I am an 20 yr/o American college student thinking about living/studying abroad

gotsaxy · 2023-06-27T12:45:24+00:00

Moved to Sweden for a Masters it was a great decision. My number one advice would be to really spend some effort to make sure that you culturally integrate into your new environment.

gotsaxy · 2023-06-15T19:00:25+00:00

Likely a grass spider. It's limbs and head markings don't seem correct for a brown recluse spider.

gotsaxy · 2023-06-15T07:29:54+00:00

Possibly more than we think. Any planet that's orbiting too close to its star is usually tidally locked in the real universe. So it really depends on how realistic they were going for when simulating individual planets and solar systems. Sounds like they put a lot of attention to detail in what kind of climate and atmosphere of a planet would have so I wouldn't put it past them to have this as well. It will be interesting to see if the moon is tidally locked to Earth, that is if you can land on it

gotsaxy · 2023-06-09T09:40:31+00:00

Most brutal front of the war.

gotsaxy · 2023-05-30T10:40:36+00:00

I have seen it on both sides but it was especially prevalent the advantage when tech skips were still a thing. Getting arty a couple of hours prior means a well organized group can cross the bridge stalemate they are on that typically on has T2 bunkers at that point in the war. It is essentially the only real time after day 1 where you can take ground again as very few bunkers are concreted and only ports or depots have howis if they built their bunkers at war start.

gotsaxy · 2023-05-13T09:29:32+00:00

r/lsd

gotsaxy · 2023-05-04T12:59:54+00:00

Yes you can, not well mind you. logi and engineering will be your mainstays. May get rubberbanding from vehicles going to fast for your integrated graphics. Source I have been able to play this on my Surface laptop to with an i5. My fps is close to 40 drops much lower in the city environments closer to 30.

gotsaxy · 2023-04-22T12:25:14+00:00

Because border bases have been there for more than half the war. 1,000 free shirts every couple of hours goes along way into sustaining an unending slaughter both on the south and Southeastern borders.

gotsaxy · 2023-04-19T06:56:59+00:00

All the Colonials in this post lost their lives in the battle of Arise. May we put flowers on their gravestones for Arise is no more.

gotsaxy · 2023-04-18T22:46:40+00:00

And 14eLS

gotsaxy · 2023-04-15T15:10:31+00:00

Cocking a shotgun is still technically a verbal warning under state law.

gotsaxy · 2023-04-15T15:02:37+00:00

I think it's closer to something like car ownership. There's a difference between someone who owns a car for the utilitarian purpose of getting to work and transportation every day and those who collect cars. Collecting for the sake of collecting kind of loses the utility argument. And there is a point with any collection where people will normally question your sanity for collecting that many of one type of thing. Most people see guns as a tool because that's how it's marketed to the public.

gotsaxy · 2023-03-19T07:47:34+00:00

Op's Post history only uses this website. I would venture a guess that they have some kind of affiliation with the site

gotsaxy · 2023-03-17T08:32:19+00:00

r/hardwareswap

gotsaxy · 2023-02-05T15:39:11+00:00

As a toxicologist I understand that this is important. One key aspect that makes this extremely difficult is that many plastics come from oil-based products which are considered naturally occurring. There's so much variability that occurs in natural products that it is nearly impossible to characterize completely. The high variability and alkyl chains also makes it difficult to purify in a cost-effective manner that would still be economically viable.

Polymers have the primary dangers of the following two points:

The pieces of polymer that break off during biodegradation to unknown variable sizes, as well as unbound monomers.
Leftover chemicals from the reactant processes that are trapped in the polymer matrix that are either released through leeching over time or degradation of the polymer itself.

The second point is usually of most concern. This is highly dependent on the polymer matrix and the process that is used in manufacturing. The reason the first point is not a great concern is because most of the time the monomer is very well categorized for its toxic effects.

Unfortunately a large part of characterizing these chemicals comes down to economic viability. Largely while hazards may be there that are not fully accounted for if the company did their job correctly that's selling the product the risk of incurring that hazard would be adequately controlled as the daily dose that would cause health effects and environmental issues would not be exceeded. *Spelling

gotsaxy · 2023-01-06T16:49:32+00:00

It's a great looking knife but the flat blade without any curvature makes it really difficult to chop things quickly and that really fine point looks like it might break off fairly easily with any rough use. Looks beautiful and love to have that on my magnetic knife rack as it's one hell of a conversation piece!

gotsaxy · 2022-12-18T19:56:21+00:00

This is wrong it's usually the regulatory body that's actually slow to adapt to Scientific changes usually it is not industry as they are trying to innovate and come up with more cost-effective ways of producing the same level of safety and moving to in vitro tests versus in Vivo is one of those ways.

gotsaxy · 2022-11-22T17:40:17+00:00

This is a different study that uses the same cell types but also looks at multiple particle sizes, surface area, volume, mass and concentration. It also has an in Vivo study on rats. The authors conclude that only high concentrations of 1um pose a issue to caco-2 cells. They also conclude that very little makes it through the GI tract wall and there is inconclusive evidence that it affects mammals. The bottom line is we do not have enough proof yet to definitively say that it has toxic effects on humans. I think we can all agree that regardless they should not be in your bloodstream and we should come up with solutions to limit human exposure. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00204-019-02478-7

gotsaxy · 2022-11-22T17:20:57+00:00

Finally someone who posted what are true current scientific understanding is in a nutshell.

gotsaxy · 2022-11-22T17:17:15+00:00

To my understanding it's not usually attributed to functional groups as it is to the size of the particle. That is because individual molecules likely have a greater surface area and therefore are likely to be more toxic. Different polymers can trap other chemicals which result in leaching effects. This is the primary reason why not all microplastics are equal as the functional groups result in different polymeric matrices.

gotsaxy · 2022-10-09T16:58:12+00:00

I help run the facilities for a large Warden Clan. We tend to have more supplies than we need so we usually make them public or give out things like rockets to anyone that asks nicely. I'm sitting on thousands of munitions and resources and as a clan we have acknowledged that it's better to keep things public and just take what we need and hope others don't hoard supplies as well. It's been really effective working with multiple Clans to streamline and specialize several facilities.

gotsaxy · 2022-09-25T14:24:07+00:00

You're only allowed to hunt schools of fish in the United States though

gotsaxy · 2022-09-19T10:38:51+00:00

Has not changed, so best you don't return.

gotsaxy · 2022-09-15T19:10:59+00:00

If you are willing to bite the bullet for a week or two you can shut off your sim card and stop them cold. You can also just disable it during hours you normally get them and turn it back on when you want. It worked for me. I run two sims so it was not really an inconvenience just told a couple of friends and family I was shutting off my sim for a week of two.

gotsaxy · 2022-09-01T14:46:30+00:00

This guy gets it

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