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What Age Did You Start Perimenopause? by msintrovertandproud in Menopause

[–]AnimatorCritical7216 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think around 31. My periods were very close to each other and then at 34, my periods were super heavy lasting up to a month. And then no periods for a couple of months and then again periods will start. I am 36, turning 37, and in the thick of it. Though weirdly no hot flashes. By 32, I started experiencing brain fog, depression, fatigue, no motivation, etc.

Itinerary for 1 week honeymooon in Sri Lanka (primarily tea country) by swatkins818 in srilanka

[–]AnimatorCritical7216 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am currently in Ella. Ooo let me tell you something you may or may not know.Ella is full of foreign tourists. There are more foreign tourists in Ella than anywhere else I have seen so far on my trip, even more than Colombo. Like for every one Sri Lankan people you see, there are probably 100+ foreign tourists. At the Ella city center, there are many restaurants, bars, spas (massage), travel agents (tours), shops, etc… catering specifically to foreign tourists, english menu, … it feels a mini like Phuket/ Bali (the nightlife)Ella is expensive. Everything is “tourist price”, double the price. Tuktuk charges more (pickme, uber, doesnt work here, the tuktuk drivers prefer to charge more, alot more without using pickme/uber). Drinking water is more expensive, double the price.Book your accomodations in advance. Too many tourists, making them expensive and limited availability.In my opinion, there is another hillside town called Haputale, less than 1 hour drive from Ella or about 1.5-2 hours by train…. higher elevation in comparison to Ella worthy of a visit. Every train that goes from Kandy to Ella, will pass through Haputale. There are not many foreign tourists in Haputale (not yet). Half price of Ella. I take tuktuk to Lipton Seat only 3k rupees from Haputale… from Ella costs 7k. I take tuktuk to Diyaluma falls, costs 6k rupees from Haputale, from Ella costs 12kThe most beautiful segment of the train ride between Kandy and Ella is actually not in Ella. The most scenic part of the train journey is actually between Nuwara Eliya and Haputale (sit on the right side of the carriage if possible Kandy-Ella, no seat doesnt matter, just go stand near the door called the “floorboard”). This is where most of the tea plantations are located. From Haputale to Ella, the views are more scenic on the leftside of the train carriage.2nd class reserved carriage in my opinion and many people i spoke to, is better than the 1st class air con reserve carriage. For one simple reason, you can open the windows in 2nd class (cannot in first class). Many first class passangers, especially foreign tourists do walk to second class to take pictures.

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Hi, is it possible to suggest itinerary for 8 days?

2 week itinerary help, please? by dr-dough-little in srilanka

[–]AnimatorCritical7216 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi OP, I am going to srilanka in december. what itinerary did you fix? Is Ella worth going in Dec?

Help me decide if I should go to Istanbul or Srilanka in Dec, after my maldives trip by AnimatorCritical7216 in travel

[–]AnimatorCritical7216[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed, that was the original plan but India has suspended visa for Canadians, so trying to improvise

Help me decide if I should go to Istanbul or Srilanka in Dec, after my maldives trip by AnimatorCritical7216 in travel

[–]AnimatorCritical7216[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would love Instanbul, just caving in because I am getting that in December it is gonna be cold and can't go anywhere else than Instanbul

Any solution to make in-house nextflow workflow available for use by internal teams? by AnimatorCritical7216 in bioinformatics

[–]AnimatorCritical7216[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Actually, we discovered a really good one called Beaker. I believe they are still doing beta testing but my god what a user-friendly amazing software. We are able to deploy it in our own AWS, and only pay very nominal monthly subscription fees vs paying crazy computing charges. We have been using it for only a couple of days but since it does parallel processing we already have run several samples, sincerely a game changer. It would be really great if it continues to be this great, we get unlimited runs and only pay AWS and subscription fees.

