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What was something that your supervisor said that stuck with you? Hi all, I am wondering what was something that someone in a position of power said to you that made a lasting impression on you. This could be something positive like they gave you advice or negative that made you realize a red flag in a superior.

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hr6d1xi

Not a supervisor, some random guy who looked just like John waters at an airport: "Don't get in the thick of thin things"

A couple of things- the one that sticks out the most I have actually heard from multiple people: "being promoted in or into leadership teaches you what is important and what you can let drop on the floor". I thought it was a great thing the first time I heard it, but the longer I am actually in leadership roles the worse it sounds. If you are letting things drop that are assigned to you, you are either too inefficient, a poor delegator, or have other issues that you should work through like saying yes too much.

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askengineers_train

Is all manufacturing engineering the same? I graduated from college just over a year ago with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering technology and found myself working in a steel mill. I show up and they tell me I am going to be a project manager. 6 months in and I'm managing about 7 electricians. Not a bad gig but my issue with that is that what I do daily is so mind-numbingly boring, I can't do any work on things in the field due to it being a strong union environment, most of the people I manage have a holier-than-thou attitude and don't appreciate, to put it lightly, when I tag along to see how certain tasks get done, and I can't program PLCs (I minored in industrial controls so programming PLCs is kind of my thing). Not to mention the extreme amount of hours I am obligated to work. 40-45 is normal (I'm not complaining about that) but some months it's 50-60 (this is an issue IMO). They do pay for hours worked over in that case but id honestly rather have the time off. Suffice to say I feel that I'm not allowed to be involved in the process and am just thrown a small project that doesn't feel meaningful like "install some radar sensors" that requires me to go to an electrician and tell him that we want to install them and let him figure it out how he wants to mount everything. My question boils down to this: if I begin looking for different opportunities at another factory/plant should I expect a similar experience? Am I being ungrateful? I don't want to fall prey to the "I got an engineering degree and I'm not doing any engineering" trope but I got an EET degree to get my hands dirty but instead I find myself watching other people get dirty. TLDR: Are all EE jobs in manufacturing exclusively about project management or can I actually help solve problems with active involvement?

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ih9jof9

No

6 months in? No, jobs at different places or even slightly different jobs in the same company can be vastly different. Try a non-union plant, that sounds like the first place you went wrong if you want to get your hands dirty. You’re starting to learn the basics of why some workers don’t like unions. Do consider yourself lucky that they pay overtime and you work max 60hr a week, that’s not entirely normal.

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askculinary_train

How do you organize your spices? By use? Alphabetically? Putting most paired together? My spice shelf is a mess and I end up digging around for a while before finding what I need. How do you do it?

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fpsvfk5

I saved up and splurged on glass jars with magnetic lids. They're now on the side of my refrigerator, grouped by what is used together most commonly. So... coriander, cumin, oregano, chili powder, and cayenne. Cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, allspice, star anise turmeric, cardamon It kind of ends up with this Venn diagram-like structure because there's some overlap in use. (Which reminds me, it's all disorganized lately, time to clean it up.)

I have a space on the counter near the stove and prep area where I put the most common 10-12 that I use every meal (salt, pepper, chili flakes, mushroom powder, MSG, etc.), and then I have a rack in my cabinet for the rest and for bulk refills. I could definitely be more organized, but this system seems to work pretty well.

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askengineers_train

Is it very common to have significantly more work than you can realistically get to? Even my boss says that my workload would be beat shared between 2-3 engineers.

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hb6iqh9

Depends on what you mean by "have" -- if it all *has* to get done in the same amount of time, that certainly happens, but isn't that common. If some of it will get cut or put off as deadlines loom, that's pretty common.

I work on a government contract. I have significantly more time than I could ever find work for.

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changemyview_train

CMV: If one were to create a new country today, there would be no reason to include an equivalent to the 2nd amendment in the new constitution By way of initial disclosure, I am Australian and hold the view that our gun control regulations are effective in reducing gun related violence. However, I am less interested in that issue (what gun control regulation should look like) than the relative legal importance of the 2nd amendment to Americans. It seems to me that Americans and the rest of the world approach the question of regulation from diametrically opposed positions. Americans seem uniquely pre-disposed to viewing gun ownership (in a broad sense) as a 'right', as necessary to a free society as free and transparent elections, freedom of speech, and other fundamental democratic norms. If one were to draft a constitution today (in a modern, developed country), not from scratch but as your founding fathers did, based on historical experience and examples from other countries, there would be no good reason to include an equivalent to the 2nd amendment instead leaving the question of gun ownership rights and regulations to the discretion of parliament/congress. NB: I have considered what I expect to be the counter argument; that tyranny may follow in the absence of armed resistance to which my initial response is (1) modern governments are unlikely to be overthrown by force, as distinct from mass political uprisings (especially where democratic institutions are already in place) or civil war and (2) the argument that gun control will not stop the flow of illegal weapons seems to cut both ways here - an absence of constitutional protection for guns will not make them impossible to acquire at scale. CMV. _____ > *This is a footnote from the CMV moderators. We'd like to remind you of a couple of things. Firstly, please* ***read through our rules***. *If you see a comment that has broken one, it is more effective to report it than downvote it. Speaking of which,* ***downvotes don't change views****! Any questions or concerns? Feel free to* ***message us***. *Happy CMVing!*

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dnu0p1e

The rights protected in the Constitution are stronger than your normal laws. They prevent the government from criminalizing, or de facto criminalization of that which is protected. If you create a new government, unless it is declared that it must do a thing, it usually does not do a thing . I lived in a rural area when a [FEMA] (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency) bureaucrat came by to coach is on disaster preparedness. The main point she made was that government funds were best put to use helping the most people, so rural areas should not be expecting support in the case of natural disaster. Since there is no right to government protection, the government won't bother with minor constituencies. Hence, we were told that only the local population would be able to help each-other and to thus prepare accordingly. When you say 'like the second amendment' you're really speaking for all of the bill of rights, since each was put there as a protection against government overreach. Disallowing minority populations the protections of the majority population just because it is inefficient to protect them is something the 2nd amendment (and 1st and 3rd and so on) is built to prevent. Disallowing the right to arms and the ability of rural communities to self organise doesn't necessarily make it illegal to do those things, but it doesn't gurantee that they won't be prohibited when it is convenient. That being said, the US does tend to ignore the Constitution when it feels it convenient, it's not like a paper document is going to police the government. See the [Alien and Sedition Acts] (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_and_Sedition_Acts)

This is ultimately a question of personal philosophy. Do you believe that you own your body? If so, then it follows that you must retain the means to defend that ownership. And that means you must be free to own weapons. If you are not free to own the tools to defend yourself, then you do not meaningfully own your own body, because you can't defend it. In general, the state will say "don't worry about that, we'll take care of you and keep you safe". Which may be true in some situations. But ultimately, if the state fails to do that (even if its intentions are good), you have to serve as the backstop.

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legaladvice_train

Illinois: Is disability a possibility for me? Had major unexpected heart attack at 26. Medications prevent me from performing my previous desk job, and medical history excludes me from physical work. I am going to contact a disability lawyer, but wanted to get some advice before getting started since I understand it can be a long process with or without a lawyer. Sorry for the length, I wanted to be thorough because my age makes this a tricky situation I think. I'm in Illinois. For some back story: In 2013, at age 26, I had a major heart attack. Because of my age and a great cardiologist, my heart has mostly healed, but I still have occasional issues (cardiologist and GP believe they are related to an undetermined food allergy, though). With the heart attack we found that I have a genetic disorder which makes my cholesterol be 5 times normal levels, thus the heart issues. I am on a new medication that pretty well handles it, and I expect to be on multiple cholesterol drugs, a blood pressure/heart drug, and aspirin for the rest of my life. I will be on an anticoagulant for at least a couple more years. I had a decent desk job, and I was always able to meet overtime requirements and was absolutely at the top of the workplace. I far exceeded production and quality expectations and was one of the highest rated performers month after month. After the heart attack, I went downhill. The drugs make me unable to focus on long, routine, repetitive tasks (and my job required reviewing legal documents, so I couldn't be falling asleep!) Between the drugs and the amount of work I was missing for FMLA, up to 33% of my work days even two years later, I was not able to keep up. I began getting put on notice or verbal warnings month after month for my numbers being too low. The job was not going to work out anymore, and I was forced to quit and switch places with my wife who found employment elsewhere. If I didn't quit, I would have been disciplined and then fired for missing too many days over my FMLA allowance. The company was very VERY helpful and forgiving, above and beyond, but they of course had to have a limit. Now I am at home, doing what little I can to earn money here online or doing odd jobs and repairs for acquaintances and family members. I'm more than qualified for construction work or labor of near any sort, and physically my doctor will clear me, but I can't get gainful employment in labor due to the history of heart attack, high blood pressure, and medications. I feel completely stuck - unable to perform my previous job, seen clearly in the 50% drop in my performance consistently while on medications - and unable to do physical work (which would HELP me because exercise) because insurance won't cover me. I don't want to feel like I'm working the system or anything because of the social stigma accompanying disability among other things, but I also understand that's exactly what it's there for, and I need to supplement my wife's income to provide for my two toddlers. I don't want to be put in a situation where my doctor has to 'try everything' first to help me before applying or receiving any assistance. I can't be switching medications every couple months to find one that doesn't affect my concentration, and can't jump to and from desk jobs that quickly anyway with the market in my area.

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cxlkirn

Not a lawyer, but I was about your age when I applied through a lawyer because of mental illness. The lawyer never said one word about my age, just gathered my medical info (diagnoses and doctors' names) and they went from there. All told it took about 18 months, I was approved the first time. In some cases, they may deny your claim, your lawyer will then appeal; it can be denied a second time and then it'll go to a hearing. Every place/state is different. Definitely talk to a disability lawyer and see what they say.

Hey man, sorry to hear about what you're going through. I've been there. Not 'heart attack' there, but disability there. It sucks a whole bunch, and your life is never really going to ever be the same, but with a bit of help, it can at least be manageable. Here's what you're going to be doing: Step 1: Talk to your regular doctor who diagnosed your condition and whether he/she would sign off on disability paperwork or not. Make sure you get this okay before you start. If your doctor won't tell you he/she will sign off on disability paperwork, find a new doctor *before* applying. If your doctor won't sign off, double check that you really are disabled to your own satisfaction before getting a new doctor. Most doctors will agree ahead of time to fill out any disability paperwork, assuming they believe you're actually disabled. Step 2: Peruse the following pages: * https://www.ssa.gov/planners/disability/dqualify.html * https://www.ssa.gov/disability/professionals/bluebook/AdultListings.htm * Application Links: https://www.ssa.gov/planners/disability/dapply.html#&sb=1 In the second link, find your disability or something that sounds like it covers what you have. Many of them are not specific diagnoses and can cover a range of different conditions. Take a good long look through them so you have an idea what you're going to be doing. Lot of information to take in, so be prepared. Step 3: Do an application. (third link should get you there or close enough). Optional: Contact a disability lawyer beforehand to go over the application with you. Many will do this pro-bono and there's usually free legal help for this. Whoever you talk to, **do not** list them as your 'legal representative' unless they explicitly tell you it's okay. It's important for any appeal paperwork that if you list counsel, that they've agreed ahead of time, and not merely offered you advice. They can give you specific advice for this process, but likely won't offer to represent you just yet. If (and likely when) you're denied, call up your caseworker as to why and see what sort of information you need to get to him/her to get him/her to an approval. Usually this will require paperwork from your doctor. If your caseworker is being cagey, contact the legal help again and explain what's going on. At that point, they may actually decide to represent you. Much of the time though, your caseworker will be rather straightforward and tell you exactly what you need to do. Only rarely will your caseworker be obstinate. Step 4: Ensure you return any paperwork your caseworker asks of you. Your doctor may need to fill out a form on your behalf. This is where your assurances from Step 1 come in. Disability will ask your diagnosing physician to determine your disability. They won't provide their own doctor unless there's a serious concern that you might be gaming them, so you want to make sure your doctor is familiar and agrees with you before even attempting this or you'll wind up wasting your time. An initial negative by your own first doctor on whether he/she believes you're disabled means you're very unlikely to get approved, which is why it's so important they are clear about your inability to work. Step 5: Wait. Check in once every 2 weeks or so unless your caseworker explicitly tells you not to. Be persistent, but not angry. This may take a while. A few years ago, this took about 6 weeks for me with an initial denial, and a fast tracked appeal. My denial was partially due to the slowness of my own doctor to complete the paperwork, so make quite certain you get step 1 nailed down, and it should help you immensely. You're in for a long haul, but you will get to the other end of this. Working while on disability is a bad idea, *in my opinion.* There's 'trial' period where you can -attempt- to work, but eventually you'll need to revert to either disabled or not disabled. Even if you're able to do some small menial work or desk job type stuff, don't. It will disqualify you if you're not in an explicit trial period. (*Edit: As the poster notes below, technically you can make up to 750 while on disability, but I wouldn't recommend it unless you absolutely need to in order to live. This kind of thing can put your disability and fitness to work into question and can start to look like gaming the system.*) Disability is a relatively small amount of monetary assistance, so if you can make more than 1000 or so a month comfortably, then you shouldn't apply for disability. If you can't work at all or cannot comfortably gain 1000 or so a month in whatever job you can scrape together, then you absolutely should be applying for disability. Important note 2: If you qualify for Illinois medicaid, apply for it. Should help with medical stuff. Medicaid is a plan for the poor, which is specifically defined. This is only if you can't afford your medical bills. Medicaid + Disability + 1 year time = Medicare if your disability is sustained and chronic. Yes, you can be on Medicare if you're not of retirement age. Medicare is a federal program that is partially privatized and covers both the elderly **as well as the disabled.**. (Part A and Part B are run by the federal government and cover hospital/doctor visits. Part C is medicare advantage run by a private insurance company. It replaces part A/B with a private plan. Part D is prescription coverage. It is also a private plan. Medicaid covers your prescription drugs until Medicare kicks in, in which case, 'Extra Help' kicks in as well and should help make most of your medications free. )

