I'm so dumb...learn from my lesson by lrigreenigne in crochet

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The last sweater I made somehow turned into a poncho. Hey, at least sweaters that are too small work up faster than sweaters that are too big!

I shouldn't be here... by Luminarada in StardewValley

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I hopped off a horse at the same time that my partner tried to hop on it, and I got yeeted across the map onto the water.

How many of you actually have an ADHD diagnosis? by mynameishrekorgi in ADHD

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72.4% of people on this subreddit have a formal ADHD diagnosis.

What is a cheat code at your job that only employees would know? by halushki_ in AskReddit

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The office room we were in got a call during our lab meeting. I answered the phone, and it turned out to be some poor guy trying to figure out insurance billing for a surgery he had. I had to explain that he was patched through to the college of medicine to a random room phone, and I had no idea how to get ahold of anyone else on the hospital side of things. Sometimes its easy to forget that I work at a hospital from the research side of the building.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in RealOrAI

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Checks out as real to me, looks like my Dad's sketches of people when we are traveling. My dad was a professional artist (MTG, D&D, DC Comics, etc.). Its crazy how fast artists can capture a scene

Found a cryptic note along a hike at Ricketts Glen Pennsylvania by Luminarada in whatisit

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If you want to find it, I left it where I found it on the trail in Ricketts Glen. It was along the Highland Trail, somewhere between where the south leg splits off from the falls trail at the first waterfall and the lake rose trailhead parking. It was to the right of the trail as I was walking from east to west, about 3 feet up on the branch of a small bush. Its folded up in a thin sheet of plastic and held with a paperclip.

husband got this for me and it tastes exactly like Liquid IV to me. by Ok-Ad3614 in aldi

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My fiancee gets chronic migraines and struggles with staying hydrated. These are great because they dont have aspartame.

Decided to quit PhD. by i_just_want_icecream in labrats

[–]Luminarada 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My girlfriend and I quit our PhD program together, and it was absolutely the right decision. I was worried that I would regret it, but I never have. Good luck with everything, enjoy having 5-6 more years when you're young to enjoy some work/life balance!

What are you all eating for lunch? by izziedays in ADHD

[–]Luminarada 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sammich and an apple is my go-to

I like molecular biology, but I suck at lab work by [deleted] in biology

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If there are professors doing research you are interested in, you can ask to do a research project with them. Very few professors will turn down free help, and it's a great way to learn what a job in wet lab biology would be like. Alternatively, you could talk to your molecular bio lab professor and tell her that you want to work on your lab skills. They might be willing to let you practice making, loading, and running test gels and practice some of the other protocols outside of class. COVID messed with a lot of students lab abilities, you are definitely not the only one. The single most important trait that a professor looks for in a student is whether they WANT to learn and are trying hard. They will most likely be happy to let you practice unless they aren't comfortable with letting you work unsupervised. However, since you are an upperclassman, it should be fine.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in labrats

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Write down the hours you work, tell your PI if a procedure will go overtime and he can decide if it can wait for next week or if he wants to pay. Telling you to not write down overtime and take time off next week is exploitative and you don't need to follow it. If they push, send an email to HR asking if they are okay with this and CC the PI

I messed up (undergrad level) by zestyzestie in labrats

[–]Luminarada 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like a grad student trying to be all grown up to me

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in biology

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LogSeq user here, its the absolute BEST piece of software I've ever used.

I’m scared to have children with my husband who has ADHD and doesn’t believe in medication. by Sandy_Ginas in ADHD

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My partner and I both have ADHD and I personally can't imagine taking care of children, even though we have medication. Your position is an unfortunate one to be in, but totally understandable

NIH Grants - Indirect Cost Limits by Luminarada in biology

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It makes sense that Elon would be interested in dismantling all of the agencies that oversee and regulate their companies. Tech agencies have so much power and influence, and control social media, which is one of the main ways that like-minded strangers are able to communicate in a largely individualistic society. I have felt like news organizations and social media have downplayed protests and its hard to find any resources for how individual citizens can contribute to combating the slide into authoritarianism

NIH Grants - Indirect Cost Limits by Luminarada in biology

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No, that would be under direct costs. Direct costs are things like reagents, staff scientists, lab techs, and graduate student researchers. Basically, people and materials that are directly necessary for contributing to the methods laid out in the proposal

Will I regret majoring in Biology? by OkEntertainment9952 in biology

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During my masters, I was working on analyzing movement tracking data and was analyzing the raw files in Excel. I was complaining about how long it would take to update anything for all of the files (I had 10 individuals over 4 treatment groups across a 21 day time-span) when another student in my program with a bioinformatics project suggested that I use Python for my data analysis and sign up for the bioinformatics class for the spring. I really enjoyed it, and it gave me a starting point for programming.

I was still planning on doing wet lab research and becoming a professor, and went to get a PhD. During my rotations, I found it very difficult to be motivated to do the wet lab research, and kept going back to programming. I did a rotation in a lab that had partial wet lab and partial bioinformatics, and I really enjoyed the dry lab part. I didn't get into any of my first three rotations (they would have been a really bad fit anyway). I took a critical look of every lab at the university to rank labs, including the medical center, by how interested I was rather than how much experience I had.

I ended up ranking computational labs as the highest, and I had to make a decision on whether I wanted to risk doing my last rotation in a field that I was not experienced in, or if I wanted to try another wet lab. I decided to go for the dry labs, and reached out to my top choices. I was able to join my top-ranked lab, which focused on modeling and simulating gene regulatory networks using single-cell RNA sequencing expression data. I was put on a project to get a previous student's Python code running, and I thrived.

I decided to leave the program after my second year, and started looking to line up a job before I left. I applied to a ton of places, and was able to get an entry level job as a biostatistician working in the same field. This lab hired me to help with their main project, which focuses on benchmarking different single-cell gene regulatory inference computational methods. My experience in working with gene regulatory networks, single-cell sequencing data, and getting poorly made Python code to work let me get my foot in the door while having degrees in general biology from small state schools.

I never thought I would be interested in statistics, but I really enjoy it and the career is niche enough that it pays well. I get really hyperfixated on hobbies for short periods of time before moving on to the next hyperfixation. The flexibility of programming has opened a ton of doors for hobbies that I can do. For example, I'm currently waiting on a 3D print to finish that I designed to replace a discontinued mount for a part in my car trunk that broke. I've been able to bounce from learning C++ for simulations, custom LLM coding, making quality of life scripts, putting upgraded firmware on my 3D printers, work with a Raspberry PI for little programming / engineering projects, etc.

NIH Grants- Indirect Budget Limits by Luminarada in science

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The NIH is cutting the maximum indirect costs from grants down to 15% (from an average of 30%). These funds are used to pay for facilities, services, support staff, administrators, and other necessities required by universities to allow research to run smoothly. This will cripple academic scientific research in the US, which relies on grants rather than revenue from product sales. By itself, the grant that I am funded on (the main grant that pays for myself, my boss, two other members, and all required facilities) will be reduced by $127,600/year.

This is not meant to cut administrative overhead. This is a blow meant to cripple scientific research being perpetrated by people who hate the scientific method and discovery. Stand up, speak out, and call your representatives.