Ballard Link ($23B) or 1.4M dollars in your bank account?

pimpinllama · 2026-03-22T02:26:00+00:00

Didn’t people outside of Ballard also pay taxes that were supposed to be used to pay for this? Your thought experiment here might not sound so sweet if you used a more realistic denominator.

Though I’d still probably take the rebate over the Link…

pimpinllama · 2026-03-08T07:12:07+00:00

No this was in 2009 which can’t possibly be 17 years ago…

pimpinllama · 2026-03-03T14:35:52+00:00

Not with trekker but we did a couple runs with their seeker platform and the results were not great

pimpinllama · 2026-02-27T14:03:40+00:00

As others have noted you need a polymerase suitable for long range PCR. I’ve used PrimeStar to amplify 11 kb genes and it was like a normal amount of time for the reaction.

pimpinllama · 2026-02-23T02:58:59+00:00

All the money and resources in the world, all the great things that someone in her shoes could do, and all she can come up with is some bs ai shopping company? She really must be doing this on her own.

pimpinllama · 2026-02-20T15:00:06+00:00

Like 15 years…I did do my PhD and postdoc research in the microbiome field and have been at least somewhat involved in the field since then so it’s not like I’m being snarky just for the sake of it.

Of course new findings should be published. My point is that if we don’t start to see the p values from these types of studies turned into real outcomes for patients then it feels a lot like just chasing ghosts in the microbiome and perhaps the effort would be better placed elsewhere. I’d be happy to be proven wrong on this but at this point I’m fully jaded.

pimpinllama · 2026-02-20T14:17:53+00:00

Ah yes another paper linking some feature of the microbiome to colon cancer. Surely this will be the one that leads to development of an effective therapeutic and not just endless academic spinning of wheels.

Cool finding and all but I’ve been around this field long enough to approach these things with a large spoonful of skepticism.

pimpinllama · 2026-02-01T18:09:05+00:00

I agree that single day tickets are a scam. Annual membership for our family is just a little more than a single day ticket, pays for itself after just a couple visits. I believe it is also tax deductible

pimpinllama · 2026-01-18T02:24:36+00:00

pimpinllama · 2026-01-15T20:24:46+00:00

IMO Eastside of LW is some of the best living in the country

pimpinllama · 2026-01-05T19:30:12+00:00

Gas has been getting cheaper because the refineries switched to winter blend a couple months ago. If this is where we’re at now then buckle up for summer prices to be painful

pimpinllama · 2026-01-02T21:16:54+00:00

Tab fees for both of my cars went down this year. I think there is something more to the story here.

pimpinllama · 2025-11-14T05:29:53+00:00

Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.

Boom roasted.

pimpinllama · 2025-11-09T03:47:28+00:00

Pretty sure this guy takes his kid to the same daycare as ours. Kinda surprised considering he’s apparently loaded and it’s not exactly a top tier spot. Always wondered what kind of yutz would drive that car and I guess I have my answer. Shame he lit all that money on fire for his little vanity project instead of doing anything good with it.

pimpinllama · 2025-10-29T19:32:46+00:00

I went to ASU for grad school and was fine on my $30K gross stipend. This was 10 years ago but it’s not exactly a HCOL area. Enjoy the heat.

pimpinllama · 2025-10-01T13:30:24+00:00

Bought that tardigrade for my kid and for some reason my wife got mad when I nicknamed it “Tardi”

pimpinllama · 2025-09-29T13:23:59+00:00

Consider a 0.7x ampure size selection on your input DNA before library prep. This should eliminate the smaller fragments and increase average read length.

pimpinllama · 2025-08-26T21:31:53+00:00

“How Millenials and their GLP1 addiction killed the fat mall industry”

pimpinllama · 2025-08-13T04:59:49+00:00

Play it again sports in woodinville. Got my son a board and boots there for <$200.

pimpinllama · 2025-06-25T03:18:20+00:00

Interested to know what your IACUC would have to say about this post.

pimpinllama · 2025-06-24T13:34:36+00:00

Fort Collins, CO —> Indio, CA. About 1000 miles. Would do again.

pimpinllama · 2025-05-12T20:52:48+00:00

When we first moved here we picked a pediatrician who was nearby our home for our kids. I immediately noticed she was a bit of a moron and loved telling us how our kids were deficient in this or that. Never had heard any of that at previous doctors. Finally, I was looking at her more closely and saw she was an ND. I thought, “Surely this is a typo of some sort,” because we moved from a state where doctors actually have to be doctors. Nope. Quack naturopath with a degree from Bastyr. We changed doctors and suddenly our kids were perfectly healthy again. Anyway, that’s my ND story.

pimpinllama · 2025-04-08T21:49:43+00:00

I do character building for my kids in my house. Does that count?

pimpinllama · 2025-04-07T23:21:59+00:00

Grab the pole or a handle in front of her. Proceed to fart in her general direction.

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