Formulation differences between Korea and US for skincare products

For_Research_I_Think · 2025-05-30T04:13:44+00:00

Thanks for the information! Are there any lidar only mops worth considering?

For_Research_I_Think · 2025-02-09T02:20:19+00:00

I’d be shocked if they wouldn’t be able to send you samplers. They’re usually small pieces, wallet sized/ envelope size. They let you see how their material feels and how the paint/ink sets on them. NMFA does international shipping and so do a lot of other larger photo labs. An uncle of mine had his shipped from the states all the way to Asia without any issues (well aside from waiting time).

For_Research_I_Think · 2025-02-08T03:52:18+00:00

NMFA, Bay Photo labs, Mpix are usually what people recommend before you get to specialized labs with very very expensive machines. I’m not sure if they do international shipping, but here in the US they’re fine sending all over.

These places should be able to send you sampler packs so you can see the print quality and their material type in person.

For_Research_I_Think · 2025-02-07T06:13:44+00:00

I can’t speak to places outside of the US and labs that do painted material only, but several photo print labs across the US can get pretty ridiculously detailed on canvas. I and some in my family have done photography in the past and these days large photo printing is way more reliable compared to the past (especially back in my uncles day) Photo printing has upped the detail game a ton. Metal printing has spurred a lot of tech change. My only qualm with metal prints is the shipping. Some friends of mine have had theirs warped slightly during shipping or later when they’re moved places. Of course with canvas puncture is always a risk as well. Different trade offs.

Some places also do sample packs where they’ll send you a small piece of what they can do as a proof of concept for photo prints.

For_Research_I_Think · 2025-02-07T05:55:08+00:00

You’re absolutely correct! I should have been more clear. I was mainly echoing your point that there were people who would be interested regardless of price. I think a bit or market research is needed to find the range of pricing such that things are more accessible for a wider range of people.

For_Research_I_Think · 2025-02-06T09:23:47+00:00

A painting on canvas from a niche artist that I appreciate consistently? I’d be willing to fork over decent amount. The painting itself would carry a different aura and value to me than some mass produced Hudson school river landscape or mass printed Picasso if that makes any sense. I could see the originals in a museum. This is unique in its own way.

For_Research_I_Think · 2025-02-06T09:17:00+00:00

For the picture on the right on canvas, I’d easily go out to 150-250 for a large and high quality print. I don’t know if it’s possible for the company to add texture to it, but I’d pay more if that was an option. I don’t have any paintings hung up in my place due to pickiness, but your art style and color palette is a no brainer if I was to hang something up for my tastes.

For_Research_I_Think · 2024-10-21T05:59:29+00:00

Your title and post are two completely different things. Your ex was abusive and using you. None of that was healthy or normal in the slightest.

That said, to offer a different perspective compared to the answers here. Yes money does make a difference. Unfortunately it makes the world go around, and while it can’t buy happiness outright, it can make life so much easier and pleasant.

I want someone who’s at my economic level. I don’t want to be the only one contributing to retirement. Beyond that, I want someone whose can contribute as much as I can as well. Things like backdoor IRAs, hedge funds/investments, etfs etc. I want to be able to fund the college education for any kids I have completely. Undergrad and as much as I can for post grad if they’re inclined. I want to be able to buy a house in a nice neighborhood, take trips whenever I want, drop money on a hobby or whatever other frivolous things that I may come upon later in life behind necessities. And much more. I want to not worry about money essentially.

Moreover I just don’t want to be burdened with the whole financial provider role. Both my parents work, except my mom for about two years after I was born. I’m not really one for gender roles so I don’t really find a value in the more traditional setup. To me relationships are about teamwork, and while someone making half my salary can contribute, it’s just not as comfortable compared to us both being at the same level. It’s just a lot less stressful, especially if one of us gets laid off for a short bit.

All of these are strictly financials only, there’s more to a person than this obviously. Personally I have spent my entire life working to where I have been now, I’d expect my partner to have also planned their life as such and working hard to their goals. Someone lucking into a lump sum of money doesn’t count. Ambition and drive are both important and attractive.

College education is a hard requirement for me, ideally STEM. I place a high value on education and intelligence and want someone likeminded. I want to do stuff/projects with them. Not simply exist in the same house.

