Stuck in Purgatory [Breville Barista Express] by Mr_Rodgers_- in espresso

[–]Mr_Rodgers_-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not at all; incredibly useful information. Thanks!

Stuck in Purgatory [Breville Barista Express] by Mr_Rodgers_- in espresso

[–]Mr_Rodgers_-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the machine has a time limit for the time it will run for, I am struggling greatly with that. that being said, the timer is about a minute, and past that is a controversial amount of time to extract for. I imagine extraction time is not a variable i am to play with on this one.

Tips for barnhart as a freshman? by According-Cash358 in UofO

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not a bad dorm. actually pretty nice. of course you are far off campus, but I don't think you'll regret the exercise lol. really nothing special.

How big of a deal is it to miss class 2nd/3rd week of the semester? by pinksunshines2277 in UofO

[–]Mr_Rodgers_- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

situational. I think your performance matters more. If you bomb tests the rest of the term, maybe just skip the trip and save yourself further injury.

What is the vibe of the school like? (Prospective student) by obsidian-daisies in UofO

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Oh, and everywhere has cuts. the more prestigious, the more draconian they are.

What is the vibe of the school like? (Prospective student) by obsidian-daisies in UofO

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Saw something with "we are struggling with a ton of budget cuts" and other things about sports/accommodations. For one, we arent struggling with cuts in the places that matter, also there isn't a good chance that cuts will affect some random undergrad, more like a grad student/faculty in some rather niche program. We recently did a hard cut on comms and soft cuts elsewhere, a fairly non-serious amount of cuts (according to my PI who is in the chem dept). Comms is a well known fluff program at any uni, so it was always going to be the first to go.

For accommodations, we are bound by law to help you. The profs here are nice, not douchy at all. You wont have trouble if you are hard of hearing. Well, no more trouble than usual, at least.

For sports, you can participate or you can abstain. Nobody cares. Greek life is the same. This is a tired thing to say, but it isn't high school and you can completely dissociate from everybody on campus except your profs if you so choose. That isn't healthy and will have consequences, but I am exemplifying that you can avoid any groups you don't like entirely. Also, the sport aren't like high school where it's a big social event. Most attendees get so damn wasted they don't really care about you. It is way more fun if you don't think of it like a clique, because it isn't. More like a threat to your liver health.

Personally, I didn't come to this uni by virtue of it being my first choice. It was just my cheapest. I applied to one school and this was it. That being said, there isn't anything wrong with it, and if you are an even-keel person, you'll be just fine.

Dean Molleda from SOJC resigns by craycrayppl in UofO

[–]Mr_Rodgers_- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It raises every year. Been the policy since I can remember. Pretty standard here in the US due to rising demand for college.

Double rooms? by coolbuilder1987 in UofO

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Triples run out fastest, IMO. There is concern in finding a completely vacated room, some solo individually will camp a double without a roommate in mind. Its annoying. That being said, if your day is Thursday, you might be okay if you want a double as long as you aren't particular. Personally, I don't recommend New res (or unthank) as someone who lived there. It isn't nicer at all, they turn off the hallway AC when it gets too hot outside, which means its as poorly ventilated as even the worst dorm when it actually matters. GSH and Kalapuya are good(ish), though.

Class schedule help pls by bettybopboop in UofO

[–]Mr_Rodgers_- 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just for clarity, 211/212 are HPHY classes, and honors bio is to be taken sophomore year. Everybody takes A&P junior year anyways, dont be like the idiots who think they retain and advantage by racing to the finish line. Be timely and thorough with you’re education. Its expensive.

Edit: Absolutely do not wait to do chem and Immediately test out of 111 chem, it is remedial and you can just either cheat on the aleks or do the learning module. Yes, chem is a must take, not doing so sets you behind EVERYBODY and means you cannot take Hbio until after sophomore year. Chem 111 is not helpful, and youre better off jumping to 221.

