I'm a biochemist, and at undergrad, the way we learned about how protein structure is determined via X-ray crystallography was basically "We crystallise the proteins like this, then we shoot some X-rays at it, and obtain a diffraction pattern, which we then do some mathememagic on, and voila! You have a 3d structure of a protein"
It frustrated me that we basically just handwaved the process of how we go from the diffraction pattern to a 3d structure (biochemists don't really need to understand the nitty gritty of how this works, tbf). It took me quite a few months to go digging deeper in my quest to independently learn how this mathememagic worked — it took so long because although questing in the tomes of chemistry helped, I then had to turn to physics books if I wanted to actually understand stuff.
I stand with you because although I am cis, you are my people. My life and my communities are enriched by your existence, and so an injury to you is an injury to me.
"All witches are selfish, the Queen had said. But Tiffany’s Third Thoughts said: Then turn selfishness into a weapon! Make all things yours! Make other lives and dreams and hopes yours! Protect them! Save them! Bring them into the sheepfold! Walk the gale for them! Keep away the wolf! My dreams! My brother! My family! My land! My world! How dare you try to take these things, because they are mine!
I have a duty!"
- from "The Wee Free Men" (Discworld #30), by Terry Pratchet
I stand with you also because although I'm queer, you help us stay safe and you are kind. Life is also enriched by you lot.
Very nice quote, Terry Pratchett's a great author. I'm partial to this one;
I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
- from "The Fellowship of the Ring", by J.R.R. Tolkien
I stand with you because I stand with all. I will stand with anyone whose human rights are being attacked. That and the trans flag is awesome and that's a flag I'd stand for. ❤️🏳️⚧️
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ramenshaman@lemmy.world · 82 pts · 211d
I see FFT, I upvote.
(Final Fantasy Tactics, not Fast Fourier Transforms)
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de · 84 pts · 211d
sukhmel@programming.dev · 28 pts · 211d
It's fast furry transfem for you
buffalobuffalo@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 210d
Wolverine, trying to find a phonebooth to avoid compromising his secret identity be like: discreet furrier transform
Hupf@feddit.org · 12 pts · 210d
sukhmel@programming.dev · 38 pts · 211d
But then again, I see Fast Fourier Transforms, I upvote, too
DigitalAudio@sopuli.xyz · 18 pts · 211d
Fast Fourier Transforms literally put food on my table many times in the past. Final Fantasy has never done that for me. But it might someday.
AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net · 13 pts · 211d
I fucking love Fourier Fast Transforms.
I'm a biochemist, and at undergrad, the way we learned about how protein structure is determined via X-ray crystallography was basically "We crystallise the proteins like this, then we shoot some X-rays at it, and obtain a diffraction pattern, which we then do some mathememagic on, and voila! You have a 3d structure of a protein"
It frustrated me that we basically just handwaved the process of how we go from the diffraction pattern to a 3d structure (biochemists don't really need to understand the nitty gritty of how this works, tbf). It took me quite a few months to go digging deeper in my quest to independently learn how this mathememagic worked — it took so long because although questing in the tomes of chemistry helped, I then had to turn to physics books if I wanted to actually understand stuff.
So glad I did though. FFT is very cool.
i_love_FFT@jlai.lu · 4 pts · 210d
❤️
w3ird_sloth@lemmy.world · 60 pts · 212d
Ramza's ride or die like that.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 42 pts · 212d
Ramza's based as fuck like that
ceenote@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 212d
Based heretic.
AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net · 57 pts · 211d
I stand with you because although I am cis, you are my people. My life and my communities are enriched by your existence, and so an injury to you is an injury to me.
birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 210d
I stand with you also because although I'm queer, you help us stay safe and you are kind. Life is also enriched by you lot.
Very nice quote, Terry Pratchett's a great author. I'm partial to this one;
- from "The Fellowship of the Ring", by J.R.R. Tolkien
thisbenzingring@lemmy.today · 32 pts · 212d
👊
I am your ally, we can do this... Together
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org · 20 pts · 211d
Damn, trans people have their own kingdom?
birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 210d
It is transnational, after all
mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 13 pts · 211d
ooooof that goes hard!
Kinda want to copy it, make it about palestine and post it at bluemaga
SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 211d
Do it!
RamenJunkie@midwest.social · 13 pts · 212d
Is this the actual game dialog?
Holytimes@sh.itjust.works · 39 pts · 212d
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 13 pts · 212d
There's been a few translations of the game so I wouldn't count it out entirely.
husmus3274@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 211d
Next stop: we go farm on some rival teams!
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org · 6 pts · 211d
Next stop: Don the pink dress (only in solidarity ofc ofc)
husmus3274@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 211d
... And then we go farm on our enemies!
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org · 8 pts · 211d
Ramza was a great character.
Still prefer Marche though.
njm1314@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 211d
What on Earth is this? Is there a romhack or something of FFT?
unknowablenight@piefed.social · 4 pts · 208d
I stand with you because I stand with all. I will stand with anyone whose human rights are being attacked. That and the trans flag is awesome and that's a flag I'd stand for. ❤️🏳️⚧️
Whostosay@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 211d
I liked the first one better