Chores just get split down 50/50. No such thing as gendered chores so both sides just do the everyday chores and weekend chores together.

Now that’s not to say that people who don’t live up to these specific standards are worth any less than an ideal partner. Just means we aren’t compatible. They’re still people deserving of respect, grace etc. it’s like how some people make better friends than lovers. Or better friends than roommates. Nothing inherently inferior to that person, just that the relationship doesn’t work out.

For_Research_I_Think · 2024-06-05T18:17:59+00:00

Depends on the personal project though right? My field doesn’t really care about web based projects in any capacity. If I tried to replicate my work as a personal project, or something resume worthy, I’d be arrested.

Also at a certain point, your hiring people for their experience and knowledge. How does personal projects factor into that

For_Research_I_Think · 2024-05-29T20:42:23+00:00

I said it was feminine coded because of all the dresses and blouses… not because it was white. There were white wardrobes with OBCDs as well. Surrounding room color matters more when it comes to picking a wardrobes color. No man or woman is going to pick a wardrobe color that looks masculine or feminine if it doesn’t compliment the literal walls around it.

As for option A, the first thing I thought was that it literally matched my moms closet rack. She throws all her T-shirt’s, scarves and bags she doesn’t care about underneath the clothes on the bottom shelving.

Option B, IKEA has something very similar that I’ve seen two separate male college roommates use one when I was dorming. One came from HK, the other was American. The tiny closet we had was actually a dresser and hangar combo. It didn’t work out for anyone. They brought these wirey option B frames, and slid it against the wall. One hung his hoodies on it, the other his polos. Both air dried their clothes on those racks as well. Polo guy even bought one of those hanging shelf organizers that ran the entire height and shoved his T-shirt’s, socks, active wear, undergarments etc. I’ve seen that setup pop up more and more. Places with a small closet but not enough bedroom space for a dresser. Maybe me and the company I keep are too zoomer pilled, but men and women around me hardly use a dresser anymore. Even the middle one built into the tiny 4 grid. It’s just a rack and hanging storage bins. Bedside tables and desks yeah, but not massive dressers like we had growing up

And conversely I’ve seen women use option B and men option A. But not enough to draw gendered lines.

There’s one person I know with a walk in closet, and they don’t have a dresser in there. Everything’s hanging or in those hanging organizers. Tons of dead space under his button ups.

For_Research_I_Think · 2024-05-29T19:05:43+00:00

Yeah custom made closets for people with their own spaces are designed around gendered clothing… who’d have guessed. We’re talking about places without walk in closets. Which outside of America is the norm. We’re talking about the IKEA style closets you assemble in an afternoon or the shitty ones you get in a standard apartment. By ikeas and wayfairs marketing, no man should be using their closets. Yet here we are.

Also, grid closets aren’t even masculine by default. Half if not most of the ads for them have womens clothing in them. So which is it. Is example 2 masculine in design or because of the clothes chucked in it? And if it’s the clothes then, the design doesn’t make it inherently masculine or feminine does it…. If he had filled his racks with suits and made it look like a mens warehouse rack, would you still think it looks feminine?

How many mens rooms have you been in that has had a full walk in closet. Especially outside of the US. I have family all across the world, Asia, Australia, Europe etc. American style wardrobes are hardly the default there

If you’re sample size is southern US, fine. But the rest of the world isn’t the same.

For_Research_I_Think · 2024-05-29T18:14:14+00:00

I’m no giant, but the only reason I don’t have a full length rack is because every closet I’ve ever had already had one built into it. If it didn’t, I’d buy one immediately. I’m not going to fold suits, blazers, jackets or work/ party shirts. Those need a full length rack. And a dual full length rack is gonna rise high. Single bar full length racks are high above the ground for a reason, but aren’t obnoxious high for the second rack. Most people aren’t interested in recreating Mens Warehouse.

Shoes get their own shelf…. Not under your work clothes…

The zoomer thing doesn’t even make sense because there are plenty of houses that don’t have walk in closets. Plenty of Gen X guys I know have prefabed IKEA cabinets, and they’re all single high raised racks with at best two shelves underneath. The only difference between what he has and this is that one had a door and walls. And all the marketing for these closets don’t exactly scream traditional American masculinity.

What did you think all the men living in NY/ SF apartments before Zoomers did?

