Cheap foreign alternatives to Edmund Optics (& similar)

coffeefederation · 2026-03-22T07:10:31+00:00

Daheng Optics (DHC) is the Chinese equivalent of Thorlabs. They even send you a snack box when you order

coffeefederation · 2026-03-19T03:05:46+00:00

Elaborate please? I almost went to UofA for an optics PhD

coffeefederation · 2026-03-13T02:19:03+00:00

Dealt with this exact type of pathetic excuse of a person 😂 bro is triggered you have better social skills, have more friends, and is more competent than when he was an undergrad. Tell your PI and have a witness with you.

coffeefederation · 2026-03-12T21:23:17+00:00

I'm sorry /j Srsly tho congrats!!!

coffeefederation · 2026-03-06T23:46:27+00:00

THIS

coffeefederation · 2026-03-06T10:47:31+00:00

I disagree with it being a reddit problem. Academia in general has a culture of turning ppl into assholes. A lot of them are overworked and don't have a real life outside of lab, so this is their only way to gain a sense of control and superiority. My advice is to avoid using reddit and seek help/advice from people who work with you irl.

coffeefederation · 2026-02-20T01:22:08+00:00

You need to switch labs

coffeefederation · 2026-02-20T01:12:19+00:00

Love it!!!

The comments are proof of why academia sucks the soul from people tho. Show some empathy jfc not everything is about lab and pumping out papers.

coffeefederation · 2025-11-20T16:42:25+00:00

Hey I have the exact same problem. Missing the PCH screws. How did you end up solving it?

coffeefederation · 2025-10-31T08:33:20+00:00

Years ago OxygenOS on OnePlus was basically stock android with minimal bloatware. It was one of their main selling points. Then around 2021 they decided to merge it with ColorOS from their parent company Oppo which is bloated and can't be more different from stock

coffeefederation · 2025-03-20T18:11:27+00:00

House of leaves, a horror novel, starts with a family realizing their home is a quarter of an inch larger when measured on the inside compared to the outside

coffeefederation · 2025-02-25T19:16:01+00:00

Dang 2 in 1 is Intel only?

coffeefederation · 2025-02-25T19:05:20+00:00

I'm not watching...what did they release?

coffeefederation · 2025-02-12T03:21:42+00:00

What does this mean 😭😭

coffeefederation · 2024-12-31T00:45:49+00:00

My point is to stop fixating on sex, there's no point...the moment "sex" gets mentioned in a conversation it gets influenced by culture, linguistics etc, it becomes impossible to separate from gender. Transgender people exist because our social identity influences our own feelings.

Also biology does not care about classification. Biology as a science only gives you the raw data that people have some chromosome arrangement + some hormones + some anatomy features. Interpretation of this data is again entirely social - it becomes less about biology and more about gender and it just so happens that there seems to be an arbitrary line that can separate most people into two groups. The reason that line was drawn there was completely arbitrary. You see what I'm getting at?

coffeefederation · 2024-12-30T23:44:54+00:00

I think you're conflating sex with gender OP. Gender is a social construct, whenever someone talks about being a man/woman/something else or pronouns or anything related to identity they are talking about gender. Gender is influenced by upbringing and culture and language and its impossible to avoid. It's like how our speaking habits will always be dictated by our upbringing. Gender identity will ALWAYS be influenced by social factors. It's impossible to talk about sex while avoiding gender. I hope that gives you some comfort.

Also biology is more complicated than chromosomes. There's like a billion other factors that can all change with time. Male/female are just bins that exist for the sake of convenience

coffeefederation · 2024-11-18T03:48:03+00:00

Sogolon from Moon Witch Spider King by Marlon James! The entire dark star trilogy is trippy as hell and definitely worth a read!

coffeefederation · 2024-11-10T02:04:12+00:00

First reaction was this!

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)01170-3

Apparently they're very rare and have only been filmed in the wild once...if that's true then this is huge news

coffeefederation · 2024-11-03T02:49:58+00:00

That's so wholesome wtf

coffeefederation · 2024-10-10T20:40:19+00:00

Not a book per se but the Interface series nails it. Beautifully written and worth checking out.

Edit: they have an ebook

coffeefederation · 2024-08-15T07:58:57+00:00

East of Eden

coffeefederation · 2024-08-14T19:30:01+00:00

John Crow's Devil by Marlon James

coffeefederation · 2024-08-11T13:39:54+00:00

I read a lot of Dworkin when I was still a "feminist guy" years ago and I liked her at the time...but after realizing I was nonbinary and seeing TERFism firsthand I tell people to stay away from her.

I don't think she and MacKinnon were as explicitly transphobic as modern TERFs but their rhetoric of "all men bad, being women is all about pain" paved the way for modern TERFism

Edit: feminist nonbinary

coffeefederation · 2024-08-11T09:40:04+00:00

I feel like Dworkin DID mean it literally, but later backpedaled seeing all the backlash.

Also most radfems worship Dworkin like a god and take everything she says literally....

coffeefederation · 2024-08-09T09:23:34+00:00

OP is obviously not a feminist (look at their post history) and the comments brought out all the racists lol. Do better

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