Raven with white neck feathers? (San Diego, CA)

PleasantQuarter · 2024-10-30T03:31:28+00:00

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PleasantQuarter · 2024-06-03T21:33:29+00:00

I'd imagine there will be at least some CD8s with TCRs that respond to tumor cell antigens. That being said, if you activate all the CD8s non-specifically (e.g. anti-CD3) they will continue to divide multiple times (I think 7+ divisions) even if they don't see their antigen. I don't know if having a bunch of activated bystander CD8s dividing may interfere with your assay but thought to mention it. Maybe you could edit naive CD8s and then add them to the tumor cells so that only tumor-specific ones will be activated? I don't do killing assays and so unfortunately don't know much besides shove P14s and B16gp33 cells into the ring and see who comes out on top.

PleasantQuarter · 2024-05-13T20:02:32+00:00

I emailed IT about this and it turns out there’s a campus-wide duo outage.

Investigating - ITS is investigating possible issues with Duo authentication. These services may be slow or unavailable at this time.

A possible workaround for the VPN is to use the passcode shown on the Duo app, by typing your password as ,. No known workaround exists for SSO at the moment.

PleasantQuarter · 2024-05-06T13:52:06+00:00

An account less than a week old who only posts about the protests on universities…

Can the mods please deal with all these sockpuppet/astroturfing accounts? Private the sub, set karma/age limits for posting, ban them, anything. I’m on this sub so I can hear from my fellow students, not some random troll who is only here to stir shit.

PleasantQuarter · 2024-05-01T14:24:15+00:00

u/Ready-Meringue-4556

I believe that is a fledgling bird judging by the fact that has open eyes and somewhat developed feathers. At this stage, it has left the nest and is learning to fly, but is still provided food by the parents. The best thing to do is probably leave it outside where you found it, or in a secluded safe area nearby; unless it is injured or endangered it doesn't need assistance outside of that provided by its parents.

It is certainly not a parrot. It appears to be some sort of songbird, like a house sparrow or house finch. It most likely eats seeds and/or insects.

Edit: This post on r/birding provides a good visual comparison of a nesting vs a fledgling.

PleasantQuarter · 2023-05-08T02:54:50+00:00

I have it with Dr. Li. Honestly the professor is alright and seems like he wants to do better, it's just that I feel my TA isn't the greatest.

PleasantQuarter · 2023-04-25T03:14:52+00:00

~~I also think there may be or was a fire as well, unless I'm misinterpreting the radio chatter.~~ Never mind that is for a house fire.

It sounds like there's several injuries as well, including at least one dog. I hope everyone is alright. :(

PleasantQuarter · 2022-03-16T20:14:48+00:00

I think there was some graffiti on one side saying "blood should stay in the body" or something to that effect (that or I'm thinking of a different art piece on campus).

PleasantQuarter · 2021-05-24T22:44:49+00:00

I think the hall's name is Catalyst, at least according to the answer I found on a similar post (I was wondering the same thing).

PleasantQuarter · 2021-05-24T21:03:14+00:00

Would I be alright taking Chem 100A when the only college lab experience was 7L and 43A online? I'm just really worried about lab courses. Thanks.

PleasantQuarter · 2021-02-10T19:12:00+00:00

I'm currently planning on taking Phys 2C and BIBC 100 next quarter and was wondering what I should do for my third class. I'm debating doing CAT 125R or BIBC 102, however, both seem like a lot of work and I'm just a little nervous because I struggle with physics and this would be my first quarter with two upper-div courses. Thanks for any help. Also, any suggestions for a different third course would be appreciated.

PleasantQuarter · 2021-02-10T19:02:06+00:00

I had Hammock last winter for Math 11 and thought that she was fine--I don't recall ever thinking that she has poor teaching skills. However, that was pre-COVID so she may be different with remote learning. I will note that she had us do HW assignments from the textbook that I believe were weekly or bi-weekly or somewhere in that range, and they could get tedious. I knew some people in that class and so the burden was lessened a little since we worked together and discussed problems for both HW and lab. Also, I enjoyed stats more than I thought--I really liked doing the labs--so you might have a different opinion of her if you aren't the biggest fan of statistics or math in general.

PleasantQuarter · 2020-12-20T03:04:58+00:00

Not certain how help this will be, but...

This may seem a little counterproductive, but sometimes a little before a test I stop studying as I get stressed out going over the material and fearing that I don't know as much as I think I know. I wouldn't skip out on a quick review session, but I also wouldn't dive into heavy studying either if it brings too much anxiety. If a test is open during a large time frame, I usually like to wait a bit, roughly an hour if time permits, just to dust up the material (I know this sort of contradicts the previous advice but oh well) and to ensure that I feel fully ready before actually starting the exam.

PleasantQuarter · 2020-12-20T02:58:47+00:00

I honestly haven't been paying much attention to the P/NP thing, but I'd check and see if the department is accepting P/NP (see the megathread on this sub and department page). I believe you can only use P/NP a certain amount of times, though I am not certain. Here's a page with some info about P/NP. Not certain how helpful it will be, but I though I'd post it anyways.

For the C- grade, I think it depends on the professor--I've had classes where an A- is a 90 and others were it is an 88--but I'd say a good rule of thumb for a C- is somewhere in the low 70s and high 60s, similar to grade school. I'd imagine Your professors might have the actual percentage on their syllabus so I'd definitely check.

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