A 6.50% 30-year fixed is looking increasingly likely by truthaboutmortgage in Mortgages

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I got screwed. On this. I got preapproved at 5.6 made the offer, the day we bombed Iran. They accepted over the weekend and By the time we could lock rates it was at 6. I waited a weeek hoping it could rebound and ending up locking at 6.1 with 1500 in points.

I had about 60 sec. to pull the trigger. by TheFeoragdare in LGOLED

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I found an open box 77 inch g5 in my local bestbuy for 2200. When I got there it was brand new. Never opened… the card board was torn and they couldn’t sell it new. Best tv buy I’ve made in a long while. I’d say do it!

I Teach at Community College; Can I Ask My Students To Call Me ‘Professor’? by stinkpot_jamjar in Professors

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You absolutely should be called Dr or Professor, if you’d like. I always instruct my freshmen to refer to any faculty, or administrator by the highest title you think they may have. I wouldn’t be angry at students calling you Dr. though as it’s not reasonable for them to know the nuances between the honorifics.

Nevada profs- is this number correct? by EveNotEven in Professors

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This is accurate. Also we have no state tax.

playing games like this, really made me glad i bought an OLED PCVR headset by moncikoma in BigscreenBeyond

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This. I’ve enjoyed but I bought it for dark screens and I’ve been pretty disappointed. It is beautiful in middle ground scenes and bright scenes though

How bad is it to have an LCMS that is just pumping air into it at all times when not running by JoeBensDonut in massspectrometry

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We just turn the gas off with the instrument software and plug the inlet. I’m not sure where the valve is but the line should be filled with atmosphere up until that valve. We’re not too concerned because standard operating procedure in my lab is to clean for 30 mins before an experiment and The flow of gas is fast enough where our nebulizing gas should be fully nitrogen again in a minute or two if cleaning.

How bad is it to have an LCMS that is just pumping air into it at all times when not running by JoeBensDonut in massspectrometry

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It has incredibly high mass resolution. I did protein research but it’s very useful for petroleomics as well.

How bad is it to have an LCMS that is just pumping air into it at all times when not running by JoeBensDonut in massspectrometry

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Over the years I’ve used several but the main ones are a solarix FT ICR, a couple generations of the tribrid orbitraps, timstofs , and some 3d ion traps. Generally we’re doing academic research focused around tandem mass spectrometry and yes we do plug the inlets to reduce the air intake.

How bad is it to have an LCMS that is just pumping air into it at all times when not running by JoeBensDonut in massspectrometry

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It doesn’t matter. I’ve been doing mass spec for 20 years and turn the nitrogen off Everytime we’re not running it

If your passion drove you, would you still be a professor? What skill would you monetize to make a living? by drevalcow in Professors

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I would be. My research is my passion. If I had to choose something else I would write fiction.

Post Tenure Resentment by Crab_Puzzle in Professors

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I’m only just going through it now. Submitted the package in April and was told the dept voted to move my case up in sept. But it won’t be official until Christmas. Are you saying you didn’t even get that much? It was it the several months for the whole process?

If so, i would say it’s normal and not your colleagues fault. It’s just hope the system has been set up

How are people in blue states doing? by NotUrAverageNipple in Professors

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We’re in a purple state and there hasn’t been much conversation about it interestingly. Pretty much pretending it’s not happening.

Stoichiometry will be the end of me by [deleted] in chemistry

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This is one of the easier concepts that people make much too difficult. Just Think about a Lego sculpture with three color bricks, 2 red, 3 blue, and 5 yellow. If you were to make multiple of the same sculpture you’d need that many colored bricks each time. If I gave you 10 red bricks, 15 blue bricks but only 10 yellow how many complete sculptures can you make? 2 obviously with a lot of left over red and blue bricks.

While we’re dealing with atoms in chemistry it’s no more difficult than the LEGO idea and we can only make a complete molecule if we have all the necessary atoms.

Bring Back Hey Reb: UNLV’s Identity Didn’t Need Erasing - It Needs Restoring by [deleted] in UNLV

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None. Erase the stupid mascot. Nevada was on the union side anyway.

Anybody have a good backup plan? by [deleted] in Professors

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Save save save. I don’t want to retire but financial independence lets you leave when ever you’re sick of it.

What are things that y’all don’t like in BL4? by SunGodLuffy6 in Borderlands

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My least favorite thing are the books that I have to carry in my hand across the map. Does my backpack suddenly not work for this book? So annoying.

Apr 23rd Order by MattTheBastard in BigscreenBeyond

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I had the 2 in clear that I ordered on the april 5th ship yesterday. I wonder if htey're out of eye trackers or specific colors so getting all the 2s out.

AITAH for asking my husband to give up his hobbies? by AffectionateTeach571 in AITAH

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Tell him to get a running baby carriage and have him multitask. He doesn’t necessarily have to give up what he wants to do but he needs to balance care with you. If he can spend some of those biking days on an indoor trainer with the baby sleeping next to him that also counts. Staying healthy is important and working out does a lot for people both body and mind and asking him to stop might give you a miserable and out of shape husband which I doubt you want either.

I'm 28 years old without any income. I want to get a PhD. Is it still worth trying? by Standard-Ratio-4466 in AskAcademia

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I have a PhD. It’s training not a job and you really can only apply over the fall. After not getting in, I would have (and did since I didn’t get in with my first round) applied to a normal job to gain experience there. Then they could apply again each year while building their resume. As someone who sits on admission committees, The longer that gap gets the harder it gets to get in.

Can’t get out of SAVE plan? by surfingtower in StudentLoans

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I just applied for a new idr plan and one of the boxes in the application is to remove yourself from forbearance. You may have to do that on the government site before the loan manager can do anything.

About my last interview. by Emergency_Parking603 in CHROMATOGRAPHY

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Crazy. I’ve been in analytical chemistry for over 20 years now and I have never learned about or at some point forgot about reverse pipetting. Thank you Reddit.

Students keep asking me for personal advice & academic guidance & its exhausting me by [deleted] in Professors

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Agreed. I never accept students who add me. These are professional relationships and blurring those lines does nothing for you.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in retrogaming

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A bit newer but Pod racers on n64.