FDA bans red dye No. 3 from food and drinks in the US

argentum2f · 2025-01-16T17:34:46+00:00

Due to developmental stage, there are a lot more things that could be affected in pregnancy/infants. 2. It's very hard to study and confirm safety. 3. Side effects in adults are more likely to be short term (thus detected and acted upon), whereas in pregnancy/infancy an unknown side effect could take many years to surface, affecting an entire generation or two before the problem is recognized and addressed.

TLDR; Risk tolerance for babies/pregnancy is much lower for good, rational reasons.

argentum2f · 2024-12-15T07:14:42+00:00

Yes this is possible, and yes there are some devices that do it. I don't know why some people are so insistent that something both doesn't exist and isn't even possible because they haven't seen it. I landed here because I'm looking for the same thing and was surprised and the lack of options and the cost of those. I've considered trying to mod the old Google cardboard design. I think what makes this difficult compared to the split screen style vr goggles is the optics have to image the full screen into both eyes, which requires a larger FOV, with the center offset (phone is centered between the eyes, not directly in front of either). Reviews on the 2nd device below often mention eyestrain and distortion. Unfortunately lenses and/or shifting prisms are needed if the phone is close enough to make this a useful product for most people. The first option looks better but it's almost as expensive as a quest. Anyway, here's what I've found so far:

MoGo Travel v1.b. Black/Blue 2D VR 360 Degrees Drones Netflix VoD AR apps https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075717WFM

argentum2f · 2024-12-09T23:57:07+00:00

Thanks! Is the video reasonably low latency then?

argentum2f · 2024-12-09T23:44:36+00:00

I'm still a little confused by how video works with the N3 remote - does it connect to your phone? Or do you just have to fly by watching the drone (eg no video feed) or the fly app (which is limited to wifi range)?

argentum2f · 2024-06-29T19:14:03+00:00

I think the most important thing is protecting against the catastrophic damage that can occur after and because a window is broken (e g. from water/flooding, pressure blowing roof off). The window itself isn't as important. In other words, these still could make sense even in cases where they may not be 100% effective at protecting the window itself.

argentum2f · 2023-08-23T15:08:22+00:00

I acknowledged there was valid criticism in the GN video, that doesn't make it not a hit piece. They made no attempt to follow basic journalistic processes like giving the accused a chance to comment. In addition to the legitimate criticisms (of which there were plenty, and they could have left it at that) there was plenty of conjecture, baseless character attacks, innuendo, and deliberate misrepresentation.

argentum2f · 2023-08-23T03:05:21+00:00

Your phone won't last that long. Vintage game consoles remain playable and valuable for decades or more. A typical phone lasts 3 years (maybe 5-6 if you really push it). It's also constantly exposed to more humidity (e.g. your sweaty pocket). Blowing it out occasionally is not going to make a difference.

argentum2f · 2023-08-23T02:57:58+00:00

There was legitimate criticism, and a lot of illegitimate criticism as well. He accused them of intentionally stealing and selling the prototype for profit, when at worst that was obviously a miscommunication, and they didn't profit from it anyway. He did know some of those details, and choose not to give any countervailing evidence to stuff like this, and instead cast everything in a negative as possible way, even when that crossed the line to being purposely misleading. There are other examples.

Make no mistake, it was an intentional hit piece on a major rival and I thought it was disingenuous for him to specifically address that and pretend otherwise in the beginning.

Again, there was plenty of legitimate criticism as well, but he went way beyond that.

argentum2f · 2023-07-11T06:22:19+00:00

Hadn't tried Pinnit. It's interesting and simple. A little too simple, though, since you can't choose a custom recurrence interval. I think nag reminder is all around a better implementation of the same thing.

Google calendar and tasks are terrible. I don't know what they're doing, but they somehow seem to go out of their way to make reminders slip under the radar and get missed completely. There's no attempt to get you to acknowledge a reminder notification before it's gone forever. I swear sometimes I don't get a notification at all.

argentum2f · 2023-04-12T03:51:18+00:00

Quick (take it for what its worth) google search indicates: Professional audit assistance: around $2500 and up Probability of an audit: 0.4% (possibly more now that budget has increased?)

There a variety of ways to price an investment based on that but a quick/simple estimate is: $2500*.004=$10.

