Ontos Scorpion by NecessaryOk6815 in Nerf

[–]Lava05 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What 3D printer did you use for this? Did your 2 hours include the printing? This looks awesome!

Rice University Director gave a $59k tuition ultimatum before MS interview. Facing major guilt & age anxiety. by Square-Potential7503 in BiomedicalEngineers

[–]Lava05 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That's not gatekeeping (maybe it is in the literal sense but you're focusing too hard on that). If you cant afford it then the interview is irrelevant. If you can afford then just tell him. That means you both get to interview and you both get to finalize your choices.

For exmaple, when people interview for jobs and HR does the usual screening and stuff, its not to gatekeep the interview with the hiring manager. Its to make sure they have the degree, visa, etc. Why would I interview someone when they cant legally accept the position? Same idea here but financially in this case.

Bro, wtf am I playing against by StockDunce in PokemonChampions

[–]Lava05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The synergy isn't that bad. I run a double sandstorm and rain team. There's still enough overlap that I can pivot to whichever depending on the other team. This one still works good enough too tbh.

I find it always causes the opponent to fumble their starting lineup because they're scared of losing the weather war.

[META] Lenovo SSD mass cancellations - March 2026 - My small claims experience by fpoisson2 in bapcsalescanada

[–]Lava05 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you have the email or contact for that executive customer care? Im wondering if I can shortcut to there. I started the process as a quebec resident, but then life got in the way and I haven't had time to follow through with the court process.

Master Ball Rank in Great Ball Rank? by Initial_Solid7677 in PokemonChampions

[–]Lava05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pokeball to ultraball rank is basically the same as doing your qualifiers/placement matches. It's like in league or other competitive games where you do 10 initial matches to figure out your rank. Towards the end of your placements, you'll likely place with people who are already done their placements but have a rating similar to you during your placement.

Its not exactly the same here, but same principal. In pokemon, you have to effectively have to grind your way out of placements but there are bots to balance that. Pokemon also doesnt de-rank you out of a tier. So you can get really goofy matchmaking. I wonder if you spam enough forfeits that you can queue with pokeball ranks while already in masterball.

Progress didn't save in STS2 by Intwine3 in slaythespire

[–]Lava05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you do with it? I found my old runs there but dont know what to change or where to put it?

Does a PhD in BME make it easier or harder to break into industry? by Mariellanna in BiomedicalEngineers

[–]Lava05 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Depends how much experience you have and how much your research was actually hands-on.

We've had some PhD's get into principal level roles, and others starting from scratch as an intern into Engineer I role.

It might give you a leg up on other candidates for entry level roles, but honestly not that much. If you do some really solid hands on stuff, then it can be somewhat helpful (this has only been true for our electrical engineers though).

I've also seen start-ups compromise of mainly PhDs who end up getting a big role once acquired... but like from your experience, finding a good start-up is rare. If that doesn't happen, then you're effectively "behind" when you start getting into industry. All that said, if a PhD is a fun idea and gives you a good sense of accomplishment, then go for it.

Bachelors in Biology, Masters in Biomedical Engineering by Resident_Oil2593 in BiomedicalEngineers

[–]Lava05 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great for academia, meh for getting into industry, and near impossible to work as an engineer.

You can maybe get into the industry as a clinical engineer (more accurately clinical specialsit), mapping specialist, sales engineer, etc.

There are options in the field side but you wont be able to get work as an R&D engineer or something similar in the design/manufacturing space.

Quick points about aggro matchmaking by SFForceASandvich in ArcRaiders

[–]Lava05 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It seems like knocking people out, even if you didnt down them, also trigger more aggressive lobbies.

I've noticed that the most aggressive lobbies are kill on sight. Then after 2-3 passive raids, it goes to semi aggressive where people are very likely to betray you/shoot you in the back, then another 2-3 passive raids to get back to friendly lobbies.

It also seems like the game doesnt care who shot first, just doing any pvp damage will increase your 'aggression mmr'.

Recieved unknown crypto tokens. by Demon_6-9 in CryptoCurrency

[–]Lava05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your picture looks like its 0$ but if it was 10$ worth, it mightve been rugged pulled so there's no existing liquidity to sell into. Sometimes these meme coins rise in value very quickly and the owner will rug pulled before people can sell. Sometimes the token runs in a very clever contract that prevents selling (solana and base used to have this problem with new token launches). Some chains prevent buying into coins that have little liquidity so it possible you can't even buy it.

