alzymologist
@alzymologist@sopuli.xyz
- Comment on Who is the enemy? 2 days ago:
It’s actually almost a thing - in Moscow State University, during world cup a decade ago, lazer show was projected right onto students dorm. Not that students didn’t protest, it’s just those who did were taken by police. Not to mention that many students had babies, and few were fans of loud noises or football for that matter. Fortunately these people were smart enough to save their eyes. Oh, good old stories from hell.
- Comment on Who is the enemy? 2 days ago:
dentists hate sugar drinks (I’m with them on this one) ophthalmologists hate screens urologists hate themselves
- Comment on Computer go beep beep beep... 2 days ago:
Not much, 2010 Prius already caps speed limit, and things are quite far from each other where I live.
- Comment on Computer go beep beep beep... 4 days ago:
I hate you, my converter was stolen just before I had do drive to hospital with my child early in the morning.
- Comment on Doctors hate these simple tricks. 1 week ago:
- What did you do with my foreskin?
- Excuse me, but I do not really think it’s an appropriate thing to ask, after a flu shot… maam.
- Comment on Let's hear it, little lemmings. 1 week ago:
sounds like 10/10 workplace harassment
- Comment on Let's hear it, little lemmings. 1 week ago:
nah he is just a lucky slop
- Comment on Let's hear it, little lemmings. 1 week ago:
Newton to talk about philosophy Leonardo to talk about art Feynman to tell each other funny jokes about lock picking and messing with people; hate each other at approximately 2:15, not enough time for fist fight, ah well
- Comment on CT Scan minecraft 1 week ago:
With slow machine methods, stuff like this is essential to keep your attention up.
- Comment on I should call her. 3 weeks ago:
In rationalist hell there is a special teapot for people who color SEM images
- Comment on Can any scientists confirm this important fact? 4 weeks ago:
I’m not so sure my cats and dogs identify as different species tbh
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
but the bristles on those are almost always plastic too, even more inert and probably heavier than sponge of equivalent efficiency.
- Comment on 4 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 1 month 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? 1 month ago:
Mighty Shai-hulud!
- Comment on Our dancers have infinite curves 1 month ago:
One surface, one edge, one gender
- Comment on y tho 1 month 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 1 month ago:
there is a western Europe fairytale about a knight who spent 30+ years on this shit
- Comment on pHun 1 month 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 2 months ago:
Print me something
- Comment on I'm not okay. 2 months 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. 2 months 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?! 2 months ago:
With kids, it’s more like 20 seconds or 4 minutes, still as risky
- Comment on I'd never do this obviously 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months ago:
Overpriced dophamine
- Comment on I'd never do this obviously 2 months 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 2 months 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. 2 months ago:
That’s awesome, perfect conversation starter. Very smart design (and cute). Art with impact!