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by c1sc0 5y ago
They might not be able to solve climate change, but they can for sure slow it down by kickstarting geo-engineering efforts. They may even be in a better position to do this than nation-states.
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by c1sc0 5y ago
Which brings us to the interesting question: how does one done actually blow up a pipeline? Any takers?
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Show HN: Chalk Rebels: Climber's Chalk Made from Seawater (100% Funded in 24h)(indiegogo.com)
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Show HN: Climber's Chalk (Magnesium Carbonate) Made from Sea-Water(indiegogo.com)
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by c1sc0 5y ago
I had a black PowerBook in the early 2000s where I could swap out the battery while the system was running, if I was fast enough … sub-5sec swap
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by c1sc0 5y ago
Boomers. Everything they own.
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by c1sc0 5y ago
I’d say that unilateral geo-engineering by private entities becomes an option. Far easier for a private billionaire to fund this than for any government considering the geo-political implications . Who’s up for playing billionaire punk?
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by c1sc0 5y ago
Thanks for the detailed feedback. I updated the landing page a bit & added testimonials. Thanks for the correction!
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by c1sc0 5y ago
listenercount++
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by c1sc0 5y ago
We researched this & making hand sanitising claims would put is in the "biocide" category of products in the EU, which comes with a whole new bag of certification headaches. At best we can say something like "has light an
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by c1sc0 5y ago
That’s actually pretty simple if you can live with centralization ... just certify CO2 offsets for example for each coin purchased. Then again ... what’s the point of putting that on a blockchain?
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by c1sc0 5y ago
Thanks for catching that! We can explain better & I’ll make sure that is fixed. One of the fascinating things I discovered during research is that in terms of moisturizing effect (measured in TEWL OR TRANS-epidermal-water-loss) pretty m
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by c1sc0 5y ago
The way I understood it is that Ph needs to be within a certain band of values in cosmetics and the last ingredient in the INCI guarantees this.
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by c1sc0 5y ago
We’re actually considering this. I feel we don’t have the channel reach yet to make it successful. Besides our ~1000 IG followers we are really small. We have a new formula for traditional “white” liquid chalk in the lab but lack funds to b
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by c1sc0 5y ago
We looked into bio plastics and bamboo for both the tube and closing cap. It’s easy enough to find bamboo-based biodegradable tubes but the closing cap is pretty much always still normal plastic. Biodegradable plastic also has its controver
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by c1sc0 5y ago
We’re in the “please use less of our product because it is better” sector. Long-term our goal is actually to REDUCE the use of magnesium carbonate powder in the climbing community.
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by c1sc0 5y ago
Good question! Because we produce in the EU we need to list all ingredients. The sodium hydroxide is a Ph stabilizer commonly used in low doses in cosmetics. It was actually the FIRST thing I asked our lab when they gave me the final INCI.
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by c1sc0 5y ago
Yes. EU only for now.
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by c1sc0 5y ago
That’s a new one! Interesting.
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by c1sc0 5y ago
It’s most definitely NOT a VC scale business. I’d feel bad if it were.
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by c1sc0 5y ago
For environmentally friendly packaging (recycled alu tubes) to be viable at our small scale we need to produce a LOT more. In the meantime we try to improve our packaging and offset some of the damage we do by planting one tree per product
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by c1sc0 5y ago
We're working on getting our products in recycled aluminium tubes. Chalk balls have been proven not to work in terms of reducing dust in gyms, link to the research is on our blog.
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by c1sc0 5y ago
Thanks for the mindset insight. I'm definitely the kind of "all marketing is evil & just wants you to convince to buy shit you don't need" nerd. It's very hard for me not to smirk when thinking through justifica
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by c1sc0 5y ago
Yeah. We worked on making the chalk "thicker" than the cheap brands because smell + texture influences quality perception the most. For the crystal chalk the different formula allows us to get rid of the "alcohol" smell.
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by c1sc0 5y ago
That's a whole debate in itself. We did a LOT of research around this & the answer to the question "Do I need chalk?" is: "It depends". The two major factors impacting friction are: Do I sweat a lot? Do I have g
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by c1sc0 5y ago
We did. Negative. Kind of. I'm pretty sure we simply talked to the wrong people though? You got an intro?
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by c1sc0 5y ago
Respectfully disagree. We have a small but growing fanbase of extremely happy users BECAUSE of our "green" products. Particularly being part of 1%FTP & planting one tree per product sold creates massive loyalty.
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by c1sc0 5y ago
Approaching gyms is tough right now: lots of gyms are suffering a lot because of COVID, so they're not exactly stocking up on goods. Consumer input is good. Climbers who tried it liked it. We have some repeat customers but scale is way
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by c1sc0 5y ago
Our thinking is to focus on the new generation of climbers who tend to be more urban, more affluent & yes, more environmentally conscious.
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by c1sc0 5y ago
Yes. That's on our radar. Gyms are closed at the moment because of COVID so that's on the back-burner. We want to niche down on climbers first.

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