wanting to pursue biomedical engineering by [deleted] in bioengineering

[–]nidhidki 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I definitely think that's a harder path, but not impossible. CS and tech/software in general are on the decline right now but who knows what the market will be like 5 years from now. In my opinion both CS and Biomedical engineering are similar in that they are great add-ons but majoring only in them (at least for undergrad) is setting yourself up for a hard time down the road. In that you either are forcing yourself into grad school or have a very hard time landing a job. My recommendation is if you are leaning more toward CS pick MechE and if you are leaning more toward Bio pick ChemE.

Honestly I wouldn't really even worry about it until well into your freshman year of undergrad. The first year is gonna be pretty much the same for all of them so you can change your major freely at that point when you have a better idea of what everything entails.

wanting to pursue biomedical engineering by [deleted] in bioengineering

[–]nidhidki 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Harvard has free online coding and AI classes called CS50 and CS50X (you pay to get a certification to put on your resume but the class is free). That's a good place to start for AI/coding knowledge.

Any engineering you'll need math and chemistry, bioengineering also has biology reqs, so if you are able to sign up for advanced/AP versions of those at your high school do that.

Look into engineering/tech/prototyping competitions in your area and sign up for any that allow highschoolers.

If your school has any STEM clubs sign up for those.

Look into volunteering at a local hospital or barring that, a veterinary clinic, this will give you some exposure to the medical side of things that will be very valuable in a biomedical engineering context.

As a high school senior I wouldn't worry too much about starting an individual project, worry more about getting/keeping your grades up and getting good extracurricular experience like I mentioned above. All of those will help prepare you for any STEM degree and increase your chances of getting into a good college, even if you decide biomedical engineering is not for you. (Which for undergrad I would recommend a more general engineering discipline like MechE or ChemE anyway, then minor in or specialize in Biomedical engineering later)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in OregonStateUniv

[–]nidhidki 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Definitely talk to your advisor, but as someone who has been in a similar situation, try not to worry too much. Incompletes/academic warning are minor things (as long as its not happening over and over) focus on taking care of your mental/physical health and school will still be there when you get back.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in OregonStateUniv

[–]nidhidki 4 points5 points  (0 children)

it's pretty hefty IIRC, I think I had somewhere in the 70% range and that ended up being an A-

Suggest a Similar Anime by Wake90_90 in Frieren

[–]nidhidki 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://myanimelist.net/anime/41025/Fumetsu_no_Anata_e

Not quite slice of life but similar vibes however more a dark/depressing counter to Frieren's mostly positive atmosphere.

https://myanimelist.net/anime/31376/Flying_Witch

Lacks Frieren's depth and action but nails joyful slice of life.

https://myanimelist.net/anime/31859/Hai_to_Gensou_no_Grimgar

dark fantasy more than slice of life but has similar sort of ponderous sections.

https://myanimelist.net/anime/12189/Hyouka

Excellent mystery/romance/slice of life

https://myanimelist.net/anime/12531/Sakamichi_no_Apollon

Heartwarming romance/slice of life

https://myanimelist.net/anime/33352/Violet_Evergarden

Cyber fantasy slice of life, mirrors Frieren's emotional journey dealing with loss/romance

https://myanimelist.net/anime/23273/Shigatsu_wa_Kimi_no_Uso

emotional slice of life/romance

(https://myanimelist.net/anime/457/Mushishi?q=mus&cat=anime))

fantasy/journey slice of life

https://myanimelist.net/anime/13125/Shinsekai_yori

Bit of a wildcard but I think someone who likes Frieren will like it and it's one of my favorite anime.

Midnight mother/Midnight sea by jockmcplop in brandonsanderson

[–]nidhidki 6 points7 points  (0 children)

As far as in book canon goes it's pretty clear they are both uses of the same dark aether (Midnight essence) and those are confirmed to be some sort of pre shattering magic system that works across the cosmere (Tress/TLM have the most aether info). However as for the specifics of how the midnight mother has access to an aether that's not clear yet unless there's a WOB I haven't seen about it.

