alzymologist

@alzymologist@sopuli.xyz

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I should call her.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  In rationalist hell there is a special teapot for people who color SEM images

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can any scientists confirm this important fact?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not so sure my cats and dogs identify as different species tbh

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  but the bristles on those are almost always plastic too, even more inert and probably heavier than sponge of equivalent efficiency.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It makes me depressed thinking about more plastic waste fungi are not likely to digest anytime soon due to all the antimicrobal additives that prevent kitchen soap from molding and, well, the sponge material chosen to slow down decomposition while it is in use. It also shreds into microplastics really easily.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can a Russian pls confirm⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As native Russian speaker, this is terribly rarely used in this full format (and it’s one among many), but genuine, I’ve heard it IRL.

  “Тебя не ебёт, так не подмахивай”

  This is highly and universally derogatory, you could expect to hear it from lowlife/criminal, which, unfortunately, is what most russians are lately, though. For russian nazi population, this implies that you are gay or a slut, depending on biological sex, and that’s close to your life worth nothing. For the rest, this is just something nazies would say to insult you.

  The first part alone, though, is quite socially acceptable and overused. I guess, because it’s lost the whole lore behind it, and showing your knowledge of whence it came from kind of reveals that it’s not just an empty word, but you mean it.

  I’m a bit hyperfocused on swearing, am I? Was one of my childhood’s special interests.

  Honestly, “mind your beeswax” is also a rare gem, but not quite so rare.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can reading assholes be considered science?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Mighty Shai-hulud!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Our dancers have infinite curves⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  One surface, one edge, one gender

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨y tho⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Actually I know a lab that ordered a large set of glassware from China directly from factory and erroneously received a different set of glassware. Turns out the same factory makes lab glassware and those kinky glass cocks and buttplugs to be filled with hot or cold water. What’s even funnier, the senior PI genuinely had no idea wtf that is and went ahead asking colleagues - people around the globe - what they think this stuff would mean, what weird technology is that.

  Before you ask - I don’t know the name of the factory, but probably it’s easy enough to find on aliexpress, I’m into different stuff. Buying directly from manufacturer is better than buying from local reseller IMO. The best thing for a chemist in this category is probably buying lubricant components in moderate bulk and mixing them yourself so as not to worry about shelf life and be as allergen free as possible.

  If the OP question is genuine - this thing is supposed to occasionally rotate around held by the neck, so the bottom has minimal footprint thus it does not hit anything. And this is the most stable and easy to manufacture shape for that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  there is a western Europe fairytale about a knight who spent 30+ years on this shit

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨pHun⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Spent my first 3 years in academia doing exactly this. This is no 7.5 buffer. You’ve got suspension with zcp at around 7 probably.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Crikey ⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Print me something

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm not okay.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I do not have a lawn, I have several ha of forest and grassland. I have about 25 nest boxes for wild birds, occupied 2/3 (last year I had a huge owl living in one!) and countless other nests, several snakes, snails and frogs, lynx and I see bear tracks and scats now and then. I keep bees and allow wasps to build wherever they like, there are lots of bumblebees everywhere and birds sure have something to eat. I mulch a lot and keep loads of rotting leaves. I mow with scythe when I absolutely have to clear small area. I know there are fireflies in Finland.

  Never saw a single blink.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm not okay.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve seen them once in my life, in Smoky Mountains, about 10 years ago. It was pretty much spiritual experience. The darkness came alive. I cried when I saw their luciferase smeared over windshield and glowing long after the creature was dead. I knew lots of lore about them, saw them in mass culture - never realizing I never saw one myself, even though I take care to notice all living things around, from bacteria and yeast to mycchorizal networks.

  I live in Europe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who knows?!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  With kids, it’s more like 20 seconds or 4 minutes, still as risky

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'd never do this obviously ⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a way to say I’ve got PhD without saying I’ve got PhD.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'd never do this obviously ⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Where I live now, having more that one lane is a luxury few places could afford. I still slow down and move towards shoulder if I see The Secret Hints (those funny blinky yellow lights that do not seem to work in many, many cars).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'd never do this obviously ⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Hah, when I lived in the US, I was 100% certain that if a road has limit, I can always, in worst imaginable conditions, just nail it and go with limit (I lived down south, ok, in Texas, but traveled all the thing).

  Now in Europe this is absolutely not the case. I don’t mean Autobahns even, just regular roads in Finland are, well, just slow down if not sure, ok?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you can't make it yourself, store bought is fine⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Overpriced dophamine

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'd never do this obviously ⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  yes, it’s about 5km/h lower than what panel says, I use GPS to fuel my ego! This bike is not made for speed.

  I can drive fast and pull 4wd cars from snow with this car (I pulled dudes on RAMs from Grand Canyon snowy roads with 2010 Corolla), I just don’t want to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'd never do this obviously ⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, that’s me on Prius, driving deliberately not above speed limit to laugh at your funny face when you pass and then not shine my high lights at you feeling moral superiority.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That's not how any of this works.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s awesome, perfect conversation starter. Very smart design (and cute). Art with impact!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Caption this.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  squidbillies live action

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That's me⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  DIY

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dont call this number again, we uphold the laws of physics in this home⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  After hanging out with Veselago I’m not sure I can handle the concept of “reflective-only” elements.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Least anticipated game in history⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I got this vibe from fridge. One of the reasons I often put some frozen hornets in those, no packaging. Deters people from doing stupid things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Least anticipated game in history⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah, top left is totally one of them hardcore STEM ladies from Uruguay

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Least anticipated game in history⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They are awful for cooking, believe me, I have a home lab.

  Induction hobs are great for lab though, except for glass vessels, of course.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨who are you?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There is nothing subjective here, it’s knowledge of biochemistry and manufacturers use of good practices. Of cousre, this is impossible on large scale production, yet you could be sure that your local milk providers milk will just become something else upon curdling, and your local butchery vacuum sealed bags are as clean from pathogens as their line and are good far beyond expiration date, but will change. And that things were stored correctly and are not blooming with thermophiles inside. I do not mean nutritional content, I only address industrial labeling and its purpose. And things that could not possibly be regulated, and have to rely on community (in many forms, from “lets love each other” to “I will break your face if you burn me, pal”). Eating expired stuff is an act of trust, whether it is trust to chance and supernatural, or trust of community that builds cultural value, is a whole different question.

  Then you can always inoculate food yourself before expiration, but then it counts as cooking I guess.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨who are you?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There is no “expired”, only “improperly fermented”. Sure, it could be very bad, but then you should’ve paid attention to it in advance, respect the nutrient and all living things who brought it about.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RIP obsolete tech⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Cheap difraction gratings though, indispensable