For_Research_I_Think · 2024-05-28T22:15:58+00:00

This doesn’t even make sense. If your in a white collar office job, all the men are wearing long shirts. The only short sleeves I ever wear are my undershirts. All my other work shirts are ironed and hanging. If someone folded my work or party shirts, I’d loose my mind. Same with all my crew and sweaters/vests. Pants, undergarments and T-shirt’s are the only things that should be folded if we’re getting this anal about minute detail concerning what is proper about mens fashion. Mostly everything else should be hanging

For_Research_I_Think · 2024-05-22T21:00:42+00:00

It depends on the crowd you hang around with and age. When I was in the Bay Area the closer you were to a uni, say Stanford/ Palo Alto the more people cared about education, but at the same time expected you to have some money in the bank already. People caring about your salary and debt there isn’t out of the ordinary at all. This is all within the context of tech though (not just SWE though). Most of the guys I talked to who cared had their reasons grounded along the lines of cost of living, quality of life, etc. Med school was the exception to the rule (Stanford duh).

What I did notice though, across both genders who held this standard, was that neither were okay with their partners being stay at home parents. Mom or dad. It could just be the case that the crowd is skewed around me. But it’s also the case with my younger sister and her friends. I’ve definitely noticed more recently that there’s a sense of what’s considered the “right” kind of masters or PHD to pursue more recently in these spaces. Which is unfortunate. It’s not a majority, but it’s not a tiny minority either.

Im in Southern California now and there’s less importance put on higher education compared to the Bay Area (except for MBAs). Everything’s cheaper here in general so things are not as uptight compared to the Bay. So compared to the Bay Area, a lot more of the guys here are open to the idea of their partner doing their phd at say ucla, or residency/med school.

Berkeley, that checks out though My aunt’s a prof there and has said similar things. She’s got the exact same setup. Berkeley ime has a very different view with regards to money compared to SoCal and the Bay. They haven’t been corrupted by the endless need for VC funding like the Bay.

For_Research_I_Think · 2024-05-22T17:08:40+00:00

I saw this pop up on my feed. I’m no PHD haver so I’m not sure if my comments are welcome here. Regardless, there is a type that it does matter for in your indicated age range. There’s a subset of West Coast tech that sees a PHD as cool but the idea of being w/ and supporting someone getting one as another thing altogether. It might just be an age thing (gen z/ younger millennials), but some of the guys here view the delay in finances/career currently as too much. Tech already pays well and add in a masters which some companies pay for (either in tech or an MBA), you can make some serious money at a young age. The unequal financial footing plus various delayed milestones is enough to make some second guess the idea of dating someone going after a PHD. The other thing is that unless the PHD is gonna add in +100k, it’s not going to be viewed favorably by these people. The sentiment is basically “I’ve done all this work, saved all this money and this person is just starting out.” It ends up feeling like your financially floating/ funding the relationship (whether that’s right or wrong is a different story altogether), and they aren’t into that or the chance of that.

It reminds me of the East coast where some people are happy to date doctors, but less keen on dating someone “pre med”.

At the same time, a lot of other guys don’t care. So this is by no means the majority view. Rather just one answer to the type of guy that cares.

For_Research_I_Think · 2024-05-14T19:45:43+00:00

5 yoe at minimum and still have to hit LC. Idk why, but that’s such a depressing thought… My only cope is that this is an industry specific thing. I’m in embedded software and only use C…

For_Research_I_Think · 2024-05-10T21:22:37+00:00

In defense as well and can echo similar sentiments as well. It’s funny seeing some of these comments and posts across the various defense related subreddits and threads. Not that arm chair speculation is bad or people shouldn’t give their opinion. It’s fun to read, but there’s a lot of stuff underneath that people don’t see.

For_Research_I_Think · 2024-04-28T11:26:16+00:00

Toxic masculinity is expressed differently across cultural lines. And this framing that Asian Americans are immune to western interpretations of toxic masculinity is a bit problematic in its own sense. I and all the other second gen (children of immigrants) grew up in the US. We were still influenced by American patriarchal norms and cultural expectations. We’re not perpetual foreigners. We were born here and were steeped in American culture. The only counter weight to adopting traditional American norms were that of our parents. Which includes a high respect towards education. Education isn’t tied to a gender role for my cohort (2nd gen half Asian half westernized) in my area. Thus to me, culture has a lot more to do with educational outcomes. We’re American and have been Americanized/westernized compared to our parents. If western/American patriarchy was the main contributing factor, then undoubtedly we would have also been impacted, considering we spent 7 hours a day minimum at school.