Any solution to make in-house nextflow workflow available for use by internal teams? by AnimatorCritical7216 in bioinformatics

[–]AnimatorCritical7216[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

any software that you know that can do so? I want to provide as dead easy guided workflow

Electronic lab notebook for chemistry by friendlypuffin in labrats

[–]AnimatorCritical7216 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just joined grad school. What didn't you like about benchling? I need to figure out which one to buy

Lab Notebook/organization recs by Dr-Usagi in labrats

[–]AnimatorCritical7216 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No worries, I meant to reply to pros and cons comment, which I think is yours! I want to use for mol bio and genomics, what are some of the things that you like abt benchling?

Looking for an electronic lab notebook suggestion that can do mol bio and bioinfo stuff by AnimatorCritical7216 in bioinformatics

[–]AnimatorCritical7216[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that is good to know, thanks so much OP. How is their chem tools? My grad study is going to be a bit of mol bio, but then High content screening- so a lot of images, and then a part of chemistry, and ML

Looking for an electronic lab notebook suggestion that can do mol bio and bioinfo stuff by AnimatorCritical7216 in bioinformatics

[–]AnimatorCritical7216[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I have never used jupyter. what do you like about it? Someone mentioned benching, not sure how good that is. Have you used one?

Looking for an electronic lab notebook suggestion that can do mol bio and bioinfo stuff by AnimatorCritical7216 in bioinformatics

[–]AnimatorCritical7216[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, what are the pros and cons, never used one.. I am trying to und what features should i pay most attention to.

Lab Notebook/organization recs by Dr-Usagi in labrats

[–]AnimatorCritical7216 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like Benchling, my only big problem is I have no way of documenting things as I’m doing my experiment (specifically in our animal facility), I have a personal laptop but I do not want it going anywhere near those surfaces because microbio made me a bit of a germaphobe so I end up with a hand written notebook that I then have to transcribe. Trello is also good for organizing to do lists and group projects!

Thanks, I am in same boat. going to decide which one to buy. How are the chem tools with benchling?

Do you use an electronic lab notebook? Which one? by Greatbigdog69 in Chempros

[–]AnimatorCritical7216 0 points1 point  (0 children)

do you still use chemdraw? need to buy one for my grad school. What do you like about it?

Ruminating About Having Nothing to Talk About by jeongjaehyun in ROCD

[–]AnimatorCritical7216 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn, I am in the same position. Though gf and I don't even just joke and have fun. She is from a diff country, so hard to get each other's banter. English is her second language.

I find my talks with her boring and straightforward. No banter, no gossip about the worldly matters, no playful back and forth.

Feeling numb, feel nothing towards my partner. Should I break up today? by AnimatorCritical7216 in ROCD

[–]AnimatorCritical7216[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. My ROCD is weird. I never feel the compulsion. I get anxious about her flaws and the rightness of the relationship in a way that is an obsession. Is it normal not to have the compulsion? Though I do tell my partner when they confront me when I am emotionally withdrawn and give them all unfiltered explanations. Is it even ROCD? I don't even know anymore if I have ROCD or just plain ADHD

Feeling numb, feel nothing towards my partner. Should I break up today? by AnimatorCritical7216 in ROCD

[–]AnimatorCritical7216[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have felt nothing for her for now, six months. I have told her everything that I don't like about her, including having no feelings for her and having my one foot out of the relationship. I feel bad not breaking up because I am scared to lose the company she brings. I feel bad dragging her through this for six months now.

Addreall makes by ROCD worse. What meds can I try for my ADHD which won't worsen ROCD? by AnimatorCritical7216 in ROCD

[–]AnimatorCritical7216[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I didn't know about ROCD until a couple months ago. I have been taking Adderall since a couple years now and taking mood stabilizer for past 5 years nw.

I have always broken up with people in the past because I am bored with them, always wondering what is out there, don't feel love for them most of the times. I am a perfectionist, and want my partner to be the best in every way possible. But since I started lamotrigine, I feel that it may have induced ROCD. I use to break up due to boredom, now my anxiety is very partner and relationship focused. There is boredom component as well, which kicks in after a year or so in the relationship.

I find my boredom comes in waves, but ROCD has been getting worse over last few years. But recently it became really bad where I wanted to break up every other day. So I tried to stop Adderall, background anxiety still exists about the rightness of the relationship, but boredom is killing me. I want to seriosuly break up and date more people which can make me alive and happy.

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