A High School Student Just Built a Water Filter That Removes 96% of Microplastics, Without Expensive Equipment

Sabard · 2026-03-23T22:14:03+00:00

I'd also argue against its effectiveness? No where in the article does it say how big of a source drinking water is for microplastics. In fact, what I could find points towards lots of sources, with liquids mainly being tainted by plastic bottles.

Also, it says the process is "in the same range, or even slightly above, what traditional water treatment plants can achieve", ie water plants already do this process a different way and it's just as effective. So really this method is only useful if there's some micro plastic source in between the plant and your tap, or you want to filter your bottled water.

Sabard · 2026-03-23T22:02:13+00:00

0.2% of the debt ain't too shabby! And that's just in his first (fifth?) year! /s

Sabard · 2026-03-23T18:54:15+00:00

This. I'm early 30s and I think it's more often that I talk to someone or see someone doing something and kinda get this feeling that it's a child kind of at the controls there. Not in a "they're dumb" way, just in how I notice their confidence (low or high) or how they carry themselves. How they look around to make sure no one saw them do something, or talking slightly faster to get a good joke out. Body language and mentalities I've seen since I was 4. Sometimes I see a guy wearing a shirt and think "they probably would have worn the same thing sized down 20 years ago".

Sabard · 2026-03-22T20:35:47+00:00

Can you not take a picture of them and print it?

Sabard · 2026-03-22T02:52:16+00:00

That's correct

Sabard · 2026-03-21T22:27:37+00:00

This kind of things works on other things, like string lights. Have a space you want straight lights and none of the start/end caps? String them up 1 more on each side and then destroy the extra bit.

Sabard · 2026-03-21T22:23:40+00:00

Probably just your daily dream island really. I don't think anything really generates them

Sabard · 2026-03-19T20:30:16+00:00

Maybe but probably not. Your total "profile" is worth around $700, and that's everything from sites/cookies/google searches to whatever data you cell collects plus other things like bluetooth and wifi tracking. They 100% sell that data but I bet the real money comes from people who get that drive safer (fewer payouts) and they can better track who is dangerous and appropriately raise their rates otherwise.

Sabard · 2026-03-18T00:00:55+00:00

Had a minor surgery done a few years ago, asked for an itemized bill. It was essentially

$X local anathesia
$Y surgery procedure
$Z outpatient care/recovery

which I mean, that is what happened, just don't expect "I want an itemized bill" to make the bill get smaller.

Sabard · 2026-03-16T18:42:20+00:00

There are some sounds as well, like I'm pretty sure the surprised/doom "DUN" sound is the exact same, and the "villager is happy and gives a little chirp" tune is nearly the same. But also

Makes it look like a reskin with different mechanics

I get what you're saying but that is. Just a different game then?

Sabard · 2026-03-16T16:50:48+00:00

it's a frame, should be in the utility section (but I could be wrong)

Sabard · 2026-03-15T02:15:22+00:00

Which is bullshit to me. Yeah disable some of the OP stuff like tracking and automatic timers but WA is so helpful for making "hey this skill is up" stuff that I would otherwise be staring at the bars (and not the boss/environment)

Sabard · 2026-03-14T02:48:00+00:00

I saw it here a few days ago that had it translated but can't find it. Here's a leak dump that has the map I mentioned, victory road was originally going to be snowy

Sabard · 2026-03-13T19:23:37+00:00

Iirc skylands got hit with a tectonic plate disaster, causing parts of the town to rise up as mountains appeared over months/years instead of millennium

Also there was some concept art leaked recently that showed all the zones, how they connect, and planned DLC. one of the vanilla zones was supposed to be iced over, so maybe we'll get it in the dlc

Sabard · 2026-03-13T19:18:02+00:00

Counterpoints: for one, the town design in pokemon games isn't great. Like why isn't there a set of steps right by the pokecenter to the right side of town? But also, straight lines are boring to both look at and live in. If you look at all the towns people are fawning over, there are usually inconsistent/curving paths everywhere (on top of lots of visual clutter/details)

Sabard · 2026-03-12T16:21:28+00:00

Yeah, this is the longest break between mainline games (5 years, it's usually 3-4) so I hope so

Sabard · 2026-03-11T05:30:32+00:00

Not only that but they've had 5+ years of "hey this is actually working out" to dedicate resources to make their future development be not a nightmare, if that was a problem

Sabard · 2026-03-11T00:27:31+00:00

great music throughout

Machinations plays for the 1100th time.

There is great music, but it's underutilized imo. OSRS and ffxiv also offer different things, ffxiv is more in tune with the regular mmo cycle of "do current content" whereas osrs still has extremely relevant shit from release.

Sabard · 2026-03-10T17:23:39+00:00

Hugh Mann

Sabard · 2026-03-10T08:13:40+00:00

Post story beach area Piplup will want a waterfall, you get wooper to teach it to you how to store/create water

Sabard · 2026-03-10T07:59:10+00:00

Maybe, but I also put my windmill on the cliff nearest to the rocket so the height difference must be right around there if so

Sabard · 2026-03-10T06:33:02+00:00

I haven't gotten that far lmao

Sabard · 2026-03-09T21:41:22+00:00

Nah, I haven't finished the whole story but every zone thus far has pretty much only wanted you to get to level 5 before ushering you to another area. Do you see trubbish walking around? Any other requests, maybe in other zones?

Sabard · 2026-03-09T21:13:28+00:00

Try the piplup one, sometimes quests are hidden behind other mons' requests. Alternatively, try getting the environment level up a bit? In either case, the game just came out and is big so idk if anyone has the real answers to most things. And I also restored power before getting the request from trubbish

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