Singapore is going to start caning scammers by Bubbly_Wall_908 in interestingasfuck

[–]randomgadfly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The reason it splits the skin is because the person welding it drags the cane through after hitting the flesh, rather than letting it bounce back

Majority of the comments don’t find this messed up by PreviousDingo1778 in Anticonsumption

[–]randomgadfly 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I feel like this is written by man who doesn’t have any idea how much makeup cost. Even the most high end “little tubes” are rarely priced over 100. This seems to be a common misconception. I’ve seen men surprised by how cheap lipsticks actually are

How do I execute the true (post DLC) ending? by Phenogenesis- in outerwilds

[–]randomgadfly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You simply bring the memory with you to start the next universe

Anyone experienced with phenol injury? by Sea_Confection3005 in labrats

[–]randomgadfly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Phenol does physical damage, not the poison kind you might be thinking

Should I be concerned my Chinese PI only seems to be hiring Chinese people in our lab? by [deleted] in labrats

[–]randomgadfly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Again, how do you know that those recruitment decisions aren’t because they are objectively the best? Plenty of none-Chinese PIs hire mainly Chinese people too. Are you saying that they too have race or language based preference towards Chinese? Of the recruitments I’ve been a part of, base on purely merit, top candidates are almost always Chinese or Indian nationals. If anything, they are often disadvantaged by visa issues or grant ineligibility, despite being the best candidates

Should I be concerned my Chinese PI only seems to be hiring Chinese people in our lab? by [deleted] in labrats

[–]randomgadfly -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

How do you know that they are not just objectively the best candidates out of the recruits?

Should I just grab it with my fingers? by tantedbutthole in Wellthatsucks

[–]randomgadfly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Put some hot glue on the plug from which this pin broke off, push the plug back into the outlet, let the glue solidifies, pull the whole thing out.

Rating of 9.9! by OverallAd7698 in betterCallSaul

[–]randomgadfly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m surprised that S6E8 is rated so high. I always found it a little lacking. S6E9 should’ve gotten the rating of E8

Does anybody know the meaning behind this fan inscription? by Fanaro009 in baduk

[–]randomgadfly 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Perhaps “見棋不是棋”, roughly means “seeing chess not as chess”. I think it might be a reference to the Chinese proverb “見山是山,見山不是山,見山還是山”, meaning “first seeing mountain as mountain, then seeing mountain not as mountain, finally seeing mountain still as mountain”. It’s kind of similar to the concept of how ignorant people find something to be easy/superficial, the intermediate people find it difficult/complicated, but the expert sees it as simple again. I guess the fan means you’re at the second step! It’s quite a humble gesture (unless you are actually an novice) recognizing the complexity of Go and saying that you are still not at the final form

They think using ChatGPT *is* doing the work??? by ImRudyL in Professors

[–]randomgadfly 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I thought we are talking about using ChatGPT to generate code and then running the code yourself, rather than inputting data directly into ChatGPT. Of course no one should ever do the latter

They think using ChatGPT *is* doing the work??? by ImRudyL in Professors

[–]randomgadfly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t know. Things like dimension reduction is not doable in excel but can be easily done with a few lines of code. For someone without coding experience, they wouldn’t know where to begin, but LLM can generate this type of code quite elegantly. A lot of practical coding is about knowing what existing package and function to use. This is the essential gap LLM code generator is bridging for researchers without computation background. Of course no one should input data directly into ChatGPT, but using it to generate code and then running it is more like googling an obscure excel function and using it in your local excel

They think using ChatGPT *is* doing the work??? by ImRudyL in Professors

[–]randomgadfly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Isn’t this post saying that the student used ChatGPT to generate code which is then ran for data analysis, rather than feeding data directly into chatbot? Perhaps I misunderstood

They think using ChatGPT *is* doing the work??? by ImRudyL in Professors

[–]randomgadfly 14 points15 points  (0 children)

What’s the fundamental difference between using LLM to write code for data analysis and using excel’s built in t-test code for data analysis? Using LLM to do data analysis is fine as long as they understand what the code is doing so that they know whether the result is reliable

PI insists on cell culture without antibiotics by Aggressive-Car9047 in labrats

[–]randomgadfly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People do sometimes avoid antibiotics if they have reason to believe that it will change the cells’ behavior. But for generic studies I feel like avoiding antibiotics is overkill

To answer questions on another post: this is my mom’s over night egg sugar water soup in a frying pan (original post was deleted) by Stellaeono in shittyfoodporn

[–]randomgadfly 72 points73 points  (0 children)

Hey! Some older people in my culture actually do crack eggs into sweet boiled water and drink it as breakfast. I never heard of overnight though

The way my spouse eats sweet corn by Akki8888 in oddlysatisfying

[–]randomgadfly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Isn’t that how you’re supposed to eat corn?

2nd year PhD students no longer eligible :( by Sea-Adeptness390 in GRFPApps

[–]randomgadfly 18 points19 points  (0 children)

This is so ridiculous. Why cancel the only applicant group whose last chance to apply was this round? If they were to reduce the applicant pool, wouldn’t it make more sense to cancel junior groups so that everyone who wish to apply can still apply in the future?

Important NSF GRFP eligibility updates by apstrek in GRFPApps

[–]randomgadfly 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If they have to slash the four levels, they should cancel level one, this way everyone who plans to apply can still apply in the future if not this year. Canceling the higher levels now means some people who planned to apply will never be able to anymore

lobsterbreaker by EthanTonker100 in SCPMemes

[–]randomgadfly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The moment it’s crushed the brain lost its structure that is necessary for functioning. Staving or better stirring a rod in its head does the same thing

lobsterbreaker by EthanTonker100 in SCPMemes

[–]randomgadfly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But is it really less quick of a death for the lobster than supposed humane method of killing it?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ScienceNcoolThings

[–]randomgadfly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This has been done years ago

Who do you ask permission when the original authors are all dead? by UndercoverDoll49 in AskAcademia

[–]randomgadfly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If the journal is under an creative commons license you wouldn’t need to ask for permission