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Thought for the day...
In modern times, humans who take part as a sample (e.g. of medical patients) in scientific studies have stopped being called "subjects", and are now "participants".
Perhaps this terminology could also apply to laboratory rats that will be dissected?
Just received email reminders to "Check out notifications you have on Twitter".
Previous emails had called it "X formerly Twitter".
Hmmm... Maybe Elon changed it back? 🤔
US poll claims 1 in 3 Republicans believe in a secret conspiracy to fix the Superbowl game in order to influence the presidential election.
And that one of the main conspirators is Taylor Swift 😳
cnn.com/2024/02/14/media/tay…
I read it on the internet, so it must be true 🙂
New Zealanders beware...
Actual question from the Khan Academy educational website:
"Howell has 75 kiwis. He will eat 2 of them every day. Is the number of kiwis left proportional to the number of days that pass?"
😬
Technical term of the day...
Randomly encountered on the internet, in a description of electrons in benzene rings...
"The Doughnut Of Charge"
Earth calling Massey University administration.
Earth to Massey administration.
Do you read me?
Earth to Massey administration...
Do you copy?
Astronaut Thomas, did you lose your space helmet on the way to virtual-Singapore?
Earth calling Massey University administration...
The first time I ever heard the term "VSEPR theory", a professor pronounced it "v-sepr". So that's how I still think of it, years later.
I'm currently watching videos in which other professors pronounce it "V-S-E-P-R". Or worse, "vespr".
And it grates on my nerves each time 😬
Earth calling American universities... Earth calling American universities...
Why do some of your online lectures/lessons about chemistry and physics go on about converting imperial units to metric units, and vice-versa?
Science just needs metric.
Please update your country.
During a search about New Zealand attitudes towards immigrants, Google's suggested questions include:
"What did Maori eat before Europeans?"
🤔
Labour's new election bribe:
Subsidizsed dental care for under-30s.
Do they assume the previous lack of funding means over-30s don't have any teeth anymore? 🤔
When you move to a new house, and find that your new flatmate puts the toilet paper roll on backwards 😬
Elon Musk: "People should post more often to Xitter, to generate more advertising revenue".
Me: "Yes, master..."
When you are at a supermarket, and notice one of your previous biochemistry professors also shopping...
And you still feel intimidated 😬
Quote for the day, from chemistry professor Jeffery Grossman of MIT, discussing the physics of Van Der Waals intermolecular forces...
"Xenon doesn't have a dipole. But it has feelings. Because electrons have feelings".
Breaking news...
Countdown supermarkets will re-re-brand back to Woolworths. Like it was called up to year 2011.
$400million to change 194 store signs back to "Woolworths".
So we can feel more like Australians. While paying ridiculous $$$ for groceries.
There is a special place in Hell for inDUHviduals who play online video games that use so much bandwidth that it drastically slows down the internet for other people on the same shared house account.
While screaming about said game.
The joys of living with random flatmates...😠
The Emergency Mobile Alert system just sent out a test. It notes that I can't opt-out of receiving alerts.
I wonder if there is any way to opt-out of being physically involved in an actual emergency? 🤔