I really wish this was available earlier, because I just lost a family member to bladder cancer yesterday morning. :(
Sorry for your loss.
Readit Newsjaviramos commented on New treatment eliminates bladder cancer in 82% of patients news.keckmedicine.org/new... · Posted by u/geox
> Normal fridges just let the temperature have a wider swing which is good enough for most needs.
These wide swings annoy me. You hear that you shouldn't let your fridge go above 4°C, because that's dangerous. And you obviously don't want your fridge to go below 0°C. But finding a setting where the hottest part of the fridge doesn't go above 4°C (or even 5°C or 6°C) during the hottest part of the cycle and the coldest part of the fridge doesn't go near 0°C during the coldest part of the cycle is really pretty difficult, in my experience.
You should buy a fridge with a fan in the cooling chamber. My Samsung fridge has a nice fan and associated ducting to circulate air and keep temperatures ~uniform.
javiramos commented on Congress moves to reject bulk of White House's proposed NASA cuts arstechnica.com/space/202... · Posted by u/DocFeind
What is a typical annual stipend? $37K? Sounds barely livable depending on the location, roommate situation, your stage in life, etc.
~$50k at MIT. Barely livable but livable. You can also complement this stipend with internships and other opportunities.
javiramos commented on Congress moves to reject bulk of White House's proposed NASA cuts arstechnica.com/space/202... · Posted by u/DocFeind
NSF funds tons of underpaid grad students who are the source of US research productivity per dollar.
Different perspective... As an NSF grad student I didn't feel underpaid -- I felt extremely lucky that I got to do cutting-edge research while being paid a low but decent, livable salary. Of course, I could have made more money going into industry -- but at least we have a choice with institutions like the NSF willing to support risky projects that move humanity forward.
javiramos commented on What Happens After A.I. Destroys College Writing? newyorker.com/magazine/20... · Posted by u/adrianhon
So you gave the easy solution. What's the hard solution?
Honestly, the pervasiveness of LLMs looks to really erode the critical thinking of entire future generations. Whatever the solution, we need to be taking these existential threats a lot more seriously than how we treated social media (the plague before this current plague).
the pervasiveness of LLMs looks to really erode the critical thinking of entire future generations
Exactly the threat of AI. With regards to jobs, we'll have a shock but we will adapt as with any other wave of automation.
javiramos commented on Wow@Home – Network of Amateur Radio Telescopes phl.upr.edu/wow/outreach... · Posted by u/visviva
Nice to see that this project came from the University of Puerto Rico! The university has a cluster of activity in astronomy thanks to the legacy of the Arecibo telescope.
javiramos commented on Baby is healed with first personalized gene-editing treatment nytimes.com/2025/05/15/he... · Posted by u/jbredeche
Research funded by the NIH which our government is actively gutting
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