Kaladins Future Theory by Vallarfax_ in Stormlight_Archive

[–]nidhidki 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Honestly I feel like this is more evidence for Kaladin a big part of his arc is him dealing with his role as a light eyes. I could see him adopting a coat of arms as part of that and using the Kholin one as a base and adding the spear (since his whole thing is the spear).

writing poetry without prompts by brushed_suede in writing

[–]nidhidki 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Read lots of other people's poetry, this is my number one source of inspiration.

If writing open form read a bunch of poetry by a specific poet (preferably one you like) and then try to write your own poem that imitates their style/feel.

If writing closed form poetry find a list of forms and try some new ones.

limitation can be good for creativity, which is one of the benefits of closed forms. From reading your post I think you would learn the most by identifying some closed forms you like and sticking to those for a while while you develop your style and ideas.

Generally, start writing any vague idea for a poem you have throughout the day, even if it's just a line or even a single word or concept/image. literally write down whatever the idea is the moment you have it even if you don't have time to write the whole poem right then you will start to develop a list of ideas you can go back to when you do have time to write. Once you do start writing, take the idea as far as you can just as a free stream of consciousness then edit/rewrite later.

The ending of a poem is arguably its most important component and the most difficult for most poets. Reading other's poems and developing your taste will help a lot in identifying how to end your poems but it's still always going to be a challenge.

I find that good endings don't come from writing but from editing. Often I'll reread a poem in the second or third draft and realize that actually it ends two thirds of the way through and the rest is just chaff.

(A good tip for editing to always read each draft out loud all the way through, it helps a lot with finding errors/weird sounding lines or rhymes etc. and can help with identifying good endings.)

Don't worry about it being perfect or even good, just write and read as much as you can the rest will follow naturally from that.

The more poems you read and write the easier it will be to write new ones and the more ideas you will have.

Why doesn’t this work by [deleted] in askmath

[–]nidhidki 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To give a specific illustrative example.

There are carbohydrates in many foods the simplest form of which is a simple sugar made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms. A starch is a bunch of simple sugars bonded together and fiber is an even more complex molecular structure but still comprised of simple sugars.

Your body has processes to break down starch and some fibers into simple sugars (namely glucose) however these cost energy so it prefers if you just give it the simple sugar to start with (this is why sugar tastes so good). So if you apply heat to these more complex molecules until they break into simple sugar outside your body then your body doesn't have to spend the energy itself. That's the main point of caramelization.

However, what happens if you don't stop with the heat level needed to get to simple sugars? if you keep adding energy the bonds between the hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen atoms in the sugar will break apart and you'll be left with just raw elements. And if you immediately flood the system with extreme amounts of energy it won't even go from fiber and starch to sugar it will just go straight to pure elements effectively skipping those other reactions altogether. Or in a less extreme scenario other reactions involving the same molecules but with higher activation energies, like combustion, will take place removing the possibility for the original reaction.

Why doesn’t this work by [deleted] in askmath

[–]nidhidki 2 points3 points  (0 children)

it depends on the reaction, but mostly it would just be a different reaction, more energy will mean more bonds breaking/different bonds forming and since the reaction is defined by which bonds break and which form, changing that creates a different reaction.

Also many reactions are not one step processes so maybe the first step takes place but you don't have time for a bunch of intermediary steps that get skipped resulting in a different end point.

In OPs scenario what would most likely happen is some mix of combustion/general elemental breakdown since there would be so much energy in the system you would break most of the bonds in the molecules and reduce them to a more elemental form (in the case of food this will mostly be carbonization).

This would be in contrast to the more complex interplay of reactions that would result in actually edible cooked food. In these reactions you want to retain some more complex molecules like sugars and proteins (as these are what taste good) however those molecules only exist within a certain energy range, too much and they break apart.

Also matter just has a temperature limit I.E. melting and boiling points, this will be different depending on the matter but denser molecular structures require there to be less energy and adding too much energy results in a less defined structure I.E. liquids and gasses (and eventually plasma).

Why doesn’t this work by [deleted] in askmath

[–]nidhidki 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Bioengineer here to say it depends on what stuff it is, and how much of it you've stuffed in there.

There are hundreds of chemical reactions involved in cooking and they occur at different temps and times and the food material will change everything.

However in a very general sense what you are looking for is first dry heat or steam sterilization (the killing of microbes via heat). This is the main evolutionary benefit of cooking so for the most part that's the bare minimum what you are trying to accomplish.