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askphilosophy_train

Is it worth taking a formal education? My question is pretty straightforward... Is it worth taking a formal education in philosophy? I have done my bachelor's in computer engineering but was very much interested in philosophy from very young. My family don't approve of any field other than science as worthy pursuing. But now i earn my own my money so I don't have to play by their rules. Is it worth taking a formal education in philosophy from some University? I'm talking about part time studies or just keep exploring everything by my own?

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i0vetos

A formal education is required for a career. Even for an engineer it is theoretically possible to teach yourself whatever you require, but very difficult to build a career off of it... do you intend to pursue a career in philosophy?

What do you want to get out of it? If you just want a deeper understanding of philosophy, you will get that WAY better with a formal education. But you have to weight that against the time and costs. I wouldn't recommend it unless you've got $100,000 to blow. It might be a good idea to take one or two classes and weight how much you're getting out of it. If you want a job in philosophy, that absolutely requires a formal education. But also the academic job market isn't great, so I definitely wouldn't recommend it if you feel happy working in computer engineering or another field. If you don't feel happy doing anything else, then I think you should try it. If you're trying to build your resume, then sure, try it! There are much more efficient and effective ways to build your resume, but I know there are also lots of tech companies (and companies in many diverse fields) where a formal education in philosophy is considered a plus. And if you enjoy it, I think that makes it better than other things you might do to build your resume. If you just enjoy philosophy and want to do more of it, go for it! Most university classes are vey expensive, but there are certainly way more expensive hobbies. And a formal education is the best way to meet other folks who are passionate about philosophy and will let you get deeper into philosophy than studying on your own. If you enjoy it, you're improving yourself, and you can afford it, I think that's worth it.

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changemyview_train

CMV: The fact Ben Shapiro is being mocked for issues in his personal life is demonstrative of a huge issue in politics today - that point scoring and “burns” are becoming more important than addressing political stances. Let me just preface this by saying I personally cannot stand Ben Shapiro - I feel like his “debating” is based on punching beneath his intellectual weight and arguing in bad faith. However, recently, my social media and friend groups have been flooded with memes, tweets, jokes and burns about how Shapiro is unable to satisfy his wife. The amount of glee and attention it’s getting, however, makes little sense to me. It doesn’t stop Shapiro being a major political voice to the American public, nor does it have any effect on his views. I’ve seen similar things with a lot of politicians - Donald Trump misspeaking, Obama and his “fancy mustard”, and closer to home, Boris Johnson’s full name sounding pretentious. Each time, floods of attention and content are produced mocking something, which to me at least, seem trivial. All of this has brought me to the conclusion that political discourse in the present has devolved into political point scoring and personal attacks, rather than actually debate over stances and issues. I’d love to hear more views on this, especially from people who feel otherwise!

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g2rea0n

It's not about issues with his personal life though, it's just a joke because he voiced confusion over the song W.A.P. Political pundits have been the butt of jokes for decades. I don't see how this points to anything new.

In a way, this sort of mockery is one of the the most effective methods to counteract Ben Shapiro. There's no point actually debating Ben Shapiro. His debate methods are asinine, and he is quite happy to misrepresent facts or to outright lie when it suits him. His arguments are made in bad faith to push his point of view. He's either stupid or malicious. See, Ben Shapiro is all marketing. He's not good at actual debate, he's good at __appearing__ good at debate to people who agree with his worldview anyway. His exudes the appearance of being well-informed, speaking fast and self-confidently, it's all swagger, no substance. A fool's idea of an expert. He'll spout off a load of absolute hogwash, then smirk and remark "facts don't care about your feelings". The whole point is paint anyone who disagrees with him as only caring about "feelings" and falsely grounding his lies as "facts" in the minds of people who already agree with his ideology. In response to this, logical debate means nothing, facts are malleable to Ben and his supporters. But attacking his façade of "strength" might actually be rather effective. Making him appear pathetic directly undermines his entire strategy.

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askengineers_train

Traffic engineers: is there any way I can alter my driving behaviour to help reduce traffic? I commute into a large city every day for work, and in the morning the highways become very congested in certain spots. Is it possible for one driver to have an overall effect on the flow rate of traffic? It is my understanding that unless a highway is transitioning to fewer lanes or there is an obstruction, that road congestion is usually due to human causes. Is there anything an individual driver can do in order to improve traffic conditions? One strategy I routinely use is to trail the car ahead of me at such a distance so that I don't have to constantly start/stop. If I can just cruise gracefully behind them in traffic, then it means all the other cars behind me won't have to keep starting and stopping and it will eventually stop the chain reaction all the way down the lane. I am interested to hear if there are any other strategies.

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d1xzki7

I'm a structural engineer (EIT) that deals mostly with bridges, but I'll offer my input until there someone more suited can explain. What you're doing is correct. Stay at a distance to minimize the amount of times you have to break, and when you do break, it should be very gradual deceleration. That distance depends on the traffic speed, the amount of cars ahead of you, and visibility (sight distance). You want to provide more space than usual when you cannot see traffic beyond the car in front of you, or when the car in front of you is more likely to break (like he's tailgating someone else). Interestingly enough, traffic flow is very similar to fluid mechanics if that helps at all. Edit: I thought I should mention that the reverse is also true; avoid driving in a way that makes other drivers break unnecessarily. That is, surprising others by hard breaking, cutting other people off, abrupt or non-signaled lane changing, and driving much slower than the expected traffic. The harder the break, the worse the effect in the reverse direction.

Bill Beaty ( /u/wbeaty ) has a nice website about this. I don't think he is a traffic engineer but his website is interesting.

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askculinary_train

50lbs of Sesame seeds Help Hey y'all first time poster so if i break any rules just delete it or let me know. I am a chef on a submaine for the navy and i just took over and we have about 50+ lbs of sesame seeds, Other than making tahini paste or using it as a topping do y'all have any recommendations or recipes or uses. thanks in advance.

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fsmunw5

fresh tahini makes good hummus. edit: Just won't use up a lot of your supply. Any chance you can trade some with another boat when in port?

I add big fistfuls of toasted sesame seeds when I make granola. It gives it a really deep nutty flavor.

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askengineers_train

Whats a good way to learn engineering in your early years?

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cm8f1zs

Go to college

Knex, marble run, scalextric, brio, lego,, That's how I became an engineer (that and my degree)

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askdocs_train

Daughter contracted GBS meningitis, and I’m terrified to have another. A little context: I had my daughter when I was 21 years old, and she was my first baby. I attended all of my prenatal appointments, quit smoking as soon as I found out I was pregnant and took my prenatal vitamins as recommended. Obviously, I was tested for group b strep around 35-36 week and it came back positive. My OB brushed it off like it was nothing (and I know most of the time it’s not a big deal) and told me I’d just receive IV antibiotics while I was in labor. Cool cool. Fast forward: my water broke at 38 weeks, and IV antibiotics were started as soon as the determined my water had actually broke. Later they had to start me on pitocin because I wasn’t progressing or even really having any contractions. Everything went great. I had my day vaginally after a 22 hour labor, and 1 hour of pushing. She was perfect. So so perfect. We got to take her home, and I was finally adjusting to the idea of being a being a mother and caring for her. The night after her 1 month appointment things just went down hill. She was fussy and irritable, she wouldn’t sleep or take a bottle. I just got a new thermometer that day was I just kept checking. Watching it creep up from 98.1 one to 99.0 in an hour. Everyone thought I was crazy. My MIL told me that she was probably just gassy, and said “you’re going to have so many nights like this”. And my SO was irritated with the beep from the thermometer because he had to be up early to work. I knew something was wrong. I just knew it, in my heart and soul I knew that my baby had NEVER cried like this before. I finally convinced my MIL to take us to the hospital (I had a lot of driving anxiety, and my nerves were tore all to pieces over this so I was in no shape to drive myself, but I would have if she hadn’t of offered). They ran every test imaginable aside from a spinal tap that night. They placed an IV in her scalp, swabbed to viruses, drew blood, cathed her for a urine culture... everything came back negative. So they told her she just had a virus, and that it would run it’s course. I felt SO bad putting my 1 month old baby through that. I felt so much guilt. Until about 2 hours later when she started grunting. Like she was trying to poop but constantly. She wouldn’t stop. MIL started to get freaked out after about 15 minutes of her doing this, and me balling my eyes out because I KNEW something was not right. We rushed back to the hospital, and I was so distraught at this point I didn’t even know what to say when the receptionist ask what the problem was. I just lifted my daughters arm and let it fall. I was shaking and crying so hard I physically couldn’t respond. She didn’t ask anymore questions and we were back in a room in about 2 minutes. I sat down and waiting for the the doctor or whoever and my daughter just stopped breathing, right there in my arm. One big gasp and just stopped breathing entirely. I’m a medical assistant, trained in infant CPR, but I completely blanked at this point. I panicked. I didn’t know what to do. Luckily a nurse was walking in as soon as this happened. She grabbed my daughter and ran to the crash room down the hall. This all happened so fast my MIL barley noticed until we were already running down the hall. Next thing I know there a million people around. Doctors, nurses, PAs, NPs.. I can’t even remember. There was so much going on and I just could breathe. It was a mess. I remember when they get her stabilized (luckily, they didn’t have to vent her but they did start her on oxygen ASAP) the pediatric ER doctor was just standing in the middle of the room looking so frazzled, just taking deep breaths... trying to center herself I guess. After a second she looked at me and just said “We aren’t sure what’s going on, but we have a very sick baby on our hands”. I remember looking down at my daughter after everything had settled. I really looked at her, and her skin was this tent of blueish-grey, and she was breathing so deeply and ragged. All these little wires on her, IVs, blood and pin holes from failed emergency IV tried. I could help but think that she was going to die. I was so scared. She was my first baby, and I had no idea what was going on. My MIL stood out in the hallway and called my SO.. I think she did that because she didn’t want me to hear her. But I was so hyper aware of everything in that moment that I still heard her. “You need to come now. It’s bad. Jemma’s really sick. Come now.” And then just hung up the phone and walked back into the room. 10 minutes later my SO showed up, and he just lost it. He gave her a kiss, rubbed her head, and proceeded to take a picture of her. (Later he told me he did that because he was afraid it would be the last picture he’d take of her alive). They did a spinal tap, and drew more blood. Turns out that I’m the 2-3 hour since we left the hospital the first time my daughter had become septic, on top of that the tap showed she had meningitis. We stayed in the hospital for about 2 and a half, 3ish weeks while my daughter received 2 different types of IV antibiotics. Gentamicin and Ampicillin. She had to relearn how to fed from a bottle, and by that point my breast milk he all but dried up from all the stress. She also started having seizures. They weren’t sure how this was going to effect her. They said that it was very uncommon, and cases varied so much that all they could do was hope for the best, but prepare me for the possibility of having a moderately-severely disabled child. But she was going to live, and that all that mattered to me. Over the next two years, I completely engrossed myself with her numerous appointments with all different kinds of specialists and therapies. EI was very worried about her at first as she was scoring 1-2/6 on everything for her age. But I’m proud to say my little girl is doing great. It’s been a long and exhausting road, but she a little over 2 and a half years old now and she’s doing most of everything she should be. She started a bit later than most kids, and it took a lot more effort on her part to achieve certain milestones, but she’s is dominating. She’s so smart. She can sing her ABCs, count to 17, can distinguish shapes and some colors. She can finish sentence in books we’ve read a few times. Aside from a bit of left side weakness (which is only really noticeable when she tries to run) and a tad lack of coordination, she’s doing amazing. But I’m terrified. I’m constantly worried sick, and I’m even more terrified of having another child even though I want another so badly. I don’t want to go through this again. I don’t want to put another child at risk for going through it. I don’t know what to do. I don’t know what kind of precautions can be taken, if any at all. I guess my question is.. what can I do? How likely is it to happen again? What can I do, or doctors do to prevent it? Are their any protocols for this kind of stuff? Would my next child be at greater risk, since she got sick? I’m tore all to pieces, and just at a complete loss right now.. I know my daughter was lucky. She received swift and excellent care, but I know most aren’t as lucky. I know that a lot of these kids end up disabled. Or they die.. What do I do? I apologize for the long post, it was just very traumatic for everyone involved.. and I felt like that experience needed to be included.. thank you in advance for any advice given...

