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[–] somethingp@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You have clearly never actually done "hard sciences" research in any meaningful way if this is your take. And computer science does not count as a science at all, it is more like engineering. Mathematics is a "hard science" that can be implemented through computer science, and physics is a "hard science" that can be implemented through electrical engineering (and as a subset computer engineering).

But even then mathematics is closer to philosophy and logic than any of the physical sciences. The physical sciences like physics, chem, bio are very different due to their experimental nature, and how sensitive they can be to specific conditions of the experiments. And the more complex the system being studied is, the harder it is to control variability which is why the social sciences like psychology and economics are working on incredibility difficult problems in systems we do not currently fully understand, and are more vulnerable to difficult reproducing and replicating the conclusions.

This is in contrast to computer science where we fully understand the system because humans have built it, and it is a machine built on the principles discovered by physicists and implemented by electrical engineers to run calculations that are created by mathematicians.

[–] somethingp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sorry, just meant that for biochemistry it was the "lowest level" you could take. It was usually a 3rd or 4th year class. Anything 4000+ level for us was a graduate school level class. I was just saying I had the same experience as you to some degree but it's possible different schools/professors have different expectations.

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

This may be a university to university and course to course difference too. My intro 3000 level biochem class didn't have us memorize structures but my 5000 structural biochem class did and certain nucleic acid structures and stuff. Can't remember shit now but I definitely had to memorize them at some point in undergrad.

[–] somethingp@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I assumed they're not reusing bags, but I guess I'm not sure

[–] somethingp@lemmy.world -3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Biden was really the only one that ran on a campaign of "I'm not Trump". Both Harris and Clinton had independent platforms that had nothing to do with saying they are not Trump. They weren't coming into the mess Trump had made so their policies didn't have to focus on reversing what he had done (which is essentially all Biden ran on and did). I don't think this argument is that strong because the 2 candidates that lost actually had a fair bit of reform in their platforms with much more fleshed out plans and details than anything Trump was offering to do.

[–] somethingp@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I was also confused about what Microsoft has to do with women being seen in their homes 🤣

[–] somethingp@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

They legally cannot do that and have to pay market rate. And I can tell from personal experience that they are not giving lower offers to immigrants for jobs that qualify for H1B visas. Often the hiring companies end up paying a little more because there might be consulting companies in the middle that take a cut of the immigrant salaries. The consulting companies exist because they simplify hiring for employers and create more consistent employment for immigrants as their visa is generally tied to the employer. So the consulting company becomes a consistent employer across different projects at different companies. And for the actual hiring companies it creates a simpler workflow where they just tell the consulting company who they need and consulting company provides employees regardless of immigration status

[–] somethingp@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It's not exactly what you're saying but the current system does make it more expensive to hire a visa holder because they have to have entire hiring and legal teams to ensure compliance and stuff.

[–] somethingp@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Dang even fiction writers shitting on social sciences now

[–] somethingp@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Probably because parks and museums usually just close whenever this happens, so they're not working without pay. They're just on an indefinite suspension

[–] somethingp@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This is crazy. I wonder what the context was for making up reviewers. Because it sounds like the paper would've maybe still been published without the fake reviewers

[–] somethingp@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I agree with medium gray's interpretation

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14134657

Took this from Vermont where we had totality for 3.5 min.

 

Took this from Vermont where we had totality for 3.5 min.

 

I haven't read the comics but I feel like this was all a setup to get Mark to convert to the Viltremite mission. I feel like Nolan cut some sort of deal with the bug people after saving/conquering them to set all of this up for Mark.

 
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