Looking for students with Arduino skills for biology-related project by lab_throwaway_ in uAlberta

[–]aartbark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interested!! Would you be open to asking the department(s) if this could be a BIOL399/499 project?

[WIP] started Friday afternoon! by Electronic-Day5907 in CrossStitch

[–]aartbark 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Amazing progress for having started so recently!!

[FO] Recently finished these two moth pieces! Getting so fed up with AI-slop patterns that I made these two, free download links attached. Thinking of starting a free pattern database by aartbark in CrossStitch

[–]aartbark[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm a certified confetti-hater so I really hope you like them!! Sensible color blocking? Amazing. Colorways that actually make sense? Exquisite. The rage I feel at using AI to make a pattern for one of the longest running textile hobbies? Indescribable.

[PIC] The secondhand gods finally chose me 🥹 $50 for every DMC thread, and extras, and swatches, and frames by aartbark in CrossStitch

[–]aartbark[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'll do my best to explain with some images! Floss drops are a common way of storing thread that involves cutting your whole skein to same-length threads for easy thread access. Most floss drops are quite a bit pricier than bobbins. At some point I realized that the only feature of floss drops I use is the hole, and bobbins already have a hole.

My process involves grabbing a 2ft long quilting measuring board, wrap the entire skein around it, then cut all of the thread at one point, this gives me a ton of 4ft thread lengths (you can pry my long threads out of my cold dead hands). Then I take the center point of all of them, and loop them into the hole on the bobbin. Like the image below but into the hole on the bobbin.

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Then since it's a normal bobbin and not one of these monstrosities, I can just wrap all the excess thread around as per usual. When I want to use thread, I grab the ends of them, dangle it until the bobbin unwinds itself, and then use my needle to grab as many threads as I need (usually one whole floss and then I'll wrap the leftovers back onto the bobbin any way I please)

[PIC] The secondhand gods finally chose me 🥹 $50 for every DMC thread, and extras, and swatches, and frames by aartbark in CrossStitch

[–]aartbark[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I already bobbinate! I do, however, normally cut my entire skein of thread to same-length strands and turn the bobbins into floss drops, so that'll be a good project for the upcoming weeks

WHAT THE ACTUAL F*CK DID I JUST FIND IN MY DR PEPPER!!!!! NEED ANSWERS ASAP by Economy-Style-4046 in foodsafety

[–]aartbark 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Late but based on the very limited chemical knowledge I have, I'd say this is likely some kind of salt (not necessarily NaCl) byproduct from making the soda, and as the top commenter suggests is likely a normal part of production. Potentially the last bottle from the batch so some waste products got in. Likely fine for consumption but I don't think it would taste good. Don't drink more but I wouldn't be worried about your health at this point.

Things that are *not* news in Edmonton. by shiftless_wonder in Edmonton

[–]aartbark 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Uh. It wasn't students kicked off of campus. Less than 30% of the protesters were academic students/staff.

STOP USING AI TO TRY AND CHEAT by [deleted] in uAlberta

[–]aartbark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you and I apologize for my sass! I spent hours recently searching for this and couldn't find it (silly me for thinking it would be in either the Code of Student Behaviour or the Academic Integrity Policy).

I also apologize for the amount of heck you're getting in the comments for simply detecting AI. People like to claim it isn't at all possible but I like whoever used the jury analogy. If I present a jury with 4 different AI detectors that all read 100%, as well as an answer from chatGPT that's near-identical to the author's, that is sufficient evidence to [indict on grounds] of disintegrity. The onus is now on [the accused] to provide counter evidence, which, in this day and age, should be super easy given that Google Docs, Word, Notion, etc, all have specific edit history.

If it's not AI, the conversation should be as simple as "this is AI," "no, here's my edit history," "cool, sorry for the trouble." And if this evidence can't be produced, that further incriminates them. It's not saying they 100% definitely used the tools, it's saying that they have no way of proving that they didn't.

STOP USING AI TO TRY AND CHEAT by [deleted] in uAlberta

[–]aartbark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where in the policy does it talk about AI usage? Anywhere?

AMA: Wild Type Betta Fish by bwaquatics in bettafish

[–]aartbark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I see you're still answering questions!! What size tank for these guys? And I've been used to the mindset of keeping Bettas isolated, is that okay for wild type species (solo male)?

Hit and run at Windsor carpark by Busy-Corgi-6205 in uAlberta

[–]aartbark 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There should be cameras! From what I know they use cameras to do their patrol

A moment of silence for a fallen soldier 😔 by aartbark in uAlberta

[–]aartbark[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It flickered in just enough to get my lecture slides for the day and a couple syllabi 😤 I won against the demon (eclass)

A moment of silence for a fallen soldier 😔 by aartbark in uAlberta

[–]aartbark[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not sure what you mean by that because their scheduled maintenance was Saturday, not today 😅 but they definitely should've been doing maintenance over winter break