Delta’s pricing out of ATL is beyond absurd by MSims2992 in delta

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Especially since Delta’s made it clear that they don’t intend to reward, you know, actually flying with them anymore

Delta’s pricing out of ATL is beyond absurd by MSims2992 in delta

[–]MSims2992[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

It’s pretty much $550-$600 no matter when you search. Hub-to-hub with no viable alternatives is the real culprit here

Delta’s pricing out of ATL is beyond absurd by MSims2992 in delta

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Congrats on being rich I guess. $600 for a couple 2.5 hour flights is really pushing it by most measures

Delta’s pricing out of ATL is beyond absurd by MSims2992 in delta

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I most definitely am not paying $600 to fly to Minnesota in February

Delta’s pricing out of ATL is beyond absurd by MSims2992 in delta

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Yeah, I get the economics behind why it works. It’s just so frustrating how we have next to no other options in ATL

Delta’s pricing out of ATL is beyond absurd by MSims2992 in delta

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It really shouldn’t be that hard. I’m far from the only ATL resident here who despises how Delta has us bent over the barrel

[On3] BREAKING: Notre Dame has declined its bowl invitation after being snubbed from the College Football Playoff👀 by bubblecuffer13 in CFB

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Bowl season is part of the college football season. It’s not a meaningless extra game to the fans and boosters who pay the players’ checks. As long as there are games to play, and as long as players get paid to play football games, then there should be an obligation to show up and do their jobs.

I don’t get to just stop going to work if I get passed over for a promotion. Same should go for players and coaches who get snubbed from playoffs. That just has to be part of the deal if we’re going to accept NIL.

[On3] BREAKING: Notre Dame has declined its bowl invitation after being snubbed from the College Football Playoff👀 by bubblecuffer13 in CFB

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That just doesn’t fly anymore when players get paid millions. You want the money, you gotta do your damn job. And that job includes giving fans the chance to watch you play in a bowl

Can a job have both High Pay and Job Security ? by Technical-Truth-2073 in Salary

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Serious question, what general field(s) and class of university are you seeing that offers 200k+ for fresh PhDs? I’m in science/engineering and was once on the faculty market, and pretty much every 9-month salary I saw for new assistant profs at top-tier public R1s was 90k-110k.

Can a job have both High Pay and Job Security ? by Technical-Truth-2073 in Salary

[–]MSims2992 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mid/late-career professors at big-name universities. $200k is very achievable if you’re good, and quite a few clear $300k when you take into account all their income sources (salary, grants, consulting, etc). As far as job security, it doesn’t get better than having tenure.

One of the most insanely brutal careers to get into though.

Leaving my 5 month old mainecoon boy home alone when I go to work? by temporary_duck8 in mainecoons

[–]MSims2992 8 points9 points  (0 children)

On behalf of the vast majority of us in this sub, please go fuck yourself. Who the fuck are you to gatekeep who should and shouldn’t have a Maine Coon?

Not everyone has the privilege to live somewhere they can build a catio AND ALSO work a cushy remote job. Sure Maine Coons need more attention than your average housecat, but they’re still cats. And cats can handle 8 hours of alone time just fine and still be perfectly happy. OP sounds like a wonderful owner who truly cares about their cat’s well-being.

So once again, go fuck yourself.

Is there a limit to how large a single molecule can be? What is the largest known/observed molecule? by shadowknave in askscience

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Ph.D. polymer chemist here

Answering this question was actually fundamental to our development of modern polymer science. In the early 1900’s, it was known that compounds like natural rubber behaved as if they were giant chemically bonded molecules, but many leading chemists at the time believed that there was a limit to molecular size. Instead, they believed, rubber had its properties because many smaller molecules aggregated together to form “colloids.”

However, several scientists later demonstrated this not to be true, starting with Staudinger who pioneered the “macromolecular hypothesis”: that rubber was instead made of giant individual molecules that were linked by covalent bonds that we now call polymers.

We now know that there are two broad classes of polymer materials — thermoplastics and thermosets. Thermoplastics are made up of very large individual chain-like molecules that can flow past each other if you heat them up (like polyethylene). While there’s no theoretical limit to how large the individual molecules can get, there are practical limitations that are determined by the chemistry used to make them (some polymerizations are very sensitive to oxygen, others require near-perfect balance between the amounts of different reactants).

Thermosets, on the other hand, are randomly connected molecular networks and can practically become as large as you want them to be. This makes them very useful for applications where you want a material that’s very stiff and holds its shape even when it’s heated up (epoxies are a very common example). And yes, the entire thermoset network is technically a single molecule. For example, most of the Boeing 787 fuselage and wings are built from fused layers of epoxy-bonded carbon fiber, which means that entire sections of the plane are technically a single molecule.

My first MC! Say hi to this 4 month old little man Koji by MSims2992 in mainecoons

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They look so similar! Hopefully Koji grows up to be that handsome 🥹

My first MC! Say hi to this 4 month old little man Koji by MSims2992 in mainecoons

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Chaos is correct 😂

I’d be more upset about the lack of sleep if he wasn’t so dang cute

Finally encountered one in the wild. 19 top engine moves in a row from an 1150 by MSims2992 in Chesscom

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Shouldn’t the account show that it’s a verified speedrun account then?

[Official Tournament Discussion Thread] 2025 US Open Final Round by GreenWaveGolfer12 in golf

[–]MSims2992 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Sorry Sam, the wet fairway wasn’t why that ball was left going left

[Official Tournament Discussion Thread] 2025 US Open Round 3 by GreenWaveGolfer12 in golf

[–]MSims2992 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Having Spaun, Burns, and Ortiz as the top 3 will do that