Can’t convert INR to USD in my head, but I’m comparing costs between parts - PSU looks unusually cheap. I would typically clock a good one to be about the same price as a motherboard.

I would double check the PSU - it’s one of those things where you really shouldn’t skimp out on.

Edit: as another commenter pointed out as well: PSU wattage seems low. You want a wattage rating that’s about double the expected max power consumption

You can also typically save some money by getting a non-X CPU instead of X. eg, 7600 instead of 7600X. They’re usually virtually indistinguishable in performance, but the non-X is typically much cheaper and has lower power draw (and better thermal headroom as a result).

The 7000 series is also last gen, so you might be able to get a used CPU and save extra money there. CPU’s virtually don’t degrade (unless you actually just abuse them), so there shouldn’t be any technical concerns about getting a used CPU. Of course, watch for scams when buying used parts.

I’m not sure “expendable labor” is really the most accurate description. My understanding was that the pharoahs hired skilled artisans and craftsmen during winter seasons in exchange for food. They didn’t use slaves to build the pyramids, to my understanding

Sure, but learning tends to be easier when there’s a practical application to the things you’re learning

Oh, the spider-squids definitely will trigger your disgust response. At least they evolve into something nicer after a while

I think in part because speculating what the land looks like on an alien planet is actually really hard to do, and the vast majority of artists just wing it. With sufficient planning and rigor, alien planets should look normal.

For instance, I think the landmass of Tira-292b looks pretty natural. It’s a hypothetical planet created for the Alien Biospheres project, a YouTube series that tries to build up an alien ecosystem as accurately to science as reasonably possible

It’s a seriously underrated series, I highly recommend everyone check it out

I literally have no idea what you’re talking about. Not even an LLM can hallucinate an analogy this abstract

You described what an MCQ is, but I still don’t see the relation to life.

Interesting, thanks for sharing that. I wasn’t aware that there has been newer research countering the tooth wear model

There’s a reason grass is so common - it’s because it’s a wildly effective life strategy. Grass is actually quite hard to eat - there’s basically no nutrition in the leaves themselves, and grass evolved to incorporate silica “needles” in its leaves, so that it wears down your teeth when you try to eat it anyways.

Not to say that it’s impossible to eat grass, but you need to undergo a ton of highly specialized adaptations to make it possible. For most animals (including humans), it’s just not worth the effort

If we consider it to be a bug and that those are false reports, then the actual number of Linux users would be 5.33 * (1-0.23) = 4.1%.

IMO that seems like a more reasonable number than 5.33. 5.33 is a crazy jump month-over-month, even factoring in Chinese New Years (February results)

I haven’t heard of any controversy, but I think you do important work. May not be glamorous work, but having a consistent flow of news on Lemmy helps me keep up to date on the goings-on of the world. I assume most people think similarly

I like Keychron. They used to fill the niche of “good quality keyboards for mid-end prices.” Now I think they’re more “high end keyboards for high end prices.” But you could probably still find something to fit your budget and needs.

Better safe than sorry. Take plan B. I can’t speak on the side effects, but I at least didn’t observe any when my SO took them.

Also, get tested for STD’s.

Alkylation is a term in organic chemistry which means to form a carbon-carbon bond (simplifying, but accurate enough). This is actually somewhat difficult to do - it turns out that carbons are actually quite stable. For context, organic chemistry tends to work with a carbon “core” that doesn’t really change a ton, with a bunch of random other atoms stuck on the carbon core. And you typically mess with the other random atoms rather than the carbon core.

However, in some semi-specific cases, you can manipulate a molecule to be unstable enough that it would be willing to break or form carbon bonds. Many forms of alkylation involve using a second molecule that contains a carbon bonded to a bromine or iodine (in this case, the molecule is C2H5Br). The end result is that your molecule (the one you want to modify) kicks out the other molecule’s bromine, and a new carbon-carbon bond is formed in its place. Basically, you’ve just fused the two molecules together.

The meme is just showing several examples of C2H5Br being used as the “secondary molecule” and being fused onto things that make zero sense.

Edit: ironically, the last example (“alkylating agent itself”), despite sounding the most absurd, is actually probably the most feasible example to alkylate

One of the important things that you learn over time in a high stress situation is that you can only commit around 70% of your effort before you start burning yourself out.

As in, yes, you can definitely try harder and get more things done, but that can only be done in very short bursts. After a while, you would not be able to bring yourself to do anything. And so, the followup lesson is that you shouldn’t beat yourself up for only committing 70%. Take some time every once in a while to ask yourself: on a scale of 1-10, where 10 is the maximum conceivable amount of effort I can imagine myself giving, how would I rate the amount of effort that I am currently putting in to my work? If your score is 8 or above, then that’s your issue. You’re experiencing burnout.

If you have work piling up but you’re already committing 70%, then you just have to acknowledge that there is more work coming than you can reasonably handle. So what can you do? I don’t really know what your current career status is, so I can’t give solid advice. But you can consider either declining to take on more work or letting some tasks fall to the wayside.

If you are concerned that your 70% effort is noticeably lower than an average person’s 70%, then that’s a different issue altogether. You might just have depression. In which case, talk to a therapist.

If you have any concerns or questions about your relationship, it is a really good idea to talk to him and sort it out before it becomes an issue.

The relationship being something other than what you wanted isn’t the worst thing that can happen. The worst thing that can happen is if you didn’t know that that was the case.

Hmm… Interesting question. Not a lot of time, on average. Even at home, there’s always some sort of management or planning to do. Always need to think about what comes next. But the busyness comes in waves. Occasionally I get a week with really nothing to do. And then, inversely, there are weeks where everything is happening all at once and it starts to feel like I can’t keep up and things are starting to slip. I’m currently in one of those weeks, but I’m sure it’ll pass. Just need to get through it. That’s the life of a researcher for you. There’s definitely a level of masochism required for this sort of lifestyle

I recommend trying out OnlyOffice. It’s free and it’s scarily similar to MS Office, to the point where there’s no learning curve and it’s impressive how they haven’t gotten sued yet. Plus, it’s got a Windows version so you can try it out without committing to Linux

I’m not a fan of LibreOffice, even with the GUI tweaks to make it look like MS Office, so I’ve been actively finding Office alternatives for a long time now. OnlyOffice is by far the best one I’ve found

If you’re curious, then I would recommend you play around with Linux before something breaks. It’s a horrible experience to have to scramble to figure out what to do when you’re tight on time - better to learn the lingo first, so that when something does break, you can switch with no learning curve.

Plus, you might end up really liking Linux anyways. That’s kinda what happened to me 2 years ago, I’m not honestly sure why I haven’t tried Linux sooner

Left Reddit after the API debacle a few years back. Still lurk occasionally for niche things, but overall pretty satisfied with Lemmy as a replacement. It’s a lot more human, I feel. Similar to old Reddit, before it went to shit.

There’s a lot of leftist infighting around here - I would personally recommend you not get too involved. The big one seems to be lemmy.world vs. lemmy.ml