Lab Setups & Experiences

Discussions revolve around home laboratories, academic and professional lab environments, personal experiences working in labs, and debates on what constitutes a real lab versus simpler setups.

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theshrike79 β€’ Jun 6, 2022 β€’ View on HN

That's a different kind of lab =)

person_of_color β€’ Jul 16, 2020 β€’ View on HN

Woah, that’s one serious home laboratory.

whimsicalism β€’ Oct 21, 2024 β€’ View on HN

even the physics labs i worked in looked like this

bdjsiqoocwk β€’ Mar 8, 2024 β€’ View on HN

"safely fail" what's wrong with just taking my laptop and do my experiments there? Why is a "lab" needed?

soperj β€’ Jul 28, 2020 β€’ View on HN

This is a lab experiment, just a huge one.

seanmcdirmid β€’ Jul 27, 2013 β€’ View on HN

Better yet, just get a job at one of those labs :)

shaunregenbaum β€’ Jun 28, 2021 β€’ View on HN

I worked in this lab! Would be glad to answer questions.

dylan604 β€’ Jul 12, 2021 β€’ View on HN

I think that falls under my qualification of "people in a lab setting"

2rsf β€’ Jul 8, 2022 β€’ View on HN

Cool! I had one of those hanged in the lab

goldenkey β€’ Mar 24, 2018 β€’ View on HN

Well of course it does, it's a lab!