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A six person study seems a little small

No, you're thinking of Portland. We're fighting them off like they're zombies, but they're infesting everything. It's horrible.

But look at it this way: women are way more likely to sleep with you when 50% of the guys are hipsters.


As it should be. Fantastic city.


Yeah, but Microsoft just donates a lot of money to public works and then the Microsoft employees don't leave their offices/homes. So it's a win/win.

And commutes aren't bad at all. Not nearly as bad as Chicago, and they don't have any water at all. I get to work in ~12 minutes and it's about 8 miles away. If you're going say, Redmond to Seattle, yeah it'll suck, but not nearly as bad as it would in Chicago at rush hour.


If you need suggestions while you're here, let me know. I know a lot about this area (and I learn more every day).

Well, I think it depends honestly. Obviously because the sample was so small, it's stupid to have blind faith that yes these supplements will do something for me. But even if only one person did, there's still a chance it could. It's not like these supplements are likely to hurt or harm me any more than the drugs already do, so I figure there's no harm in trying them. But yes, I would say in most cases it's probably best not to trust a study with such a small sample group.

Also, I am loving karaoke! Having confidence in my singing makes it so much more fun. Singing sexy/dirty songs with your friends around is a ton of fun as well.

I baked bacon bits/cubes/thingies and put them on the soup right before eating and bacon + spinach = jummy.

Also, do you mean split pea soup or some other kind of pea soup?

Split pea soup shouldn't have mustard, it needs sausage and it should be almost thick enough to eat with a fork.

I really need to make a list so I can keep track.

What Diglett said.



Also, Dark Horse Crooked Tree IPA is delicious.

EDIT:
I've started making a list from memory, maybe I should continue that. I'm sort of curious how many differet beers I've had by now...


Edited, May 11th 2012 4:26pm by Aethien

When did I miss you un-becoming admin, Xsarus?

We lived north of the university. Trying to get past that horribly designed 520 merge and the ship canal to get anywhere left me soulless and jaded.




Small sample sizes aren't necessarily unusual in initial human trials. If there is some serious side effect you don't want to expose more people than necessary. Stuff that looks good there will get put to more people before it gets anywhere near market to hopefully screen for rarer problems. 16 isn't unusual, 6 may be a bit slim, but it's still doable. We've done screens where there are 6 people, 3 control and 3 affected. Then you end up pooling the samples and have a 1 v 1. Granted this is more in the discovery phase, but human subjects are pain to deal with, pricey too.

Also note to self: don't buy doughnuts from the new stand by the tram, you pay 50 cents more than in the research cafeteria.


Edited, May 11th 2012 8:47am by someproteinguy

I love scotch. Scotchy, scotch, scotch. Here it goes down, down into my belly...

Soak some hotdogs in cheap beer and barbeque them.

Mac and Cheese

WTF.. people live like that?

Currently we have Leffe Blonde and Alpine Brewing Irish Red (growler) as well as an array of very good wines =)

I'm thinking sausages and grilled veg with some baby potatoes for a nice, simple deal.

Oh, and btw, my mac n cheese includes gruyere, bacon, and smoked paprika. =P