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[–] [email protected] 3 points 14 hours ago

I get it but which definition came first? Sometimes I feel we should protest the sexualization of formerly innocent words.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 14 hours ago

Ah ok! I initially read that as Biowife, so I assumed there was a real pregnancy scare. And you know, Biowife as opposed to digital waifu or whatever.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Veganism definitely has terrible PR. But we also have to be wary of cherry picking the extremists from a movement as representatives of the whole.

I’d like to be 100% vegan, I’m not but I try. We started with weekday vegetarianism and went from there. Moderation is absolutely effective, IMO.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I’m so thankful the internet showed me how cute they are. The ones I’m familiar with are too small to see the facial features and proportions. But now that I know I think they’re super cute.

I don’t mind spiders at all but I can totally understand why people have arachnophobia. That’s why I find it hilarious that there’s this one species, a “jumping” species no less, that magically can flip from grotesque to cute.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I have faith it can be controlled within the project itself, I think politics has greater influence in the selection of what gets studied in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I think I’m going to concede the point. I was honestly more putting my momentum theory the test.

Also just saw this and thought of you and that you’re right :P

https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/comments/1lnnswv/surprise/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Yes but to be clear, I was joking.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Wow Cannon Fodder. I felt so bad for the guys that got wounded and just stayed there suffering.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago

They should control video games like they control guns.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Btw is $80 actually up from the oughts and 10s? I’ve had $80 as the price for the latest AAA game in my head forever and am continually surprised it hasn’t changed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

What if bias start to grow within academic institutions?

What if the public funding to those institutions influences which departments get more/less funding?

I actually am asking genuinely because I would be happy to know we can improve on what we’ve got.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I was thinking along your lines too, but have to concede the rebuttal as well. But I think we can still aim for the ideal of science proceeding as neutrally as possible once the funding is granted. Getting funding is the political interface. The question of “What should we do?” must be political, but “How should we do it?” can be left to science.

 

Whether you’re using a search engine or LLM, what are some keywords that help turn up more specific and/or richer content?

I was once taught to add the term “physiology” when looking up medical topics to turn up more content that doctors would consult.

Also the acronym “SEM” is great if you want to see microscopic images of things, even if they aren’t strictly performed by a Scanning Electron Microscope.

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