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I couldn't help noticing that it's fucking dead in here. by TheHatistin misanthropy

[–]quadrapod 0 points1 point ago

Two novelty accounts, a throw away, a serious posts account that I can tell redditors I meet in the wild and potentially the people I work with is my account and not seem like the kind of person who hates people. An account from an AMA I did.

The account I used prior to the great digg migration was abandoned.

I couldn't help noticing that it's fucking dead in here. by TheHatistin misanthropy

[–]quadrapod 0 points1 point ago

245 subscribers isn't many especially since 5 of them are my own alts. I tend to engage in any new discussion I see though, if only via my up-votes.

Why are we allowed to be misanthropic? by fuckwinterdreamsin misanthropy

[–]quadrapod 4 points5 points ago

I'll be honest I don't know how anyone can look at the human species and say it is a good thing, even for the human species itself. I think you'd find it impossible to give a definition of "Doing good" that the human species has accomplished.

If doing good is the preservation of life we've failed as human history is filled with wars that have claimed large percentages of our population. Genghis Khan alone killed 11.3% of the human population of his time. We drive other species to extinction every day.

If doing good is the pursuit of scientific truth then we've failed when one looks at the burning of the library of Alexandria, the dark ages or the creationist debate. A species so xenophobic as to spawn these things cannot succeed in this way.

If you can find for me a definition of good that the human species has not shown itself to succeed within the boundaries of I would be willing to hear your debate, otherwise humanity is a failure in simplest terms. It is simply too easy to control through fear and ignorance to not be.

Always (x-post from r/pics) by wtfhannaheyin introvert

[–]quadrapod 2 points3 points ago

I think you mean had...

I don't think I've ever gotten angry in my entire life. Does anyone else find they are difficult or impossible to anger? by quadrapodin introvert

[–]quadrapod[S] 2 points3 points ago

That response sounds very, familiar. Understand I mean no offence to your way of handling anger by this, but I think if I started getting enraged rather than a bit depressed and self loathing in certain situation it would be worse. I tend to view anger and emotional outrage as a bit of a weakness. I don't mean that like I look down my nose in disgust or anything, but my visceral response is to kind of look away or leave people be as if they were sitting there in the nude instead of yelling, or crying, or what have you.

I don't mean to make public what may well be a private ordeal, but I'm curious, how often do you get angry now compared to when you got sad before? How does anger actually help you in the situation; Since you seem to see it as better than self loathing in a few ways. Have you ever allowed yourself to get angry in public view since you found that you could?

I don't think I've ever gotten angry in my entire life. Does anyone else find they are difficult or impossible to anger? by quadrapodin introvert

[–]quadrapod[S] 4 points5 points ago

No I just realized I could fit the entire question in the title and so treated everyone to the awesome that is Ribozymes.

That is the GlmS glucosamine-6-phosphate activated ribozyme.

Edit: sometimes I think I might be a bit odd.

Is the vacuum made of something? by quadrapodin askscience

[–]quadrapod[S] 1 point2 points ago

Thank you for your responses, they have been most helpful.

Is the vacuum made of something? by quadrapodin askscience

[–]quadrapod[S] 1 point2 points ago

I figured as much, and I've never been one to assimilate a piece of information without verifying it first. He makes the unique claim that the vacuum is composed of discrete particles, and that they exhibit quantum mechanical behavior. I've never heard this claim made before and searching on my own I haven't seen it repeated. Would I be correct in assuming that this is a conclusion reached by the author of this paper independent from currently accepted theory, or is there some basis for the idea.

Is the vacuum made of something? by quadrapodin askscience

[–]quadrapod[S] 1 point2 points ago

I suppose what I'm asking is if the vacuum is quantifiable. I should mention this question arises from having read this paper. I was curious which if any of it's claims about the nature of space time were substantiated by current theory. I assumed nobody would actually answer if I asked something so specific though, so I figured I'd start vague and make the connections myself.

How likely is it that you're related to a famous historical figure? by cakewalkerin askscience

[–]quadrapod 1 point2 points ago

So 1.

(The GlmS glucosamine-6-phosphate activated ribozyme has been a part of my family for generations!)

