DrBob
@DrBob@lemmy.ca
Recovering academic now in public safety. You’ll find me kibitzing on brains (my academic expertise) to critical infrastructure and resilience (current worklife). Also hockey, games, music just because.
- Comment on 'vegetative electron microscopy' 2 days ago:
When I was in grad school I mentioned to the department chair that I frequently saw a mis-citation for an important paper in the field. He laughed and said he was responsible for it. He made an error in the 1980s and people copied his citation from the bibliography. He said it was a good guide to people who cited papers without reading them.
- Comment on What is happening with Tesla (TSLA) stock currently? 📈 2 days ago:
I don’t agree with this idea that Ys always need to start at zero. If you want to demonstrate volatility there is a good reason to chop the scale. Just be up front about what you’re doing and why you made that choice. It’s only misleading if you chop the scale and misrepresent the result.
- Comment on What is happening with Tesla (TSLA) stock currently? 📈 2 days ago:
1.4 billion missing from balance sheet. Stock goes up.
Every cyber truck in North America recalled. Stock goes up.
Tesla banned from Canadian EV rebate program due to evidence of institutionalized fraud. Stock goes up.
No idea what’s going on.
- Comment on Caption this. 3 days ago:
How is this useful? Shouldn’t the female be deaf - or is there something about mosquito mating I don’t understand.
- Comment on What are some slow acting poisons? 6 days ago:
Time. It’s very slow but will get them in the end.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
You just need to interact with people. You’ll figure it out as you go like the rest of us.
- Comment on Dunning-Kruger 1 week ago:
Chemists have moved away from cis and trans partly because of all of this. We use zusammen-together or entgegen-opposite now. I can attest to how politically charged a class about organic molecules can become.
I am not deeply versed on the socio-cultural side of it all, and there is clearly space to learn. I am reluctant to let cis hinge on a doctor’s proclamation but I’ll let it sit there for the moment.
- Comment on Dunning-Kruger 2 weeks ago:
I also have a PhD. Not in genomics but in physiology. But we all do genetic work now.
The Dr. says that XX persons can become cis men. “CIS men” is explicitly about gender. I was trying to make the point (not very well as it turns out) that all of this hinges on definitions. So you have to unpack CIS men in this context. Without a sound understanding of the basics, all the rest is supposition.
And the gender identity and expression parts have nothing to do with gene expression, penetrance (giggity), DNA, RNA or epigenetic factors in gene expression.
Also the better example for the counter argument would probably be CAIS.
- Comment on Dunning-Kruger 2 weeks ago:
I can try. The cis part means the person’s naughty bits are aligned with their gender identity. The male is their gender identity. So post-bottom surgery it’s perfectly possible. If you use different definitions for concepts though you will have difficulty making it work.
None of this has anything to do with the claimed PhD in genomics though. These are socio-cultural concepts. So they should stick their PhD where it belongs and address the arguments head on instead of trying to argue from authority.
- Comment on How come in most school in the USA (at least mine) they teach Spain Spanish instead of Mexico Spanish? Would not Mexico Spanish be an obvious choice to teach? 2 weeks ago:
When I was in school in the 1970s it was because they couldn’t get French teachers from Quebec. The youth wanted to stay and build a sovereign Quebec. So they imported French teachers from France and I speak like a French Duke.
- Comment on I put lots of effort into my attempt at protest art and someone defaced it 2 weeks ago:
That’s not a face son.
- Comment on Anon watches some reruns 3 weeks ago:
I put flailing in quotes because I’m actually not moving at all. My partner will be laying next to me and completely unaware of what I’m going through. I feel like I’m struggling like mad but I’m absolutely still. So yeah.
- Comment on Anon watches some reruns 3 weeks ago:
Yuh-huh. I suffer from it occasionally and experience this right down to the “flailing” trying to wake up. Absolute torture.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
It’s your boyfriend’s kink, and a pretty common one. I’m also GenX and shaving/waxing is pretty normal for us for both sexes.
Historically, a pornstar named Seka was the first clean shaven woman I saw (yes it was a magazine spread). That was the 1980s and I was trimming by the 90s.
- Comment on Anon watches some reruns 3 weeks ago:
Sleep paralysis. Worst shit ever.
