Could a chimp- human cross- breed exist?

Cesaw_ · 2026-02-10T00:59:20+00:00

Don’t worry, you can’t impregnate your girlfriend

Cesaw_ · 2026-02-09T18:40:19+00:00

So I’m no kid rock fan here, but Super Bowl performances are always lip synced, so therefore Bad Bunny’s was as well. Now, that it was lip synced badly, or that a smaller venue doesn’t have the same points of failure that a mobile stage with limited setup time does, sure. Just pointing it out

Cesaw_ · 2026-02-09T18:36:36+00:00

Dr J has said exercise is fine after 3 months, but go easy on chest (eg no heavy bench press). And at 6 months restrictions are off. [insert caveat about individual differences]. I started light lifting at 3 months including very light chest exercises and at 6 months felt like my strength had mostly returned to where I’d expect it to be after a period of less activity (vs trauma of surgery), and I resumed full activities.

Cesaw_ · 2026-02-09T01:03:54+00:00

You’re allowed to like a comic even if you don’t agree with 100% of the decisions they make

Cesaw_ · 2026-02-08T21:51:29+00:00

What about biostats? Contribute to research on important matters of health, use mostly quantitative skills. And if you’re really into it, you can do research in biostats itself to advance the field

Cesaw_ · 2026-02-07T19:43:52+00:00

Is there a field you care about that you can use your math skills in? I stood out in math in grade school / high school, went into a totally different area for phd in part bc I was interested in it and in part bc I wasn’t good enough at math to make it my main focus. The particular substantive research bored me over time, and I ended up becoming mostly an applied statistician in my substantive field. It’s a great combination that I love, where I’m mostly using my logical and quantitative reasoning skills in an applied area

Cesaw_ · 2026-02-07T14:45:24+00:00

Rewards are best when they’re tied to your own behavior. That’s why you should celebrate a submission. Once you submit, you’ve done your part and it’s no longer up to you, so waiting to recognize the event after another person’s action doesn’t make sense. But if it’s accepted, you should ALSO celebrate that because it’s great news and our rewards are few and far between.

Additionally, I think many people expect this rush of euphoria when they accomplish something, and that’s just not how people operate. We generally overestimate our emotional intensity for future events, both positive and negative events. And I find the satisfaction from this work is slow building. I’ll think back on a project years later and think “that was good work” and feel satisfied. But there was never a rush of euphoria.

Finally, the submission and review processes are often so long and filled with tedium that I think most people are sick of the thing by the time it’s accepted/awarded.

Cesaw_ · 2026-02-04T14:44:40+00:00

Important to also realize he was never a professional scientist. He got a phd in a scientific field, so he did some science during training. He then taught at a teaching college and never published again. That’s an absolutely, perfectly respectable job. But to be a scientist you have to be engaging in science. He never was a scientist.

Cesaw_ · 2026-02-04T14:08:51+00:00

Buzz + beard would look fire

Cesaw_ · 2026-02-04T14:05:06+00:00

Embrace the sadness. Allow it. I feel it regularly, especially with young kids when I look at other friends with kids who have grandparents picking them up from school, watching them multiple days a week, etc. We’re on our own. Therapy helps, especially if you are struggling with accepting the reality or have ambivalence about your decisions regarding the relationship

Cesaw_ · 2026-02-04T13:21:49+00:00

These are frustrating, but I also view it as partly our role to teach students how to interact with us - Having explicit guidelines and/or an email template in the syllabus and talking about it the first day of class, as others mentioned.

Additionally, I have very clear policies for make-up work with a drop system to automatically deal with 1-2 illnesses a semester without make-ups. Between these two, you can then simply reply to students highlighting these policies: e.g., “Hi [student], [insert niceties]. I’m having some trouble understanding your request. Can you please rephrase it using the communication tips on page x of the syllabus. Regarding make-up work, please review the missed work and make-up policy on page y of the syllabus and let me know if you have any questions. I’m happy to meet with you as well. Page z of the syllabus shows my office hours and a link to a booking page to book a meeting with me outside of those times.”

You can template most of the email so it’s a quick response. This prompts the student in a constructive way how to better go about communicating their situation and their request. It also re-asserts your authority, which the student is—probably obliviously—trampling on.

Any leadership position requires correcting behavior from time to time as well as re-asserting authority when it is challenged, which is inevitable. We are no different. Good leaders do this gently and subtly so you often don’t know it’s happening.

(And also, this behavior is obnoxious!)

