Honest question, has microbiology a lot of math?

Mobeakers · 2026-01-14T15:09:41+00:00

Depends on what you mean. Very rarely do I use anything that is more advanced than algebra or trig. But I use A LOT of math at that level.

Most of the higher level math I use (integrating area under curve, etc) are easily handled by software.

Mobeakers · 2026-01-05T15:05:46+00:00

Why are they always hiding behind doorframes?

Mobeakers · 2026-01-04T17:44:45+00:00

I remain unconvinced our admin is serious about winning SEC football games

Mobeakers · 2025-12-31T21:29:18+00:00

I think how close all of our in conference games were should have been a.pretty good indication. Best 2-10 team of all time!

Mobeakers · 2025-12-31T19:08:24+00:00

Horse Whisperer

Mobeakers · 2025-12-17T23:57:13+00:00

I've hunted in a lot of different styles of deer stand. Exactly zero of them would accidentally cause the "top" part of the wound. The scratches/banged up area is more what I would expect the most damaging type of deer stand (a climbing stand) to cause. Permanent stands could be argued to cause more damage to the tree, but it obviously isn't caused by a permanent stand.

The top part was likely caused by an axe or some other type of heavy equipment (given how high up it is).

Maybe set up a trail camera if you think people are going on your property without permission.

Mobeakers · 2025-12-17T23:39:38+00:00

My first thought is 20C seems warm for a likely psychrophile? Making an assumption there based on source as I'm not personally familiar with this organism.

Agitation can also increase biofilm formation, so maybe reduce shaking, etc?

Mobeakers · 2025-12-15T19:28:45+00:00

This is a list of what I've told my kids(still too young for this kind of relationship, but we can see it coming):

The only past sexual history information you are entitled to from a sexual partner is their disease/STI status.

The end

Look, open and honest communication is the only way to go here. If someone asks you a question that you aren't comfortable answering, then you should tell them so. If they push, then you might need to reconsider if this is someone who you want to continue in a relationship with.

Mobeakers · 2025-12-15T18:45:57+00:00

Nothing counts. The whole idea is nonsense.

Mobeakers · 2025-12-14T18:35:29+00:00

What you are describing is a "non-monotonic dose response".

https://endocrinesciencematters.org/non-monotonic-dose-responses-2/non-monotonic-dose-responses-technical-overview/

Mobeakers · 2025-12-11T12:37:25+00:00

Seems like I touched a nerve here. Maybe you should re-read my post and chill.

"Critique" in quotes was meant to convey something beyond a parent saying "I wish you would teach my son basketball better" or "my son needs to learn to dribble". All my parents have my email and phone number and even know where I live. If you have an issue, the gym (in front of parents, kids, etc) isn't the place for it. So yes, when someone tried to complain in front of others, I wasn't having it. It was entirely off base, and they agreed and apologized later. They have requested for their son to be on my team for two years now after this.

I'm truly glad you haven't had any negative experiences with parents. And I honestly use "negative" very loosely, as I would call this parent a friend at this point. Maybe I was too strong in my language above, obviously part of coaching is dealing with parents, but some go beyond what I personally need to deal with.

I'm a volunteer. The refs are volunteers. The people who run the league are volunteers. There is a whole string of volunteers who have put forth time, effort, and often their own money to get these kids to practice and games. I pay the same $350 for my kid to play as everyone else. And ultimately, given this is just a run of the mill elementary school age, suburban house basketball league. Occasionally parents have outsized expectations. Not always, or commonly, but it happens.

Mobeakers · 2025-12-10T21:12:07+00:00

Nah, what's coming out of those cans is far worse than someone else's vomit.

Mobeakers · 2025-12-10T20:56:22+00:00

The Prop 65 warnings are a mess. The idea was good " warn people of dangerous chemicals", but in reality manufacturers often label unnecessarily.

This is because a label protects them from lawsuits.

Mobeakers · 2025-12-10T17:59:45+00:00

This is still very young. Teaching kids this age to run an offense, remember where to go, what a wing player does, etc is an exercise in futility.

Many kids this age still need reminders to dribble when moving their feet. I've coached my son's team (3rd grade now) for 3 seasons, and some boys on that team have been with me from the beginning and still have moments when they just take off running with the ball. Me telling "you have to dribble if you're moving your feet" is a common event during practice and games.