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ggkes8p

nad: just a guy who will say to you, this is all a normal feeling. Nothing is wrong with feeling this way. especially when you’ve been through so much.

Honestly you should go to a better hospital, or a children’s hospital. They should never have let you leave. GBS positive, fever, symptomatic, there’s no way. That’s a sepsis work up and two day admission minimum until cultures come back. Her test results absolutely did not come back clear that night, maybe they didn’t show anything but all the results do not come in for days. A spinal tap should have been done unless they had a really strong suspicion she was sick with something else. Antibiotics are started as soon as the labs and cultures are collected just incase. You don’t let a baby leave who isn’t feeding well either. This is standard practice, no big deal, wouldn’t even be questioned, I do this multiple times a month for babies as a pediatric nurse. You can imagine how much the COVID babies who spoke fevers are driving us crazy because they still get admitted until the results come back. The fact that they let you leave is absolutely insane and I wouldn’t worry about the outcome if it does happen again because you know better now. And so should they have! It’s a very small chance any individual baby is actually septic, since most have a virus we can’t test for, but that small chance is still a baby. No one wants to risk a babies life even with it being a 1:1000 chance. I am so sorry your daughter did not receive appropriate care, and outraged at the fact that anyone let this happen.

r1swg0

asksciencefiction_train

[MCU] Why out of all powerful superheroes, it was Spider-Man that resisted dematerialization from Thanos Snap for the longest time?

hm1sp4j

hm1t6ez

He didn't resist it. It's that his spider sense was screaming at him for a bit before the snap happened that something was going to happen.

Because he really did not want to go.

fsggzs

askhr_train

My wife's company has eliminated sick time even if someone catches Covid-19 Not sure if this is the right sub, please share it or let me know where to post. My wife is a director of a single location (Wisconsin) of a Nationwide for-profit childcare center. Today she received emails from the head of operations, that not only will PPE not be provided, but salaried members of management are not allowed to take vacation or sick time, even if diagnosed with Covid-19. This is because, instead of having a director and two assistants to cover the 12.5 hour "day", they furloughed everyone except the director. Hence, if the director gets sick, they can't operate that site anymore. Since you can't really practice social distancing with a childcare center, this seems almost dangerous. What are her options? I suggested filing a complaint with OSHA, but without a case of covid-19 presently, I'm not sure it's applicable. What are her options?

fm2350t

fm2e2dl

Sounds like they are comfortable with massive liability when a child gets sick from a care provider.

If you go on askamanager.com, there is a very recent post with where to file workplace Covid19 violations for each state.

tcs4rn

changemyview_train

CMV: There's nothing wrong with having a racial preference in dating There's nothing wrong with having racial preferences in dating. Everyone has a specific type and certain races may fit that type better than others. However, if someone said they're not attracted to black men for example because they are all dangerous criminals, then that is definitely wrong and racist. If black/white/Asian/Hispanic guys/girls or any other group simply isn't their type then that's totally fine. You shouldn't be obliged to date them. If someone only wants to date someone with light skin, black hair, and blue eyes because it's their ideal type then so be it. People may think this is superficial and it is but dating is very superficial. If they're not attracted to each other, they wouldn't be dating each other in the first place.

i0fnmlx

i0fh94n

Well let's clarify here because I think the issue that's often raised is not the one you're addressing. I don't think there's anything wrong with having a preference that runs along racial lines, however, I do think it's wrong to use that preference to ascribe universal standards of beauty or to belittle others. It's fine to discuss your preferences, in a discussion of your type, with others who are comfortable with it. It is not however fine to go around telling people unprompted that they aren't attractive to you as though that matters. Importantly I'm not saying this is something that you specifically do but rather that these are those preference based behaviors that people take issue with. I'll give some examples of the sort of thing im talking about. I've had people tell me that I'm attractive "for someone of my race" which obviously implies that I am inherently less attractive. I also see people all the time publically discussing which groups of people are attractive along racial lines. The problem there is the discussion is not couched in terms of preference but rather those of objectivity. I know someone who got rejected explicitly because of their skin tone as well, which while true was an incredibly rude and unessecary way to do it. It would have been just as easy to say "you're not my type" and leave it at that, which would have been less hurtful. I guess my argument would be yeah there's nothing wrong with having preferences, everyone does. But if you go around trying to enforce your preferences on others it's incredibly disrespectful. I would no less tell someone I won't date them due to race than I would say I'm not interested because of a big nose or specific body type. Sexual and attractiveness preferences are and should remain a personal issue.

Depends, some people have uncomfortable fetishes that they need to recognize. Many people don’t just have a preference for Asians, they have some idealized notion of a geisha they want as a wife. Your example is just of an explicit negative framing “I won’t date black men because I think they’re criminals”, but more often than you’d think, the preference can be a fetishization of the given race. “I want to date a black woman because I like how sassy and aggressive they are”. So it can be things like personality, but could also be a white woman asking “is it true what they say about black men? ;) ;)” Which, depending on the context could be a very insulting proposition. Believe it or not, people can be offended by being fetishized. That’s not even to say that anyone who has such fantasies is automatically a bad person, but they should recognize them for what they are and be tactful and actually try to connect with the person they’re pursuing, rather than just project their fantasy onto them. I think you may also be mistaken about how people feel about simple physical preferences for skin color or body type. Those are fine but they can make people wonder if there’s more to it.

oevky0

askcarguys_train

What's the point of having your tires tilted more than just a few de regrees? Idk the English word but I'm sure you know what I mean Usually you have a bit of tilted tires to have better grip on the outside of a turn but why do so many tuners have their tires sometimes even more than 10degrees Except from tyre wear, what's the benefit of that?

h48vhg0

h48r76f

Aesthetics bro Zero benefit. Wears tires out faster, and wears parts out like wheel bearings much faster, also makes the car handle worse.

Because it allows you to fit wider wheels than you would be able to without the excessive negative camber. It's purely for looks, they drive like garbage and chew through tires. Source: I own a facility that specializes in suspension modifications. I set up stanced cars all the time.

75x6aw

changemyview_train

CMV: Liberals should abandon identity politics and instead focus on class/economic issues Identity Politics (IP) is largely unhelpful and extremely divisive. The focus on identity by liberals alienates other people on the left and creates huge distance from those in the middle and those on the right. Class/economic issues, such as wealth inequality and ending crony capitalism, are far more unifying messages for those who hold liberal ideology. Alleviating class/economic issues would also have downstream positive impact on many other issues (often championed by IP) such as racial inequality. Proponents of IP get caught up too often in the characteristics of the individuals making political arguments – practically by design. The speaker therefore is weighted according to inherent traits they happened to be born with (race, gender, sexual orientation). This creates an environment in which large portions of the population/electorate (i.e. straight, white, male) feel that their opinions and issues are valued less than others. The resulting atmosphere, exacerbated deliberately by right leaning talking points, causes many to abandon the left. Class/economic issues should become the leading message for liberals, given the broader appeal it would naturally have. Discussing and championing issues of income distribution/poverty/corruption would reach a much larger population and could pull many in the middle and on the right back toward the left. This would not only be practically useful for political reasons, but would also have a net positive impact on many of the class-related social issues that we see in society. _____ > *This is a footnote from the CMV moderators. We'd like to remind you of a couple of things. Firstly, please* ***read through our rules***. *If you see a comment that has broken one, it is more effective to report it than downvote it. Speaking of which,* ***downvotes don't change views****! Any questions or concerns? Feel free to* ***message us***. *Happy CMVing!*

do9ll7h

do9luvq

> Class/economic issues should become the leading message for liberals Isn't this a type of "Identity Politics," appeals to the struggles of, e.g., the 99%, or the working class, or the poor? If you're making the case that liberals should be more expansive in the type of identity politics they engage in, so that straight white males can feel as though their identities are also being considered... that's a reasonable practical argument. But I'm not sure *how* you abandon identity politics.

First, to clarify any confusion - "liberals" is an ambiguous term. Liberals can refer to classical liberals from the Enlightenment tradition who would be classified as right wing in today's US political climate. I think you should probably use the term "political left" to describe what you're saying. >Class/economic issues should become the leading message for liberals, given the broader appeal it would naturally have. I don't think that's true. The left has historically tried to advance the class/economic argument, which is essentially a socialist message that advances redistribution instead of free market and small government. Americans have historically rejected attempts to be divided along class lines. We are unique in that sense from Europe. The left today always lament that some poor people "vote against their self-interest" and patronize them like they're idiots. It never occurs to them that some people would rather vote according to principle that advances the general welfare rather than vote to put money into their own pockets, and that maybe it's worthwhile to ENCOURAGE that type of civic philosophy rather than mock it. This (probably apocryphal) quote from Franklin is illustrative: “When the people find that they can vote themselves money that will herald the end of the republic.”

73no3i

askculinary_train

Eggs over easy/over medium in restaurants I have kind of a dual question - how do I order eggs to get them how I want without offending, and is there some reason that eggs seem to be so tricky to cook in restaurants? The situation is: I like my eggs over easy (fully cooked white and runny yolk), and have never had a problem pan cooking them at home that way. I order in a restaurant and have yet to successfully get eggs how I want at like a dozen different restaurants. They range from greasy spoon style to high end brunch places, none has succeeded. One waitress I told over easy AND explained exactly how I want them and she said this was over well (google disagrees) - so I ordered over well and they still came back runny whites and yolk. Closest I've ever gotten was ordering over well and getting firm whites with yolk nearly completely set (from same place that said over easy was over well) Is there some trick to eggs that makes it near impossible to cook the whites through in a restaurant setting? I've read how to's for cooking eggs and sounds like there is some trick to temperature to cook the white and not the yolk- does it make it unreasonable in one-temp stovetop type cooking? Is there some way to get eggs how I want (like a similar style that's easier to cook)? I like cutting my eggs over hash browns and letting the yolk soak in, but don't like runny white - am I more likely to get it cooked this way sunny side up or some other style? I feel like describing the cooking seemed to offend the waitress a bit, and still didn't get it right.

dnropfp

dnro875

It's hard because they aren't just making 1 meal. You have time to keep an eye on your eggs, they have to put your egg on the stove or flattop, then they gotta go get the the stuff for everyone else in the restaurants food and start prepping/cooking that. As for waitresses not knowing what over easy/medium/hard is? They just don't know what the hell they are talking about. You're ordering correctly http://www.cookinglight.com/eating-smart/smart-choices/how-to-cook-over-easy-medium-hard-eggs

I have the same problem. I ask for over easy and get it perfect like 50% of the time. The other times I get a nasty undercooked white which I try to ignore and eat the yolk. Ugh. I try to order them over medium when I remember. Or you could try them poached like an eggs Benedict or something, same runny yolk.

pixwy0

asksciencefiction_train

[Final Destination] If death really wanted Alex and his friends to die because they cheated death why couldn't it just gave them all random heart attacks or strokes or cancer instead of all this elaborate crap it does

hbv5agr

hbtjhm5

The world of Final Destination seems to be governed by a mixture of destiny and free will. As seen by the fact that the characters can avoid death, but not for very long. By this I mean, that it isn't predestined when a person is going to die. Or it is predestined, but only as the most likely scenario. It's not an absolute certainty. For the characters who avoided the plane explosion, this explosion was their most likely time of death. And if someone survives their most likely time of death, theoretically they could live to a high age. But from the moment they "cheat death" on, the probability of their survival approaches zero. And that's why most of them die soon after the plane explosion. This also explains why Death appears to use Rube Goldberg death traps. Because the probability of their death increases massively. Which means that the probability of potentially lethal accidents goes up too. So that after a short while they're basically magnets for bad luck. If they lived long enough, their health would probably decline too. So in short, destiny exists in the world of Final Destination, but it works with probabilities, not certainties. And Death, as an entity, probably follows them because it knows they won't live for much longer. At least that's my theory. BTW, if my theory is correct, it should also be possible for characters to die before their most likely time of death. I wonder what then would happen.

