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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Free to use for everybody⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Shout out to my fellow spectroscopists. LIBS is awesome. Like, check out the ChemCam. The ChemCam is a laser that shoots rocks on Mars to analyze their composition using LIBS.

  As the story goes, Roger Wiens, one of the scientists on the team that made the ChemCam, had a bumper sticker that read “My other car shoots rocks on Mars.” A great teachnique - who wouldn’t want to own it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #2956: Number Line Branch⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is that the symbol for bleem?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what has worked for you to stop getting angry thinking about people who hurt you?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d encourage you to think about these events as you would a physical injury. A physical injury can hurt for a long time and no amount of recognition or “processing” or “getting over it” can short-cut the all-too-slow healing that needs to take place. It’s no fun and there’s no way to just make it go away.

  That said, you can do things that care for the injury while it is healing. I don’t know what these are for you, but for me, I needed to recognize that the people I was angry at were also instrumental in helping me advance.

  For example, I had a string of terrible jobs with bad bosses, but that string of terrible jobs led me to someplace that I am very happy to work. Once I realized this, it started getting easier to recognize both that the way I was treated was wrong and that I was also glad that these people were essential to me get to where I am. Even so, it was a long process and physically painful. My anger towards these people did nothing to hurt them, but it was terrible on my health.

  I’m sorry you had to experience these things, but I hope they eventually lead you to someplace better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LED Pendant⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The first lines from Neuromancer by William Gibson. What a pleasant surprise.