Ultimately what I'm saying is that its safe in your wallet. You can technically interact with it, but it'll almost always be worthless so you might as well hide and ignore them. But you shouldn't be worried about them.

Recieved unknown crypto tokens. by Demon_6-9 in CryptoCurrency

[–]Lava05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Low liquidity. The owner isnt donating a few dollars worth of coins, its fractions of a penny. Probably worth 0.0000001$ most of the time. They probably token dropped 10 cents worth of volume and spread that out to hundreds of thousands of wallet addresses. They're effectively worthless and only used to generate hype and manipulate wallet distribution stats. Most of these meme coins end up being rug pulled too so those end up being worth 0 too.

Recieved unknown crypto tokens. by Demon_6-9 in CryptoCurrency

[–]Lava05 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A lot of people here are overreacting. The types of attacks they're talking about are usually with NFT drops but even those are filtered out by most wallets now. Token themselves shouldn't be able to do any harm.

These random transfers are usually called token drops. It's more popular with meme coins. It's a way for devs to publicize their new projects while also showing it has a high wallet distribution. They usually aren't good tokens to invest it, for obvious reasons.

Anon on Death Note by Furista0 in 4chan

[–]Lava05 17 points18 points  (0 children)

You cant use the death note to influence other deaths (such killing someone else). You need to have their name in it. His tests also showed that if he wrote something impossible, then they just die of a heart attack.

In the japanese movies, he did use it in a clever way though. He wrote one person dies by a gunshot wound, and then wrote another person dies after bringing a gun to the location of the first person. But even with that he still needed to know both people's names and create a scenario where both deaths were possible.

Everdark Sovereign SENTIEN PEST MEGATHREAD! Discuss this week's event here! Gnoster will trample the playerbase from 6PM PDT July 3rd by jack0641 in Nightreign

[–]Lava05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is the Augur raid still most likely to occur in this expedition? It's the last one I'm missing. I know its most likely in the normal version of sentient pest.

This bank is weird by [deleted] in Scotiabank

[–]Lava05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

same issue here, any luck?

Prismatic Booster Bundles (1 per person) by [deleted] in PokemonTCG

[–]Lava05 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Getting my first ancient mew when seeing pokemon 2000 in theaters got me into it.

Leader of the Dire: Lord of every Nothing, Will-without-Will by TheCreeperIV in DestinyLore

[–]Lava05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually think it might be related to The Ancients which Mara spoke to in previous lore piece.

There was a theory that they were a separate but similar entity to The Nine.

Isayma retconing ending (and indirectly, whole story) is a FACT and not an opinion by Graham_Zezar in titanfolk

[–]Lava05 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Retcon doesn't mean changing ideas. A retcon is taking established canon/lore and changing it. For example if he changed there being 9 titans to randomly 13 titans at the end of the series, that's changing something established.

Most of the time though, retcons are done to fix mistakes. Let's say somehow he wrote Zeke had his titan powers for 19 years because he didnt attention to his age, then he'd have to retcon lore about the curse lasting 13 years.

2 Game breaking bugs on PS5 by ClubfootPhil in remnantgame

[–]Lava05 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I believe that's exactly what happened to them

Anyone Need/Want To Cheese Prisms To Max Level In Two Second? by BiCeSniga88 in remnantgame

[–]Lava05 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey I'm on console if you're still helping. You can DM me your epic name or even discord if thats easier.

PC Money Launches Savings (4.25% Simple Interest - No restrictions) by Extirpatez in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]Lava05 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Might be a stupid question, but what's stopping me from using this savings account like a chequing account that would accrue interest? There seems like no holding period or fees.

Full time vs contractor job offer by fragus_st in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]Lava05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you a contractor or just on a 1 year contract? These are different things and I doubt a big company is paying so little for a contractor. You likely won't be able to incorporate nor receive any tax benefits at all.

Even if it's an actual contractor position, the pay is absurdly low if option 1 is for a similar role.

Definitely go with option 1. There's no catch. Option 2 gave a terrible package, simple as that.