Oh yeah, depending on the corner of healthcare you are in, that makes sense.

There will be others telling themselves the same thing. Be yourself, attract those like you. Start a cult. Take over the conference.

Literally how I made it through college.

I am in biotech in the US (currently in infectious disease monitoring, previously in cancer diagnostics). I’m going to assume you are in the US for this answer.

As long as you are willing to live in/near a biotech hub, there will be plenty of opportunities. These cities include Boston, San Fransisco, Denver, or any city that has a well respected research university (Duke, Ohio State, etc). If you choose to stay in academia, that opens up even more locations. There are many thousands of options outside of Monsanto. Depending on the area of the country you pick, you may start out in the 50-80k range, but it won’t take long to make over 100k a year.

What I do specifically is called wastewater based epidemiology. While the term has been around for a few decades, it really took off in concordance with COVID. Previous PCR techniques like qPCR are heavily inhibited by co-elutors from wastewater extract. We use digital PCR which is way more resistant to inhibition due to the partitioning. We are using cutting edge technology and our R&D dept is constantly looking into additional targets we can test for. As a company we also do some non-pcr-based wastewater testing (drugs of abuse by LC/MS is a big one).

Additionally we also do next gen sequencing to track the COVID variants in communities.

I manage an infectious disease monitoring lab in industry. Pay’s a whole lot better out here, and my team is amazing and self-driven so I can do minimal people managing.

Biohazard might as well be a metroidvania.

I told a doctor once that I got a “normal amount of headaches”. He asked me how many that was and I told him 1 or 2 a week, to which he responded “the normal amount is 0”.

I was in to see him about migraines.

Split fiction looks super cool!

Dual wielding big hippos is my most favorite thing to do in gunfire reborn.

I’d forgotten about the Sega Saturn. My only Sega console was the Genesis.

I’m sure it was considered, but a console nicknamed SS was probably ruled out.

A strong education system is the best long-term ROI possible. Sadly those elected to lead only care about short term ROI or “the children” if it means more surveillance.

I agree that metric is superior in almost every way, but I’m here for pedantry. 1 calorie is the amount of heat it takes to heat 1 gram of WATER 1 degree Celsius. Raw milk is slightly more dense than water so it would take a few extra calories. Cheerio.

Lots of great advice here. I’ll 2nd the YouTube as a resource. I’ve repaired AC units, a garbage disposal, and replaced the damn water heater all from an hour or 2 of research and watching YouTube.

Also keep a note book that you jot down the seldom done stuff, like blowing out sprinklers, which furnace filter size you need, etc.

Anything you buy for home improvement, from new cabinet handles to drywall, get an emailed receipt and put it in a special folder/tag that you can find again when you sell. Those dollars spent are tax deductible when you sell your house.

Builder’s grade = cheapest shit they can buy in bulk.

Enjoy your new house!

Web option also works for mobile.

Ah I missed that comment the first time.

Trump supports the genicide of Gaza

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/25/trump-netanyahu-support-gaza-lebanon/

I use one that works 90% of the time. I can’t remember the exact name so I’ll check when I get home but it’s something like “Purple Adblocker”.

Happened to me playing helldivers last night. Luckily I did not die.