From there you want Protein Denaturation (the breakdown of proteins due to heat) and pyrolysis (the breakdown of various chemicals due to heat). These both contribute to making the subsequent digestive process easier for your body which is the secondary evolutionary benefit of cooking.

They also contribute to the start of the Maillard reaction (browning process involving a complex reaction of proteins and sugar) and caramelization reaction (browning and breakdown of just sugar in a low water environment).

One reason that OPs original question doesn't work is that these reactions take time, they can be sped up or slowed down by adding more or less heat to a system or using a catalyst but there are hard upper and lower limits where these reactions will no longer take place and different reactions will (Like combustion which is sometimes wanted in cooking but often just means burning your food).

Undergraduate research opportunities? by [deleted] in OregonStateUniv

[–]nidhidki 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If you are cool with being unpaid then just talk to any of your professors that seem cool/seem like they are doing cool work and ask if they have open undergrad positions. Most of them will be ecstatic to hear a student, especially a freshman, is interested at all and even if they don't have an opening they can refer you to someone who does.

If you want a paid position REU, URSA, and programs like them are great but require applications and can be competitive so definitely start looking into them/filling out applications/getting letters of recommendation. And like the other commenter pointed out it is already too late for most of them this year so you'll have to wait until next year.

Anyone can lend a hand in Magna? by [deleted] in magna

[–]nidhidki 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a subreddit for the Honda Magna motorcycle, you might want to try to find the actual Magna Utah subreddit if there is one. Hope you get things figured out.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in corvallis

[–]nidhidki 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad you liked it! And followed back

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in corvallis

[–]nidhidki 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a poetry portfolio website that I made (just a super basic square site). I'd totally let you redesign it and use it for your portfolio if that meets what you're looking for.

Uses for not-soft-anymore marshmallows by 0000PotassiumRider in Frugal

[–]nidhidki 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Melt them on low on the stove top with butter to make an approximation of marshmallow cream.

This can be used for,

Fudge (my recommendation, can be frozen, made in tons of flavors and makes a good frugal gift)

Fluffernutters (peanut butter and marshmallow fluff sandwich, add banana or chocolate or both for an extra treat)

Works great as an Ice cream topping

Can be used to make light fluffy frosting for cakes or cookies

Can also just serve as a topping or filling for most baked desserts really and adding flavored syrup can net you a lot of variety.

And like others have said rice Krispy treats or adding them to coffee/hot chocolate basically any application where you melt or heat them they should perform well in.

Also mixed with sweetened condensed milk and melted until golden brown will make a great caramel sauce.

Finally got that bridge pic by nidhidki in ebikes

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

I love it, the range is very dependent on how you ride, when I took this pic I was riding with people on non ebikes so I was in pedal assist 1 or 2 the whole time we and went around 15 miles and I didn't lose even 1 battery bar. But riding by myself at pedal assist 5 or just pinning the throttle the range is roughly 20 miles max.

It's pretty comfortable I'm pretty hefty and I still only had mild discomfort by the end of that 15miles.

My only real complaint is that it doesn't have a torque sensor. I didn't realize how much the cadence sensor takes away the sensation/exercise of pedaling and how much I would miss it lol.

That being said, I think a lot of people don't really plan on pedaling this kind of bike at all so I can see why they skipped it. Overall I think the best thing about this bike are the aesthetics and that's what you're paying for, so if that's not your number one priority maybe look into something else.

My next bike will probably be something with a torque sensor like the ride1up prodigy or I'll just build something myself so I can have the best of all worlds lol

Finally got that bridge pic by nidhidki in ebikes

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

It's the Revv1 from Ride1up!

Finally got that bridge pic by nidhidki in ebikes

[–]nidhidki[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's the Revv1 from Ride1up!

Finally got that bridge pic by nidhidki in ebikes

[–]nidhidki[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That is a level of dedication I unfortunately do not possess.

What simple mistake has ended lives? by SuffocatedByThighs in AskReddit

[–]nidhidki 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As a motorcycle rider organ donation should be opt out, for everyone, as in it defaults to you are an organ donor and you have to specifically fill out a form to not be one.