🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@social.cleverlibre.org

@mc

which one the top or the bottom?

@math @funny

See math can be funny too!

@math @funny #math #maths #mathematics #funny #humor #humour #joke #jokes

@Algot Yes, sorta.. While I know of no place that is explicit to C there are plenty FOSS, linux, computing, and STEM instances where C is a common topic as is programming overall.

On QOTO programming is probably one of our most common topics being a STEM instance.

@qtt That wouldn't be against our rules in anyway as you described it. Just dont use our server illegally and you should be good in that regard.

Solving a problem, even a difficult one, is the easy part; the hard part is understanding the problem.

@qtt You are welcome to discuss it here, we dont dictate what you can or cant talk about. That said we do expect people to be in the STEM field though and generally talk about STEM once in a while as a result.

So basically you are allowed to talk about it here if you are in STEM, **but** there is a good chance it wont be something many people will reply to. So if you want a place focused on psychedelics or where its a common topic, well QOTO isnt a good match for that and I dont know anywhere that is.

@qtt Obviously only thing that would be a strict no-no would be if you arranged to buy/sell illegal drugs through QOTO.. That would be illegal. But otherwise chat away.

@qtt What sort of talk? As long as it isnt illegal you can talk about it here. We have had a few threads on it from a chemistry standpoint before. I went into some detail about cannabis chemistry for example.

@dogs

This has got to be the cutest thing I ever witnessed... a momma cat showing her doggo friend her baby for the first time.

#cat #cats #kitty #kittah #dog #doggo #pupper #pupperoni #Pupparino #NoThisIsAPerfectlyNormalNumberOfHashtagsToHave

@raucao Not a bad one to add to the list :)

The 6 points of advice I have given to many people in my life are pretty much what I distilled from baz Luhrman's speech (my last post). This is basically the advice that has stuck with me from that:

1) Do one thing every day that scares you
2) Don't be reckless with other people's hearts; don't put up with people who are reckless with yours
3) Sing every chance you get
4) Never let distance be a barrier, travel!
5) Never expect anyone or anything to financially support you
6) Be critical of advice you receive, but be patient and kind to those who give it.

Baz Luhrman's speech to the class of '97. Some of the best advice I ever heard and it still sticks with me:

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of '97:

Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; or never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine

Don't worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing
Bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that
Never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4 PM on some idle Tuesday

Do one thing every day that scares you

Sing

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts; don't put up with people who are reckless with yours

Floss

Don't waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself

Remember the compliments you receive; forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how

Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements

Stretch

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't

Get plenty of calcium

Be kind to your knees, you'll miss them when they're gone

Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't
Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't
Maybe you'll divorce at 40
Maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary
Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance; so are everybody else's

Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it, or what other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own

Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room

Read the directions, even if you don't follow them

Do not read beauty magazines; they will only make you feel ugly

Be nice to your siblings; they are your best link to your past and the
People most likely to stick with you in the future

Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you
Should hold on

Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard

Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft

Travel

Accept certain inalienable truths: prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old-- and when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders

Respect your elders

Don't expect anyone else to support you

Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out

Don't mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85
Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it
Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth

But trust me on the sunscreen

#advice #wisdom #bazLuhrman

@Bradley_JF I am a bit unusual in the sense that I have a house full of labs and am a researcher... So i have billions of little things that all need their place, from walls of electrical components to closets filled to the brim with chemicals.

So yea, with so many things I have an unusual challenge when it comes to organizing my mountain of stuff.

@KayFaraday

Ok so I read the link... I agree 100% with what steakumm said.

@Science

@Bradley_JF It really is, way worse than just cleaning... but when you have to declutter AND clean up at the same time, well thats even worse.

My tactic is to put the things away that have a place, anything that doesnt have a place put in a box and get everything spotless, then as the last step go through the box and organize things into newly created spaces for them (I have lots of drawers and plastic bins I use for organizing many of which are empty). But it can be a pain to figure out how to catgorize things in a way that is universal and applies to everything i own... i own a lot of junk.

@KayFaraday

I did not, but man this is going to be cringe to read I bet. I have a bit of a Love-hate relationship with Neil. On the one hand it is a scientist and he is promoting science, so I like him. My problem with him is he isnt a very good scientist (not the worst though) and worse yet he tries to talk about things with the authority of a scientist that is well outside his area of study and as such tends to get a lot of the details wrong... so yea he annoys me on that front.

@Science