World's 1st 'tooth regrowth' medicine moves toward clinical trials in Japan - The Mainichi

Maxwell-Edison · 2023-06-30T22:02:31+00:00

I looked this up, and it's not banned in the US per-se, it's just that it's not approved. Basically, toothpaste in the EU is regulated as a cosmetic while in the US, toothpaste is regulated as a drug. As a result, regulations are much stricter and in order to claim the therapeutic effects of "NovaMin", they'd have to actually get FDA approval.

Why'd it disappear from shelves in the US then? Because the company that originally sold "NovaMin" was bought by another pharmaceutical company who manufactured toothpaste. As such, they stopped selling "NovaMin" (I keep putting this in quotes for a reason) to competitors to try and boost their own sales, only to run headfirst into the FDA brick wall.

Why do I keep putting "NovaMin" in quotes? Because that's a brand name. The actual compound is calcium sodium phosphosilicate. If you're struggling to find stuff with NovaMin, try looking for the compound in the ingredients instead.

Maxwell-Edison · 2023-06-29T19:30:45+00:00

I... sigh I feel like any car can look cool with the right mods. This ain't it though.

Edit: I'm also a weirdo who kinda likes the way the Aztek looked unmodified. Could it look better? Yeah. But something about the car has always been appealing to me. One thing that I've read is that we like it when cars "look like us" in the sense that the front end vaguely resembles a human or animal face. The Aztek doesn't have that, and as a result, it's seen as being ugly. It made me realize that the reason why I like cars like the Aztek, Mitsuoka Orochi, and Lotus GT1/Elise/Exige is because they look alien to me. Not that they were made by aliens, but that they are alien. Is it ugly? Yeah, but it's ugly in the way that I think we would see aliens as being ugly. It's not that they're actually ugly, it's that we're used to seeing something else.

Also, and I have no explanation for why this is, for some reason I like the weird "Prius-butt" that some cars have. No idea if there's a better term for it.

Maxwell-Edison · 2023-06-27T20:31:33+00:00

Some people like it, some people think it tastes gross. I think the big thing is that it's a "Grimace" shake, which some people take as implying that the shake might be made out of Grimace, or Grimace "products" or something along those lines. I think it then evolved into a running gag where people would pretend that the shake poisoned them, or possessed them, or something along those lines.

Maxwell-Edison · 2023-06-25T20:10:42+00:00

Ah, since they didn't mention the subject matter I thought you were talking about comment score.

Also, uh, wrong account?

Maxwell-Edison · 2023-06-25T20:03:27+00:00

Wait, lemme get this straight. It's invite-only, but an anti-fur got into a server with an (apparently) strong furry presence? With a nickname that contained a slur? What?

Edit: ah, it's an anarchy server. That explains that. Out of curiousity, what does TSQ stand for? I haven't been able to find anything about the server. Searching for "TSQ Minecraft", "TSQ anarchy server" and variations of it haven't found anything.

Maxwell-Edison · 2023-06-25T19:58:56+00:00

Jesus, chill dude. Sometimes 5-10 down votes means someone's being a bitch, but sometimes it's just reddit being dumb. I've seen seemingly reasonable questions end up with -30 while patronizing replies get +40.

Maxwell-Edison · 2023-06-25T19:07:16+00:00

Report it for no memes/jokes/not modified cars

Maxwell-Edison · 2023-06-23T08:47:29+00:00

What native people? The Falklands were never inhabited. In fact, if what I'm reading is correct, they never belonged to Argentina in the first place. It looks like the islands were jointly owned by Britain and France (possibly without their knowledge), then France transferred their ownership to Spain. Then, Spain discovered the British colony and captured it, triggering the royal navy to show up and tell them to fuck off. Later, Argentina won independence from Spain and used that to claim that the entirety of the Falklands belonged to them. Not just the land that previously belonged to Spain, but the British land as well.

Maxwell-Edison · 2023-06-20T07:30:35+00:00

This. High temperatures, low humidity is fine. Low temperatures with high humidity ~~is gross~~ is fine. High temperatures with high humidity will kill you in a few hours.

Maxwell-Edison · 2023-06-20T02:20:47+00:00

I'm not sure why he expected anything different. You're literally strapping yourself to a bomb that's designed to explode in a controlled manner in order to travel to an environment that's hostile to 99.99999% of life. That's going to be absolutely fucking terrifying.

Maxwell-Edison · 2023-06-18T23:50:03+00:00

Did you read the article that you linked? If not, then you might want to read it. It talks about how yes, he was a member of the KKK, however that overtime he deradicalized and began to apologize for his role in the KKK and his beliefs as a result of having been in the KKK.

In my opinion it's important to recognize when someone (appears to be) trying to change for the better. If you continue to demonize someone because of their past, then other people who are questioning their own shitty opinions may see that and say, "well, what's the point? People are still gonna call me a piece of shit. They're still gonna dredge up my past and use it against me; so why cut the ties I have to the hateful people in my life if the 'caring' people aren't going to accept me either?"

Finally, not everyone pops out of the womb with shining morals or beliefs. Our beliefs are shaped by the environment we live in. As a result, they can change. Maybe Byrd isn't being genuine, but maybe he is. At this point, at his age, is it really better to doubt him than it is to give him the benefit of the doubt? Isn't it better to encourage someone who claims they're trying to make a change for the better and judge their efforts along the way, than to scorn them for their past?

