MrEff

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[–] MrEff@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Alternatively: We can remember for you, whole-Dick

[–] MrEff@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

No effort was put into this beyond data entry. But in my opinion, for an info graphic I like the boxes. For data, I like the bars.

[–] MrEff@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago (2 children)

It looks like a data scientist was like "yeah, a pie graph makes the most sense to use" and sent it up. Then the marketing manager was like "we need to make this sexy. How about something like a soccer ball."

[–] MrEff@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have a clinical doctorate and can make about 110k. I have also chosen to work on a PhD for research in my field. When i finish at the end of the year, my additional doctorate and an entry research job should bring my earning potential to.... 110k. Or I can do a post-doc and earn 65k. I can also go into industry and make about 170k. I did my clinical fellowship at NIH and saw the research first hand and know how needed amd impactful it is. Science in this country was already getting strained, under trump it has become a joke.

[–] MrEff@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Disagree. You and so many others throw around the word communism as if it is a specific type, rather than a general type. Not only that, communism and capitalism as not mutually exclusive. We have communism in capitalist societies and there was capitalism inside the USSR's communism.

We have fully functioning communes within the USA. Those are communists living happily inside a communist community, with communist leadership, and communist ideals, all as a sub community within normal American cities. And it is successful.

The US has communism/socialism even within its own government. We have communist firefighters. There was a time all fire brigades were private and sold memberships and private insurance. It was communism that made it a public service. Even the socialist healthcare in the military was not always that way. Up until the Civil War it was private healthcare and the medics were for the battlefield only. All after care was out of pocket. Even for a time after the Civil War large amounts were not covered by the military.

And even looking at the previous poster's comment about not seeing true communism- that is a category- are they referring to Lennonist communism? Maoist? Marxist? It's like saying all capitalist governments are the same, as if the EU and the US, and Nigeria are all the same types of government.

[–] MrEff@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

My biggest complaint about academy is the same as everyone, poor writing. But since everyone also wants to bring up the 'woke' panic as well being why it's so bad, I disagree. It isn't the package that is bad, it's the packaging.

Don't give 'the Gay(tm) character'. Give me a good character who is gay.

Why are you forcing me to care about a character because they are gay? What a wasted opportunity. You had a not so subtle anti-archetype klingon who had the heavy handed writing of being into science, medicine, and openly gay and intentionally written to be anything a klingon is not. What shitty writing. They had all the opportunities to make me love the character for who they were, their personality, their true choices and internal struggles, and make me care about them as a whole person that happened to be gay because that is who they are. Make me love their choices about being gay, not tell me I should love them because they are gay.

More than that, previous iterations of trek knew how to do it right. Most people bring up DS9 because it was done so well. We loved the characters for who they were, and who they were happened to be gay. Academy told us to love them because they were gay, and just happened to also be a character.

Edit: lol. Getting downvoted because people think this is some anti-gay post?? It's about bad writing and forced caring.

In my opinion, for recent shows The Orville did it best. Bortis is easily my favorite character. So well written and so much fun. And the whole arc with his kid was some of the best scifi tv trans writing out there. That is where academy could take a lesson from on what I mean about loving the character who happens to be gay rather the telling me to love the character because they are gay.

[–] MrEff@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Amazing meme choice. Sounds like a fun read.

[–] MrEff@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

"An improved analysis method of Phrenology"

[–] MrEff@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Congratulations. I hope your edits are few and potential publications are plentiful. What was the topic?

[–] MrEff@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Did you read it?? It showed statistical significance with an 8 point difference on the outcome measure test. And then for you so say this drug needs a double blind controlled trial? It was. That is literally the first sentence in the methods section! Also, the article went into details about the outcomes measures and quality of life impacts.

Just going to throw this out there, you had to follow the doi link, then download the pdf to read the actual article. It sounds like you just glazed over the summary paragraphs.

[–] MrEff@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Committee members for supervising thesis and dissertations are normally locked once you submit the committee form. There are no changing them unless it is under extreme circumstances. We are talking circumstances like death, retirement, and pending legal issues. Otherwise, things like scheduling, professional conflicts, and personality differences are not acceptable reasons. Sucks for OOP for being stuck with a shitty person.

[–] MrEff@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I knew it looked photoshopped but wanted it to be real, so I looked up the isbn. Sadly, it is not this book. Weirdly, it is a different scifi book that sounds half decent and actually won an award.

Brute Orbits by Goerge Zebrowski. He was (just died in Dec of 2024) a scifi machine and churned out several of the star trek books as well as a shit load of original works all through the 70's till about 2000. And this one happens to be one of his highest rated works.

Also in this rabbit hole: he worked/lived with (possible partner of?) Pamela Sargent who wrote Earthseed. A huge scifi book for those who are into it.

 

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