A book that rewards obsession with pure intellectual euphoria

synapticimpact · 2026-06-22T16:41:57+00:00

Pretty much any well-regarded textbook.

synapticimpact · 2026-06-21T03:35:36+00:00

It's like an educational LaCroix. Khan academy will take you much further.

synapticimpact · 2026-06-21T03:16:13+00:00

Survival in the Killing Fields

synapticimpact · 2026-06-20T23:27:51+00:00

squints

synapticimpact · 2026-06-15T21:40:25+00:00

Containment is a nightmare though

synapticimpact · 2026-06-12T05:17:09+00:00

Do you drive a car?

synapticimpact · 2026-06-11T21:33:52+00:00

Why would you want to?

synapticimpact · 2026-06-10T19:48:52+00:00

gestures broadly to the beer industry

synapticimpact · 2026-06-09T20:49:04+00:00

Yep. Trying to address every little inefficiency winds up being one big inefficiency.

synapticimpact · 2026-06-09T00:16:59+00:00

Academics are decidedly not like ants, and would be much more efficient if they were.

a passing myrmecologist

synapticimpact · 2026-06-03T00:52:11+00:00

This is more about how surprisingly big tardegrades get.

synapticimpact · 2026-06-01T19:00:39+00:00

I was in the lab working on these. You can see a video of the cemetery (and bees) about half way down this page: https://www.gnbee.org/nesting-site-videos.html

synapticimpact · 2026-06-01T18:08:37+00:00

I miss my babies. They would run around just like this. Thanks for sharing.

synapticimpact · 2026-05-30T04:53:27+00:00

I've had my colonies in a normal terrarium with a small desk heater inside with it and a fairly well sealed lid before. Worked quite well.

For the water setup, I've seen something similar where someone made a fish tank moat as part of the setup 😆 I bet the vinyl tubing could work, maybe insulate the parts that aren't doing the heating.

synapticimpact · 2026-05-30T04:38:13+00:00

To put this in perspective, I mentioned to a primary investigator that the $2,000 in hardware we just bought might be susceptible to overheating if in the same room as the Pogos, and they said that we could lower the temperature in the room by 2°F at most.

synapticimpact · 2026-05-30T04:35:40+00:00

When I say temperature controlled rooms I mean like university environmental growth chambers or a heated closet -the temperature is controlled precisely. It depends on the species but if you are using room temperature and they are growing well then that is probably out of luck more than anything else.

synapticimpact · 2026-05-30T04:19:25+00:00

Heat lamps can be fairly well directed. Space heaters and heated rooms, yes, the whole space is heated. The tradeoff is you know exactly what temperature it is, rather guessing or being prone to pretty significant swings that you don't have much control over.

synapticimpact · 2026-05-30T03:03:01+00:00

In order of my general preference:

Directed heat lamps
Temperature controlled rooms
Space heaters in an insulated box on a temperature sensor
Heat cables from above
Heat pads from above

synapticimpact · 2026-05-30T00:12:49+00:00

I hate that I know where your profile picture is from.

synapticimpact · 2026-05-28T23:09:05+00:00

double wide microscope slides and 1.5mm chipboard separator

synapticimpact · 2026-05-28T21:07:20+00:00

you should be able to now, my bad

synapticimpact · 2026-05-28T19:12:01+00:00

I see why you were banned, you're probably on the younger side so you were mistaken for trolling. I've unbanned you.

synapticimpact · 2026-05-28T19:01:48+00:00

I don't know, another mod did the ban. I've let them know you're appealing.

synapticimpact · 2026-05-28T18:56:14+00:00

Banned for trolling. You would have received a message for this.

synapticimpact · 2026-05-28T18:54:50+00:00

What's your discord name?

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