phdepressed

@phdepressed@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pens in Space⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Pens are dust-free, pencils are not. Dust-free pencils are special and expensive because it’s a lot of chemistry and testing to ensure that. How do you cleanly sharpen a pencil for example? Special pens are special but cheap because the components to make them are still relatively simple, the ink is still standard. More expensive than standard pens by a fair bit but a lot cheaper and more practical than the pencils.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Even his doctors are full of it⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Have you seen his doctor, worse crazy eyes than Kash.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pens in Space⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Pens are dust-free as is, the problem with a regular ballpoint or felt tip pen is that both inking mechanisms rely on gravity. When you’re in 0g the ballpoint won’t work at all and the felt will stop working after a point when there’s no gravity to pull more ink to the tip.

  You could probably spin a felt until it rewets but you’d be liable to make a mess as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Probably not a good look⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Shit dad to be worth 300mill and won’t just buy his son a house. Like the whole point of wealth is to keep life easy for you and yours.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ripperoni pepperoni⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends on your field and thesis.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ripperoni pepperoni⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The NIH postdoc rate and therefore academic standards in most places for all biomedical postdocs is ~60k. Math is an outlier by a lot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  A lot of it is laziness but on the other hand my boss will often cc me on irrelevant emails, rather infamously sometimes forward an entire 20 responses email chain and tell you to read it, and send 8 paragraphs of questions with only one related to me. Frankly, it is overwhelming and a waste of time. I’ve started not responding and my productivity and mental health have improved.

  Emails and texts need to be succinct. The higher up the chain you go the more true this is. The higher up the chain the more emails you get think 200+. If someone writes a paragraph you’re skimming for relevance generally.

  Tldr; professional communication does not need length. Justify your questions separately from actual bulleted or numbered questions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I lost 6 to 10 years of my retirement last week!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Think my tracker is behind only shows me down like 5% from peak right now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We're cooked, I'm hooked⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  With Medicare and social security cuts how old you are doesn’t matter anymore(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As other have said Tinder was the biggest shift and the prime reason as stated is there’s a lot of fear that gets removed when you know you’re both there to date and you both at least superficially like each other.

  This was before it was enshittified. Superlikes weren’t a thing, you had unlimited swipes and the algorithm tried to get you a match. Post-enshittification the algorithm tries to keep you hooked and paying. So there’s been a slight shift back to in-person but life is busy and expensive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Shift happened well before 2019/2020.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Breaking - Trump Resigns!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Cory Booker just filibustered for 25h against the social security and medicare/aid cuts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Porn button might actually be runner-up to Esc.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  youtube.com/shorts/SsDyNOB1hZs

  P keyboard

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every morning when I read the latest news⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What movie?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If everyone goes to baseball games by car and everyone gets wasted like Randy Marsh, how do people get home?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Nope, still ~same amount of beer. A us pint is only 16oz which is only 473ml.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GARBAGEOLOGY⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I think we already did reputation wise. Economically, give it a bit longer cause I think we’re playing great depression 2: techie boogaloo.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Indian cinema chain sued by film-goer over lengthy pre-film ads⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This opens up further lawsuits from anyone else who feels the same way though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Indian cinema chain sued by film-goer over lengthy pre-film ads⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If you aren’t coinciding with a popular movie that has just been released I’ve never had an issue.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Maybe I should live next to a blueberry farm or something.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Driscoll sucks anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Funny this never made it into a James Taylor song⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I toast my sandwiches. So yes, in a manner of speaking yes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Funny this never made it into a James Taylor song⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not even cooked after?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How long before Trusk/Mump try to introduce Droit du seigneur?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Unfortunately, viagra exists.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Patch this Bish!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We used to do the vitamin c but then were like its too easy to get elsewhere why bother.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone actually know what MAGA all agree they are getting out of all this?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re a cult, everyone within the cult implicitly agrees on the reality that matches what the leader(s) say regardless of what the leader does. There are many pipelines into the cult, gamers/incels, being an outcast for some reason, the general shitty state of things, etc they all lead to a desire for things to be better in some way. The leader promises this and everyone in the cult agrees that following the leader will fix these things somehow. If the leader does something contrary it is justified simply by saying that you as not the leader don’t understand. There’s 5d chess being played and while you’re awesome and good with 4d chess because you’re in the cult only the leader and some of the higher ups know the 5d strategy. Don’t worry and trust the leader. Drink the Flavor aid, your kids and friends already did.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An independent voter explains why they chose a moronic, oligarcho-fascist demagogue over Joe Biden (c. November 2020) [Day 58]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Blue is only ok with 1 external genocide and there was a possibility of pressuring Blue to be a decent human. Red is starting an internal genocide while supporting 2+ external genocides. Red would start another genocide just to be contrarian. With no other options less genocide is a fairly simple choice over more genocide. Not choosing less genocide allows more genocide. Congrats the blood is up to your knees and rising instead of just your ankles.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon has casual sex⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It is quite far from the default. That’s just a perception issue. Most young adults aren’t even having sex much less casual sex. Like sure tinder exists but it is primarily a fwb generator, not a meet someone new to fuck every day (at least for most people).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The thing about the 80s is that all these people were under 18.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A lot of times the smoke just turned them that color…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Help me out: which looks better for the Duck - the neck tie or the bow tie?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Split the difference, bolo tie

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's absolutely true.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The disrespect to Data. I expect better of lemmings.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨this is controllable now: guy has moving robot messing with stuff in his house and blabbering TTS under internet control⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Because they made this instead of cleaning or doing home projects.