phdepressed

@phdepressed@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon doesn't like spears⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Most spears didnt have rounded spikes so you could still slash with them. Using the pole to whack people with was also common. They’re more like bladed staffs than anything else.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No one showed up to his party⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Triple when they convinced you to throw a party even though you know people won’t show. Happy 18th birthday, where are your friends?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨steal his look⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wouldn’t a rental be traceable through simple billing unless it was stolen?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What was going on in England in the 1970s to give Monty Python so much comedy fodder that is still relevant today?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a very abrahamic religious centric view. No fault divorce existed in the latter Roman empire, and was in certain Norse communities and other “pagan”/heathen societies the world over.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bayeians⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scientists suck at naming and abbreviating stuff⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I am a sci fi reader but maybe my scientist side showing but I like the Trappist name. The fact that real scientific names are sometimes “stupid” or weird I think makes out easier.

  I mean like Southern blots had a name behind them, Edward Southern. Northern and Western blots were just named as a sort of joke about it. Naming doesn’t have to be serious and rarely is by those within the community. So many congressional bills have long obtuse names because someone chose an word or phrase for it and then made the title acronyms spell it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Causes of Death in London (1623)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  All the poxes, consumption, measles, etc are all standard vaccinations in any decent country.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what's a good present for some friendly nurses who taught me little tricks to work better before I leave the hospital I'm working at?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just go to an atm near a strip club.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Turkey Temptation⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Would depend on the specific hot spring. Most would cook and dissolve it. Additionally it would be very Sulphur smelling and tasting which would be range from icky to deadly depending on how much of the undissolved you ate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do the majority of women still take their partner's last name?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Having the same last name is just an easy way to show togetherness and unity. My wife kept her last name because she earned her MD with it but she’s fine going by Mrs. (my last name) in a parental setting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how did you master splits (for flexibility)?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Basically 5-15min of stretching in the morning and evening (shorter if younger or decently flexible, longer if older or less flexible). You start with what you can do easily then go until you “feel it” then you do your best to hold it for 10-30s and relax (slow breathing). If you stop feeling it go farther (it was just muscle tensing in the way) and a couple inches more and you’ll be at your current real limit hold for 10-30s then do other stretches.

  Will take 1wk to a couple months. The biggest caveat is the risk of injury for those who don’t know their bodies well or try to rush the process.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do the ultra-rich consume popular media?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think there are many Freemasons around anymore and most of lodges that remain have probably adapted their rules.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨where the magic happens owo⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought it was just their T100, the CFX96s I’ve used don’t have the touchscreen but yeah the bigger “lid” does look like for the CFX.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨where the magic happens owo⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Top left is a thermal cycler. Basically it heats and cools samples at a given rate. This is primarily used for generic PCR, and certain enzymatic reactions. Top right is the fancier version of this, it is for qPCR, so it can do the heating and cooling and has a laser/detector for the dye or probe that reacts to generating more dna with each PCR cycle so you can quantify approximately how much of the target DNA you had.

  Bottom right is a luminex. This uses detection of fluorophore signals to measure multiple analyates, usually different proteins.

  Idk what bottom left is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I feel this way about cinnamon.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Chili just needs to be hearty and filling. Meat and beans are great for this purpose. Having an appropriate ratio is important and the types of beans is also important (doubly so in vegetarian chili). Meat should be on top but shouldn’t overpower everything else.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is this what every election is like?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  There are no good guys. That said no I don’t want to be under the Chinese surveillance state especially as a non-chinese. India also not great at the moment though. Those are just the two main countries with the population and domestic production capacity to potentially go toe to toe with the American military, probably still need some help from Europe…our military is so damn bloated.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is this what every election is like?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Well I doubt the orange cares about deporting people to the correct country so you might get more problems…sorry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is this what every election is like?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Would take China and/or India in that case. Europe and Canada don’t have the population, Mexico probably doesn’t the will.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US Democracy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Well start figuring out how to get it as a ballot measure in your state now then do what’s left of our democracy a favor, swallow your pettiness and vote for the lesser evil until you get RCV in your area.

  Greens and other parties are only doing favors for the facists as things stand right now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US Democracy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, well, I did my part. ml and hexbear certainly didn’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US Democracy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  While this is a large part of it, a significant thing I think is that you get a lot more enthusiasm voting for something than against something. If she was campaigning for things I didn’t hear it above the constant “orange shit is an orange shit”.

  A number of terrorist bomb threats to predominantly democratic polling locations in swing states and other fuckery may have also played a role.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Organic chemistry is killing me🤯.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s biochem. O chem is is this reaction a substitution or replacement. Does this catalyst make a product in cis or trans orientation. Etc

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The most powerful brain on Twitter⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Was licensed as a domestic shelter, wildlife is a separate license. He never registered the squirrel. He released it once and it came back with a broken tail and he didn’t take it to a vet and then he kept it for 7y and used it for online performances to get money.

  Just like always headlines twist the narrative and no one looks at facts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Penguins 🐧⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  :,(

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The EchoChamberinator 9000!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Useful in quite limited scenarios besides as food for something else. Dependent on/creating rotting stuff. Disgusting to most people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The EchoChamberinator 9000!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I like MAGAt because it sounds like maggot

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There is only 1 choice⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  When I say I don’t care about celebrities that includes the “good” ones. Weird centipede thing 100%.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨bitey⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  A coworker the other day didn’t know there was an animated grinch movie before the Jim Carey one. ಠ╭╮ಠ

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨bitey⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  For the extant creatures you give them something they want to bite on and stick a measurement thing inside of that.

  For extinct creatures see other comment. You compare anatomy and do math.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨bitey⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Didn’t like everyone watch Steve Irwin do this to massive crocs like all the time.