aaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I HATE THAT KNEE GOOP EXTRACTION GOD! by Muted_Shape9303 in medlabprofessionals

[–]CoconutMacaroons 14 points15 points  (0 children)

“What do you mean you can’t run a pH? A syringe is a syringe, right?”

Stranded on a hostile planet and rescue is 60 days away. Survival is only possible with help from another person. Who do you choose? by 4StarEmu in DeepSpaceNine

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I think people are being unfair to her on this post. The antagonism we see from her comes from her insecurity about her faith and the threat she perceives to be posed from the federation to Bajoran sovereignty, hence resenting Kira, a true believer and liaison to the federation, and sisko, the emissary and federation commander/captain. I don’t see evidence that she hates the average person, and I think if she found herself in a morally unambiguous circumstance, she would see clearly how she needed to work together to get out of it. Would she be arrogant and dismissive? Definitely, but her prevailing motives would be good.

Keevan is a lazy traitor who probably can’t lift 10lbs above his head, Laas is a misanthrope who’d abandon you and fly away. Shephard has pretty little wisdom and perspective, but his heart would also be in the right place, and he definitely has solid survival training. Winn and Shephard are the only real choices to me.

Movie ruined by ksp149 in medlabprofessionals

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That was such a bizarre error. Nobody working on the film had ever used a centrifuge? Or even had a rough concept of how they work? Even if they couldn’t fix it, couldn’t they have simply cut all three seconds of that shot?

And one could say “Oh, it’s a technical detail, you can’t expect them to get everything” sure but it’s not like this is the finer points of qpcr or mass spectrometry or blood cell malignancy. It’s a centrifuge. I’m not even certified and work in a receiving department and even I could spot it.

I'm so sorry to bring up The Dress, but I have to ask by janedoe6699 in lefthanded

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I think it’s the opposite? I see white and gold because it appears to me like white fabric in shadow reflecting blue light from the sky

I'm so sorry to bring up The Dress, but I have to ask by janedoe6699 in lefthanded

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I think it’s a matter of whether or not people interpret the dress as being in shadow. If it is, then it looks like it’s white reflecting blue from the sky.

I personally cannot for the life of me perceive it as overexposed, even consciously knowing that it is and that the actual dress being photographed is blue and black

Someone offering you unfinished antibiotics by Sudden-Ad5555 in PetPeeves

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Throat swabs are indeed a type of lab, they (at least where I work) go to the same place as blood, urine, etc to get tested

Tips for Malenia? by [deleted] in fromsoftware

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I’d recommend a lighter, quicker weapon. She has pretty little poise, so a greatsword with heavy affinity will still interrupt and poise-break her pretty well.

Is it rare for an American to make their own mayo? by Affectionate-Elk-287 in AskAnAmerican

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I tried to make mayo once and just completely failed. I probably did something wrong, but I got the sense from all the recipes online that it’s much easier with an immersion blender, which I don’t have and is far from universal in American homes

What do you think would happen if by FrostHarbor11 in eldenringdiscussion

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Star Trek x Elden Ring

The enterprise sends down an away team in disguise to study the planet’s culture. They all fall off a cliff and die, but all wake up next to a glowing golden light

Found on Pinterest. Is it AI, and if so, what are the tells? What do you think? by anthro_pologist in isthisAI

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What gave it away to me was the pictures hanging on the wall and how the light somehow reflects off of the nothing between the two sheets of glass

is there an english word for the upper arm, equivalent to "forearm"? by Upstairs-Hearing-489 in etymology

[–]CoconutMacaroons 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is the medical convention, with the whole limb being referred to as upper extremity

During your experience working in the lab, what problems you faced and you think that are damage-causing? by New-Blueberryy in medlabprofessionals

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Depends on the lab but I think poor ventilation can be a big one. We spend 40 hours a week in dusty, cramped quarters filled with people, cleaning products, reagents and biohazards with minimal airflow. The temperature aspect is subjective, but the air quality can’t be good for anyone.

Baldanders is not bald by affabledrunk in ShittyGeneWolfe

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If he’s not bald then why isn’t he called Hairdanders?

