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  • Yes, I think it’s okay to enjoy whatever it is you enjoy so long as doing so doesn’t harm others or yourself. I also think it’s important to be mindful what it is that makes you feel like there’s a moral quandary, and it’s also worth considering if the media you’re consuming is the work of a group of people or a single individual.

    For example, I really enjoy the movie Chinatown, but Roman Polanski is a piece of shit. I don’t think his shitness diminishes the quality of the movie because it was acted well by Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway; the writing is incredible as is the cinematography; and credit where credit is due, Polanski directed the movie masterfully. He’s still a child rapist piece of shit though.









  • oyfrog@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzDiphalia
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    2 months ago

    Thanks for joining penis and intermittent organ facts.

    Did you know that the “tail” of the male coastal tailed frog is actually an extension of the cloaca effectively acting as an intermittent organ?

    Reply ‘more cock’ for more facts about penises and intermittent organs.


  • oyfrog@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzDiphalia
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    Hemipenes (and penis/intermittent organs) are really diverse in terms of size and shape. A lot of lizards and snakes have little nodules and barbs that vary from species to species. Not sure what the ornaments do, but it’s interesting. Also interesting is that having two (i.e. one on each side) potentially means that there’s a handedness in terms of the preferred side used for mating.

    Other fun facts about penises and other intermittent organs: cats and other felids have barbed penises that force ovulation in the female. Tangentially related are the pseudo penises of female hyenas.

    More fun facts: damselfly males have intermittent organs that are spoon shaped so they scrape out the sperm of rival males.

    Respond ‘cock facts’ to learn more about penises and intermittent organs.

    Respond ‘stop’ if you don’t want to learn cool shit.



  • I’m a biologist/bioinformatician—a lot of my presentations require some schematic representation of the analysis or pipeline.

    I tend to build simple pipelines with PowerPoint and add animations (makes it easier for me to talk through step by step). If it’s complex, I build parts in some other thing (R, illustrator/Photoshop), and animate the PDF/PNG in.

    Equations I try to avoid because most of my audience tends to gloss over them. On the occasion that I’m talking to more computational folks, I’ll build the equation elsewhere, export it as an image, and animate it in with annotations.

    Again, I’m a biologist and present mostly to biologists, so some of this may seem stupid or nonsensical to folks in other fields.



  • For streaming music on my desktop I just use YouTube with an ad blocker and just look for playlists of artists I like. i don’t stream music from my phone so I don’t have any suggestions there.

    In terms of the original topic: alternatives to adobe and office suite are too obtuse for me to use. This is more of a me problem—my productivity takes a hit from the learning curve and that isn’t worth it for me.

    I use Transmit on my MacBook, which IMO is much better than CyberDuck and FileZilla. The UI for both of these programs are dated and confusing. I wish WinSCP can be ported to macos, but I highly doubt that’ll ever happen.

    I much prefer the native terminal on macos than the alternatives that people use (e.g., iTerm2). I don’t get much of a benefit from switching to an alternative, so I don’t see the point. I’m sure someone with different needs finds them useful though.

    The Apple mail also seems to be the most functional email client, but I’ve only tried outlook, eM, and thunderbird. I still use Outlook because I need to keep my personal and work email separate. On my Windows machine I use thunderbird currently but considering switching back eM…

    There’s probably more that I can’t think of right now.



  • I have very, very strong opinions about the the US national anthem (the Star Spangled Banner). It’s too long, too boring, the words are weird because it was a poem first. As a kid, I had a hard time remembering the lyrics to the song (to put it in perspective, I had no problem remembering the Canadian national anthem after couple listens of the version that was on the South Park Movie OST). Furthermore, the US national anthem is written by a pro-slavery dick head. Lastly, 99% of people do not have the vocal range to hit the highest notes.

    You know what is a great, catchy song, that anyone can sing? Woodie Guthrie’s This Land is Your Land. I am half willing to drop the lines critical of the US government, if it means that it would be chosen as the national anthem. (Edit: grammar)