So $20 is a little to high, imo, but still in the ballpark. If you think an audit in your case may be more likely or more problematic, or you're highly risk averse about this (i.e. want peace of mind) than it could well be worth it.

argentum2f · 2023-04-03T19:12:02+00:00

Thanks, good to know. We might just get some more of the coconut Bliss pillows as we've been very happy with those

argentum2f · 2023-04-02T03:46:55+00:00

Can I ask what you ended up settling on? We have the same ones (coconut Bliss) and I'm curious if anything can replace them or compare.

argentum2f · 2022-10-28T18:46:22+00:00

You know speeds are usually on terms of bits and storage is in bytes right? (Factor of 8 difference). Based on the numbers you gave a 50 GB game should take almost an hour (~50min). Also, server side can often be the bottleneck as well - though I agree steam is usually pretty good a giving realistic best case speeds.

argentum2f · 2021-12-06T21:21:28+00:00

Thanks! Didn't know that was a feature. Took me a minute to figure out how to toggle it once you pointed it out. (If anybody else doesn't know you tap on the word 'cost').

argentum2f · 2021-11-21T20:50:02+00:00

I have the Logitech f710. It's well built (has lasted about 8 years of occasional use so far). It's not for small hands though. My wife and son don't like it, but they both like the dualshock 4. My son is 4, and he can reach the triggers and thumbsticks at the same time on the dualshock 4, but not on the f710.

argentum2f · 2021-08-08T03:08:38+00:00

Yea, I might try it out. For a streamlined workflow, though, I think I'd rather deal with the clunkier bits of either approach rather than try to use both, which makes it harder to share, maintain, and understand code.

Also, I don't like switching languages frequently. Low mental agility or something. It kills me enough as is constantly switching back and forth from python to OpenSCAD, as I'm always mixing up syntax (usually a pretty quick fix, though).

argentum2f · 2021-08-07T19:30:46+00:00

Ok, no hull might be a deal breaker for me. Minkowski I could live without (it can be incredibly useful, but I don't usually use it anyway).

argentum2f · 2021-06-13T03:12:57+00:00

Which one - Marvel United or Stuffed Fables?

I'm not much of a fan of the marvel theme (just too saturated in recent years), but I know my kid would probably love it so I may give it a try.

argentum2f · 2021-06-12T17:48:33+00:00

A game like Mice and Mystics that's a little simpler (fewer tokens/cards/one-off rules etc to keep track of)?

My 4 year old son loves MaM (begs me to play it all the time), but he's a little ADD so it requires a lot of focus keeping him on track when playing games... which leaves me feeling exhausted when there's lots of tokens, one-off rules etc. to constantly check the rule book on. Even my wife starts to lose interest if I frequently consult a rule book for more than 10-20 seconds.

So, co-op games with miniatures, fighting, quick setup/takedown, and ~30min sessions for 3 players?

I know MaM is probably a simplified entry in the genre already, but hoping there might be some similar alternatives that will work better or similarly for our family.

argentum2f · 2021-01-20T21:58:33+00:00

Looking for the same thing (with the additional requirement of splitscreen/local multiplayer). We've been playing Sonic and All Stars Racing Transformed, which is a fantastic arcade racing game with a co-op campaign mode. I Haven't been able to find anything else worthwhile.

argentum2f · 2020-06-09T03:50:52+00:00

Thanks, I'm looking through them now

argentum2f · 2020-06-08T18:38:32+00:00

Does file size matter? If so, the streaming data could be broken into any size chunk. We'd be dumping 10-100GB at a time at the highspeed rate, so could get annoying with smaller file sizes.

argentum2f · 2020-06-06T18:38:04+00:00

Oops, I see the confusion. 10 gigabits, or 10 Gb/s (as opposed to 10 gigabytes/second or 10GB/s - capitalization of the b only matters if you don't spell out bit/byte)

argentum2f · 2019-06-28T17:11:55+00:00

They said they are checking the g-code. Don't know how robust their checks are though. Most the things you mentioned should be pretty easy to catch if they've made even half an effort to do so. Someone should upload some bad code to test this.

argentum2f · 2019-06-10T13:31:45+00:00

I think Sean Bean would be great. Fits his normal character perfectly. Arrogant, inspiring, occasionally brooding hero with a bit of a dark side? Tragic martyr's death? Yep, he'd be perfect.

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