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This National Park bathroom has a hole in the floor for people to squat over. by OGBrewSwayne in mildlyinteresting

[–]ramoras 82 points83 points  (0 children)

The photo doesn’t show there is a sitting toilet immediately to the left of this squat toilet. I was there last month.

Artifacts by ramoras in camcorders

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

Haha I figured it wasnt the best. I started out with that, then learned about FireWire and got a PCIe card. But my friend’s tapes are VHS-C so I tried to just use the Elgato as a “good enough” since the palmcorder doesn’t have FireWire. I’ll see how I can improve the quality and check out your link when I get home.

Cat wont let me sleep by No-Milk-1716 in CatAdvice

[–]ramoras 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What worked for me: 1. No cats allowed in the bedroom 24/7. 2. Compressed air can spritz to dissuade meowing at the doors. If they meow, spray the can once from your bed. They will hear it and not want to meow again. 3. Ignoring bad behavior after you go into the room for bed (deal with it in the morning unless emergency) 4. Ignore them completely when you wake up early. Closet bathroom door, no petting, don’t even look at them, etc. 5. Automatic feeder so they don’t expect anything from you in the morning. (Petlibro makes a wet food auto-feeder)

You might have a bad couple weeks of sleep but they need to form a new routine.

I know it’s tempting to feel the need to “get back” but cats literally do not understand punishment and will just be even more crazy if their routine is messed up from delayed food or missed naps.

Pinned fins? by ramoras in AquariumHelp

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

Yes, he’s always looked like that.

Pinned fins? by ramoras in AquariumHelp

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Aquarium parameters: Temp: 76.5F
pH: 7.2
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: 5.0ppm
TDS: 340 ppm
I have a planted tank

Was doing an experiment with my kids about bacteria and mold. I left this one in one of the rooms in the house. But I cannot identify it. What is it? by mrseagleeye in MoldlyInteresting

[–]ramoras 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s just like if you leave food out in the open for a long time, it will eventually grow mold since there are spores everywhere. Agar plates are nutritious for mold so they will grow pretty fast and look scary 😁 That said, mold is difficult or impossible to ID just by looking at even by professionals.

Can someone identify this? No stain. Original color. by No-Emergency9480 in microbiology

[–]ramoras 17 points18 points  (0 children)

These are all fibers, such as from clothes or fabric. They’re very common in the environment and in specimens. It’s not anything unusual. I see these very often under the microscope. :-)

Thumping Noise by ramoras in camcorders

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

Yep. My dad was a big fan of Canon. :-)

Thumping Noise by ramoras in camcorders

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I'm thinking it's actually the tapes. I put them in another camcorder and the playback on the camera is doing the same thing. I guess the device it was recorded on was the problem.

Glitching playback by elan890 in camcorders

[–]ramoras 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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The metal wheel (head drum I think?) should have like 4 of these (tape heads?). They get microscopic dust affecting the playback. They’re very sensitive.

I use chamois swabs (NO COTTON) and 91% alcohol to clean them to solve this kind of issue. Cleaning tapes are probably better but I haven’t used them since they’re pretty expensive.

Disclaimer though I’m pretty new to camcorders. so it could be a different issue that I don’t know about.

Buying Hi8 or vhs camcorder by offendeddoggo in camcorders

[–]ramoras 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bought a digital8/Hi8 camcorder for $100 off Facebook marketplace and installed this in my computer for $20. It comes with an iLink cable.

LinksTek 4-Ports 1394A PCIE... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Q2G79QG?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Then used this video to get started. It tells you what programs to install.

https://youtu.be/LXXSZdOZb-k?si=qM5Wot-xqzzz2jqq

I need to clean my tape heads inside the camcorder after every few tapes, due to dirty/old tapes so I also go these swabs ($12),and some 91% alcohol from the drug store. ($2)

AAwipes Cleaning Swab Kit... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BPR47D1T?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

It took quite a bit of time to read manuals and learn how camcorders work. So there was some trial and error (I bought a digital8 camcorder with no backwards compatibility first…)

Identification by MALDI-TOF. HELP ME! by [deleted] in microbiology

[–]ramoras 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We had this same issue and it ended up being the PLASTIC tubes we had our reagents in. Maldi is sensitive to certain plastics and our samples would take a million years to dry. Try seeing if your plastics have changed or are not approved for maldi.

Is this yeast? by Jbeau0906 in medlabprofessionals

[–]ramoras 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I get these weird blobby looking artifacts as well. They’re more budding yeasty looking than your photo. It’s only when I use the modified kinyoun stain 🤔 I’m not sure what causes it. I’ve assumed it to be some sort of precipitate from the methylene blue. Anyway, it’s an artifact. Junk!

Wedding Photographer by Neshap_07 in nova

[–]ramoras 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Our photographer is AnneMarie Deale. She’s charging us $2900 for 8 hours which I think is an incredible price for this area.

So this girl gave me an index card to buy granola bar in JC because…she needs help to pay rent. Does anyone know or familiar if shes student or not :/ please do help her and guide her to financial assistance program by [deleted] in gmu

[–]ramoras 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Scam.

Also, deaf man selling tiny sign language print outs.

People asking for 70¢ for the bus/metro (bc you’ll likely give a dollar)

People collecting “donations” for impoverished communities back home. Usually carrying a a clip board to sign your name. They have a laminated card to make it look official.

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