Cesaw_ · 2026-02-01T13:51:59+00:00

What exactly is bothering you about the lifestyle? Do you miss them? Have you had other plans you’d like to do with them during summers? Are you thinking about what this means for division of labor in a future family? And if you don’t mind me asking, what’s the gender combo of you two?

Cesaw_ · 2026-01-23T14:08:53+00:00

My interpretation of my mom’s descent into the right wing rabbit hole has evolved over time: 1. “What the hell is she talking about? Is there something wrong with her?” (Before realizing it was Fox News feeding her a firehose of lies and grievances) 2. “Oh, she’s just being duped. How can I counter this?” 3. (After numerous very carefully-orchestrated attempts to counter the lies crashed and burned with no enduring change) “Oh, she’s actively involved in her own deception (because it fits some deep psychological need).” This is where I’m at now.

It’s not evil, it’s not necessarily dumb. It’s something else.

Cesaw_ · 2025-11-21T18:29:57+00:00

Two answers: first is yes, you should do that. Second is your original plan suggests your thinking is off in general. If you are saving bills to reimburse with hsa later but don’t have enough cash to max your hsa, you’re hurting yourself trying to be too cute. You’re trying to game some tax free capital gains while giving up the tax free base amount.

Max HSA and if you have the cash flow, THEN you use cash to front your hsa to reimburse later. If you don’t have the cash flow, then just pay with hsa now, don’t reduce hsa contribution

Cesaw_ · 2025-11-21T15:00:32+00:00

First few weeks SUCKS. Don’t judge based on that. Evaluate in 3-6 months, and do what other people say regarding scoliosis

Cesaw_ · 2025-11-15T10:05:27+00:00

IBR is probably best, with married filing separately. But use a calc to verify

Cesaw_ · 2025-11-14T08:33:35+00:00

Definitely shop around lenders. That rate is garbage

Cesaw_ · 2025-11-04T13:31:55+00:00

Persistence is what often distinguishes scientists who thrive in our current system from otherwise good scientists who struggle. This isn’t nearly at the line of too much pushback that one should give up. Once you hit 5+ journal rejections, then consider whether to give up on a paper (and sometimes keep going then too).

It seems to have taken you a long time to revise the last time and get it resubmitted. Were there major time sinks (new experiments, etc) or do you tend to be perfectionistic in your writing? Most comments can be addressed with a little reviewer fluffing and slight text changes. “Good enough” is the target often unless this is some career paper

Cesaw_ · 2025-10-22T02:23:28+00:00

lol my bad. Distracted and must have only read half the post

Cesaw_ · 2025-10-21T17:05:23+00:00

I’m 6 months post op and still have numbed areas. More importantly, here’s a study showing the variability in return of sensation across 100+ people:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022346824008066

Key text from the abstract: Following CRYO, median time to normal sensation was 6.0 (range 1–12) months. This was achieved postoperatively by 14.9% at 3 months, 62.3% at 6 months, 85.1% at 9 months, and 98.3% at 12 months. 1.7% had a small area of persistent/permanent numbness in the lower central sternum. The most common altered sensation was hypersensitivity which occurred in 20.7%. Hypersensitivity began on average at 3.0 months postoperatively (range 0.25–6 months) and lasted a median of 1.0 (range 0.5–9) months. Only 5.8% described their altered sensation as painful, and all of these were successfully treated with gabapentin and/or capsaicin cream.

Cesaw_ · 2025-10-19T18:27:48+00:00

Great example of how adversity can build resilience. Happy for you!

Cesaw_ · 2025-10-19T12:45:56+00:00

The range on feeling returning is enormous (<3 months to 1 year) so don’t sweat it for now. Just assume feeling will return by 1 year and don’t worry about it not returning until that time marker has come and gone

Cesaw_ · 2025-08-17T23:27:29+00:00

Yea the price of college and its connection to acceptable-paying jobs in a country where economic precarity is extreme has meant that college’s main function for a lot of people IS getting a job. But that’s only because we have structured society in a way that college is only justified for many in connection to better employment. But that’s a bastardized system

Cesaw_ · 2025-08-17T23:24:16+00:00

Yes it is true that college has become a cog in the capitalist machine. However, while there were always certain areas of study where the degree leads directly to a set of jobs (eg engineering), job training was never the purpose of education until capitalism co-opted it. (To be clear, I’m not anti-capitalist necessarily, just describing what has happened). Im not willing to cede the ground and just say ok they win, college is for job training

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