Death is a really big Rube Goldburg fan.

exxbiv

askphysics_train

How was gravity understood before Newton's time? Maybe this questions dwells more into history than into pure physics. In any case, I'm asking how did people before Newton picture what gravity was. Did they think it came from the planet's mass? How did they call it? Or was it simply something no one had thought of deeply before and it had no consensus or answer?

fgebe34

fgedjbc

IIRC, they hadn't realized that "what makes things fall" and "what makes planets move" were the same thing. Also, I don't think they had the clear mass - force - accelleration - velocity relationship we have, so really couldn't express much we take for granted. I think they knew constant accelleration down, maybe terminal velocity, and some semi-emperical things about planetary motion, but had nothing non-mystical beyond that.

Looks around the room. “Yup things go down” Everyone nods in agreement.

23cxta

askacademia_train

What is the most obscure PhD thesis or area of expertise that you have encountered? As information becomes more available, it seems that finding an original subject of interest or expertise becomes more difficult. It would be great if you could discuss the best obscure thesis that you know of or have encountered.

cgw4cni

cgw6g1d

I've chaired quite a few search committees in history. Last time around we had a lot of applicants with dissertations on pirates, some of which seemed really interesting and all of which were on quite obscure figures.

I met a guy (a tenured professor) who did his Political Science dissertation on politics in the world of Frank Herbert's *Dune* novels.

tka2e0

askengineers_train

Why are engineering recruiters so useless? Is recruiting just one big scam? I got my first job ~6 months ago after graduating, but I still have job alerts on boards like Indeed and Linkedin just to see what’s out there as I don’t love my current job. I probably get 5-10 recruiters contacting me on any given week about various engineering or laboratory jobs (some call, some linkedin messages, some emails, and some texts). I usually respond to every single one and they always want a 10-15 min phone call to discuss the job, get my resume and talk about qualifications. They always leave it off sounding like they’ll get back to me in a few days or a week and that the job is urgently hiring. I’ve probably talked to 20 recruiters on the phone, and given countless more my info, and I’ve literally never heard back from a single one. They all come out of the woodwork and ask for my time but it all just seems like a big jerk around. Do these engineering recruiters get paid just to get your info and ghost you? My resume is good, my qualifications are fine for these positions and my college gpa was high, yet these recruiters ghost me every single time. It is incredibly frustrating, and I’ve had more luck just applying to jobs by myself, even though I feel it should be the other way around. I’m considering not answering recruiters anymore as it just seems like a huge waste of time and they always get your hopes up. Anyone else experience this?

i1p55vd

i1p4v6j

I think you have it a bit better than me lol. I am currently in school finishing up my MS with a job lined up and I still get emails from recruiters looking for forklift operators and welding technicians. The funny thing is that they often say that the went through my resume and found that I was a good fit for the role. I wonder where in the world does forklift operators require a background in Computer Vision based Research.

Some are scams, most just dgaf about you. Their job is to fill candidates asap, and the vast majority of all people are doing the bare minimum

rkjgp1

askbaking_train

Baking tools you can't live without? I'll be choosing some new baking tools as a Christmas gift (for myself, from family). :oD I've been baking a long time but always kept things pretty basic until recently when I've been trying new things. I mostly stick to smaller desserts and things like cupcakes, scones, quick breads, muffins, basic cakes, panna cotta, tarts, pies, etc., but want to keep branching out. Here are a few ideas for tools I'm thinking of adding to my collection. Can anyone tell me what their favorites are? I'm also open to more suggestions. Thanks in advance! Tart/tartlet pans Cookie/cupcake scoops Icing scrapers Gel food coloring Silicone molds Silicone mats

hpaaegz

hpazyq3

Silicone mats are amazing. I highly recommend.

A mini whisk for whipping smaller amounts of things like egg whites. I use mine a lot. Also, a reusable pie saver to protect the crust rather than needing to rip up tinfoil.

kpnjz7

explainlikeimfive_train

Explain like I'm five years old: Why do some card readers at the register seem like they take forever to process (asking debit/credit, double confirming total) and others are done completely in 3 seconds?

ghytit3

ghytkxg

2 reasons come immediately to mind. The first is the age and quality of the reader. Older readers or lower quality devices are going to have slower cpus therefore they take longer. I would also guess that PCI standards require encryption and that could also be affected by the hardware or lack of it. The second big reason is the line speed and congestion of the internet link being used to talk to your bank with. Some devices rely on WiFi which is often congested at the 2.4ghz range and would therefore connect slowly or if you are buying during a peak time, there may be congestion at your/their end connecting to a bank.

The card readers have to communicate with a bank or credit card company. So the communication time will depend on the business's telephone/internet service provider, just like for you streaming a movie or loading a webpage.

kfogls

asksciencefiction_train

[Star Wars] I have a middle class job on a core world. Is a transport ship with hyperdrive something I could budget for? Is it more akin to owning a car, fishing boat, RV, 18-wheeler, small plane, private jet, or aircraft carrier? I'm thinking about something like the Razor Crest, or Millenium Falcon: a ship with space to transport 5-10 people on an interstellar journey, and maybe carry some supplies as needed, with enough arms to make pirates pick an easier target. Are private ships common or do ships built for governments and large corporations just sometimes "fall into" private hands?

gg9vzhq

gg9teg1

Brand new a small star ship capable of carrying a half dozen people or a small amount of cargo will run about 100,000 credits. Used, they can run around 20-35,000 depending on model. This is for generally a stock ship and nothing amazing. It's not going to out run a star fighter, isn't going to break hyperspace records, and is reasonably equipped with amentias (cargo ships have less, passenger ships have more). You're looking at basically grabbing the Space equivalent of a RV, Panel Truck, or Large Camping Van/Truck. From what we see of costs in A New Hope, Luke gets like 2,000 credits from selling his beat up old land speeder in a hurry to some shady Jawas and was disappointed in the cost (but not furious, more like, "well shit, I wish I could have gotten more"). Further he mentions that 10,000 credits will almost be enough to buy their own ship, although I'd assume that was for a much smaller ship than a Freighter like the Millennium Falcon. He might be sandbagging a little, but I assume he's seen a few used ships on the market so we have to assume he's not too far off there. Other sources also keep a new and used ship in those prices ranges, basically in all of the RPG games we've seen (WEG, WotC, FFG) and in some of the early Guide Books. So, my guess is that while expensive, buying a personal Star Ship is going to be similar to a modern middle class person (or maybe rather someone from the 70's or 60's when wages were better compared to inflation) buying a Boat or a RV. Sometimes you get a nice RV or even a big Touring Bus you see Celebrities driving. Sometimes you might get that Camper that Wolverine had in the first X-Men movie. But it is affordable if you save money or if you spend *all* your money on. Owning a boat with a small cabin, head, and mess is pretty affordable if you live on a large body of water and use that as your primary home (I know there are some people who do that in Florida or parts of Europe), but a lot of people can afford a R/V or nice boat for pleasure cruising; it's just a life style choice. Those same people are not going to be taking commercial flights to exotic locations or buying a new car every five or six years, and they probably aren't buying expensive toys around the house (like, I imagine if you're Middle Class, you aren't buying both an R/V and a Warhammer 40K army collection. One or the other buddy), but you might have a few toys to go with the R/V like a Jet Ski, some nice fishing or hunting equipment, and the like. So you might buy a nice Space Transport designed for passengers and a couple of nice speeder bikes (but not military grade), maybe a blaster rifle scoped for hunting, and spend your vacation time going to foreign planets, hunting and fishing, cruising across lakes or over salt flats, and then grilling bantha steak under the open sky. Then afterwards, you fly home, park the Star Ship in the local star port and go back to work. Your neighbor however just got back from his trip to Corellia or Chandrilla and has all kinds of holovids and souvenirs to share, and tried all kinds of strange foods not found on your home planet. Granted, they took a commercial shuttle, stayed in the Star Wars version of the Best Western, took a guided hover bus tour, and went to Disney World Chandrilla to stand in line for three hours to ride the log flume. Yeah they did eat local specialties, but the kids complained and wanted grilled cheese and blue milk, and the restaurant seemed a little touristy, but the guide book suggested it and it was on "Core Worlds: Weird Eats" with the Twi'Lekk that ate all kinds of gross stuff. So different folks, different vacations, but both are affordable.

The Millenium Falcon itself is so worthless that it has just been left unguarded in a junk yard. So, working transport ships in star wars must be worth about the same as a broken car being used for parts on earth.

hgzibv

changemyview_train

CMV: Older shows and movies should not be pulled from air because of sensitive issues. Recently Netflix removed a episode from the TV show Community because a character was doing blackface. I'm fully aware that it's a thing that can hurt some people and that should not be presented from product coming out now since sensibilities changed. **But my worries are : If you start to pick and choose what episodes and movies from the past can and cannot be streamed, where does it stops?** A lot of movie from my childhood makes me cringe when I look at them nowaday, because of racism, but also misogyny. Most of my childhood hero we straight up performing sexual aggressions at the time and now we have to move forward and our view of these things have evolved. Should old James Bonds be removed from online databased? Should old Star Wars movie also? I may sound like a thick idiot for not seeing the difference. But if a caracter is acting wrongly and the problem is not correctly adress, it's a huge lot of movies that could get targeted. *My view is : Keep this stock online, but maybe put a warning at the beginning to explain that it was from another time so you have to keep that in mind while watching. But don't remove content from public eyes.* ( I know I threw in racism and sexism but also homophobic content was rampant in 90 and 00 movies. Let's just mix all these bad behaviour together for this argument sake) Thanks a lot for your answers. English is not my first language.

fw7oypf

fw7wea6

> I'm fully aware that it's a thing that can hurt some people and that should not be presented from product coming out now since sensibilities changed. This is where the premise of your CMV is flawed. Blackface hasn't been wrong just in the last month, or the last five years. Blackface has been wrong for generations and generations. It was wrong when that Community episode was produced. It make people uncomfortable then. Nothing has changed between then and now.

Frank Sinatra in brown face with a very bad Mexican accent The Pride and the Passion. Sir Laurence Olivier in black face as Othello Othello). Mickey Rooney in yellow face as a Japanese Breakfast at Tiffany's). There is a scene in El Dorado) that sometimes gets cut because James Caan somehow is able to pass himself as Chinese to a confused guard. You are banning so many movies because they were made in such racist times. Along the same lines: The Indy VA hospital removed a newspaper, from WWII, from their historical display because somebody complained about the headline: Japs Surrender VA hospital

5htpya

askculinary_train

What are some good or unusual tweaks you use on rather common recipes? Today I found out about Orange mashed potatoes which is basically just adding an orange juice reduction (and if you like some sour cream) to your normal recipe and garnishing it with some orange zest. I like it because it's something i wouldn't have thought about. Do you know of similar tweaks to things you prepare sometimes?!

db31n7v

db3624y

Probobaly not that weird, but walnuts really make chocolate chip cookies a thousand times better.

