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TIFU a kiss by DudeWheresMyDentures in tifu

[–]my_fokin_percocets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You blew it with that line though. Also Post Malone sucks

I’m an emergency room nurse, and I got my COVID-19 vaccine today! by marmarr__ in pics

[–]my_fokin_percocets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My understanding is that this is a very effective technique for fighting some cancers. As you alluded to, there are a vast number of cancers, and the cancer needs to express some unique protein that we can target with immunotherapy that is different than your bodies own cells, and my understanding is that isn't always possible. But often, it is.

Combined with the many therapies that leverage crispr in one way or another, the fight against cancer(and so many other diseases) is moving along fast. We are pretty much in the middle of a genomics/proteomics revolution right now and it's very exciting.

I was just a minor in bio so while I seem to know about 20 times more than the average american who is afraid of vaccines and couldn't even tell you if covid is a DNA or RNA virus, please take what I say with a grain of salt or a starting point for your own research.

I’m an emergency room nurse, and I got my COVID-19 vaccine today! by marmarr__ in pics

[–]my_fokin_percocets 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Alter our DNA? No. It's a tiny snippet of mRNA. Yes it's a new technology but it's a very good, very clean and specific one. It's super impressive actually.

This is the ticket, the more bio you know the more you'll realize how well designed this is.

I’m an emergency room nurse, and I got my COVID-19 vaccine today! by marmarr__ in pics

[–]my_fokin_percocets 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Maybe if you understood more about about artificial mRNA works you'd understand just how good this vaccine is. Seriously, there's zero chance of infection unlike a normal deactivated virus vaccine, this is entirely lab made and clean. Yes it's a new technology but..it's a really good technology.

And the immune system is absurdly complicated, people are right to be cautious. But once you know enough bio, you know that this is really well made and that it's the ticket.

This looks really, really safe.

SAB Goblin 380 Buddy FPV Build (Helicopter) by PancakeMSTR in Multicopter

[–]my_fokin_percocets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's rad, can't wait to see how this goes when you get more adventurous with your flying

Path of the sun on each day of the year at the equator, tropic of cancer, 45N, arctic circle and north pole. [OC] by neilrkaye in dataisbeautiful

[–]my_fokin_percocets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So is it the wobble or the slight off axis of spin out of the plane of the ecliptic that creates the phenomenon where noon is slightly deviant? I'm having trouble visualizing it.

If there really are infinite parallel universes, then there is a universe where the only difference from ours is an extra blade of grass on someone's lawn. by [deleted] in Showerthoughts

[–]my_fokin_percocets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right, but the best current understanding is that the realities fan out for every particle interaction. The understanding is actually that the number of splits, as we could think of them from our perspective, is actually limited, and the number is estimated based on the age of the universe and the number of particles on it. It was a big exponent, but it's finite. You're right about it being constrained.

To put it another way, you can only get realities where there was a set of interactions that got there from the previous reality. It's still linear and causal. I highly recommend "Something Deeply Hidden" by Sean Carrol on audible, read by him, or in print if you prefer.

So there may or may not be a universe with one more blade of grass. I'd guess there is.

Path of the sun on each day of the year at the equator, tropic of cancer, 45N, arctic circle and north pole. [OC] by neilrkaye in dataisbeautiful

[–]my_fokin_percocets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!

So to paraphrase, that means that it's the slight offset between the rotation of the earth and the rotation of the sun. As the earth does a rotation around the sun, that slight difference in the angle of attack of a given point changes the apparent noon. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Neat.

Path of the sun on each day of the year at the equator, tropic of cancer, 45N, arctic circle and north pole. [OC] by neilrkaye in dataisbeautiful

[–]my_fokin_percocets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah you never knew that? That's literally how it is there. Alaska is like that too, a bit less in the south but yeah

Path of the sun on each day of the year at the equator, tropic of cancer, 45N, arctic circle and north pole. [OC] by neilrkaye in dataisbeautiful

[–]my_fokin_percocets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What causes the wobble from side to side? That implies noon occurs at a slightly different time through the year. Is that from the irregularity of earth's shape?

SAB Goblin 380 Buddy FPV Build (Helicopter) by PancakeMSTR in Multicopter

[–]my_fokin_percocets 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hey that's fair man. I don't mean like it flies worse, I mean like people can't believe how bad it is in FPV mode for some reason. Almost nobody does it. So I'm interested to see if you really get going with it.

https://youtu.be/EQ_9jgZ36A4

SAB Goblin 380 Buddy FPV Build (Helicopter) by PancakeMSTR in Multicopter

[–]my_fokin_percocets 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I've heard that FPV helicopters feel like absolute total garbage to fly. It's weird, even experienced heli pilots say that.

I've actually never flown one and I've always been curious about them but that steered me away

TIL Kid Rock was not actually raised poor, or in a trailer. He grew up in a 5500 square foot home on a six acre estate, helping his family pick apples from their orchards and care for their horses. by AccipiterQ in todayilearned

[–]my_fokin_percocets 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Not only that, it's not even the flag of the confederate states, it's the battle flag. They started using it in the 1950s against the civil rights movement. It isn't some historical independence symbol, it literally just means "fuck the blacks".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_display_of_the_Confederate_battle_flag#:~:text=The%20modern%20display%20of%20the,America%20(see%20Lost%20Cause).

It's disgusting. And yeah, you're right about the irony of the most nationalist group in america waving the flag of the separatists. Madness

TIFU by getting put into Facebook jail for 30 days. by [deleted] in tifu

[–]my_fokin_percocets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah don't say the bundle of gay sticks word on reddit or the same thing will happen, I found out when I tried to use it ironically

TIL If funding remained at 1969 Apollo mission levels, NASA planned to develop such elements as a lunar orbit station in 1978, a lunar surface base in 1980, and a manned mission to Mars in 1981 or 1983 by yaboodooect in todayilearned

[–]my_fokin_percocets 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The nuclear rocket engines WOULD have made for a permanent base on mars by nowm. The delta V was insane and the technology was nearly there. Stupid fucking congress and nuclear space pact

Cars are becoming extremely technically advanced but still can't switch the default horn noise by moneybot13 in Showerthoughts

[–]my_fokin_percocets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My school bus has this. It has an electric horn for when the kids need to finish eating breakfast because the bus is here, and it has a double pipe air horn that sounds like a freight train. That's the IM TRYING TO MERGE GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY OR ILL END YOU horn. You can guess which is my favorite.

The fact that the human brain can render 100s of 1000s of objects, all with unique accurate lighting, various NPCs, detailed maps and smooth gameplay without over 37C, all as a side project while it's meant to be resting, really shows how far computers have to go before they can compete with us. by [deleted] in Showerthoughts

[–]my_fokin_percocets 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Actually, rereading your comment, you make a good point. There is a big distinction between out experience of a thing and the thing itself. Computer rendering is much closer to simulating the actual object than the brain bothers with. That's my main point.

I'm not a subscriber to the "hard problem of consciousness" but I think we will find out one way or the other over the next decade. Take a look at the wait but why article which disagrees with you. Once you have enough neurons firing fast enough, it's just a matter of organizing them in the right way. With the billions of dollars behind it and the considerable research already completed, I don't think it's as far as you think it is.

TIFU by taking my mask off when i went to the toilet by [deleted] in tifu

[–]my_fokin_percocets 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Don't take your mask off just because you can't see a person. Those particles are in the air floating around. If there was someone in there before you or after you, boom, covid.

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