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  • Can’t convert INR to USD in my head, but I’m comparing costs between parts - PSU looks unusually cheap. I would typically clock a good one to be about the same price as a motherboard.

    I would double check the PSU - it’s one of those things where you really shouldn’t skimp out on.

    Edit: as another commenter pointed out as well: PSU wattage seems low. You want a wattage rating that’s about double the expected max power consumption

    You can also typically save some money by getting a non-X CPU instead of X. eg, 7600 instead of 7600X. They’re usually virtually indistinguishable in performance, but the non-X is typically much cheaper and has lower power draw (and better thermal headroom as a result).

    The 7000 series is also last gen, so you might be able to get a used CPU and save extra money there. CPU’s virtually don’t degrade (unless you actually just abuse them), so there shouldn’t be any technical concerns about getting a used CPU. Of course, watch for scams when buying used parts.




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    I think in part because speculating what the land looks like on an alien planet is actually really hard to do, and the vast majority of artists just wing it. With sufficient planning and rigor, alien planets should look normal.

    For instance, I think the landmass of Tira-292b looks pretty natural. It’s a hypothetical planet created for the Alien Biospheres project, a YouTube series that tries to build up an alien ecosystem as accurately to science as reasonably possible

    It’s a seriously underrated series, I highly recommend everyone check it out








  • Alkylation is a term in organic chemistry which means to form a carbon-carbon bond (simplifying, but accurate enough). This is actually somewhat difficult to do - it turns out that carbons are actually quite stable. For context, organic chemistry tends to work with a carbon “core” that doesn’t really change a ton, with a bunch of random other atoms stuck on the carbon core. And you typically mess with the other random atoms rather than the carbon core.

    However, in some semi-specific cases, you can manipulate a molecule to be unstable enough that it would be willing to break or form carbon bonds. Many forms of alkylation involve using a second molecule that contains a carbon bonded to a bromine or iodine (in this case, the molecule is C2H5Br). The end result is that your molecule (the one you want to modify) kicks out the other molecule’s bromine, and a new carbon-carbon bond is formed in its place. Basically, you’ve just fused the two molecules together.

    The meme is just showing several examples of C2H5Br being used as the “secondary molecule” and being fused onto things that make zero sense


  • One of the important things that you learn over time in a high stress situation is that you can only commit around 70% of your effort before you start burning yourself out.

    As in, yes, you can definitely try harder and get more things done, but that can only be done in very short bursts. After a while, you would not be able to bring yourself to do anything. And so, the followup lesson is that you shouldn’t beat yourself up for only committing 70%. Take some time every once in a while to ask yourself: on a scale of 1-10, where 10 is the maximum conceivable amount of effort I can imagine myself giving, how would I rate the amount of effort that I am currently putting in to my work? If your score is 8 or above, then that’s your issue. You’re experiencing burnout.

    If you have work piling up but you’re already committing 70%, then you just have to acknowledge that there is more work coming than you can reasonably handle. So what can you do? I don’t really know what your current career status is, so I can’t give solid advice. But you can consider either declining to take on more work or letting some tasks fall to the wayside.

    If you are concerned that your 70% effort is noticeably lower than an average person’s 70%, then that’s a different issue altogether. You might just have depression. In which case, talk to a therapist.


  • If you have any concerns or questions about your relationship, it is a really good idea to talk to him and sort it out before it becomes an issue.

    The relationship being something other than what you wanted isn’t the worst thing that can happen. The worst thing that can happen is if you didn’t know that that was the case.