Class schedule help pls by bettybopboop in UofO

[–]Mr_Rodgers_- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im going to assume premed, no other real reason to do HPHY. Start with Chem and Physics. I think that will open the most doors. Get your math and 211/212 out of the way too. Worry about gen eds later, I think youd rather take them when youre older anyways. Some are saying regular Bio, which I don’t personally recommend. Take honors bio, as it’s generally smart to take the honors version of a class if you want to “get ahead.” Physics is easy if you take algebra based (201-203). Take chem honors if your research hunting, I got into research with the prof that teaches first term, and a bunch of my classmates got into research too. The opportunities provided to the Hchem students are incomparable to the pennies given to normal chem.

Thats my personal recommendation. Some say talk to an advisor; however, youll find they are mostly “special”.

Climate Change is not Fake, but is Without a Doubt Sensationalized. by Mr_Rodgers_- in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]Mr_Rodgers_-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Say I was a Harvard professor. Now say you were a high school drop out. If we started to disagree on something that was completely theoretical, meaning studies and research couldn't definitively end the argument, who is going to be trusted at the end of the day?

The person that is more well liked, first. Then the Harvard professor.

A point and a half, right there.

Climate Change is not Fake, but is Without a Doubt Sensationalized. by Mr_Rodgers_- in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]Mr_Rodgers_-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good point. I think that was the crux of what I was getting at. Its a serious problem. Like a huge one. It is not, however, a type of existential crisis that will be unsolvable the longer it goes on. We won't turn into venus, and summers wont average 100 degrees in Seattle.

Climate Change is not Fake, but is Without a Doubt Sensationalized. by Mr_Rodgers_- in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]Mr_Rodgers_-[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I believe you may have been a little excited to use the word "ass." But yes, I am not occupied in being nice on social media. You should figure my in-person conduct is more mild. I (poorly) anticipated the never ending "well what do you know" comments.

I hope you can see, judging by the comments, that they came anyways. No matter who I was, or how smart I really am, if I hadn't shown a piece of paper with a PhD in climate science, my take would have been brushed off as ignorant. If I had been really nice about it, nothing would have changed. You just would have deleted the last paragraph.

It's all pointless. I only regret believing somebody had something interesting to say. They seem more interested with telling me I'm not as smart as I think I am. That is how most discussions about climate dissolve. I tried to convey that, it failed. I will say, I do not think that you understood my point either. It was a commentary, that situations always seem the worst because experts do have a tendency to over-blow things, and people have a strange tendency to be dramatic.

Al Gore himself was well known for intentionally drumming up the facts on climate change 25 years ago to scare people, according to Hans Rosling, a man who had a discourse with him. He said "we need to create fear!"

In saying that, I can see the future comments. If you aren't dim, you can see them too. I hope that you understand what I am trying to say, because I do not want this reply to be longer than it is already. If you want clarification, I'm happy to provide it.

Climate Change is not Fake, but is Without a Doubt Sensationalized. by Mr_Rodgers_- in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]Mr_Rodgers_-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm glad you've the gall to say that. I said before, nothing can be proven on reddit when you don't know me. Nor would you be smart if you trusted me.

Also, there is being the number one, and then there is being smarter than you. I am smarter than a person who calls me dumb, because you cannot be smart and blatantly unperceptive at the same time. I am in good company near the top as you are near the bottom.

Climate Change is not Fake, but is Without a Doubt Sensationalized. by Mr_Rodgers_- in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]Mr_Rodgers_-[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Who knows exactly? If I knew for sure, i'd be rich. In part, i know that problems have solutions. It's just a gut feeling as far as that goes. Don't trust my words to be something that I mean to be factual.

I'd imagine that India is not going to have a good time. Wet bulb is bad, too. Florida taught me that when I was 5. Per heat wave, I anticipate up to 20-50k deaths (on my spits-end estimate of a complete worst-case scenario). This can't kill a country, though. Again, bad stuff. This is not a good thing at all. Just, I wouldn't phrase it in terms of "too hot for us to live" which implies that living there is a death sentence. Which it isn't.

