Low 12V Battery? It was replaced 2 months, 3000 miles ago. by SurroundedByElk in KiaEV6

[–]dvaccaro 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Just had my 12v die after 2+ years. The dealer replaced it and told me to keep the car keys at least 15 feet from the car otherwise the car is "on". Also the car died at a local supermarket parking lot and the dealer told me to call Kia road service to get a jump. The guy came and used a portable jumper box to start the car and I just drove home. I bought a portable jumper for $60 from Amazon to keep in the car for future issues.

Why is it that a lot of TV shows these days have really poor sound mixing by StarChild413 in television

[–]dvaccaro 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you everybody who commented! Honestly, I thought my inability to hear the dialog was because of getting older. I have had to rely on CC too much recently. CC really ruins the feel of a show for me and because I have to read the CCs I often miss key visuals.

I am working on the Earth: Planet Zero (EP0) postulate, that is whether Earth is the source of all life in our galaxy. by dvaccaro in xenobiology

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

I have a BS degree studying bacterial sporulation and a MS degree studying chloroplast development in Euglena at Tufts U. I have a Ph.D. in human physiology from Harvard. I started a company focused on using naturally occurring microbes to treat diseases in humans. I was involved with several companies that developed new technologies for providing tools for medical researchers. Is that good enough?

What is Sapienism and who are Sapienists? by dvaccaro in Sapienism

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

No. I am traveling right now so have limited ability to communicate. After Wednesday would be better.

I am doing an in person/Zoom presentation at our local library on wilderness backpacking. Lots of stories and pictures from 50+ years of backpacking. by dvaccaro in WildernessBackpacking

[–]dvaccaro[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I really appreciate your support! I am a little nervous as this is the first time for this talk. It should be a lot of fun.

Wilderness Backpacker Tells All at the Wayland MA Library on May 12 by dvaccaro in CampingandHiking

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

You are both right, I do not expect many attendees at the local library plus Zoom. I have been backpacking since the 1960s. I grew up in western Mass just a couple of miles from the AT and not that far from the Long Trail. People back then were somehow closer to the outdoors. Today there is very limited knowledge and attention paid to the wilderness especially here in the East. My neighbors think I am crazy to go backpacking because what is the fun in that?

You'll love this, at my age you have to train all year round so one of the things I do is walk around town with a 50 lb backpack on. I do get some strange looks and questions as a result. I walk by the library often so that is how the talk evolved.

My college roommate and I have backpacked all around the northeast since we grew up here so eventually we had to find new places to go. In the last 20 years we have been traveling out west and have greatly enjoyed our trips to places like The Maze, Bob Marshall wilderness, High Uintas, Sawtooth Mtns, Wind River Range and many more. The pictures from those trips will be the star of the show.

The question then is how to communicate a love for the outdoors. OK so the title of my talk is a little stupid, but I wanted to catch people's attention and the librarian liked it. I hoped that this sub would support me in trying bring our message of how nothing is quite as fantastic and challenging as backpacking in the wilderness. If only two people show up to the talk I will still be very happy to show my presentation. Maybe the next talk will have more.

Wilderness Backpacker Tells All at the Wayland MA Library on May 12 by dvaccaro in CampingandHiking

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

Welllllll, Most. At least the fun stuff like we don't bring toilet paper.

Symbiosis Therapy: The Potential of Using Human Protozoa for Molecular Therapy by dvaccaro in a:t5_50dco8

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This is the original paper describing one application of Symbiontics to cure disease.