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This is the best thing that could have come out of that.

Look these beautiful colors

Happy Harpy! :)

For my personal reference.

How To (Realistically) Make A Habit Of Writing

To clarify: Works with my autism. WORKS WITH MY AUTISM!!! I’ve been meeting my goals since I made them my New Year’s resolution! Anyway I’m so sick of all those ‘how to’ guides that don’t actually tell you what the process is they’re just like ‘just do it, but don’t burn yourself out, do what’s best for you!’ because you’re not telling me what I’m not supposed to be burning myself out over but okay, so I made my own. Hope this helps

1. Choose your fighter metric. What works better for you as a measurement of your progress; time spent writing or your word count? Personally I get very motivated and encouraged by seeing my word count go up and making a note of where it should be when I’m done, so I measure by that. At the same time, a lot of people are also very discouraged by their word count and it can negatively impact their motivation to write, and in that case you may be better off working from how much time you spend writing rather than where the word count is

2. Choose your starter Pokémon time frame. How often can you write before it starts to feel like a chore or a burden rather than something fun you look forward to? Many people believe that they have to write daily, but for some people this can do more harm than good. Maybe every two or three days? Weekly? Figure out what fits your schedule and go with it

3. Choose your funny third joke goal. Now that you’ve got your chosen time frame to complete your goal in, what’s a reasonable goal to aim to complete within that time frame based on the metric you chose? If your metric is your word count, how much can you reasonably and consistently write within your chosen time frame? If your metric is time spent writing, how much time can you reasonably and consistently spend writing within that time? Maybe 1000 words per week works, or maybe 10 minutes per day? The goal here is to find something that works for you and your own schedule without burning you out

4. Trial and error. Experiment with your new target and adapt it accordingly. Most people can’t consistently write 1667 words per day like you do in NaNoWriMo, so we want to avoid that and aim somewhere more reasonable. If you feel like it’s too much to do in such a short time frame, either give yourself less to do or more time to do it in. If you find yourself begrudgingly writing so often that it constantly feels more like a chore than something fun, maybe consider adapting things. And if you think that you gave yourself too much wiggle room and you could do more than this consistently, give yourself more of a challenge. Everything needs to suit you and your pace and needs

5. Run your own race. Don’t feel like you’re not accomplishing enough in comparison to others or not working fast enough to satisfy some arbitrary feeling of doubt. Everybody works at their own pace and slower work doesn’t mean worse work. You could be on one word per day and you’ll still see consistent results, which is still one word per day more than you could originally count on. All progress is progress, regardless of its speed

Sometimes I would prefer to feel nothing ever again than be in pain and other times I would rather gnaw my fingers off than feel nothing.

“It’s too late to be drawing... how many stripes do Spidey’s left elbow have?”

Ted the Animator: “Um… same as his right?”

Carl the Animator: “Yeah, but, like… is it all blue on the front?”

Ted the Animator: “I don’t remember, just check the–”

Carl the Animator: “Or is there a blue stripe on either side?”

Ted the Animator: “Uhhhh… that feels right to me.”

Carl the Animator: “…orrr, are there no stripes?”

Ted the Animator: “…”

Carl the Animator: “…ehhhh, I’ll hedge my bets use only one for a frame.”

Ted the Animator: “…wait, are these all live frames?”

Carl the Animator: “Yeah. Best way to learn is by doing, or… something like that.”

Ted the Animator: “…I don’t think that practice applies to elbows, Carl.”

These 3D-printed prosthetics for children are given to them free of charge. (via @techthatmatters)⠀

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Meet @teamunlimbited, a non-profit from the UK that’s on a mission to change the lives of children with missing limbs by helping them get custom 3D-printed prosthetics, free of charge.⠀

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The innovative 3D-printed arm devices are designed to empower and inspire children to improve their confidence and courage. Each innovative 3D printed arm device is made by volunteers and gives a helping hand to remove the long-standing stigma around discussing disability.⠀

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The prosthetics are cost-effective and easy to produce. They are fully parametric, thermo-formed 3D printed limbs that are light-weight, highly customizable and colourful. The average production cost is £30 (around $40) per arm. It’s a simple act of kindness that won’t get unnoticed.⠀

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Team UnLimbited designs are attractive alternatives to the current, clunky and expensive, prosthetic options available. The designs are open source and freely available to anyone in the world with a 3D printer. On average, an arm takes 24 hours to complete.

full credit:tectthatmatters

Yayyyy... Killer hamsters. Watch some terrible disease come from this. JK... Hopefully.

New York Post

Gene-editing experiment turns cute hamsters into ‘aggressive’ beasts

Once gene-spliced, the hamsters exhibited “high levels of aggression towards other same-sex individuals,” the professor said, regardless of

...oh no

I would like to propose an experiment.

Now forgive me if such a thing already exists or is ongoing but I am typing this while at work and don't have time to research.

So take a big patch of land and put a tree farm on it. Mostly fill it up with a fast growing tree species (perhaps a fast growing species of pine) but also evenly space a second species of much larger but slower growing tree. Then periodically harvest and replant the faster trees while leaving the slower trees alone.

Also cut the farm in half. On one half do a seasonal burn of the lower brush and on the other half don't.

The goal of this experiment would be to see how the size of the larger trees impacts the growth of the smaller trees and other biotic and abiotic factors.

Will they help them grow faster?

Will they make them grow more slowly?

How will the bigger trees impact the soil?

How will the smaller trees impact the soil?

What kinds of fauna will this benefit?

What kinds of fauna will this harm?

Will this help or harm the ecosystem in and around the tree farm?

How does the fire impact the soil?

How does the fire impact the trees?

How does the fire impact the fauna?

How does the fire affect the nutrient cycle?

How do the big trees impact the nutrient cycle?

How do the small trees impact the nutrient cycle?

Ask someone who studied fungi to tell you what the hell they are doing.

Will this encourage or discourage biodiversity?