Tim Feinstein
@timnfeinstein.bsky.social
Ph.D. ex-academic, self-published author of “A Heuristic Guide To Quantitative Imaging”. Lead, operations and technical sales at Coastal Microscopes.
Liquid N2 ice cream: surprisingly easy and really good. Just add slowly and stir!
November 29, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Liquid N2 ice cream: surprisingly easy and really good. Just add slowly and stir!
Cheese or oil? The isotemp bath is right there.
November 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Cheese or oil? The isotemp bath is right there.
You’re being over-optimistic on that count. If you imagine what AI-driven mass unemployment would look like without any support at all, that’s the desired goal.
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
You’re being over-optimistic on that count. If you imagine what AI-driven mass unemployment would look like without any support at all, that’s the desired goal.
Sure, I wasn’t planning to rank them. I mean, the real estate one is almost tautological. Anyone who says more housing units raise rent is clearly jerking around with motivated reasoning.
The case for UBI is not as obvious bug it holds up well in real world practice.
The case for UBI is not as obvious bug it holds up well in real world practice.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Sure, I wasn’t planning to rank them. I mean, the real estate one is almost tautological. Anyone who says more housing units raise rent is clearly jerking around with motivated reasoning.
The case for UBI is not as obvious bug it holds up well in real world practice.
The case for UBI is not as obvious bug it holds up well in real world practice.
Pff. Add in an exam that’s a mandatory A if I want to get out of high school, and it’s fifty pages long, all essays, and I haven’t studied the subject, and it’s a night ending in -y.
November 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Pff. Add in an exam that’s a mandatory A if I want to get out of high school, and it’s fifty pages long, all essays, and I haven’t studied the subject, and it’s a night ending in -y.
Along with UBI, it’s one of the most repeated studies in the world. People think it doesn’t translate into policy because policy deciders don’t know about the results, so they do the study again.
November 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Along with UBI, it’s one of the most repeated studies in the world. People think it doesn’t translate into policy because policy deciders don’t know about the results, so they do the study again.
In the new Predator film, Weyland uses this 50-foot tall super loader to walk a huge shipping crate onto a spaceship. I bet you’ll never guess what happens.
November 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
In the new Predator film, Weyland uses this 50-foot tall super loader to walk a huge shipping crate onto a spaceship. I bet you’ll never guess what happens.
The Velocipastor is only a dinosaur movie for part of the time, but still worth it.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The Velocipastor is only a dinosaur movie for part of the time, but still worth it.
US, it’s variable, depends a lot on the field, the types of instrument, how much and what kinds of model organism. Higher level model organisms or really sophisticated hardware take a lot of support staff. I’ve been anywhere from about 6 student/postdocs:1 tech, to about 2:1 the other way. USA.
November 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
US, it’s variable, depends a lot on the field, the types of instrument, how much and what kinds of model organism. Higher level model organisms or really sophisticated hardware take a lot of support staff. I’ve been anywhere from about 6 student/postdocs:1 tech, to about 2:1 the other way. USA.
At that point, just make a yurt.
November 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
At that point, just make a yurt.
If you’re doing this as a flex, make the croissant-dough cups from scratch. We did that, once. Now we buy them!
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
If you’re doing this as a flex, make the croissant-dough cups from scratch. We did that, once. Now we buy them!
Awfully high valuation-to-earnings ratios out there. Reminds me a little of the Simpsons episode where the house has foundation issues. A sparrow lands on the chimney, the whole house tilts, and Bart flies out a side window.
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Awfully high valuation-to-earnings ratios out there. Reminds me a little of the Simpsons episode where the house has foundation issues. A sparrow lands on the chimney, the whole house tilts, and Bart flies out a side window.
It turns out the kidnappers just want to talk about [insert nerd interest here]. You can leave any time you want. You know everyone’s worried to death about you, they’re at a holiday party that’s going to last forever, and the worry is going to ruin it for them…but if you go you’ll join them there…
November 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
It turns out the kidnappers just want to talk about [insert nerd interest here]. You can leave any time you want. You know everyone’s worried to death about you, they’re at a holiday party that’s going to last forever, and the worry is going to ruin it for them…but if you go you’ll join them there…
Bouchee a la reine. You need a holiday just to have the time to make it.
November 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Bouchee a la reine. You need a holiday just to have the time to make it.
Wow!! That’s amazing. Love your catalog.
November 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Wow!! That’s amazing. Love your catalog.
My French in-laws unanimously agreed I’d make a good case for bringing back the guillotine.
November 25, 2025 at 3:24 AM
My French in-laws unanimously agreed I’d make a good case for bringing back the guillotine.
Best alt-text in history.
November 25, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Best alt-text in history.
(for anyone concerned, we’ve been married 20 years. Mom is over it, mostly)
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
(for anyone concerned, we’ve been married 20 years. Mom is over it, mostly)
After four years actively fighting back on my vegetarianism, my mom had a hard time understanding how I fell off the wagon so hard after less than a month dating my girlfriend, who made Bourgignon on our second date.
Like a 22yo moron, I said “mom. there’s cooking, and there’s COOKING.”
Like a 22yo moron, I said “mom. there’s cooking, and there’s COOKING.”
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
After four years actively fighting back on my vegetarianism, my mom had a hard time understanding how I fell off the wagon so hard after less than a month dating my girlfriend, who made Bourgignon on our second date.
Like a 22yo moron, I said “mom. there’s cooking, and there’s COOKING.”
Like a 22yo moron, I said “mom. there’s cooking, and there’s COOKING.”
Using Turkic Altai throat singing as a model for the Misty Mountains song was kind of inspired tbh. It stood out since so many other choices were questionable or bad.
November 24, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Using Turkic Altai throat singing as a model for the Misty Mountains song was kind of inspired tbh. It stood out since so many other choices were questionable or bad.
Yes, as was firmly pointed out to me this morning after a forest walk. In my defense I was in a hurry.
November 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Yes, as was firmly pointed out to me this morning after a forest walk. In my defense I was in a hurry.
Stealth bombers famously work just as well when you give their intended flight pattern in advance
November 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Stealth bombers famously work just as well when you give their intended flight pattern in advance
Sous vide turkey breast. It totally transforms the bird. Leg is good too, but I like leg made most ways. Sous vide any-bird breast is the biggest transformation I’ve seen in food, from dry blecch to something I’d pick over almost anything.
November 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Sous vide turkey breast. It totally transforms the bird. Leg is good too, but I like leg made most ways. Sous vide any-bird breast is the biggest transformation I’ve seen in food, from dry blecch to something I’d pick over almost anything.