notacat

joined 1 year ago
[–] notacat@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Wait I thought google solved protein folding.

[–] notacat@mander.xyz 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I never see this mentioned but Darknet Diaries is actually a really informative and entertaining podcast about hacking, the dark web, physical penetration testing (gone wrong), nation-state cyber attacks.

[–] notacat@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ironic that a podcast covering cults has its own cult following. /s Their cult episodes are my absolute favorite.

[–] notacat@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Opening arguments is also a good legal/political podcast for fans of 5-4

[–] notacat@mander.xyz 17 points 1 year ago

According to some module I had to take yesterday, 18-44 is “young adult” and 45 to something is “middle aged.”

[–] notacat@mander.xyz 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For times when you want to do nothing but watch youtube, learn to knit or crochet so you can feel a little better about doing something.

[–] notacat@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Outdoor gardening is surprisingly easy to get into and it is super cool to see how big plants can get with a little water and care. Also it’s like a pet in that it helps you get out on the bad days since they need tending.

[–] notacat@mander.xyz 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You also went to college presumably during COVID. So I’m sure that didn’t help.

[–] notacat@mander.xyz 9 points 1 year ago

When people talk about “doing your own research,” I think they underestimate how difficult and slow actual research is. For physical and biological sciences it also requires heavy investment in equipment, but you can save money by sharing resources and collaborating with others doing similar research. For social/politics/history/economic research, I would imagine you need access to primary sources, maybe some modeling software, and years of learning to understand the context of anything you’re researching. I think people who say “do your own research” don’t understand the significance of understanding context, which leads to some…interesting ideas.

[–] notacat@mander.xyz 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Congratulations, you have just discovered the name of your new band/blog/company.

[–] notacat@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, the situation is dire. We’re basically on the verge of extinction with a mere 8 billion of us.

[–] notacat@mander.xyz 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hopefully the poster is referring more to topics like Hunter Biden’s laptop that take up a significant amount of time on the most watched cable news channel. Or when Hillary Clinton was investigated eleven times with nothing to show for it simply to keep her in the news.

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