- Comment on Is this green or blue? 3 weeks ago:
¯_(ツ)_///¯ That’s just part of the fun. The colours are based RGB values so they are what they are.
- Comment on Is this green or blue? 3 weeks ago:
You and your friend can both do the test above and see exactly where your breakpoints are.
- Comment on If I was a Health Care CEO after Luigi and felt in fear of my life from someone else how would I hire security? What would be a good deal? And does security act like the Secret Service to take a bulle 4 weeks ago:
This is truer than you can imagine. At least from what he told me.
- Comment on If I was a Health Care CEO after Luigi and felt in fear of my life from someone else how would I hire security? What would be a good deal? And does security act like the Secret Service to take a bulle 4 weeks ago:
The wads of money stuffed in their pockets act like a pillow suit.
- Comment on If I was a Health Care CEO after Luigi and felt in fear of my life from someone else how would I hire security? What would be a good deal? And does security act like the Secret Service to take a bulle 4 weeks ago:
There are a lot of executive security firms. If you have the wallet They have emergency doctors on retainer, private hospitals, helicopters on standby. Yes they will take a bullet for you, but you’ll pay for that privilege. I knew someone who worked for one of the firms in a managerial role.
- Comment on "The insultingly low salary you would have accepted is still too high." 1 month ago:
Holy shit that’s low. I was asking for £35k in 2004 for a technical role. They wanted to pay 17.
- Comment on "The insultingly low salary you would have accepted is still too high." 1 month ago:
I’m was a civil servant. The hiring bands are pretty wide well defined there, at least for technical specialists like yours truly. The 50-60% of max range is considered developmental and would normally be given to an internal candidate who was being groomed as part of a succession plan. 60-80% is the sweet spot, and they will go to 90% for an exceptional candidate. Only once in my career did I negotiate 100% of max - and it was because I was taking a pay cut in the new role. I was changing jurisdictions because I was ( and still am) in love.
- Comment on "The insultingly low salary you would have accepted is still too high." 1 month ago:
100% this. This is pretty classy. We are typically told to not even contact external candidates. HR will send them the impersonal notice.
- Comment on "The insultingly low salary you would have accepted is still too high." 1 month ago:
I feel like the numbers matter here. I recently moved jobs and the posted salary was the full range for the role. The hiring range is a narrower slice of that range. The range below the hiring target is internal development space. The space above is …well they don’t want to use it. They want a couple years of salary increase to keep you from immediately starting your next job search I think. lol.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
I understand this 100%. My father imagined himself to be a character and the life of the party. He would dress like a biker no matter the affair. He had been a systems analyst on big iron.
- Comment on Is there a better sequel than Terminator 2? 1 month ago:
Godfather II. The first is honestly kind of hokey and people are really stupid when they are trying to be clever. GF II has higher levels of tension and the execution of everything is smarter. And Robert DeNiro just slays playing young Marlon Brando.
- Comment on if you work night shifts, do you have a life? Are you healthy? 2 months ago:
I worked 3rd (23:00-07:00) shift for years and really enjoyed it. Shift premium was great, workload was low. Almost no management in place (hospital). I’d socialize in the evening and then go to work after. Didn’t have any problem sleeping during the day. It’s also true that I was a bachelor so no kids or pets depending on me.
- Comment on I don't think they understand. We're interviewing them too. 2 months ago:
“What’s the career trajectory in the unit?” Which is a polite way of asking what happened to the last person. Another classic is if they are looking to sustain their current performance, make small improvements, or do an overhaul.
- Comment on I don't think they understand. We're interviewing them too. 2 months ago:
Good point. On a callback I’d be all about expectations and details. That having been said I’m changing jobs this month and I still don’t know if there is a bike cage or showers at the the new place. But it wasn’t part of my decision criteria so I’ll find out when I start
- Comment on I don't think they understand. We're interviewing them too. 2 months ago:
Unpopular opinion: the candidate shouldn’t have asked any of those questions. Those are offer negotiations because you can trade off salary for parking etc. That first I review is a chance to be strategic and ask about growth in the department or development pathways/programs. I was always told that first you get the ring, then you negotiate the prenup.