Do you use drugs? by kangorrin introvert

[–]quadrapod 0 points1 point ago

Indeed, the more I learn about neurobiology and neuron growth the less and less tempted I am to use any kind of drug other than caffeine.

Leonardo DiCaprio in Tarantino's Django Unchained by anatomizedin movies

[–]quadrapod 10 points11 points ago

I think I have a new way to wear a tie.

Was about to collect the mail. Guess i'l leave it today. by speedyjonzalasin pics

[–]quadrapod 0 points1 point ago

Good ol' CroFab.

nicholas sparks movies by melloooin movies

[–]quadrapod 1 point2 points ago

Do you use drugs? by kangorrin introvert

[–]quadrapod 0 points1 point ago

Nothing recreational. I had a few drinks on my 21st birthday but nothing at all prior to or since then. I do however have a script for Aderall and Provigil despite not having ADD or narcolepsy simply because it allows me to remain more functional than caffeine alone without sleep. I would also be willing to try LSD but I'd be very hesitant to use it any more regularly than once every 60 days.

Scientifically, what would happen if a human tried to digest another human (cannibalism)? by RaptorF22in askscience

[–]quadrapod 1 point2 points ago

Cannibalism comes with a risk of ingesting prions. A prion is a protein that had become improperly folded. It maintains the same amino acid sequence as the original protein it simply no longer functions in its intended role. The prion in some cases acts as a template and in doing so cause other proteins to take on the diseased (prion) form. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (Mad cow disease) is initiated this way. In humans a similar type of spongiform encephalopathy can develop known as kuru from eating the neural tissues of other humans. Other known prion diseases that could be gotten from eating human flesh involve Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease, Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome, and sporadic Fatal Insomnia.

Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3166149/?tool=pmcentrez

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How often do bacteria die before they can reproduce? by BossOfTheGamein askscience

[–]quadrapod 1 point2 points ago

There are so many billions of types of bacterium in so many billions of environments that just to attempt an answer in full is problematic. What you're asking it seems is the mortality rate of antibiotic resistant bacterium prior to first reproduction.

The rate at which any bacterium multiplies varies since they utilize quorum sensing and multiply at different rates depending on their population. For this reason the population of this bacterium is important when asking the question. If the cell were in isolation or in a small colony it would almost certainly be in the lag phase: a phase of very slow growth as a bacterial colony begins establishing itself. Alternatively if the cell was part of a larger colony and had mutated antibiotic resistance while remaining sufficiently similar to its neighboring cells it would be in the log phase: a period of exponential growth after a critical population is achieved.

That's just its reproduction rate of the specific species and strain though, the probability of this cell surviving is based entirely on it's location. On agar in an ideal environment you could say that there is a 99.999% chance of this cell surviving. In other environments, particularly the environment of in infected human the probability of a single cell surviving within the colony is nearly impossible to determine as there are simply too many factors and very little data of this type. The question is interesting but simply unanswerable without at the very least a specific species, the gene used for antibiotic resistance (typically mecA), a simple environment for which similar test data exists, and the colonies size prior to the creation of the mutated cell.

Can someone clarify what an Out of State Packet is? by BecomeBuddhain askscience

[–]quadrapod 1 point2 points ago

Glad I could help.

Can someone clarify what an Out of State Packet is? by BecomeBuddhain askscience

[–]quadrapod 2 points3 points ago

TCP is a "stateful" protocol in that all packets sent are acknowledged by the receiver. To start a TCP connection, a 3 way handshake occurs where the device starting the connection sends a SYN, the receiver sends a ACK SYN and the original device sends back an ACK. Once that is completed, TCP traffic flows between the sender and receiver.

The firewall is complaining that it is seeing TCP traffic between a sender and receiver but that it never saw the original 3 way handshake happen. As TCP traffic should not be flowing without a 3 way handshake, it is "out of state" traffic and the firewall drops it.

You're probably asymmetrically routing or using firewall pairs and not sharing TCP state information between them.

Saw this in the kitchen this morning, thought it looked pretty cool. by Britches_and_Hosein pics

[–]quadrapod 15 points16 points ago

When I looked it seemed like The site hosting these pictures was starting to have some trouble handling the traffic so I backed them up on imgur in case the site goes down.

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