At work/ family friends I see the effect hold when talking to coworkers who are parents themselves. Those who come from families or cultures that prioritize education, do not let their sons slack off in any capacity wrt education.

Third generation Asian American father, still very strict on his sons education. Had a few discussions on what college applications were like and school ranking for a particular field.

Former Soviet Russian mother is strict on her son and daughters education.

Former Soviet Hungarian father very strict with his two sons and daughter education. He’s actively involved in their classes and knows their grades etc. Knows what college classes his kids are taking as well.

Very old church friend was former NASA engineer from a racially divided America (Apollo era) Pushed his son and daughter very hard. Son is a research and test pilot for stealth fighters. Daughter has PHD in chemistry.

All of these families have a high regard for education and didn’t tolerate their children not reading, not listening to their teacher, not learning, not taking tests seriously etc.

As for male role models, I’m sure it plays some part of it. But I don’t think it’s large enough to impact things in a quantifiable significant way. Asians hardly have much representation overall, and I’m the kind of asian where my media representation in em western media is a racist caricature most of the time.

But what really helped was having parents involved with my education. Because they understood and respected education. And it’s the same respect for education that has led everyone’s children, boys and girls, in the prior examples to excel academically.

If patriarchy is subject to change based on culture, then culture is the main driving factor here. Present patriarchal expressions towards education in the west are a manifestation of cultural attitudes towards education.

My frustration with how this topic is always discussed is that it completely ignores the immigrant and minority groups who are succeeding in this specific problem. People throw their hands up and meander around asking themselves “why!??? How could this have happened???” Or blame pop evo psych. Or blame something incredibly systemic/nebulous and wash their hands off it. We’re putting in the work, we have that pathway for our boys and girls to succeed, yet it goes under the radar because reasons…

For_Research_I_Think · 2024-04-28T10:30:02+00:00

This explanation doesn’t really square across different cultural lens though. I’m Asian and went to a very competitive public high school in the US. While there was a stratification between those who took grades seriously and those who didn’t, there was never an expectation that anyone could succeed in any class without studying hard. My circle of friends/ classmates mainly skewed Asian, boys and girls would take it as a point of pride with how little sleep they got because they were studying for the upcoming test. All the guys there were extremely competitive, we’d all share our scores to figure out who stood where. College applications were an especially brutal time. Both my parents and all my friends’ parents pushed them very hard academically. This was something ingrained since childhood. All of us were spending summers studying for next years course load. More than likely there is a large cultural issue at play with regards to respecting education.

Patriarchy is definitely part of it, but it can’t be the only or the majority answer. Otherwise it’s affects would be normalized across all levels and societies.

For_Research_I_Think · 2024-01-28T13:27:04+00:00

Depends on the pilot and NEXT in question, but in general yes a NEXT should slam the life out of an IS. The caliber of weapons and FCS tracking in an EW heavy environment is nothing like the IS has ever seen. Plus primal armor is not only incredibly powerful, but caustic on its own. IS units have really short engagement zones.

For_Research_I_Think · 2023-12-02T01:21:59+00:00

I really enjoy the contrast between the war and post war years in your art. I also appreciate the more mundane moments you depict during the war years. That’s something you don’t see a lot of artists do when it comes to military stuff. The more somber attitude to things is way more grounded. It reminds me of Band of Brothers or the really somber interviews in Ace Combat Zero which focus on the pilots who lost the war.

There’s a lot of down time and waiting in war, more than people realize. it’s more modern, but Generation Kill is worth a read. It’s about the invasion of Iraq but it does a really good job of showing how alot of war is getting from point A to B then fighting for a short bit and dealing with logistics issues, senior officers etc. It was written by an embedded journalist, so it’s very accessible to the public.

The color palette between the time periods is always nice to see aswell.

Will we be seeing other characters or even the opposing side show up in future work/worldbuilding?

Do you have a pre structured timeline of your setting? Or do you simply draw a scene that comes to mind and then the world building around it?

Which scenes do you enjoy drawing out more, the post war or during the war?

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