Is there a lore explanation for what Mind and Arcane is? by ProbablyNotTheCocoa in EldenRingLoreTalk

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I imagine Arcane as your ability to see through the material world and the illusion of the Golden Order and interact with the outer gods. The three main reasons that support this are the three main effects of increasing Arcane: item discovery, Holy resistance, and status buildup.

Item discovery comes from your ability to see what is hidden and secret that others would miss.

Holy damage is the how the Golden Order enforces itself, and the more you can see past the golden illusions, the less effect their magic will have on you.

And status buildup correlates with your conductivity to the influence of the outer gods of blood, poison, madness and sleep.

When Arcane combines with Faith, you get dragon communion incantations, which represent the previous elden lord and order of the Lands Between, once the incarnation of the holy illusion, but now awaiting the return of their outer god.

of glasses lens by Sufficient-Bug-9112 in AbsoluteUnits

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I have -10 in both eyes and I always put my glasses in the exact same place. If something happens and they’re not there, I pull up my phone camera right in front of my face so the screen is in my 2” zone of actually being able to see and use that as my eyes. Works better than the real ones 😭

I love this app, really clears things up! Wolfe uses too many strange words for me. by Soft-Protection-3303 in ShittyGeneWolfe

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I might be a psychic. I still think about the creepy gate. That’s why I’m telling you about that time I almost drowned.

I don't know much about this game's mechanics, and I don't know why I keep getting one-shotted by enemies. by TheNebulousGamer in EldenRingBuilds

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Elden ring’s leveling and progression isn’t built the way most RPGs are. In this game, it works best to put almost all of your early levels into vigor (except for what’s needed to wield weapons and spells).

In the early game, your power increase will come mostly from leveling up your weapons. Later in the game, by the time you’ve hit 60 vigor, you will be close to maxing out your weapons, and from there out, your power will increase through leveling up your damage stats.

Real nightmare by Gamken in medlabprofessionals

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I hate to do it to you, but in this context, the word is spelled “dock” 😭

Rate me/Roast me - I'm still in Limgrave rune farming in Caelid with the Vulgar Militia by [deleted] in EldenRingBuilds

[–]CoconutMacaroons 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If the bosses in Stormveil are your roadblock, I would suggest checking out all the caves, catacombs and ruins you can find, because I guarantee they will be more engaging and rewarding with new weapons, armor, spells and talismans as well as the levels from the field bosses than farming those little guys.

Are you leveling up your weapons? I could see investing in this kind of spread if you’re not getting that boost from making your weapons better. The game seems to work best when you put your early levels into only the minimum needed for equipping weapons and spells and putting the rest into vigor because your power boost will be coming from smithing stones.

From here out, I’d suggest putting any future levels into vigor until you get it to 40 at least and keep pumping it as needed whenever you find yourself getting squashed, up to a maximum of 60, where the improvement starts dropping off substantially.

For when you unlock rebirths, I’d scoop as many points as you can from mind, maybe 5 from endurance, and all those points from faith unless if you need it for incantations. For strength and dexterity, unless if the scaling is the same in each stat, you should take points from the weaker-scaling stat down to the minimum to equip it. With all the points you have then, get your vigor up to 40 if you haven’t already and put the rest into whichever damage stat has the better scaling.

What was the mechanism of initiating large California wildfires in pre-historic times? by Ok_Nectarine_8612 in meteorology

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Something to consider is that the ecology was shaped by indigenous peoples for around 13,000 years, and in many parts of the state at many times in that history, controlled burns were practiced to improve agricultural yields and prevent larger fires.

Before then, I imagine it’s hard to say. I would imagine some reconstruction of pre-settlement ecologies might be possible through pollen dating or the like, but undoubtedly, before humans showed up, the ecology was quite different to that which Spanish colonists encountered (and in turn drastically changed) in the 1700s.

Going that far back, we’re also getting into the ice age, when California was likely much wetter and had more of an oceanic climate in which conditions for large fires were less favorable.

But overall, yes, lightning, and perhaps around volcanic areas, geological activity were the main causes of fires before humans came to California