quit their PhD program halfway, they are given the opportunity to write up what they have into a thesis and submit it for a master’s, and that does roughly correspond with the work they have already done.