I usually add about 4X the amount of garlic listed in a recipe.

t6w7tm

askengineers_train

How does one find companies that pay well? I’m about 5 years into my career, and after three job/company hops I’m still only making $60K/year, not including a not-guaranteed bonus tied to company growth. I know the advice is “job hop”, and I have, but my offers have always been on the low side with no possibility of negotiation. In spite of the low pay, I’m in a good position now where I’m learning lots of new skills and making a huge impact at the company, so I’ll probably stay for another year or two, but I’d like to know how to discern high-paying companies from low-paying ones. If that’s even possible. Also, feel free to reply if you’re a “low earner” like me! It’s so discouraging to come on this sub and see entry-level engineers making 20% more than I do. For reference: I started at $21/hr for two years, jumped up to $30/hr for a year, left because I couldn’t stand the work, and then took a position for $25/hr for about a year before getting a raise to $30/hr.

hzfloq5

hzft1qx

In denmark the engineering union yearly ask members about their salary and compile an anonymous list of pay for 25%/50%/75%/90% percentile for your type and experience level. Also has a list of how well companies pay relative to each other (approximations ofcause) Also includes regional changes link in english but union is danish

Are you letting the other companies know your salary by any chance? Never do let them know your salary and if they stonewall you, throw as your current what you want to be at. If they low ball and say there's no renegotiation, just thank them for their time, wish them luck filling the position and if they ever get to a position where they can afford you to get in touch and walk off.

wgiuzp

askculinary_train

Update] [Rare Ingredient] My daughter really wants to forage for dragonflies for me to cook. Can anyone point me to a resource for how to humanely kill dragonflies so I can batter and fry them? Dragonflies went into the fridge in a container with air holes (one dragonfly per container). They sat in the fridge for 4 hours until they were essentially dormant, and then they went in the freezer overnight. I took them straight from the freezer and prepped/cooked them. I did a flour, egg, seasoned flour breading. And I fried them at 325F for a minute on each side, and then I held them at 225F for about 15 minutes while I finished other stuff. They are, in fact, like soft-shelled crab. Pretty darned tasty. [They look fun too..

ij0eoy7

ij0irz6

Why?

Dragonfries!?

ukklxx

changemyview_train

CMV: Dating and finding a relationship is easier for the average woman compared to the average man Now, this isn't a post to bash women or how dating is easy for women. It's about how when you compare the experience of the average woman compared to the average man, it's easier for the woman to find dates and a relationship. Let's start with an example from my personal life. Last year some friend of mine broke up. So far the woman has gone on multiple dates with three different dudes one after the other. Essentially when she decides that she doesn't like one guy she just moves on to the next one in less than a week. While my male friend hasn't had a single date so far and that's not due to a lack of trying. Now even though at the end of the day they are both still single, the women at least go on dates which mean she has a higher chance to find someone compared to the man who hasn't been on a single date. This brings me to my first point. The average woman has a lot more options compared to the average man. I remember reading a survey that said that on average women are asked about 12 times a year compared to asking less than 1 guy out. And when we introduce online dating it gets even worse. On average a woman has a match rate of 30% while a man has 0.013%. This means that statistically, women have a lot more opportunities to meet the one compared to a man. More options are better than fewer options. My second point comes down to the average dating strategy. The average woman is a lot more passive than a man, in the man is still the one doing the asking out and trying to impress the woman. This means that women have the option to just passively exist and they just pick and choose from their options. In addition to that, they always have the option of becoming proactive and going after the guys they want if they don't like their options. Compared that to the average guy whose only option is to actively go out looking for women and initiating stuff, since if he just stayed and waited for women to approach he will remain single. And finally, there is the problem that till about the age of 54 there are just more men than women.

i7q7b1s

i7pq4ev

You're looking at only one *very* narrow aspect of how "hard" dating is for men vs. women, especially when you're talking about online dating situations between people who are strangers to each other. You're not accounting for the very real *risks* women face in this situation, between sexual assault, stalkers, pregnancy, etc., etc. If you compare the total risk+effort vs. reward for dating, things stop looking so "easy" for women. > Now, this isn't a post to bash women or how dating is easy for women. And my comment isn't about bashing men, or how completely risk-free dates are for them. Going back to that "success rate" metric... you'll find that the success rate for asking out available single women that you personally know well enough for them to develop some level of *trust* that reduces the perceived risk... the success rate is much higher.

A man can still easily date into their late 30s and 40s at a relatively constant or even increasing rate, whereas a woman will find that her dating prospects drop like a cliff after a much younger age. So your example of comparing dating probability of two different people at a single instantaneous point in time is misleading, because the probability function changes over time differently for each gender. Instead you need to integrate that function over the entire dating lifetime of each person in order to get a directly comparable overall success rate.

i18ach

askbaking_train

Anniversary coming up and my girlfriend loves making pies. What should I get her? My girlfriend recently got into baking pies and really enjoys it, but her kitchen is bare. Not even a pie dish, just using cake tins. Outside of cookies and bread I'm not much of a baker and don't know much about lifespan and importance of each tool. What should I prioritize getting her? I'm also in Canada if that affects any choice of brand / retailer.

fzyh80x

fzvo17j

Someone may have mentioned this already, but as a small additional gift, pie weights come in pretty handy.

I’ve seen these little ceramic(?) magpie figurines that you can put in the middle of the pie to help release steam. Those are really cute.

ysfzzk

askculinary_train

What to do with about 30lbs of cilantro? Made an ordering mistake and I now have 20lbs of cilantro. I know I should have been more careful but mistakes happen and now I'm trying to make the best of it. I often use a few bunches of cilantro by mixing it into my salad greens but 30lbs is uncharted territory for me. Not sure it would work as a pesto or pasta filling. I could make some into ice cubes for adding into soups & stews but that won't make a big enough dent. So what to do?

iw0zqdb

iw0mbc7

Cilantro oil.

Trader Joe's has Dragon Sauce, which is a cilantro jalapeño hot sauce I adore, so you might consider something like that. Looking around, I found mention of a sauce called zhoug (or zhug) which sounds rather tasty. I see TJ's has a version of that too, so I think I'll see if they have it in stock, as I have zero pounds of cilantro to use up.

hmx97o

changemyview_train

CMV: Religions are outdated, and does no longer serve any purpose, the world should be secular. I was raised in a traditionalist Christian Lutheran family, was baptized and confirmed in the faith, but denounced it almost immediate. Historically speaking we have seen religions world wide be a direct hinderance for any true progress in knowledge, technology and science. And no historically speaking religion and science does not go well together. Also the fact that even the biggest world religions still to this date claims thousands of human lives for the sake of some fictional diety is absolutely mortifying to me. Religious people does sincerely scare me as you have completely shown a complete surrender form any rational thought, to such an extent that you’re mindlessly being culled into a herd of sheep blindly following writings without no traceable validity. We will not see any positive changes in the world as long as religions are still around.

fx7w35x

fx7zlg6

I wish i could remember the formal name of this problem, but I can describe it anyway. I want everyone to be honest. i am willing to be honest as well if everyone else is also honest. I would like to be able to lie from time to time because its is sometimes beneficial for me. But i am willing to forgo that benefit in exchange for everyone being honest. Religion introduces some mthyology that accomplishes this. God is watching and sees when you lie. Or karma exists and you will get your comeuppance even if you get away with your lie. In a purely secular wold there is no reason why I should avoid lying if i can get away with it. While my preference is for everyone to be honest, me being honestly doesn't really accomplish that. whether or not I lie has almost no bearing on whether or not others lie. There is no force that pushes me and others towards the behavior that we all want. This problem comes up all the time. I want everyone to vote in November. I will vote if it means everyone else also votes, but whether or not i decide to vote has little affect on whether or not other people vote. This is why you get like 50% voter turnout. I want everyone to vote but it doesn't really matter if I vote. It applies to charity. I would give some money to charity if it meant everyone else giving money too. But my personal contribution is insignificant. Because my contribution is insignificant i don't give. because everyone thinks the same nobody gives. Religion solves this society problem. Give to charity, vote, and don't lie or else god will punish you.

The Catholic Church is the largest non-governmental provider of healthcare in the world. They run about 26% of the world's healthcare facilities, 65% of which are in economically under-developed nations. If the Catholic Church disappeared, a lot of people would not have access to basic healthcare. This would be especially bad in underdeveloped countries with no alternative healthcare system in place. The Catholic Church often provides the only universal care they have. Lots of people would die if just this one religion disappeared. I have seen Lutheran hospitals before, so other religions definetly provide healthcare, each likely in their respective countries. I think that in this age of pandemics, your idea is a little reckless.

xoisqo

asksciencefiction_train

[D&D]Why can humans have offspring with Dwarves, Orcs and Elves, but you can’t have offspring from an Elf/Orc pairing, or an Orc/Dwarf pairing? What makes humans special that they can have babies with everyone?

ipz2sp9

ipz240s

Time to bring out the chart again... This is from DnD's "Book of Erotic Fantasy", which should be able to answer nearly ALL your horizontal mambo-related questions about Dungeons and Dragons. Also all the pictures in it are weird photoshop photos, not illustrations.

Humans may have greater genetic compatibility with other races. Elf + dwarf might result in a lack of important gene factors. Similar to how a male lion + female tiger = a liger which lacks important growth regulator gene causing them to grow so big it kills them. But female lion + male tiger = tigon which grows normally.

zvyk4v

askculinary_train

Good substitutes for garlic powder/garlic salt? I'm trying to plan the menu for my NYE party, but many of my recipes have garlic powder or garlic salt in them, and I've unfortunately developed an allium allergy. I've tried a variety of things to substitute for actual garlic and onions, but I haven't been able to find a good substitute for the powders/salts. I usually just omit them and boost the other spices, but the end result is always missing something - obviously because there's no garlic/onion - and I'm hoping something exists that can fill that void. I realize this might be an impossible question, but if anyone has any ideas or suggestions, I'd be extremely grateful. (On a related note, if anyone knows of a chip dip that's as good as french onion dip but with no onions, I would adore you forever and strongly consider naming my firstborn after you)

j1s49zt

j1rw5l6

Roasted fennel is a good onion alternative for dip

If it is going to get cooked, use hing (asefoetda powder) in tiny amounts. It is a common ingredient in Indian cooking.

mvol9e

askengineers_train

Why does Mechanical Engineering have a much lower salary outcome than other engineering majors? I'm looking at the career outcomes for my college and Mechanical Engineering seems to be the least paying Engineering major out there. I switched from AE to ME and looking at these career outcomes makes me kind of regret my decision since people said both majors are really similar. At my school the median pay for Mechanical Engineers once they graduate is 59.5k, compared to Aerospace engineering (72.5k), Electrical Engineering (68k) and Computer Engineering (75k) it seems pretty low. Is ME actually one of the lowest paying Engineering majors or is there a reason for these numbers?

gvdi0ku

gvd7c2v

As an EE, I’ve always thought it was because MechE was way more common. Ask any techy high schooler what they want to be and a lot will say engineer. Ask them what kind and they’ll probably default MechE. I think it’s just somehow what’s most engineer-y of the disciplines according to public perception. I know a lot more MechEs than I do other EEs, incidentally enough (well, outside of classmates that is). But what others said about it being a wider field encompassing lower-paying jobs that other engineering disciplines don’t reach makes sense to me.

If you control for industry/company and location, you will probably find them to be closer. There has also been a lot of growth in electronics/computing and space fields, which also helps to increase their salary outcomes.

rl9dnm

askphilosophy_train

What book would you recommend for a 15 year old who wants to get into philosophy? I tried diving into the deep end and start with Soren Kierkegaard’s magnum opus; Either/or. But I found it to be to complex for me especially in the chapter where person A kept talking about Mozart and what makes a piece of work a classic. Can you give me a less complex, but still a good philosophy book that would suit me better.

hpg4hp7

hpfloq6

Plato's early dialogues, they are short and very funny.

