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MeowZedong

@ MeowZedong @lemmygrad.ml

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(Any/Comrade, Tankie for the unserious)

Marxist-Leninist with Meowist leanings (cat supremacy, but love all animals)

Labor organizer. USian.

Scientist, experience in vaccines/drug delivery/chemistry/analytics/biochemistry/protection of eggs dropped from tall structures

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    Cars don't belong in cities, says Top Gear's James May

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  • If you're cold, they're cold. Let the lions inside.

  • What really is going on in the US right now? Is this worse than the first term? Why're legal people being kicked out? When is it time to really consider leave?

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  • There are entire industries that profit from people being imprisoned. The more people incarcerated in a location, the more that location can charge.

    All other things aside, there is very much a profit motive.

  • [OC] Acetone: A Thread

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  • Pour it in a proper waste container with a label and hand it over to EHS if in a lab. If not, do what another commenter said and let small amounts evaporate in a well-ventilated place.

    Large volumes are something you should contact local waste disposal about. This usually isn't free, but sometimes they have certain times of year they'll take them for free. Large volumes are ~ >1L.

  • [OC] Acetone: A Thread

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  • Our hoods have a solvent trap at the front in case of large spills, it's a stainless steel grate covering a large, high surface area secondary steel trap below. Ngl, I pour smaller amounts of pure volatiles in there to evaporate. Usually < 10 mL. Small volumes with dissolved solids get dumped in the glass waste container in the hood to evaporate before disposal too.

    Not the best practice, but the pragmatic approach.

    Larger volumes go to proper waste containers. Local EHS mostly just dilutes things before pouring it down the drain. Not much we can do about that, so I opt for greener solvents from the beginning wherever possible.

  • Has anyone else questioned their choice of computers for running Linux?

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  • I’m running arch on mine.

    Ah, that's probably why you like it. I'm talking about a Win 11 machine managed by our institution. I'm sure if I could get away from how we have Win 11 setup, I probably would only complain about the power location and the weight, but those are very minor.

  • Has anyone else questioned their choice of computers for running Linux?

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  • You really like them? I got issued one for work and am not a fan.

    The power button on these things is in the least intuitive spot and I've had lots of weird driver issues causing hardware to fail intermittently. Specs look good on paper, but the experience has been really lacking. The moment I can swap, I think I will.

  • Some "Nicole the fediverse chick" has texted me here, idek how, has this happened to you too?

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  • Yes. I think it was pretty wide-spread.

  • Why is my entire feed in this Lemmy server nothing but American politics and Reddit bashing

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  • Or join an instance they don't like and they curate themselves for you. :)

  • Why is my entire feed in this Lemmy server nothing but American politics and Reddit bashing

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  • Join a different instance, there are ones that are more curated for different regions in the world. Lemmy.world is very US centric and essentially a carbon cut-out of reddit. Lots of redditors migrate there and try to maintain that type of culture on the instance, so they also got many of the most toxic complainers condensed from mass reddit exoduses.

    The fediverse is meant to be explored and it may take you a month or two to find where you like best.

  • Trickflation

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  • Like I said, it's not the healthy choice, but I'm also not going to demonize a person for having the occasional sweet drink.

    A much better hill to die on is the systemic use of known carcinogens in products that we come in contact with everyday as well as the dumping of even worse materials into the environment that make their way into our bodies via the water we drink and the air we breathe. You don't get to choose whether you are exposed to these things.

  • Trickflation

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  • I think the consensus on health effects of artificial sweeteners is unclear so long as you only consume a reasonable amount. There are plenty of other synthetics in highly processed foods that are much more concerning.

    That said, water is obviously healthier.

  • How many days can I go consuming only soylent?

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  • At least one company made a soylent, it's just not soylent green. Not sure if it contains soy or lentils.

  • What Refutes Science...

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  • I agree, but also approach much of what is published with skepticism because there are many factors that can lead to results not being reproducible.

    Not that there aren't issues with this idea, but I would like to see peer review change to include another independent lab having to reproduce your experiments as a means to verify the results. The methods you hand over to that lab are the ones that will be published, so if they can't reproduce your results, it stays in review.

  • Superbowl sadness

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  • I was in the same boat.

    Spent all day cooking and listening to podcasts/music. Invited a friend over for dinner like usual and she said she couldn't come until it was late and well past dark, which was very unusual. Then she told me she was at a Superbowl party and that was how I found out what was going on.

    Only way things could have been better is if I had D&D with the food.

  • How many pizzas per month is your rent?

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  • I was in a similar spot as a manager for years. You can't fix everything but you can improve the conditions for your workers and in my experience, this also was the key to making our store the top in our entire state. They will not always ingratiate you with the higher-ups, but if metrics improve, they will notice and at the bare minimum tolerate you.

    A few good things you can do:

    • Write glowing recommendations and beg for raises every year. Also make a point to do mentorship to help each worker build their career and skills in the ways they want. You don't always have to put all of this in a review, but if it looks good and they make progress, do it.

    • Spend that team building budget every month. Tell your team what it is and ask for their feedback on how they want to use it.

    • Ask for input from your team and listen to what they have to say. Be transparent about what is going on, what your goals are, and what limitations you have, then try to find a way to find a place of compromise between those limitations and the feedback your team gives. Again, be open about this and ask what they think of any compromises. They'll often have a better idea of what will work to improve conditions more than you will, particularly if you are open with them about goals and limitations.

    • If it's reasonable and safe for you to do so, encourage them to organize themselves into a union. You probably cannot join this, but you don't need to tell your bosses they are organizing until they have done it. You can act as a screen to their efforts until they have the power to demand recognition.

  • Justice

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  • Rule 2: if you miss, shoot again.

  • AHHHHHHHHHHH

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  • TBF, fuck calculus. Only nerds like calculus.

  • AHHHHHHHHHHH

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  • My experiences have led me to believe the type of math someone is good at depends on their field (or what math they use regularly).

    Some biologists are excellent statisticians, far better than me. I've also learned to never trust those same biologists with unit conversions that a chemist would consider incredibly simple.

  • What are some examples of 'common sense' which are nonsense?

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  • And your body is the "collateral damage" in that war.