mineralfellow

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[–] mineralfellow@lemmy.world 28 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It is so much worse than that.

I spend my time researching the literature on a topic so that I can spend my time and energy writing a grant. It probably won't get funded.

If it does, I get to do a bunch of work. It might involve travel, where I will do everything at minimum expense to save enough money for the coming lab work.

I will spend significant time getting the samples analyzed, spending most of the grant money. Then I will come up with a logical way to interpret the data.

I will spend more time sending a document around to coauthors. This may take months, or even years if the coauthors fight.

We eventually submit to a journal. It gets rejected.

We rewrite and submit again. A few months later, congratulations, you get to publish. Money please.

I work for the money to do the work, I work for the writeup, I fight for the acceptance, and I have to pay to publish.

It's a stupid system.

[–] mineralfellow@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Easy, just have to throw it hard enough.

[–] mineralfellow@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Half your age + 7 is a reasonable formula for determining creep factor.

[–] mineralfellow@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

The blast blasted blubber beyond believable bounds.

[–] mineralfellow@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

How very Himmler of him.

[–] mineralfellow@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not exactly related, but I just learned about the Livonian Werewolf, and this seems like a good place to share. Old man in Latvia claimed he and other werewolves would go to Hell to fight the devil and kill witches.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiess_of_Kaltenbrun

[–] mineralfellow@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They could have made it really interesting if Kylo Ren and Rey had joined forces, either for good or bad, and wound up facing off against Poe and Finn. But no.

[–] mineralfellow@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (4 children)

It would not. The mass of the Earth doesn't change, and angular momentum is conserved.

[–] mineralfellow@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Hard to say what exactly a PhD teaches. It is a unique type of qualification that varies radically between situations, even in the same department. I can definitely say there is a difference between people with and without a doctorate, but many of the skills gained are soft skills.

[–] mineralfellow@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

“This work was financially supported by the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuoka University, Japan.”

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0001706X19301202?via=ihub

[–] mineralfellow@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0001706X19301202

“The electronic song “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites” reduces host attack and mating success in the dengue vector Aedes aegypti” - original article title.

Highlight: Adults entertained with music copulated far less than their peers

[–] mineralfellow@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

There is really a lot of competition for that spot.

 

I have been using my Bambu A1 mini for the last several months without major issue, but suddenly I can't get anything to print. Even a benchy detaches before finishing.

I have scrubbed the plate with a fresh sponge, soap and water. I kept my filament in a dehydrator for a couple of days, then immediately tried to print.

There is a local problem, where an illegal landfill caught fire, and it can't be put out. I smell burning rubber all the time. Could that be the cause of the print failure? What else can I do?

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3D Printing is Fun! (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by mineralfellow@lemmy.world to c/3dprinting@lemmy.world
 

Fourth try on a print. Tried to add some adhesive to the bed to get it to stick better. Watched the first two layers and went to bed. Woke up to a printer on strike.

 
 
 
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