Took a philosophy and lit class around that age and was profoundly impacted by Mans Search for Meaning. First half is his personal story followed by a philosophical framework for meaning based on his story. At the Existentialist Cafe is also excellent. Well written, accessible, and introduces a bunch of ideas tied to the moments those people are living in. Sophie's World i havent personally read but i had friends at that age love it. Philosohy, for better or worst, builds off itself and has created a cannon of sorts. Start with selections of plato, etc and go from there. Same with some eastern stuff, find what interests you and read some sections. Lastly, especially with primary texts, never feel pressured to read something in its entirety. At this age just try to absorb the concepts, how they can be applied, and the context in which it was revolutionary to be created.

yngt5a

askculinary_train

What can I use as a reusable cheese cloth for straining liquids? I’m looking for something reusable to strain my bone broth. I’m tired of buying small packs of cheese cloth for one use. Is there some sort of cloth straining material that’s washable that I can use or some other method? Someone suggested a fine metal strainer, but even then I feel like it still allows too many particulates through compared to a cloth type material.

iv9tqj3

iv9fbg6

Wife beater. The shirt, not the republican congressman…

You want a chinoise strainer. It’s like a very fine metal cone strainer. If you need more filtration, t-shirt material cut into a square Is used to line a chinoise and filters even more. They wash up easy for re use

ftcuyv

askculinary_train

Suggestions for Culinary School type exercises for a home cook? I'm a semi-competent home cook, and now that there's nothing else to do I'd kind of like to use the time to expand my repertoire. Is there a good website or cookbook that takes home cooks through a basic culinary school syllabus? I'm thinking along the lines of "this week we're making dishes that all use veloute-derived sauces" or "here are the basic stocks you should be able to make." Something that's structured to give a tour of the basic stuff every chef should know.

fm6i9ry

fm6l9ce

Learn to make the mother sauces Buy mushrooms or onions in bulk and learn to knuckle tuck and slowly start doing it faster Learn your knife cuts Learn to use a left handed whisk

This was effectively my Culinary Foundations 1/2 class: Buy a massive bag of carrots, potatoes, and onions, and get chopping. Download and print a knife cuts guide. Learn large dice, then cut that into medium and small. Cut batons, cut that into small dice. Cut julienne, cut that into brunoise. Make sure your knife is sharp as all fuck. Go \*slow\* and be super precise at first. Make them perfect, don't go for speed. You'll get faster over time. Practice this literally like 15-30 minutes per day every day (or more if you like), because that's how you get good. That's how I spent the first few months of culinary school. Learn how to emulsify a vinaigrette from scratch. Make mayonnaise from scratch. Make stock, and then learn to make the mother sauces (Instant pot is fucking fabulous for this, by the way...it's good to learn how to make a chicken stock from scratch once and skim it and stuff, but honestly if you have the IP don't bother after that, and don't bother making beef or veal stock without one). learn how to make consomme. Move onto making the perfect seared airline chicken breast and steak. Key if you're cooking at home though is to dry the meat in the fridge uncovered overnight, you get a much better crust that way. Learn how to make a pan sauce from the pan you've cooked your meats in. Learn to poach chicken and fish in a flavorful broth. Learn to make great polenta, rice, rice pilaf, and a couple other grains of your choice. Learn how to properly blanch veggies and finish them in a nice buttery sauce. Learn how to make a roast. Learn how to braise (in school we made a cartouche--a braising lid out of parchment paper) Practice some basic plating. Everyone has different styles, so spend some time googling around and see what you like. Cutting meats on a bias and trimming veggies on a bias makes things hecka fancy looking and takes no extra time. LEARN HOW TO SEASON WITH SALT PROPERLY. If you're not sure, keep adding more and more and tasting every single fucking thing every step of the way until it's too much. Most of the time people don't realize how much salt things need. ​ Most importantly though--learn the food science. Culinary school didn't teach as much of this as I would have liked, but it's so goddamn important to know if you want to be able to get very good. Otherwise you're just repeating what you've practiced, and that might not be the best approach if you don't understand why what you're doing is great. I always like to call Serious Eats my second culinary school for this reason.

sxykox

changemyview_train

CMV: I think my 'diversity backlash' around the new Lord of the Rings is less about skin color and more about seeing modern politics get injected into a fantasy story. There is a lot of this going around- 'Imagine being upset about a black elf in a series where the trees talk and wizards ride on eagles'. But wouldn't they expect fans to be upset if characters used iphones or had tramp stamp tattoos? They have talking trees, why can't a character have a Pepsi bottle? I think "Bright" was a better way to do a modern fantasy story- You can use Tolkien's ideas but if you need to include a multiethnic cast, set it in a time where globalism makes sense. Why not just make an African fantasy story or Asian stories, etc? Obviously the problem is that Amazon needs the name recognition of an existing property but wants a modern young demographic to watch it. So they have to make a weird hybrid that ends up causing fights because everyone is there for a different reason. To me, part of the essence of a Tolkien story is that it's provincial and glorifying an idealized rural England free of modern encroachment. If that is something we shouldn't see because it diminishes our current social ideas, then they shouldn't make a movie about it. Either put some Black Lives Matter flags in the show or commit to the fantasy but you can't go half way.

hxuperr

hxus71q

So having *anyone* who’s not white in the show is “modern politics”?

>But wouldn't they expect fans to be upset if characters used iphones or had tramp stamp tattoos? That would make the show internally inconsistent in a way that a slightly darker skinned elf would not. >To me, part of the essence of a Tolkien story is that it's provincial and glorifying an idealized rural England free of modern encroachment. That is only the shire. And, that idealized culture was nearly destroyed in the books by Saruman showing that the residents of the shire were not protected by staying in their ideal little garden community and ignoring the problems of the outside world. They were protected by the return of characters who had expanded their horizons and interacted with a large cross section of middle earth. >Either put some Black Lives Matter flags in the show or commit to the fantasy but you can't go half way. Why does the existence of black people in a made up land affect you in such a way? What is it about the mere appearance of a darker skinned person make you dismiss the entire project before seeing it? Why do brown elves mean the fantasy is "half-way"? They're fucking elves!? Elves aren't real. They could be purple. Who cares?

a7thwx

askengineers_train

How realistic is building a natural gas pipe line from the US to Europe? Just curious if the technology exists or is remotely feasible.

ec5rmg2

ec5vw5d

You can do it; the problem is economic infeasibility, not technical infeasibility.

It would be pretty tough. Maintaining a pipeline underwater for that long would be incredibly costly and difficult. A pipeline on land you can walk to. Accessing a pipeline laying across the ocean floor requires advanced underwater robots as well as entire teams of engineers, project managers, etc supervising them. Its so impractical and costly... to provide even basic maintenance. End of the day across the ocean, ships are probably a better bet

won3eh

askengineers_train

Why is my apartment shaking constantly? Hopefully this is allowed here. It’s more of an architectural engineering question. Within the past week my 3rd floor apartment floor has been subtly shaking nonstop. You can feel the floor moving, and it is especially prominent on furniture. I can feel it standing on the floor, sitting on the couch, laying in bed, even out on my balcony; I can’t escape it. It’s constant and never stops shaking as far as I’ve noticed in the past 3 days. I can’t pinpoint a cause - I turned all of my circuit breakers off and could still feel the shaking. Doesn’t seem to make a difference if appliances (air conditioning, washer/dryer, dishwasher, refrigerator, etc.) are running or not. There is a constant hum, but that existed before the shaking started. I am next to a highway that gets pretty heavy traffic, but I’ve lived in this unit since August 2021 and haven’t had this shaking problem until now. The first time I noticed the shaking was three mornings ago. The building is brand new, built in 2021, and I’m the first tenant to occupy my unit. It’s a 4-floor building. It’s starting to affect my sleep. I put anti-vibration mats under the posts of my bed frame but you can still feel the floor shaking regardless. Any ideas?

ikc2yes

ikc4a77

You aren't in Florida are you?

I had this happen at work in a machine shop. It ended up being earth moving equipment down the road maybe a quarter mile away. The vibrations stopped when they shut off their equipment for the day. It shook a whole building and caused parts to both machine and measure poorly. If you're feeling it at night, my guess is that it ain't that. We had another more persistent, yet less aggressive vibration coming from the HVAC equipment on the roof. But it only happened in parts of the building. I recommend the accelerometer or sound measurement equipment for further diagnosis. Also the carbon monoxide stuff mentioned elsewhere is scary. Do that first.

pt2e19

askacademia_train

Can I be successful if I don't specialise in a field? I am a linguist and am currently working on my PhD. I have been scatter brained when it came to pursuing academic interests. I have chased after one intellectual adventure after another. The topics I have studied, obsessed over have been very different and not at all related to one another. Can I be successful if I don't go deep into one topic?

hdua786

hducmnk

As an academic? Frankly, no--you won't be seen as competitive as other applicants who can articulate a research agenda that they can pursue with appropriate funding, resources, etc. While some teaching positions don't bring research much, if at all, into consideration, most applicants can speak to the ways their own research informs their teaching and how those ways would contribute to the current position.

I am in linguistics and generally speaking, no, at least not for a TT position at an R1 or something like that (at least in the US, though I think this applies in the rest of the world as well, from my experience with non-US linguists). The problem is that when you are presenting yourself, people on hiring committees want to see that you have some kind of coherence to your research plan and importantly that they can more or less predict what you'll be doing for the next 5-10 years. You won't be seen as a good "investment" if they're not sure that you'll be able to consistently come up with stuff to publish. On top of that, if you're seriously hopping from one subfield to another, not just different topics within phonology or syntax or whatever, even if you do consistently come up with new interests and research questions, you'll have to spend a LOT more time doing the necessary background reading, study design, potentially learning new methods, potentially new formalisms, and then piloting to write a publishable paper. Again this depends on the subfield, obviously formal semantics and syntax do not have as much experimental stuff, but the reading will not go away and experimental methods ARE increasingly common even in historically non-experimental fields. But this means that your output will be much lower. On the other hand, if you want to go into a primarily teaching position, it can be to your advantage that you've got more varied background and that you might be more comfortable teaching a broad range of classes. This is particularly true in smaller departments or departments where linguistics is a small program housed in another department. But for this you'd want to make sure that you build up your teaching portfolio. Just FYI, you don't have to be working on "just one thing" to be specialized; if you are interested in theory you can always approach it from different angles. E.g. "what information is in a phonological representation" gives you a WIDE array of languages, angles, and even methodologies to work with.

7jrm05

askengineers_train

I’ve had an urge to get into engineering as a career but I don’t know if it’s too late in my life. Thoughts? I’m 28 and I’ve been working as a paramedic/EMT for the past 10 years. I love my job but I also have a passion for building and tinkering, with electronics mostly. I spend a lot of my free time with arduino/Pi projects and reading and learning about such things. I absolutely love creating things that function to achieve something. Everyone I work with sees my projects and just generally knows me is always telling me I’m far too intelligent to be a paramedic.(I personally don’t think it has to do with intelligence, I just took the time to nurture my knowledge of a strong interest) As a small child, I was always taking things apart and through most of school, my plan was to be an engineer, but as a young teenager, I wanted to do something that made a difference in people’s lives and I didn’t want to spend a little less of a decade in school. I have my own family with children, and I have to work about 100 hours a week now to maintain mine and my family’s life now(lower middle class at that). It would be moving mountains to go back to school for 5 years or more, but the more I learn, the stronger my passion becomes with making things that perform work. I know very little about the professional or formal education aspects of engineering. I’m starting to regret not entertaining my young selves aspirations many years ago. If I did follow this course, I assume I would be entering the work force in my middle 30s. It’s unlikely, but I figured I would ask you guys about your thoughts.

dr8vimv

dr8r3on

Nope. I got my associate’s at 30, bachelors at 33, and masters at 35. Working a dope job as a research engineer now. You can totally do it! What I did pick up from the experience: * take the loans and take a heavy course load after a few “getting used to it” semesters. Don’t try to work, just crank out As. * talk to guidance counselors and form a plan ASAP. * calc 2 will probably be your hardest math course. Get a solutions manual and do every goddamn problem. * linear algebra will be your most useful one, and it’s usually not required * start at a community college; most grant you automatic admission to state schools if you get an AA/AS * start programming, even if you’re not an EE or CS person; it will distinguish you early on * talk to your professors constantly. Do problems, come in with questions. They appreciate that.

My brother left the army flying helicopters and went back for a BS mech eng at 25 (prev degree so short to get new one) and then back for a masters at 32ish. I studied and passed PE exam 17 years after graduating. Anything can be done if you decide, plan, and commit. Good luck with your choice. If you go back for it go all out. Plenty of help to get through here on reddit and around if you look.

aduh6r

askculinary_train

Is the mortar and pestle really as prevalent/necessary as food personalities (youtube cooks, foodnetwork, etc) make it seem? (Specifically in lieu of a good food processor) I'm specifically thinking about pesto, Thai curry paste, and chimichurri; but I've also seen them promoted for Indian spice mixtures, hummus, and masa for tortillas (made fresh from nixtamalized corn). I have what I consider to be the ultimate (domestic, I'm sure it's a child's toy to most of you) food processor for stuff like that, and I have a tiny mortar and pestle that I use only for peppercorns when I make steak au poivre, and that's about all I could make with it, but it's perfect for that. I understand the difference in the mechanics of a mortar and pestle and a food processor, with the blades vs crushing, but couldn't I just run the food processor for longer? I've seen videos of chefs doing side by side taste tests and saying the texture is subtly different, but I've also seen a lot of people with...let's call them "enhanced palates" saying things that just plain don't apply to most people. If I were to do a side by side comparison, what difference am I looking for? (Answers more specific than just "texture" please. Is it smoother? Does it release more or less oils in the food? Does it just play towards the "I worked harder on it so it better fucking taste better" mentality?) Thanks everyone.

edk8byg

edk79bo

this might help you, it's about pesto specifically but he describes the difference using a mortar and pestle makes https://www.seriouseats.com/2014/07/how-to-make-the-best-pesto.html ​

Thai curry paste is a workout, but gives an amazing result in mortar and pestle. Aioli also. I use mine for spices, making guac, and a pulverizer for anything that needs a good whack. Lemongrass! Whack. Palm sugar? Whack.

ti1vgm

asksciencefiction_train

[MCU] Why give a vibranium shield to Sam, when Steve (and others) know that stronger metals exist, e.g. Thanos' bladed weapon, uru? Thanos' bladed weapon absolutely *shattered* the shield! And uru, if I believe rightly, is not only tougher than vibranium but also magical in nature. So why give a regular vibranium shield to Sam? Imagine how much better a magical and/or much more durable shield would be!

i1c7idz

i1cjrt7

Because it's the strongest metal on Earth. Asgard isn't even a thing anymore, where would anyone find enough Uru to make a shield?