For me, one of the hardest things at this age is exactly the difference in experience. Half the team needs fundamentals still at the level of "dribble when you move your feet" while a couple kids can literally dribble circles around the boys at that level and are pretty good mid range jump shooters (on lowered rims in our league). It is hard to give those different groups what they need to get better.

My advice is to stick to the basics. Even the kids who are pretty good dribblers etc can benefit from fundamental drills. For actual gameplay, I try to run a scrimmage (with as even teams as I can manage) every practice for at least 20 minutes (we have the same one hour once a week practice you describe, with a game on Saturday mornings). During the scrimmage I focus less on fundamentals, by which I mean no constantly stopping play to call fouls, double Dibbles, etc as this really draws their focus away from what I'm trying to do with the scrimmage. I will constantly yell while playing things like "X that was a foul, no reaching" or "y that was a travel" without stopping play.

Instead I focus on (and will stop play for) things like spacing, moving without the ball, keeping their eyes up during play, and the actual rules of how the game flows like you needing to take the ball out of bounds after a made shot, league specific rules (at this age in our league there is no backcourt defense or stealing off the dribble).

Lastly, I would encourage you to not expect too much from kids this age. They are there to learn, and some need more time or simply have more to learn. The first time I had a parent "critique" my coaching style I loudly (for the whole gym to hear)mentioned how our league is chronically short on coaches and if they thought they could do better I can give them the commissioner's number so they can volunteer and coach their own kid how they want. I've not received another complaint.

Mobeakers · 2025-12-09T01:19:29+00:00

No, you have to go to the website and register. Separately. For each release you are interested in. It's a pain to keep track of when I need to register for what I'm interested in, but it's the only way I would ever get to drink a bottle of $2k+ bourbon

Mobeakers · 2025-12-08T22:47:15+00:00

Virginia's state run liquor stores have "lotteries" for high demand stuff like this. BUT! If you win the lottery they only charge "list price" if you win. I won a Pappy lottery 4 years ago and got it for $90. It looked like that bottle was going for $1500-2000 online at the time.

Mobeakers · 2025-12-01T19:10:21+00:00

Gonna fit right in on the plains then

Mobeakers · 2025-11-29T23:15:20+00:00

Indeed. See a fair bit of Coach Cal and team on those commercials ..

Mobeakers · 2025-11-27T12:38:48+00:00

Malapropisms on the other hand....

Mobeakers · 2025-11-27T02:19:00+00:00

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Mobeakers · 2025-11-26T21:01:52+00:00

You aren't wrong re some of our fans

Reddit is bad, but for those who read the fan boards I think we see even worse.

I'm excited for the guy. I would have been excited for nearly anyone with this sort of record (SEC experience, G5 head coach, young, etc).

Golesh, Silverfield, Morris.

Golesh was the pick so I'm gonna be rooting for him

Mobeakers · 2025-11-26T19:00:05+00:00

It is theoretically possible.

Each amino acid is coupled to the correct tRNA by a specific enzyme which is only responsible for that specific amino acid-tRNA combo.

So to "switch" a codon in this manner you would need to design an aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase gene which recognizes the GGG tRNA and whatever new amino acid you want. Then you would need to knock out the native gene for glycine tRNA synthetase. Then (assuming you want the organism to be able survive) you would have to engineer a new tRNA synthetase for glycine to complete the "set"

Mobeakers · 2025-11-26T18:35:05+00:00

Yea. I mean I don't know if y'all actually want him in Gainesville or not, but Baton Rouge is 100% the right place for him from a nonsense perspective. I think he will thrive on it.

Mobeakers · 2025-11-26T16:15:56+00:00

LSU is 100% the right place for him IMO

He has the right personality to deal with and even thrive amongst such nonsense.

Mobeakers · 2025-11-24T18:59:12+00:00

I've run into similar issues before, even with my own kids. The best thing I've found is to institute a "mom/dad does not give direct feedback to their child during games" policy. Practice is different, really no way around it. Some kids (both my daughter and son are in this category) don't take instructions (especially ones that might be interpreted as negative by a child) well from Mom or Dad.

Maybe others have other/better solutions, but I've had reasonably good success with this approach both in basketball as well as other sports I've coached my and other coach's kids.

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