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Flies: What does Gregor Mendel and Injecting Foreign Substances into the Private Parts of Flies Have in Common?

You know Gregor Mendel right? He's the priest who is ubiquitous in basic biology courses and commonly touted as the father of genetics (De Castro, 2016). Mendel...

Flies: An Introduction

I was coming up on a deadline that I never anticipated. It was one that required me to either quit my job (leaving me with no income to provide for my children ...

The Internet is Dead. Long Live the Internet.

Dead internet theory can essentially be boiled down to the idea that the entirety of the internet is fake. Bot activity and false stories dominate the whole thi...

Is Crypto Really Going To Change The World?

ICOs are like a bad fever dream at this point. (Remember when we used to pay millions of dollars for any one that built a website and provided a half-assed whit...

Information is Currency

I've read a few posts lately where the warm fuzzy feeling of Hive has worn off. That part of me has been dead for a while but I still love the place. At the end...

A Glimpse Into Every Scientific Conference Ever.

The cacophony was raucous throughout the room. Like any other scientific conference there was a huddled mass around the coffee table. Academia loves nothing mor...

Is It Possible To Eliminate Bias? (Probably Not)

This post is meant to be a short "stream of thought" sort of post, but we'll see where it ends up. It is the culmination of reflection on a recent post by @bloc...

Fuckery: Forgotten Progress Towards OpenSource Rug Pull

It has been brought to my attention by @por500bolos that I have been neglecting this community. I wanted to write you some updates on our community and what I h...

Seven Years on Hive: Why am I Here?

Why am I here? I have a ton of work that I ~~could~~ should be doing. My summer fellowship developing some blockchain technology has very little time left, and ...

Is Science Hiding Behind An Instagram Filter?

I'm currently into my third day of a week-long genomics training workshop and I'm already absolutely defeated. I've managed to somehow, unbeknownst to me, destr...

Really Bad Programming (Javascript): Part 1 Introduction

Alright, so you are interested in learning JavaScript. Poor you, but even worse than that is that you're learning it from me. I don't know JavaScript in any sha...

Programming Tip: Maybe Start Programming At The Strip Club

I started a computer science major approximately 2 years ago (I'm also double majoring in neuroscience as well). I'm going to be honest, I struggle with the pro...

If Content Is A Numbers Game, We're Losing.

Within moments of browsing Hive, you can find about 100 articles giving tips and tricks on how we can all be Hive millionaires if we follow the template: "MaKe ...

Hello Fellow Hive Humans: I Too AM Human

"Hello Hive community! Just wanted to drop a quick post to prove that I'm alive and well. The power of blockchain technology never ceases to amaze me, and I'm g...

My Semi-Quarterly "I'm still alive", Post

Hi. It's me again. In the regular world, it's hard to be socially accepted if you only speak once every six months, but Web3 solves this. It may be disappointin...

Top Five Reasons Not To Quit Hive (Jerry Banfield Spotted in the Wild. Make sure to scroll to the bottom if you aren't going to read.)

Do as I say, not as I do. Hello, I'm kryptik, and I'm a habitual quitter. I've quit Hive and Steem multiple times. It's not because I don't love the platform, b...

Insanity Is Contagious

I just wanted some donuts. You know, the good ones. The ones you have to go downtown for. The sort you can sink your teeth into and easily pretend that they wer...

Quit With The Relentless Optimism Already: A New Community Has Appeared

Where have all of the good degenerates gone? It's a question I think not enough of you are asking. Back before the days of Hive and me pretending to be interest...

Why Do My Birthdays Always Suck: Covid, Court, and Crack Cocaine

Img Source via Pixabay In my region there's not much to love about January. It's cold, dark, and the post holiday season debt depression is setting in. You've s...

Initializing NormalHuman: Digital Life Created In Man's Image, An Introduction.

Consider this a rare post. I know you all are into the idea of scarcity, whether that pertains to the digital or physical world. This post will be rare in the s...