mimac

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by mimac 4y ago
Anyone has something comparable in the EU?
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by mimac 4y ago
Yes, my wife is very self conscious so nudity is only ok in private settings.
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by mimac 4y ago
Ha! I'm a Slovene with fond memories going to FKK camps in Croatia. Koversada is like a small city where everyone is naked all the time except visiting the shop or restaurant. I feel that FKK culture has a lot to offer to children espe
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by mimac 5y ago
Then you also have Slovenian dialects, where the number order is different again i.e. Prekmurscina - stou sendeset pet.
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by mimac 5y ago
Hi! Biochemist with a PhD, leading a group for bioprocess development and scale up. Been following hackernews for a few years now. Probably found it via digg or reddit, don't remember really. The things I like about NH is the minimalis
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by mimac 5y ago
Probably Slovenia.
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by mimac 5y ago
The mutagenesis is not the rate limiting step, its the screening of positive mutants.
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by mimac 5y ago
I use the site to get to the ship tracking site as it's easier to remember. Also learned there is live ship tracking info available! Fascinating!
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by mimac 6y ago
I'm not a petrochemist, but I think reforming/cracking is an old technology which allows you to produce syngas and smaller alkanes (methane, propane etc).
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by mimac 6y ago
IIRC smokers change their inhaling patterns with 'light' cigarettes - they inhale more deeply and prolong the nictoine absorbtion time. In the EU its illegal to brand cigarettes as light.
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by mimac 6y ago
Good evidence that big doses work: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/026988112091995...
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by mimac 6y ago
I skimmed the article and I think the author should have used CaCl2 to improve the gelling strenght. Ca-alginate which is comparable in structure forms gels in very low concentrations when Ca ions are present.
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by mimac 6y ago
This seems off by orders of magnitude. From data (Mycorrhizal Functioning: An Integrative Plant-Fungal Process; Michael Allen) an estimate of 200cm per gram of soil is mentioned. This would translate to 2000m per kilogram and 2.000.000m = 2
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by mimac 7y ago
As someone making 18k€ in Eastern Europe your salary is also crazy to me. And I manage to save >30% of my salary and my quality of living is fine.
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by mimac 7y ago
The Haber-Bosch process is not dependent on fossil fuels. With renewable sources (biogas instead of methane for H2 generation) the process is more expensive, but there are no technical limitations here that mandate the use of fossil fuels.
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by mimac 7y ago
Hi there! Google mooch battery guide. He's a member of the vaping comunity and tests batteries for vaping which usually need high current (and capacity) ratings. He also has links to trusted suppliers of liion batteries. If you arefrom
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by mimac 7y ago
No, I live in the EU with full insurance, but going to a doctor would mean going there during working hours, waiting a few hours, getting a script and going to the pharmacy. Essential oils OTOH could be delivered by mail and even though I h
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by mimac 7y ago
I cured mine with 10vol.% lavender oil + 10vol.% thyme oil in carrier oil (grapeseed oil). I couldn't be bothered by going to a doctor and it worked fine. Essential oils are non-selectively toxic so do be careful.
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by mimac 8y ago
There are always peltier units, but horribly inefficient...
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by mimac 8y ago
That is true, but nothing is as iconic as a plastic shopping bag.
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by mimac 8y ago
I propose to put a plastic bag on the Moon. Just to make a statement and make people think.
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by mimac 10y ago
Do not forget rocks! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_cycle
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by mimac 11y ago
Citric acid is mainly produced by microbial fermentation so there is little worry even if you have a citrus allergy.
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by mimac 11y ago
If you didn't already, you should check out The Way of the World by Nicolas Bouvier. Excelent book about a roadtrip from Geneva via Khyber pass to India in the 1950s.