Anyone not satisfied with the rarest metal on earth is "just vibraniaum" is used for superhero gear rather than some alien unobtanium literally nobody on earth had access must be disappointed they don't have a titanium car, gold toilet, and metallic hydrogen cell phone case in the real world.

yxefgp

askengineers_train

How does Lidar even work? Light is insanely fast. Im not sure how electronics would be able to send a pulse and time the difference between the return signal. I want to make my own DIY lidar for fun, and I'm just curious about how all this stuff works. Im guessing that it would probably be easier to modulate the laser, and then add the sent signal with the received signal. I feel like you can do some fuckery like detecting the amplitude of the two added signals. The larger the phase shift between the return signal, Im guessing the lower the return amplitude. Maybe that's easier to measure? Maybe if its square waves, they prolly integrate the return signal instead right? They can prolly just compare the area under the summed signal, right? ​ I have zero knowledge about electronics or anything, and the internet isn't that helpful. Im just wondering how these sensors work, and if its possible to DIY it. Also I'm wondering, can I just buy a ToF sensor, and replace the IR Led with a laser diode?

iwoornp

iwopzjm

I'm a roboticist and have a lot experience using lidar and a bit of radar. They're essentially the same thing (light), except lidar is higher frequency. Both send an encoded wave pulse that reflects off a surface and measure the time it takes to return (electronics are that fast) to determine the distance of the surface from the sensor (since the speed of light is known). The nice thing about radar is that the wavelength is short enough that it's common to measure the frequency shift to directly measure doppler velocity of the surface. This is very difficult with lidar (for now, due to the higher frequency) so it's extremely rare. The amplitude and phase change is used to measure the reflectivity of the surface.

It can be as simple as sending a pulse to a laser diode and clocking a chain of flip-flop gates. When the reflection comes back, it's detected and stops the clock. A micro-controller can read out the state of the gates. Depending on the frequency, the binary number is proportional to the distance. How fast you can clock the counters determines the resolution with which you can measure the distance. A laser has the advantage of staying very narrowly confined so you get much more distance, and an extremely tight frequency so a simple optical filter can eliminate almost all the environmental noise. The basic limit is how fast the gates can switch and how stable the clock is *during* the pulse. Longer term drift or inaccuracy can be corrected for with a slower, more a precise time base like a crystal. There would also be a minimum distance based on the response time of the detector. I think you could totally home brew something that would at least give you a reading. You can get off the shelf counters in the 4GHz range for a few dollars. And that's before you start playing with multiple pulses with an offset clock for over sampeling. The fuckery you described is called Interferometry and can give you sub-wavelength resolution. Although you wouldn't use it in general range finding because it's like reading a vernier scale with all the numbers on the main scale rubbed off. And yes, you can just buy quite accurate laser TOF sensors. It's dedicated chip with a clock and counter on the same die so they can operate well into the gigahertz range without (with fewer) signal integrity problems.

1dha0r

askculinary_train

What's the most difficult dish you know how to make? (Reposted at the mods request) If it takes multiple days and cooking methods and is easy to mess up, I want to hear about it here.

c9qcsmc

c9qb0wy

Smoked brisket. Lots of time, energy, and waiting, progress is difficult to judge, and margin for error is very thin.

Cordon Bleu. It's a bit tricky to pound a chicken breast flat without tearing it up too bad. Not saying it's rocket science...just most interesting one I've done I can think of at this moment. Oh, and strawberry Napoleons. Again not rocket science, but you do have to be careful/meticulous with it...and if you pull it off...the people you're feeding won't stop talking about it. :-)

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askdocs_train

[19F]Experiencing bad pulsating headaches nonstop for the past week and noticed big hard lump growing on side of my neck. It is currently 10:38pm as I’m writing this and I haven’t left my bed since 2:30am this morning and that was to let my mum know about the lump. Today I’ve had no appetite and last time I ate was around 7:30pm yesterday. 20mins ago I got up to use the toilet and as I was making my way out, I collapsed. My body gave out on me so I just laid there for about 10mins until my body gained back conscious. Mind you, my room is directly in front of the bathroom yet I couldn’t even make it past the bathroom door. I’m not sure if there is a connection but for the past 2/3 weeks my right ear has been really sore but since I always had problems with my ears I ignored it and thought the pain will die down on its own in a week or so but since then I’ve slowly started experiencing migraines straight from hell 24/7. I kid you not, it feels like Mike Tyson is in my head goin HAM. It’s gotten to the point I’m now constantly sleep deprived, lightheaded & nauseous but still I didn’t feel like it was concerning enough to go see the doctor coz I know how busy it is rn and to go in for migraines I didn’t think was fair so thought, “it’s because I’m in bed all day, food will fix it”. Started having neck pain 6 days ago, did a quick google search and concluded it was poor sleeping posture. Now couple days later and my lips are dry no matter how much water I drink or lip balm I put, they’re constantly dry as well as my throat. Later that night is when I feel a small lump on the right side of my neck in the middle. I thought I was tripping, I could feel something there but convinced myself I’m imagining since it wasn’t visible and brushed it off. Until this morning at 2am, I was trying to massage to help the neck pain and felt really dense and swollen up behind my ear, so I get up to check in the mirror and that when I see how swollen it’s gotten which it wasn’t even noticeable the day before unless I didn’t pay much attention? I feel I would have definitely noticed considering the size. Now like I said I got up about 20mins ago to pee and it’s gotten even bigger and worse in pain and I also just noticed my right ear is bruised. I know now everything is getting progressively worse quite fast and I should go get it checked but I’m scared it’s more than just swollen lymph node/tumour and the cost considering I’m a permanent resident not a citizen. I’m extremely anxious and stressed, I can feel something is very wrong with my body, I’m always weak and lack energy and idk how to prepare myself to hear the news. I’m not even sure I can walk to the car then from the car to the hospital without fainting. When I stand or walk around my head gets so intense and body goes numb in less than a minute I lose control. Can you guys give me possibilities of what to prepare for so I’m not phased when I hear bad new out loud? I have 2 more days til I go get checked and at this point I think having an idea of what to expect will bring a little peace of mind. Sorry this post is all over the place, still heavy sleep deprived so I’m going to try sleep now and will check if any replies when I wake

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You need to go to a hospital

This could definitely be an infection that can be easily treated, rather than something more long term or scary. Which is why it is imperative you seek emergency treatment immediately. Do not wait. Call an ambulance, get to the ED immediately. Waiting could cause you more harm or even death. I’ll be watching for updates. Don’t be afraid of what it may be, be afraid of what waiting may cost you. You got this!

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askbaking_train

Can I be Baker even tho I'm not that good at baking? I'm a senior next year and I'm planning to go to culinary school but it seems that I'm not that good at cooking especially baking. I'm trying to learn this quarantine tho. I love cooking but it seems that it doesn't love me back

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Hard work outpaces talent every single time.

If you put in the effort and practice, you can get better. For baking, you need to be very precise and not skip steps or alter things without knowing how to properly adjust. It's more scientific than regular cooking. I would advise looking into the reasons behind the way certain things are done (eg, why is creaming butter and sugar important? How does leavening work? Why do we need to knead bread dough but not pie dough?) and you will gain some insight which in turn will help you get better when you're actually baking. I went to culinary school for pastry, and even though they say they don't expect you to have prior experience or knowledge, you do need to have enough skill and a good amount of sheer will to keep your head above water. It's fast-paced and unforgiving, as is the restaurant industry. Also- what about baking are you bad at? Is there a specific type of product you have trouble with more than others?

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askphilosophy_train

What is meant by this quote from Zhuangzi? Your life has a limit, but knowledge has none. If you use what is limited to pursue what has no limit, you will be in danger. ​ From my experience pursuing too much knowledge is bad, especially if it won't be used for anything, since it takes time away from the joy of life. Would this be a valid interpretation?

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https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/zhuangzi/ Last section here talks about it in the context of skepticism. Seems like the conclusion is about knowledge rather than personal welfare. i.e. "don't be too sure you know the truth about something, you might be wrong."

There is a more fundamental aspect: in your own life you always have some particular perspective, but knowledge/wisdom/understanding can adopt any perspective. Your interpretation is valid, but there's also Zhuangzi's "wistful Taoist" mode. *If you must* pursue knowledge against Zhuangzi's advice (and maybe you're the sort of person who must!) then you risk going badly wrong by losing sight of the fact that you are approaching things from a limited perspective. If you fail to criticize and relativize your own perspective then your pursuit may lead you into trouble.

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askscience_train

How deep can water be before the water at the bottom starts to phase change from liquid to solid? Let's assume the water is pure H20 (and not seawater). How deep could this body of water be before the water pressure is great enough to phase change? What would the water look like at that depth? What type of ice would form? Would average seawater change this answer?

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase_diagram#Crystals At ~~0 C~~ let's make that 1 C the required pressure to solidify is ~630 MPa. In Earth's gravity, each 10 metres of depth increases the pressure by 1 atmosphere, ~0.1 MPa. Therefore, **about 63 kilometres**. And it'd be **Ice VI**, a tetragonal crystal structure with a density ~1300 kg/m^3. This however neglects change in density with depth. It's also quite sensitive to temperature, just 10 or 20 degrees C could halve or double the required pressure to solidify. On Europa the pressures will be lower than that due to the lower gravity. From the water phase diagram we can see there's a fairly narrow temperature range, from about 252 to 270 Kelvin, where increasing pressure goes ice-water-ice, therefore allowing a subsurface ocean with ice both above and below. But impurities in the water could significantly alter such ranges.

Water would have to be about 100km deep (~63 miles) to create a pressure of about 1 gigapascal at which point liquid water changes to ice VI (ice 6). Saltwater changes these depths and pressures a bit, but overall pretty similar. This assumes the water has constant density (not 100% true) and is approximately 0C. But should be reasonably close.

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askphilosophy_train

How can I ever be confident in my beliefs if there is an infinite amount of thinking, research, and discussion that I have not experienced that would potentially change my opinion? Also, how can I even be doubtful of my beliefs if this applies to everyone else too?

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Read Pascal's Pensees (thoughts) Pascal essentially states that you shouldn't live in a constant state of doubt, but realize that you live in a constant state of faith and belief. Nothing can be proven absolutely conclusively, because we still lack extraordinary amounts of information pertaining to our world. The best bet is to research reasoning and logic and defend your beliefs as best as you can. As long as you fulfill an epistemic responsibility and research your points, they should be well formed and proper. Always remember that other peoples opinions will differ, and don't be scared to test your beliefs against others and gain a better understanding.

I struggled so much with this question between the ages of 17 and 20, when I studied philosophy compulsively. A graduate student gave me excellent advice about it. He said that if you continue to study philosophy, at a certain point you reach a "philosophical fluency". That is to say, you get a broad understanding of the major arguments concerning whatever philosophical question you're interested in. You may not understand all the arguments in their full detail as created by all philosophers over the years, but you understand the lay of the land, so-to-speak, of various answers to the question. So, for example, let's say you are concerned about the question whether or not there is a God (which was one of my major concerns). Over years of study you learn the cosmological, ontological, and teleological arguments, as well as objections to them and objections to those objections. At a certain point, you realize that the conversation is beginning to repeat itself, much like when you're disagreeing with another person, you get to a point when you realize that more discussion isn't going to budge your ideas. At this point, you either take a stance on the issue (God exists, doesn't, or possibly, etc.), convinced of a point of view (which may or may not be an amalgam of other people's arguments, and may include your own creative argumentation), or you give up on the question as unsolvable. Either way, at least in theory, coming to an intellectual conclusion on the issue will help you come to an emotional conclusion, and you will no longer dwell on the issue and may be able to move forward in action (either by, for example, practicing a religion, declaring yourself an agnostic, or so forth).

