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[–] [email protected] 71 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That's what the interns are for; that and snacks

[–] [email protected] 87 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've heard some horror stories, but cannibalism is new

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ahh... The ol' Lemmaroo. Ya clever bastard

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Is... Is this ground zero?

Because hold my snacks, I'm already here.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

Hello future people!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

I just made [email protected] :) Maybe we can restart the tradition again here on Lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And then take all the credit for their findings for yourself ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 years ago

Of COURSE! They're paid in "experience" not anything tangible!

[–] [email protected] 54 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Bruh the data analytics is the fun part.

Everything else gets you 🥵 and 😩

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I too, get horny and tired during fieldwork.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Biologists have all the fun.

Who wouldn't get a little riled up finding a new beetle species for the third time in a week?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Do they also masturbate on the clock?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

It's called a safety 🛟 stand down 🍆 💦 bruh and it's in the protocol.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Bruh the data analytics is the fun part.

How often that constitutes of using VLookup in Excel?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

:laughs in data.table:

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Who uses excel for data analysis??

Everyone I know use either R, or python if they're in comp sci.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well, experiments in CS are not as cool.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Why not? :3

Sure, I have a bias but.. I think we're doing plenty of cool stuff! Maybe not a 27-kilometre long particle accelerator level cool but...

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You can't just collect and analyse the data either, you have to write a kickass paper, design an appealing poster and present it like it's the best thing ever and the respective talk...oh yea and then you have to write tons of kickass proposals to get the funding to do more experiments to collect more data and analyse it and... :)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Analysis is the fun part!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

day ruined

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Ouch. Ouchies.
Like a thin, delicate needle, straight through the heart.