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[–] [email protected] 48 points 4 months ago (1 children)

All of which cost more than a 100000 dollars but were still somehow bought on a whim for that one experiment that one time...

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago

and then it becomes impossible to get money for periodic maintenance

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You forgot this beige box where the real magic happens.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Michael, stop playing Oregon Trail in the lab.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (2 children)

My favorite part is when the magic happens.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Smell that?

Can't be good for ya

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Smell that?

Fuck guess the fume hood isn't working

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

magic happens only once, when you don't know how it was made to work, it's your best result and then it's impossible to repeat it

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago

Hey, sometimes we also have glass boxes or boxes with screens on them where the magic happens too.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

OK but do they go beep boop, or brrr, or pfffh, or eeeiiigh?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Most of them have programmable sounds so the researchers can more easily impress people and get more grants.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Programmable? Look at rich guy over here!

In our lab all machines apparently use the same sound chip. So when you heard the beep, you had to check if it was the dish washer, the centrifuge, the oven or the automatic water measuring scale.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

everyone should set their phone notifications to the same sound for maximum insanity, call it an experiment

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I see you majored in mad science.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

So, Clair de Lune for visitors, and Cbat every other time. Got it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Bing! Bolololo, zoop! Shweeee!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Guess which one of those is actually a toaster.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Now I want to know why the material has its color like it does. Anyone?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Because that's the color of undyed plastic.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

I could be very wrong but it looks to be the same color as old computer cases. These got their color from a study by the German government which color would work best in an office environment. It was then written into health standards for the use in office environments for a time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"And just what is it that happens inside the box?"
"Quantum yeets!"

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

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