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askbaking_train

Can I chop up any candy bar that I like and throw it in a chocolate chip cookie dough in place of chips? My main concern is texture.

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guikvn4

Yes! I do this all the time. I love chopping up Heath bars and adding them in. Or Reese’s peanut butter cups

Maybe. Depends. Results will vary. Chocolate chips don’t melt as easily as regular chocolate because of a lower cocoa fat content. The chocolate in candy bars, as well as other fillings in the bars, are going to melt faster. You’ll probably have to do some experimenting or look for suggestions from bakers who’ve done it. If your candy bars are pretty much chocolate and solid ingredients like nuts, you can probably get away with chopping them up. But if it’s something with caramel or nougat, I’d try pressing the chunks into the scooped cookie, keeping it away from the edges—the dough will bake around the chunk, keeping any liquified components from spilling out, and when it cools… well, it should be tasty, but you might get different textures. You probably should plan on chilling the cookie first, or think about freezing the chunks before pressing and baking, to give the dough time to bake before the candy melts.

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askculinary_train

HELP! My fryer smokes after only a couple hours of service Hi, I run a small business and we attend a local farmers market a couple times a month where we do fried chicken sandwiches. My problem is that after a couple of hours of busy service my fryer (Commercial Twin Fryer Electric 10+10 litre 6kW Countertop) begins to smoke and smell nasty as the flour based breading collects at the bottomof the fryer and begins to burn on the element. I've tried really shaking the chicken to get any loose breading to fall off before placing it in the fryer with little to no success. I need to buy a spoon sieve so that I can take out any pieces of batter that fall off but I don't think that will do much in the long run. I could buy an even bigger fryer but 1. I'm not sure that would solve my problem. 2. I only purchased my current one this year so I don't really want to be splashing out again. 3. My current fryer is a great size to carry and setup at the market. Anything bigger would be heavier and more difficult to transport. Any tips or advice to help extend the frying time and not cause them to smoke would be much appreciated! Thank you 🙏

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Lots of good tips here, but have you double checked the temperature. The thermostat could be off and the oil could be too hot.

Is there a fast or easy way to drain the oil? You could drain it through a strainer/siv and pour it back in once or twice a day

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changemyview_train

I believe the "men's rights" argument holds no water and is mainly championed by those who don't understand feminism, CMV Feminism affects both men and women. Certainly we associate femininity with the female sex, but that's exactly the reason why it affects men as well. The modern face of feminism is one that attempts to break down societal gender constructs, i.e. femininity = woman, masculinity = man, while empowering both men and women to rise above them. I am a man but I've been an ardent femininist for my entire life, and it pains me to see ridiculous and often ill-informed opinions on one of society's most prevalent issues. Men seem to feel threatened by feminism, as if empowering women means to de-empower men. This is not true in the slightest! Any legitimate, academic discussion of feminism acknowledges that gender constructs affect men to a great degree, and I've yet to meet a single educated feminist who would disagree. I understand that there are radicalists in every movement out there, but fringe opinions do not affect my beliefs. The men's rights movement (which I truly hope only exists on the internet) is unnecessary. Men have held positions of power for millennia - is it really necessary for us to feel better about being a man? Where feminism seeks to tear down the ideas of being male and female, men's rights activists (or should I say, soapbox preachers) seem to do nothing but boost male egos. It's juvenile and frankly makes little sense to me. I don't think I'll be converted out of feminism, but please CMV about the legitimacy of men's rights.

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There is a large part of me that feel like feminism and men's rights are completely separate. They both focus on issues prevalent to their specific gender. Men aren't going to be fighting so much for equal opportunities in the workplace (for example) because that is predominately a woman's issue. But a couple of things I understand are men's rights issues are things like women being let off the hook more often for the same crimes which is causing unbalanced ratios of men vs women in prison, and women are more likely to get money and children in a divorce (you don't hear of many women paying child support). Feminists aren't fighting for equality in these areas (at least that I've ever seen). They're only fighting for equality in things that are against them. We need to get rid of feminism all together, as well as men's rights and focus on human rights and equality. We are closer than we have ever been in past generations, but are still far from it. I am truly grateful for first wave feminism and the fact that I have more rights than women have ever had. I would never dismiss that, in fact I celebrate it to the point that I was planning to name my baby Eleanor after Eleanor Roosevelt (but I'm having a boy). I just believe that feminism had it's time and place and we got what we needed out of it. We are on our way to being more equal than ever, but have to stop focusing just on women. We are all humans and deserve equality no matter our gender. I want my husband to have the same rights as me and I want the same rights as my husband. Simple as that.

One of most talked about men's rights persona is Warren Farrell. He was thrice on the board of NOW and took part in 'equal pay' marches before coming to his senses. Until then, he was an ardent feminist for his entire life. Here he is talking of why boys and men need a white house council. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lngj301_-M He even thinks that the second wave feminism did good too, I am wont to disagree. >As a successful lady litigant (May, 1896) remarked to her husband, "There is no law which compels me to obey or honour you, but there is a law that you must keep me." This woman tersely sums up the position. In the case of a man of property the Courts will expropriate him for the benefit of his wife. In the case of a wage-earner the Courts from police magistrates to Supreme Court will decree him to be her earning slave, bound to work for her or go to prison. A wife, no matter if rolling in wealth, is not obliged to contribute a penny to her husband's support, even if he be incapaci- tated from work through disease or accident. First wave feminism making women not property, while leaving men as property. >What is worth remembering is that boys used to be the group considered shortchanged by the schools. The idea that the schools shortchanged boys was part of the common wisdom through the 1970s. As Brophy (1985) reminds us: "Claims that one sex or the other is not being taught effectively in our schools have been frequent and often impassioned. From early in the century (Ayres, 1909) through about 1970 (Sexton, 1969; Austin, Clark, & Fitchett, 1971), criticism was usually focused on the treatment of boys, especially at the elementary level. Critics noted that boys received lower grades in all subjects and lower achievement test scores in reading and language arts. They insisted that these sex differences occurred because the schools were 'too feminine' or the 'overwhelmingly female' teachers were unable to meet boys' learning needs effectively." And second wave feminism's Title IX was responsible for further equality besides of course allowing women to be 'equal' in sports. > Men have held positions of power for millennia *What difference does it make whether women rule or the rulers are ruled by women? The result is the same. -Aristotle* > - is it really necessary for us to feel better about being a man? Yes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExWfh6sGyso https://unmaskingfeminism.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/woman-have-quietly-snitched-from-man-his-really-human-qualities/ see, >Misandry and Emptiness: Masculine Identity in a Toxic Cultural Environment -Paul Nathanson, Katherine K. Young See 'women are wonderful' effect. >The modern face of feminism is one that attempts to break down societal gender constructs, i.e. femininity = woman, masculinity = man, while empowering both men and women to rise above them. Nothing modern about it, New York Times 1914 >“And so there are no men and there are no women! W. L. George says that this is the revolutionary biological principle upon which the feminist propaganda rests. I should say that it is about the best example of biological bosh that I have ever encountered in cold type.” >‘The feminists base themselves on Weininger’s theory, according to which the male principle may be found in woman, and the female principle in man.’” http://unmaskingfeminism.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/feminists-as-mistakes-of-nature-a-biologists-perspective-part-1/ >while empowering both men and women to rise above them. heh, the 'rising' is for normals, the deviants find normality. >Last Friday's article on date rape by Murray Rothbard in these pages brought back a lot of college memories (not many of them good). By the end of his essay Rothbard cut to the real motive of the feminists: the campus date-rape campaigns of the early 1990s weren't motivated by a genuine concern for the well-being of women. They were part of an ongoing attempt to delegitimize heterosexuality to young, impressionable women by demonizing men as rapists. >The only point I'd add is that the regulations the feminists were proposing applied only to men, not to the hordes of lecherous dikes teaching in "Wymyn's Studies" departments whose most prized occupational perk is brazen sexual harassment of young women with complete impunity. http://archive.lewrockwell.com/orig/fiori3.html PS - I am not a men's rights activist, and I don't believe in feminism's legitimacy.

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asksciencefiction_train

[MCU] Spoilers: Should Thor have aimed for the head? Would Thor have killed Thanos with a single blow to the head with Storm Breaker, as Thanos implied?

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Or he could have cut Thanos’ arm off.

I actually read the director said Thor could have killed Thanos had he aimed for the Head but he didn’t cause he wanted to gloat to thanos that he got his vengeance hence the chest shot

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explainlikeimfive_train

Explain like I'm five years old: How does the body decide where to add or take away fat when gaining/losing weight?

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Your hormones, estrogen and testosterone levels will dictate where your body decides to store and therefore burn fat first. Which is why food quality is important not just macro nutrients. Poor quality foods and lack of sleep tend to have a negative effect on hormone balance. Among other environmental factors.

You have a set number of fat cells in your body. Depending on your genetics there may be more or less of them in certain parts of your body. If you gain more body fat, you're not gaining cells, they're just getting bigger. The same with losing body fat, those cells get smaller. They more or less all grow and shrink at the same rate.

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askacademia_train

Successfully defended PhD yesterday. COVID-positive today. So much to do to submit this paper, but I feel like death. Any advice?

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PhD's cause Covid, n=1

First, congrats! Second, I was incredibly ill when I defended. I forced myself to look over ten pages a day after that (I had almost five weeks and only 300 pages to look over). Most days were easy with few revisions. Some days required a little more effort. Pareling out the work made it easier to get through. I hope you get better soon!!

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explainlikeimfive_train

Explain like I'm five years old: Why does the smoke around a campfire always seem to follow me?

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According to urban stories, it's because you are handsome or pretty.

Confirmation bias? Basically, the only time you pay attention to the smoke is when it's in your face. So you remember when you're in the smoke and think "Not again!". But when you aren't in the smoke, everything's normal and you don't make note of the smoke at all. It's the same reason that cold readings (psychics, fortune tellers, mediums) can seem so accurate: you remember the hits and forget the misses.

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askengineers_train

of all the stuff you were taught in school, how much do you actually use and remember? so, im very much interested in ME as a degree but I'm autistic and have Dyslexia and because of these 2 i suffer from information overload and comprehension from text, now I'm planning on getting/using tools to assist me in these areas but I'm worried that when i get into the real world these tools won't be as effective? so I'm wondering how much you rely on your memory recall on day-to-day when working? and how often does it becomes too much and stresses you out? i know a lof of this is dependent on where you work but I'm looking for averages, just to get an idea\~!

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Computer engineering, I use concepts and knowledge from courses I could count on one hand, a good half of the curriculum I haven’t touched in a decade of work. Most work is specialized enough you won’t use every single course and often it’s more about knowing what tools or concept to use more than doing the sort of stuff a class teaches. I.e. I know to use a Fourier transform (made up example, I haven’t touched these for years either), and that I can go find an implementation of one in C to use, but I’m not doing convolution math by hand. Also many jobs are going to have specialists doing specific complex work - I remember in school doing layout for PCBs and my teacher basically saying if you’re at any place bigger than a small startup it’s likely there is “the layout guy” who does the layout for most projects given there are a lot of tricks that someone with a lot of experience knows that aren’t obvious and just come from experience. When I worked in a job where layout of PCBs was involved, indeed there was one guy who basically just did that.

Honestly, the diversity of industry jobs is so huge that your notions of "averages" doesnt mean much. The trick is finding the ones that are a good fit for you. You arent going to be working at an "average" place. Ever. Youre going to be working at a specific place with a specific experience. I have used EVERYTHING I learned in school at some point in the first 3 years of my career. Successful engineers solve problems with math and evidence. There is no way to do that without your education. Somethings were explicit math where having memorized equations was very helpful. Others were just being aware of a concept and knowing where to look it up. But I would say if you want to be an engineer, this step is the differentiator between being a good one and a bad one. I have friends who havent used anything from college. Most of them were hired into big firms, like boeing or lockheed, where they managed spreadsheets. Those industries execute tons and tons of design validation for quality purposes. So their jobs were to use spreadsheet tools to track this process. There are dozens of other sectors that engineers can go into. Regulatory, testing, quality, manufacturing, etc etc. All with varying degrees of math from school and memorizing compliance specifications (more words and nuance than math). If youre really passionate about engineering, go for it. Stop worrying about fitting with your disabilities. If you can pass the classes, you can get a job and be successful at it. The biggest take away from college is learning how to learn. This might be doubly true for you.