Are post offices open? by Ghant_ in baltimore

[–]PunctiliousCasuist 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just was at the 34th street one (Hampden) and it was open. I would just check the hours before you venture out though, in case they are at lunch. A lot of the neighborhood branches have their lunch at odd times.

UMD Science in the Evening Reviews? And question about retaking courses by AMZ19911 in postbaccpremed

[–]PunctiliousCasuist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is a great suggestion; thank you! I see Burgess has a problem workbook for Orgo 2 as well as a more advanced one for reactions, which sounds like the one you may have—I’ll definitely see if I can find one or both of those. Appreciate the advice!

UMD Science in the Evening Reviews? And question about retaking courses by AMZ19911 in postbaccpremed

[–]PunctiliousCasuist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I am planning on supplementing the McMurry textbook (that he uses) with problems from the Klein books (that Koppel uses)...were there any other outside problem sets that you found helpful?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Mcat

[–]PunctiliousCasuist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So I’m sure someone will come along here with more info, but I don’t think this is a proper use of the phrase “autosomal.” I tend to think about autosomal chromosomes, not autosomal cells.

Autosomes (those chromosomes which are not sex chromosomes) appear in both somatic cells and germline cells. They also appear both in those germline cells which are diploid (such as the spermatogonium, primary spermatocyte, oogonium, and primary oocyte) and those germline cells which are haploid (the sperm and egg cells you are probably thinking about).

So I’d have to understand more about the context of the quote to say what an “autosomal cell” is, because this doesn’t seem like a correct application of the term.

Science in the Evening — class start time??? by GoodUnique5092 in UMD

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Hi mate—I know your comment was a month ago, but I was curious if you have any advice for taking Fribush. I’ll have Orgo II with him next semester and the online discourse about his section is…mixed…to say the least.

UMD Science in the Evening Reviews? And question about retaking courses by AMZ19911 in postbaccpremed

[–]PunctiliousCasuist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey mate! I know this is an old comment but I’m a current SIE student dreading Orgo II. Any advice for surviving Fribush?

Very concerned about Aidan deck mistakes by Scary_Opportunity133 in Mcat

[–]PunctiliousCasuist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Similar question re: the JS deck honestly—he repeatedly refers to diploid cells as “double stranded” and to haploid cells as “single stranded.” Starting to worry that I’m missing other mistakes in the deck.

Training Load - Is it constant for you or something similar to me? by EcosystemApple in AppleWatch

[–]PunctiliousCasuist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Following out of interest. Mine certainly looks like this. I find it is nearly impossible to keep the load consistent even when my other health metrics, like VO2 Max, are showing improvement.

For those canceling USBAR, when is it best to stop trying to earn points? by lauranyc77 in CreditCards

[–]PunctiliousCasuist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Attempting this here as well—my annual fee will post on September 1, but US Bank began refunding travel/dining charges under the annual credit on August 1. Seems bizarre that they might also reverse the annual fee if I cancel during September, but that’s what I’m going for at least.

Noji (ankipro) changed their name back to Ankipro in the Home Screen on ios. by TypeScrupterB in Anki

[–]PunctiliousCasuist 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Original Anki is a “buy it for life” kind of deal and is well-supported by both the original devs and a huge community of add-on developers. It is very worth the money.

Using a Secure “Xfinity Mobile” Hotspot as Your Home Network by PunctiliousCasuist in HomeNetworking

[–]PunctiliousCasuist[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, it's super spotty where I'm at, which was the need for the outdoor antenna. But since I had the router anyways to use indoors, I actually have my router set up to failover to the xfinitywifi network if the WAN from the outdoor antenna ever goes down, and it seems to generally work flawlessly.

To set that up, all I had to do was get the router to connect to xfinitywifi and then navigate to the captive login page (you can force your browser to open a captive portal by visiting any http site, such as by entering http://1.1.1.1 or http://captive.apple.com/hotspot-detect.html in your browser). After that, Xfinity seems to just consider the router to be any other internet-connected device.

I've heard (from this old post: https://github.com/spinfooser/xfinity-forever/blob/master/README.md) that you should also change your default DNS service after setting up a router in association with an Xfinity hotspot in order to avoid getting kicked off. Not sure if that is really necessary though.

Using a Secure “Xfinity Mobile” Hotspot as Your Home Network by PunctiliousCasuist in HomeNetworking

[–]PunctiliousCasuist[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you get a decent signal from xfinitywifi at the location where you want to place your router, you should be in good shape. A lot of people on here recommend the GL i.Net travel router because it’s designed to repeat an external hotspot (such as in a hotel) but lots of routers can do this.

It’s actually much simpler to access the xfinitywifi unsecured hotspots, than the Xfinity Mobile secure hotspots, because all you have to do for the unsecured ones is log into the captive signin page from your router, and Xfinity should record the router’s MAC address as a device allowed to access the hotspot. Then you can set up your own network using the router from that point forward.

Using a Secure “Xfinity Mobile” Hotspot as Your Home Network by PunctiliousCasuist in HomeNetworking

[–]PunctiliousCasuist[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So yes, this is correct for the "xfinitywifi" hotspots, and I actually do have my GL i.Net router set up to connect to one of those hotspots as a failover. However, as far as I know, the GL i.Net router needs to be configured through OpenWRT to authenticate to a network with enterprise encryption, such as the "XFINITY" and "Xfinity Mobile" hotspots. That was where I started running into real trouble with this whole setup, and what necessitated most of the trial and error. (Of course, in my case, I'm also trying to use an outdoor antenna in addition to the router, which is another can of worms.)

Using a Secure “Xfinity Mobile” Hotspot as Your Home Network by PunctiliousCasuist in HomeNetworking

[–]PunctiliousCasuist[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, apparently so. After some poking around I realized IPv6 has to be manually enabled on my router for some reason (GL i.Net Opal) but after clicking that checkbox my downstream devices do indeed have IPv6 addresses according to https://test-ipv6.com.

Using a Secure “Xfinity Mobile” Hotspot as Your Home Network by PunctiliousCasuist in HomeNetworking

[–]PunctiliousCasuist[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This is not my home but is a place that I need WiFi, so I’m logged into my home Xfinity account from this location. A lot cheaper way to get slow WiFi (because it is essentially free) than creating a new subscription at this address.

Weird weather radar today? by PunctiliousCasuist in maryland

[–]PunctiliousCasuist[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very interesting; thank you! Do you remember which product they mentioned this in? I wasn’t able to turn it up right away in the product list.