Daddyo

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Dynamic secondary ion mass spectrometers, or D-SIMS for short. It's an analytical tool to measure very low concentrations of elements in materials. We use it to help mining companies find gold that's wrapped up in various minerals like pyrite.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

My work runs some scientific instruments on Windows 3.1 and Windows 98 still. The equipment is from the 80s and cannot be upgraded. To buy a new one costs 5 million dollars. Ironically, when parts break on it now, it's super expensive to fix because of rarity of parts. Luckily the computers are not on the internet.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

So me and my wife talk about this.... Is keeping a small house tidy easier than a large house? We have a 2400 sq ft house as well. I would assume if you had a small house, it's the same amount of mess, but it'd be more overwhelming because it's compressed into a smaller space. And clean space would fill up faster. So you'd be cleaning more to at least have some space that's clean.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I enjoy this build a lot, you blow up crowds of guys.... But I wouldn't call it laid back at all.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sure was cool, but in all honesty, I found that she was a bit too easy for a final boss.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

My uncle who works for Microsoft says to work faster.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Where can someone buy one of those taco holder/stands? We eat tacos all the time, and that would make life less messy!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Hell yeah! I thought I was the only person who did that. It's fun and efficient.