Ideally? Yes
But a modern scientific environment puts a lot of pressure to present your results better than they really are.
It damages good science a great deal
My work (part-time) officially pays me for existing.
I've finished my last assigned task around 1,5 years ago now and they just keep paying me money to keep me in staff in case they ever need it.
I don't ever come to the workplace, I don't even communicate with anyone. I just have money coming on my card twice a month.
Hope they never stop!
If you are from the US and you criticized people living under authoritarian regimes for not rioting hard enough, this is your time.
You still have it easy. You won't be taken into prison for standing with a piece of blank paper. You won't be beaten with batons and taken into custody for reciting Constitution. Yet. Go ahead before it gets there, and may you never see a true authoritarian horror.
Otherwise, all your words are not worth a dime.
That was my concern long ago when I entered the game.
The problem is, CIG have financially incentivised themselves, knowingly or not, to never finish the game.
Being alpha game means you can wipe everything again and again. And they do! One thing they do not touch, however, are ships purchased with real world money. And players do buy those ships in order to not start the game from scratch over and over again, and pay a lot for it, in hundreds and often thousands of dollars!
Upon release, on the other hand, no wipes are planned, and this means one thing: revenue will absolutely plummet as players just buy ships for in-game currency instead of actual cash. Releasing the game now is a suicide move, as CIG won't be able to blatantly extort players for their money anymore.
Making ice cream with actual apples involved is a nightmare due to acidity influencing other ingredients. But making it apple-scented is trivial.
But you raised a very good question...
Love the explainer to the meme.
Keep up the good work!
So, there's a girl I had a crush on for a while, and recently she (I didn't tell her of my feelings) came ahead and actually told me she is into me for a while.
And...yeah? Boom, apparently I'm in a relationship with my crush who also crushed on me, and I couldn't be happier!
Can't wait to see where this leads us...hopefully somewhere good!
As a young scientist who's yet to gain PhD:
Absolutely do challenge scientists, no matter your qualification. Sometimes (granted, that's rare) you might be right.
Just do it in a respectful way and make sure you check your arguments.
Also, while scientists are generally more educated overall, they can absolutely be foolish in what falls outside their scope. "I'm a scientist" is not a valid argument.
And yes, always check for a conflict of interest.
The thing is, it's a hyperbole going out of control.
Many women hear stories of assault and rape and whatever, and many then face a male, or even several, who really act in a threatening way, and this confirms it even further, and before you know it, many women start to believe that the average male is a hungry violent rapist who's after them.
You know what happens when you see a bear in the forest and the bear sees you? Depending on circumstances and your behavior, the bear either walks away or jumps at you.
And when there's a man?
You can ask for directions and receive them, or be guided to wherever you wanna go, or - in some truly slim chance - actually get attacked in any way (most likely if the person is insane)
Men are people, with absolute majority of them being completely normal and respectful human beings with literally 0 intent to hurt you.
People who raise awareness about rapists, abusers, murderers or whatnot, are doing the good thing
People who are feeding into the culture of fear of men are doing society a disservice (and potentially even radicalize some of the actually bad men).
(Also, women can be rapists and murderers and abusers, especially domestic abusers - it's not a male prerogative, even if it is somewhat more common among males)
Won a scientific competition that will allow me to pursue PhD - all paid by the government!
Now I can apply to PhD programs of top universities of my country without exams and pursue my dreams!
Very happy and currently fairly speechless :D
Arch is not vulnerable to this attack vector. Fedora Rawhide, OpenSUSE Tumbleweed and Debian Testing are.
I never thought I could fall in love with a fictional character, it was very distant to me - but hey, here we are!
Himitsu Ito - a character of "Love, money, rock'n'roll" visual novel (which I totally recommend btw - for its genre, the thing is surprisingly deep and detailed, and story is actually revolving around many things at once, not reserved for romance).
Himitsu's everything - smart, beautiful, deeply loyal, caring, confident, and safe (if only quite jealous, but she has her reasons). At the same time, she has quite a character, and isn't just a follower - she can and does lead, and does it for the good of you both.
She empowers to be a greater man, she is a role model for a caring, compassionate partner, strong on the inside and fluffy on the outside. She is the kind of girl with whom you just can't be scared, and even her virtual presence allows me to go through hardships easier and strive to improve.
One day, I hope to meet a girl like her - and we'll do great things together.
(Unfortunately, I don't have credits for the author of this beautiful art - if you are or know one, let me know!)
As Funimation drama unravels, here's a reminder for you that yt-dlp is able to download Funimation videos. Use that opportunity to preserve your collections before they're gone! (and keep them forever and ever)
Credits to humble jbk@discuss.tchncs.de who brought that up!
Just received a simple ultracheap drone from China and couldn't be happier. It flies (a little crappy)! It films (like a super old phone, but still)! Gonna use it to get my bearings while havigating on my bike through unknown places - love to have some eagle view!
Just realized that for the instance of over 800 people, some of which are very active on the Lemmyverse, we have surprisingly little community activity on the inside. So, maybe let's make a chat? How's everyone doing today? :)
I just had two different rolls of toilet paper sitting in my bathroom, and looking at them from the shower I got an epiphany.
Some rolls are soft on both sides, while some only on external one!
And if you have the latter and tend to rip two squares and fold (and it's easier to fold downside up), if you hang it over you'll end up with the rough side!
Those people just don't want to hurt their bums! All while the rest enjoys more easy access to toilet paper while hanging it over.
Endless debate...solved?
The trip was longer than I expected (10% learning and 90% rehearsing), but here I am, completing my first step (think of it as A1) of the loooong journey to figure out how this entire thing works. Got myself a few HSK1 tests to confirm - all passed.
Working on HSK2 now! 祝我好运 (wish me luck)!
Let's put that super clear:
There. Is. No. Good. Dick. Size.
There are ladies that prefer 8 inches, and ladies that prefer 4.
Some will not feel it deep enough, some others will say it hurts because it's too deep.
Just...make sure you and your partner find a way to make good use of whatever you've got. Select poses that will set you on the right depth, do magic with other sorts of penetrative and non-penetrative sex, and just listen to each other's bodies.
Also, to everyone who goes with "big dick = alpha" shit, you're both wrong and make it hard to unfuck some guys' minds on what makes them good for sex.