Academia is usually about minutiae, not concepts. Sometimes they get so hyperfocus in small areas that they are completely unable to give a general summary of what they are doing in the bigger picture. To do so would require them to understand things outside of their very narrow field of study.
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One thing I learned over the years is that there is zero training in being a good manager. Promotions to management are based upon two things: technical expertise or relationships (brown-nosing/nepotism etc.) Having managerial skills is completely unnecessary for the job.
Very few “managers” take the time to observe, study, and gain the skill set needed when they are in the job. Most end up regurgitating the most recent MBA bullshit fad.
3·3 days agoBeen watching this one for many years.
They are barking up the wrong tree with insisting on staying with diploids.
The higher yields of tetraploid varieties are because of them being in the tetraploid state. Tetraploidy commonly causes the enlargement of plant organs (thicker stems, larger flowers, and bigger tubers). It’s also relatively straightforward to breed diploids then convert them to tetraploid state. It’s completely routine in other species.
The downside tetraploids is true seed production is decreased by as much as 90%. It also takes 4-5 generations to stabilize them after they are created. Producing hybrid true seed becomes very expensive and much slower. I understand why they don’t want to do it, but they are wrong.
The current commercial production of potatoes is very expensive and environmentally damaging. There is a ton of space to capture value by going to true seed. For example tuber storage, cutting, tuber treatment, and specialized planters. Double fumigation (biofumigation followed by chemicall) is common in some areas. In season chemistry applications in fungicide etc…are very high.
Improved genetic resistance to numerous different pathogens would lead to rapid adoption if the math works out.
As an American who lived in the UK for a few years. I agree.
45·5 days agoHow to create a baby boom in Russia or any country.
Step 1: Stop the wars of aggression.
Step 2: Increase pay so that one person can provide for a family.
Step 3: Open borders for trade and travel.
Step 4: Create housing for families do that they can afford.
Step 5: Free quality healthcare and childcare.
Step 6: Invest heavily in schools and pay living wages.
Step 7: Promote massive immigration from countries with a higher birthrate. The citizens of your country know you are full of shit and ain’t falling for it
My luck:
Last two passengers stumble onto the plane.
Flight attendant close the door.
They sit down in the empty seats next to me all covered in sweat and smelling not so fresh. “We had to run to make it.”
Oh joy…
I loved my slider as well. They made texting so much easier. I went from one of those to a blackberry bold.
5·7 days agoA regular Dr. appointments in my area are out 2 months.
Specialist are at 6 months. Some of them are out as long as 18 months .
My wife is going in for non-emergency surgery today, it’s taken 6 months.
It’s gotten bad enough that you have to go the ER or Urgent care for stuff a GP traditionally to handles.
Look up Providence Group, they purchase the local hospital system and have since fucked it up. Providers are leaving in droves because of their naked corruption.
Definitely run a soil test.
Soil that doesn’t drain well often builds up salts. These can make growing anything quite difficult.
From the grape picture I would guess it’s a micronutrient deficiency like Zn or Ca.
4·7 days agoFYI in the U.S. you can get a utility patent on any variety. Its not specific to the GMO. Patents differ from regular PVP (plant variety protection) in that they restrict others using it in breeding efforts.
The major difference is varieties are not patentable in the EU but GMO are.
Of course the varieties were intended for countries that do not enforce U.S. or E.U. intellectual property laws anyways. So it was not possible for Monsanto to collect royalties on golden rice in the target market.
That announcement was them trying to put a positive marketing spin on it. “Oh we won’t attempt to seek royalties on a product in countries we can’t collect royalties in…”
Look up Greenpeace actions against Golden Rice. It’s an example of how misplaced ideology literally kills millions of people.
Oh they have also have made GMO rice with folic acid.
Long range attacks are about knocking out supplies, the ability to produce new supplies, and the ability to get supplies to the front line.
Say Russia is getting more newly made artillery shells to the front line. The best way to fix this is to blow up the factories.
If you can’t take out the factories directly, take out components that the factories need to operate: ore processing, fuel refineries, electricity grid, etc.
The problem is all the critical targets are a long ways from the front line and Ukraine currently has limited capacity to hit them.
Meanwhile Russia is targeting all of Ukraine’s internal infrastructure constantly.
Long wars are won by the production capabilities of the groups involved as much as the front line troops.
1·9 days agoIf it ain’t broke …
Cancer is a DNA mutation. Those mutations can be hereditary, random chance, or environmentally caused.
61·9 days agoWith a scope an AK style gun is effectively maxed out at 300m. After that their accuracy is too low to reliably hit the target. They are designed to put out a spray of bullets at closer ranges. In WWII most combat occured at ranges under 200m so they are effective for what they were designed for.
Very good for combat, not so good for sniping.
Medical privacy ends when the condition may cause detrimental effects to other people. It’s not that difficult of a concept to understand.
Somebody who has epilepsy is not allowed to drive vehicles or fly a plane. They might have an episode while operating the vehicle and kill/injure others.
Somebody with a confirmed deadly disease is not allowed to wander around spreading it to others. Their decisions to ignore quarantine restrictions will kill/injure others.
6·11 days agoI have been using custom start menus since the whole win8 full screen disaster. Every time I see the default win 10 or Win 11 menu I cringe. So much crap in the way.
Process optimization reaches a point of diminishing returns. Then if tweaked further it degrades the performance. Microsoft reached the close to the optimal OS design at Win7. It’s all been downhill since then.
The mobile OS systems are reaching the same point. Optimization has occured and most of the “new” additions degrade the user experience.
American pizza and Italian pizza are two different animals that share the same name. They both have good, mediocre and shitty examples. I have had all three in both countries.
As to which one I prefer? Ehhh depends on the day.
Other countries also have their unique take on Pizza that I have tried and enjoyed. I had some in Spain and Brazil that were amazing yet very different.
Asshole ExBosses are totally fair after a mandatory 3 year cooling off period.