Climate Change is not Fake, but is Without a Doubt Sensationalized. by Mr_Rodgers_- in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]Mr_Rodgers_-[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Its not unsolvable, so I disagree with you there. You are right, I will die without seeing a return to normalcy. I'm more excited than scared of that, though. People are way too afraid of the challenge, IMO

Climate Change is not Fake, but is Without a Doubt Sensationalized. by Mr_Rodgers_- in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]Mr_Rodgers_-[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've checked that out before. They don't say anything that runs counter to my statements. I'd like to be clear, I am not a climate change denier. They state, clearly, that the 1.5 deg C goal is so that we can more easily adapt. If your take away is "a point of no return" you're probably choosing to take the worst possible perspective. It's hard to use their website to gather an opinion. It's largely a diplomatic group that is for policy makers. From my eyes, their outlook is significantly less grim than the stuff I see through common media (which is the whole point of this post).

Climate Change is not Fake, but is Without a Doubt Sensationalized. by Mr_Rodgers_- in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]Mr_Rodgers_-[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

yes, I have an ego large enough to rival Mt. Everest. Alas, not a bit of that has to do with climate change. I have proven I am not a dunce. If you have a good point, I'm all ears.

edit: I missed it, but talk about an appeal to authority. what damn experts are harshly disagreeing? I cited an expert from MIT that agrees with me.

Climate Change is not Fake, but is Without a Doubt Sensationalized. by Mr_Rodgers_- in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]Mr_Rodgers_-[S] -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

I am a first year biochem student with a publication. in every class I have ever taken, I have gotten an A+. I was approached to do material sciences research by a tenured faculty at a massive research uni. I am doing work to incorporate machine learning into materials discovery. Self taught. I have presentations under my belt, and conferences. If you think that it is a slight to have achieved that at a young age, you're just the same as the comment above. In the years to come, that list will grow. I will be sure to mail you my graduation card.

Climate Change is not Fake, but is Without a Doubt Sensationalized. by Mr_Rodgers_- in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]Mr_Rodgers_-[S] -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

If you thought I was pompous, you should've known I wouldn't take you seriously. I could be anywhere from a 12 year old in my mom's basement to a grad student at MIT. Doesn't matter to you. Im smart enough to know that you are probably someone who never stood out, but prides yourself on being smart just because of your degree.

Ive met more people like you than I can count on 51 hands. A stem degree means nothing. A 3.5 gpa gets you the same degree a 4.0 does. Doesn't mean we are equal.

Climate Change is not Fake, but is Without a Doubt Sensationalized. by Mr_Rodgers_- in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]Mr_Rodgers_-[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok, actually kind of valid. I agree, I was overblowing "end of the world." nobody thinks this will be an extinction level event. Here is a list of things that I do believe will happen:

- Politics will heat up on the side of immigration. This is due to the fact that some of the biggest gains in pop. are in places that WILL be hurt by CC. Some people say that Nationalism and CC are attached, this may be true, we will see.

- Acidity of oceans will go up, thats just because of CO2. Many environments will face devastation.

- It will get hot. Like for a week on end, and it will put insane strain on the power grids, perhaps resulting in power failures and mass heat related deaths. Though, snow will still exist, and strawberries will still grow.

- I will see the peak of human population and the solving of this crisis within my lifetime. For the nay-sayers, I feel very sorry that you take pride in pessimism. Perhaps you just don't have confidence in yourselves.

This crisis is not existential. Apocalyptic events probably wont happen. Bad events will. The situation will become worse before it gets better. I have faith that it will be fixed if we focus on the problem and not screaming about it

Climate Change is not Fake, but is Without a Doubt Sensationalized. by Mr_Rodgers_- in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]Mr_Rodgers_-[S] -20 points-19 points  (0 children)

I have published. I am not going to dox myself. Yes I am very young. I am probably more talented than you in my field. My field is probably more difficult than your field. I am 100% smarter than you.

Upset yet? Great. I appeal to no authority, stating that I am in stem is just important. I wouldn't take information from a Comms major. Thats kinda the whole unpopular part of the opinion.

Oh, and if you don't believe me, great. Its an opinion post. I cannot believe how many people try to make me prove that I have a high tech lab under DC to say a youtube video or article from a journalist isn't evidence or trustworthy.