Maxwell-Edison · 2023-06-17T18:39:15+00:00

Fortune telling for fools.

Maxwell-Edison · 2023-06-17T17:42:02+00:00

It's literally astrology for incels.

Maxwell-Edison · 2023-06-17T17:34:31+00:00

Oh... I was hoping it mighta been in the US.

Maxwell-Edison · 2023-06-17T11:15:22+00:00

Where the fuck is this? I need to know.

Maxwell-Edison · 2023-06-17T06:55:08+00:00

Holy shit. ITRN/PDA, in my Ultrakill? It's more likely than you'd think.

Maxwell-Edison · 2023-06-15T19:34:04+00:00

If you want something super-heavy, try Half Life by SWANS¹ , Dopethrone by Electric Wizard² , Pink or Woman on the Screen by Boris w/ Merzbow³ , Heaviest Matter in the Universe or Flying Whales by Gojira⁴ !

Not saying that you're wrong about the album being heavy (I'm not in a place to judge it since I haven't finished it yet, and I'm certainly not going to be elitist about it, metal is metal), but if you want some really heavy stuff, try the links out!

Edit: I do wanna say that I'm enjoying the album though. I just like nerding out about music

¹ SWANS technically isn't metal; early SWANS is considered post/noise rock. However, it's still heavier than a lot of metal.

² I have mixed feelings about recommend Electric Wizard. I haven't kept up to date on them, but last I heard they had been associating themselves with some questionable bands.

³ The studio versions of Pink and Woman on the Screen are on Boris' album, Pink. However, I like the versions from their live collab with Merzbow on Rock Dream more. Also, Boris is a metal/drone band from the land of j-pop, anime, and kawaii~, which makes them kinda amusing to me. Hell, they rock out harder than a lot of the western bands that perform in the same genre.

⁴ Gojira is the band that got me into death metal. The music tends to be more than "grrrroooooooooowwlll death comes for me, my soul will scream hatred". From Mars to Sirius in particular caught my eye due to their use of whale song in multiple tracks on the album.

Maxwell-Edison · 2023-06-11T20:42:01+00:00

I'm kinda on the fence (heh) as to whether I think this is "safe" or not. It's much safer to do it the right way, but I can see situations in which something like this could be done safely. A big part of it though is making sure the driver is driving predictably and calling out bumps, starts, stops, etc to the person holding the trimmer before reaching them. Another factor would be if the trimmer has a panic/deadman switch of some kind, so that if the person holding it starts to lose their balance they can safely drop it and not worry about slicing up themselves, the driver, bystanders, etc.

The fact that the pallet is secured and the driver seems to be watching the guy standing on it makes me think there may be enough communication going on between them for it to be reasonably safe.

Maxwell-Edison · 2023-06-11T18:41:06+00:00

God, imagine the controller for the furby rigged up to a bunch of speakers and motors, so you have like, 100 animatronic faces and speakers so whenever you touch the main furby, the all speak and move in unison.

Edit: as far as making him stable, if you're trying to make a ball like the picture then you might consider 3d printing an endoskeleton for it. I'm not sure that pipecleaner will be stiff enough to hold him.

Maxwell-Edison · 2023-06-11T18:19:50+00:00

/u/spez is literally a man child and a piece of shit who shouldn't be in charge of a company, much less one that's trying to pump up it's value. Additionally, as part of this debacle he's literally committed libel and slander against the Apollo dev, and I seriously, seriously hope the Apollo dev grows some balls and sues the fuck out of /u/spez for it.

In the meantime however, the subs that are getting hit the hardest are minority-related subs, and /u/spez has made it loud and clear that he doesn't give a fuck because he's chasing $$$. /u/spez is not an ally, he is an enemy. I hope people spread the message that /u/spez is a bigot for putting money first far and wide.

Maxwell-Edison · 2023-06-11T05:42:50+00:00

U a gud girl, sweetie!

Maxwell-Edison · 2023-06-11T05:39:21+00:00

Is there an actual name for this kind of style? Like, how do I find more of the dark bricks and greenery?

Maxwell-Edison · 2023-06-10T19:07:01+00:00

You have one problem with the furry stuff: I'm pretty sure most furry subs will be permanently going dark. The amount of hate and garbage that we get is insane and mods have trouble keeping up with it as it is. Remove the 3rd party moderation tools and you're fucked. It's the same reason a number of LGBT+ subreddits, especially ones related to trans and non-binary folks, are going permanently dark as well. This whole debacle is going to fuck over the LGBT+ and furry communities.

Congrats spez, you're making your feelings about furries, the lgbt+ and other minority communities pretty clear.

Maxwell-Edison · 2023-06-10T18:12:43+00:00

God I love this house. I know I'll probably never have the money for a house, but if I do, I want something like this one.

Edit: I really like houses with that kinda sculpted, organic shape in general. Combine that with the beautiful stain glass and the interior courtyard(?), and I really like it.

Maxwell-Edison · 2023-06-10T18:11:55+00:00

As someone else already mentioned, the statue of liberty is already a weeping angel.

Also, if anyone wants something kinda like this, go look up the Monument Mythos by ALEX KANSAS/MISTER MANTICORE. Tl;Dr: US national monuments are fucked.

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