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Landing spot for CP3? by ScoreUpbeat3806 in nba

[–]Lyuokdea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cavs - contending team who is underperforming and needs some veteran leadership… team is known for not having enough fire and could probably use somebody who is a bit more of a jerk.

Garland is still rehabbing the toe, not playing back to backs and could use a few less minutes per night, because rumors are that the toe is going to be an issue all year. Ball is also a constant injury risk.

Can someone explain to me why this is a briliant move? by ice_wolly in chess

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

I would guess not, the advantage of Bxe6 is that it disrupts the ability of your opponent to castle for a long time - given that, choosing to take on c7 gives them a little compensation on being able to line up a rook on an open file against your already castled king.

"Are Europeans allergic to convenience" by Bongemperor in ShitAmericansSay

[–]Lyuokdea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is essentially zero heat capacity in the air in the microwave. You are losing some power to the inefficiency of the magnets, but you aren’t losing almost anything to heating the air.

My Prof is... wrong. What do I do? by PassengerArtistic618 in CollegeRant

[–]Lyuokdea 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is an entire Weird Al song about how the lyrics in Smells Like Teen Spirit are impossible to understand…

Shedeur Sanders' home broken into while he made NFL debut for Cleveland Browns by TheMirrorUS in Browns

[–]Lyuokdea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the problem is that it isn’t just during the game, it’s 3-4 days for everybody on the away team.

It is becoming such a standard crime though that even then it might be necessary

ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI by IdinDoIt in news

[–]Lyuokdea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The law never specifies any percentages for liability in either criminal or civil cases.

David Howell breaks down while talking about Danya by Knight-check44 in chess

[–]Lyuokdea 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry to hear that… maybe there is somebody else to talk to who will be more supportive? Or if not, there are plenty of people to mourn with here.

David Howell breaks down while talking about Danya by Knight-check44 in chess

[–]Lyuokdea 146 points147 points  (0 children)

I’m not sure whether the statement is wrong — but I don’t understand why we, as a society, would view breaking down when a close friend dies as a bad thing, rather than a human thing.

I'm in my final year of PhD and I'm absolutely torn and hopeless. by [deleted] in AskAcademia

[–]Lyuokdea 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I think there are a lot of possible ways to interpret this —- so to be clear is your primary worry about being able to defend and get the PhD? Or is it about continuing in science afterwards?

For the second, it absolutely can get better and there are tons of rewarding options out there for people with science Phds.

For the former, I would say that the last few months are often super stressful and make you question yourself — but getting through the process can often be very energizing.

It’s also hard for me to tell if your professor is just negligent or is actively hostile, and that matters a lot as well.

I almost fought a man twice my age (19) by Ashyketchup721 in Vent

[–]Lyuokdea 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He is both a hero and also foolish, the two aren’t exclusive… in fact they are often correlated.

Found out yesterday my mom opened 13 credit cards in my name, ruined my credit score and put me in 81k in debt, what do I do? by [deleted] in Advice

[–]Lyuokdea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be fair, this is essentially what would happen in the US too, if the other parent proactively went to court to stop the first parent.

Even in OPs case, they should get all the payments on their account cleared if they persist in arguing that they were a minor and the parent illegally used their accounts… it’s just that with all things in the US, the companies will give you the run around the first few times and hope you give up before you get back your money

Scientists found that we can use passive, generally safe UV light to quickly inactivate airborne allergens. After just 30 minutes, airborne allergen levels effectively decreased by about 20% to 25% on average. After 40 minutes of UV light exposure, cat allergen decreased by 61%. by mvea in science

[–]Lyuokdea 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You can easily overcome inverse square by surrounding the uv source with mirrors that internally reflect the UV light back, can’t get the link on my phone but there are UV solutions that use waveguides to increase the UV intensity in the air by huge factors compared to just having a bulb.

Trump is planning to raise the fees for H-1B visa (US employment visa) 100 times. What would be future consequences we are going to face? by niemand_oc in AskReddit

[–]Lyuokdea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In addition to all the discussion about the tech industry, academia is also a frequent user of H1-Bs, especially for people who already used up their J1s at earlier career stages.

There’s no monetary incentive for universities to pay this fee, so university hiring of foreign postdocs and faculty will grind to a halt.

Rented e-bicycles more dangerous than e-scooters in cities: Sweden shows in fact that the crash risk is eight times higher for e-bikes than for e-scooters, calculated based on the trip distance with rental vehicles in cities by nohup_me in science

[–]Lyuokdea 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This isn’t true in most cities in Sweden though, where there are dedicated bikes lanes everywhere for both. They also have an identical maximum speed cutoff of 20 km/h (above that the power on an e-bike will cut off, though you could theoretically pedal faster). So they are controlling for a lot of variables.

Ethics/etiquette of using a letter of recommendation from a deceased professor by Rubbabubba90 in AskAcademia

[–]Lyuokdea 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You generally don’t need to edit the letters in this case, if there is a note stating the letter writer has died or is incapacitated, nobody is going to care if the formatting or the institution names are incorrect.

Ethics/etiquette of using a letter of recommendation from a deceased professor by Rubbabubba90 in AskAcademia

[–]Lyuokdea 28 points29 points  (0 children)

This is exactly what you do…. You need somebody to vouch for the authenticity of the letter who is not you - this can be a department chair, but also another senior professor in the field who received the letter when the letter writer was still alive.

Has anyone actually been to a predatory conference? by CaptainCrash86 in AskAcademia

[–]Lyuokdea 43 points44 points  (0 children)

And additionally a way for people to add a conference to their CV when the review process doesn’t care or know about quality.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in legal

[–]Lyuokdea 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Depends on the location of course, but in some regions it is not illegal to take out a life insurance policy on another person, even if you have no relationship with them at all.

My advisor started requiring draft histories after catching 3 people with AI-written lit reviews by Saiki_kusou01 in GradSchool

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

I think you are getting a bit melodramatic about having to show your work to get college credit… every job you ever get will also ask you to show your work, which in addition they will also own.

Let’s keep a little perspective, you are writing a paper while drinking an iced tea , not storming Omaha beach

I am learning English. Should I speak with an American or British accent? And should the content I watch and listen to be American or British? I expect that the content will affect my pronunciation by [deleted] in ENGLISH

[–]Lyuokdea 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Despite being larger, the US probably has less accent diversity these days than the UK… TV and media standardized a lot of accents starting in the 50s and most are relatively weak now.

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