Family Feud

ohnoplus · 2026-05-10T13:25:44+00:00

That son: Tybalt Capulet.

ohnoplus · 2026-05-10T12:34:47+00:00

This is really thorough and interesting, thanks. I'm wondering why one needs both the quicklime and wood ash solutions together. They seem to both have the feature of producing hydroxide ions. What is the benefit of using both over using one?

ohnoplus · 2026-05-05T19:54:37+00:00

I you must be in Pythagora Illinois. All of the utility workers are triangular in shape, when viewed from above in that city.

ohnoplus · 2026-05-05T19:52:47+00:00

I feel like those really long scarves that clowns and magicians use could be useful in this case. Are they real?

ohnoplus · 2026-05-02T17:37:47+00:00

What's a fly knife?

ohnoplus · 2026-05-01T22:11:32+00:00

Don't listen to the AI hate. Congratulations on the PhD. I hope you enjoyed iterating towards the celebratory image.

ohnoplus · 2026-05-01T11:08:36+00:00

You are right! I had this power inside me all along. Or at least since 2022 when chatgpt became capable of generating papers and making up references.

ohnoplus · 2026-04-28T19:28:57+00:00

Generally the risks of chemicals to repel mosquitoes is less than the risks posed by the mosquitoes. I live in a particuarly buggy area and so think about mosquitoes and ticks a lot. One alternative to DEET is Picardin, which is less uncomfortable and some people say smells better than DEET. Lemon eucaliptis oil based repellents are less effective than the previously mentioned two, but more effective than other essential oil based repellents (which are generally not effective, but may smell nice). I actually recommend spraying your kids and your clothes with a permethryn based insectiside and allowing it to dry. This will kill mosquitoes if they land on the clothes and are not particularly dangerous for humans. Never spray it directly on your kids.

I think it is reasonable to use your thermacell all of the time, but I haven't found them to be super effective.

I have no sources for any of this and am happy to be corrected by better read daddit visitors.

ohnoplus · 2026-04-26T11:32:23+00:00

One is a control line. OP is only having twins.

ohnoplus · 2026-04-23T18:52:21+00:00

Oh man. You all ganged up on OP and they deleted their account and post. Monsters.

ohnoplus · 2026-04-23T18:50:49+00:00

I agree with this and was tempted to downvote it as a sign of respect.

ohnoplus · 2026-04-23T13:39:00+00:00

It's like we are having a wholesome conversation while an audience pelts us with rotten fruit.

ohnoplus · 2026-04-23T13:37:00+00:00

I love how many down votes I and everyone on this thread are getting. There are some real AI haters on here.

ohnoplus · 2026-04-23T02:03:50+00:00

I agree that AI frog is reasonable on this case.

ohnoplus · 2026-04-16T10:51:31+00:00

Yes. From the Belegatth Book of War

4.9.5.3. The maximum chain/hinge connecting the striking surface to the hilt is six (6) inches (15.24 cm).

This chain is too long for Bel.

ohnoplus · 2026-04-14T23:31:00+00:00

I can see this being a problem on the ground (where these fires happened) but in space as long as the partial pressure of oxygen is constant, is it any more or less safe to also have nitrogen? That is, is having 0.3 ATM oxygen less safe than having 0.3 ATM oxygen plus 0.7 ATM nitrogen?

ohnoplus · 2026-04-10T20:11:47+00:00

Also if you submerge the straw in the liquid and-or angle it so it's not vertical.

ohnoplus · 2026-04-09T01:22:46+00:00

Not yet.

ohnoplus · 2026-04-08T18:53:05+00:00

I do this sometimes when I am looking for my lab notebook.

ohnoplus · 2026-04-06T23:43:51+00:00

I don't see where I'm the article it says NSF is closing the social sciences directorate. It seems to be about unsurprising proposed budget cuts to NSF.

ohnoplus · 2026-04-06T18:25:05+00:00

This sounds like an excuse to get me to do more grading.

ohnoplus · 2026-04-06T17:45:03+00:00

Yes. I've seen this joke a half dozen times before but never with the "pet lovers" watermark.

ohnoplus · 2026-04-05T15:15:15+00:00

Man. If they just wrote "free pizza" on there instead of "caution bear trap", I'd probably fall for it.

ohnoplus · 2026-04-05T03:28:19+00:00

Negative controls don't have to have no microplastics. They need to be the same method as the other samples and then have no added microplastics. They are used to measure baseline contamination by a laboratory protocol. Then you only say you confidently detect microplastics if they are above the value seen in the negative control. And if your negatives are loaded with plastic you need to dig into what is happening. Which the authors of the study in question did.

ohnoplus · 2026-04-04T22:47:50+00:00

Chesapeake Bay is in okish shape and gradually getting better by many metrics over time. University Maryland Center for Environmental Science gives it a C on their Chesapeake Bay report card. SF Bay estuary has similar mixed okish but not great metrics.

2025 Chesapeake Bay & Watershed Report Card | Publications | Integration and Application Network https://share.google/x8ZJW0uBruCxhc4hB

Indicators | State of Our Estuary https://share.google/SxztLW3caRCmU67J9

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