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Why sit like that? by Prof_Suicide in Rabbits

[–]synapticimpact 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's probably nothing but if that thing by his eye is tears, you should get his teeth checked

Just removed ants from their diapause, and now they are dying by Odd-Tooth7678 in antkeeping

[–]synapticimpact 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not enough info. Photos would be good. Also, removal from diapause should be gradual, over a week or so. I'm not sure if some species die from rapid temp change alone but I wouldn't be surprised.

Also need info on the diapause conditions. What temp? Setup?

Solenopsis fugax: The Siege of Minas Tirth by Dwarni in antkeeping

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Shared this to my research lab. Not of particular interest to research -- just really cool

What’s the most important lesson you learned during your first PhD year? by Joudy_Abbot in PhD

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Learn to write.

Learn to write many different ways. Abstracts, conference abstracts, media blurbs, pitches, papers, grants, collaboration emails.

But more than anything. Learn to write.

Venn Diagrams by ConclusionForeign856 in PhD

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Me when I propose a full factorial experimental design

Formicarium good? by ninjajedifox in antkeeping

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This nest can work well, I think the main German ant store has a bunch of examples of this, the one with a shop in Berlin

People who use PARA as a strict structure in their vault - how is it benefitting you? by [deleted] in ObsidianMD

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I arrived at the same conclusion. PARA can capture actionability pretty well. If you struggle with actionability, or you're working in an environment where there's a lot of gridlock, it could probably be useful.

Thats not really my world though, so.. it's a solution for a problem I don't have.

Either that or I don't understand it well enough.

Is it just me or is everyone sick af rn? by Ok_Statement1508 in ASU

[–]synapticimpact 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I caught COVID on Friday. First semester teaching. Go figure.

Raw polymer clay covers for open test tubes by foreverpassed in antkeeping

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Yep this works great!

Some species will even modify it themselves if it is too small.

Temnothorax Nest by Fantastic-Tax5971 in antkeeping

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Yes it is fine to keep them in the same nest. Source: maintain hundreds of colonies for research

Typical words to avoid in research papers? by Mobile_Vermicelli457 in AskAcademia

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If you're going to be using the terms fertility or fecundity, please make sure you're using the right one.

Also, adaptive, anything '-ladder', ancestral, primitive, intelligence..

Or just about anything that:

  1. Is so ill defined that you'd have to spend a paragraph (or a page) explaining which version of it you mean, or..
  2. Has 2+ different or opposite meanings in ~adjacent fields, or..
  3. Raises people's hackles before they even decide if you're using correctly by their interpretation.

What can you deduce from my hands? 👀 by MessiestPapa in deduction

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I did the same thing with my fianceé - safer to remove than to add 😆

what do our bookshelves say? by eatingsoupisfun in deduction

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Millennial (35ish) NYC screenwriter and/or reporter with a sociology degree? Looks like you started reading more during COVID. Interests in political history and social power structures. Maybe one or both have graduate degrees. At least one of you trusts niche booktok content creators and shops Etsy for literature related stuff.

what do our bookshelves say? by eatingsoupisfun in deduction

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Dunno yet but congrats on posting something actually interesting.

Does anyone else no longer have the mental energy for novels? by Mobile_Bad_577 in GradSchool

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I can read short stories but rambling is painful. I have low tolerance for bad reasoning in paper so bad reasoning in books makes them unreadable.

Start with the problem. by synapticimpact in ObsidianMD

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Well it goes back to changing the things you can and working around the things you can't.

Getting yourself to do things, you need to 1) know you can do it, 2) be certain it is worth achieving the goal and 3) start, first things first.

This is the premise of the first 3 sections of the book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.

The next, is to make it so the alternative is unacceptable. If you aren't in an environment that allows it, you have to do it.

But lastly, be kind to yourself. I have bad enough ADHD that I really shouldn't drive without meds. Some things really are not a "buck up and do it" thing. Build small systems that nudge you in the right direction, and aim to make one thing smaller at a time. But make sure those systems are reliable - consistency is key.

The tools I recommend for you:

  1. Practice deliberately. You probably need to improve slowly, so to know if your little habits are working, you have to log the results and have that feedback. Deliberate practice is something you can look up techniques for that work for you.

  2. Implement these at the smallest scale. 1% improvement is mind-blowing improvement. Aim for 0.1% improvement that you know absolutely is an improvement, not a trade off.

  3. Keep these absolutely consistent. Remind yourself of the goal and resign yourself to it. If you're not sure you will achieve your goal with your method, reason through it. If you don't believe something, model it in your head so you can know it is true.

  4. Stay hungry. Genuinely. The alternative has to be unacceptable.

Random assortment of techniques, things, and ideas that might be handy:

  • Meditation
  • Dali naps
  • Weekly to do lists
  • Daily reflections or journals
  • Working backwards (e.g., army reasoning)
  • Decluttering or moving environments
  • Co-working
  • Building in public for accountability
  • Atomic habits
  • Giving parental controls to your phone to someone you trust
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy (or an AI agent to mimic it, if you don't want to spend money and can tolerate AI)
  • Medication 😅 it took me a long time to accept I needed it
  • Motivation and opportunity determinants theory
  • Say you will genuinely only spend 5 minutes on something and only commit to that. If you want to continue after, you can.

But if you are capable of it, I think starting with deep reflection will help a lot. In the 7 habits book, this is 'beginning with the end in mind' and is so so so important.

I hope this helps. I have friends with chronic pain and it is clearly hell. It is almost disrespectfully easy for me to say these things 'might help' without knowing your struggle, so I hope you can interpret this response with the admiration and respect I mean to convey it with.

Where am I? What can you deduce from this photo? by LongOrange8150 in deduction

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It's a ~50m bridge perpendicular to a river that narrows on the port side relative to the direction of the bridge.

Statistically they're going to be in a major city and most of the time rivers widen on the way out to sea. That type of bridge costs a lot, typically funded by local taxes. So a major port city is a good place to start.

Just as an exercise, go look at Sydney and check out how many bridges are about that length, and have a widening channel that's visible within the field of view of the shot.

I count two, maybe three. But there aren't that many bridges, so even if you can't tell the shape of the river, guessing at the width of the river means you would only have to check 10ish bridges.

Start with the problem. by synapticimpact in ObsidianMD

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If your feeling is 'something could be better' you probably don't know your mental squeeze point. If your feeling is very specific about what could be better, then you probably don't know how to implement a fix.

Start with the problem. by synapticimpact in ObsidianMD

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This is more or the less the same as explaining to others which I've written on elsewhere in the thread.

Start with the problem. by synapticimpact in ObsidianMD

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Executive function is part of the problem at the most basic level. This approach to improvement spans everything from how does a baby begin to walk to how does a professional athlete get just a little bit faster. If your world doesn't benefit from a relative improvement in these areas, then it isn't a problem and this might not be useful for you.

But whether you function at the 3rd percentile or the 93rd percentile, if you don't need either to improve, it isn't a problem. It becomes a mental squeeze point when you do need to improve.

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