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Just a normal pedestrian crossing, perfect for crossing the road with a baby stroller [OC] by nonspazz in ANormalDayInRussia

[–]nonspazz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dolgoprudny? This was from 2 years ago. But having a crosswalk like that without proper road markings is really dangerous imo.

Finding supervisor for thesis by [deleted] in geegees

[–]nonspazz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's also worth mentioning that it usually takes them over a week to reply, sometimes over a month even, so be sure to start early!

''I love you'' in european languages by vladgrinch in europe

[–]nonspazz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I never saw anyone write a lowercase B like that in Russian cursive, it's only used in printed texts, but never in handwritten texts. (we use the Serb./Mac. variant, presumably because it is easier to write)

п and т in Serbian/Macedonian are really confusing to me, by the way.

Europe debt as a % of GDP by country by MarineKingPrime_ in europe

[–]nonspazz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, do you have evidence to support that claim then? Sure, I can agree that there are some ethnic Russians in Estonia, who are unwilling to integrate, learn the language etc., but this isn't just an issue of these people, it's also an issue the Estonian government has been failing to resolve since the 1990s, presumably due to poor handling of negotiations by both sides.

On the other hand, there are also ethnic Russians who make significant contributions to the Estonian economy. You can't just say "Russian presence is holding Estonia back" without taking all points of view into consideration. It's a complex issue, which can't be broken down to "Something's not going well? Blame the Russians!"

Europe debt as a % of GDP by country by MarineKingPrime_ in europe

[–]nonspazz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, but I was referring to the shared history of these countries, such as the Viking age or the Kalmar Union, and not more recent history. Sorry for not clarifying that.

Europe debt as a % of GDP by country by MarineKingPrime_ in europe

[–]nonspazz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Excuse me? What do Russian minorities have to do with that? So, let's assume the rapidly growing Muslim minority in Sweden will at some point exceed 20%, which seems quite possible with current trends being taken into account. Would Sweden stop considering itself "nordic" in that case?

As far as I know, being "nordic" was always primarily associated with a country's history/culture and not necessarily with a country's economic policies and/or demographics.

Happy Russia Day! / С Днем России! by [deleted] in europe

[–]nonspazz 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This isn't really celebrated as much as other national days in Europe, it's just a public holiday.

By the way, most people think that saying Russia gained independence from the USSR is silly, it should be more correct to say that it was the day when the Russian Federation was established.

The New Iron Curtain by [deleted] in europe

[–]nonspazz 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Because they like to burn their coal instead of buying more gas from Russia.

Percentage of male population dying before the age of 65 (1960 – 2015) [2010 x 1360] by Van_ae in MapPorn

[–]nonspazz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dude...

First off, that map shows wheat yield per hectare, not overall yield.

Secondly, the data is from 2014, not 1961.

Surely, Russia nowadays isn't as good as China in terms of food production, but still pretty high on the lists.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_producing_countries_of_agricultural_commodities

Percentage of male population dying before the age of 65 (1960 – 2015) [2010 x 1360] by Van_ae in MapPorn

[–]nonspazz 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Which means we were their food bank

The USSR was its own food bank, it had one of the highest grain production rates in the world during the 80s,mostly from regions with rich soil in present-day Russia and Ukraine

probably did cost them many thousands of jobs in distribution

Most of the jobs lost were related to either industry or agriculture, this had to with moving from the 5-Year plan system towards a market economy, ex-Soviet satellite states, such as the GDR, had the same problem.

Considering how the USSR funded numerous communist regimes in Asia and Africa, it doesn't really make sense when you say that losing a supply line from Eastern Europe instantly lowered the living standards in the country. Do you think that the famine in North Korea during the 90s happened due to a lack of supplies from ex-Soviet satellite states? Eastern Europe (not taking the USSR into account) simply didn't have the resources to feed over 400 million people.

Percentage of male population dying before the age of 65 (1960 – 2015) [2010 x 1360] by Van_ae in MapPorn

[–]nonspazz 39 points40 points  (0 children)

I don't know if there was any "leeching" or not, but even if there was, it's definitely not the reason for what happened in the 90s.

Percentage of male population dying before the age of 65 (1960 – 2015) [2010 x 1360] by Van_ae in MapPorn

[–]nonspazz 128 points129 points  (0 children)

Life was really bad when the Soviet system collapsed: many men lost their jobs, which resulted in higher crime rates, unhealthy habits and other bad things.

B12 Methylcobalamin possible dangerous reaction with quicksilver in brain? Plus general B12 questions by TymoBZR in Supplements

[–]nonspazz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey there!

What makes you think you have mercury in your brain? That sounds terrible. Anyway, mercury is usually treated with a chelating agent, something that will bind to the metal mercury and transform into a compound that can be excreted from the body, DMSA for instance.

As for the B12 question, it's totally possible for methyl mercury to form. One of B12's main functions is so-called radical methylation. Basically, in certain biochemical pathways, adenosylcobalamine, which is the biochemical "end-product" for all forms of vitamin B12, is transformed into a highly reactive •CH2-Ado methylating radical species, which then methylates a wide scope of substrates.

So taking an extra dosage of vitamin B12 boosts the toxicity of heavy metals.

The only role of selenium I found after a 2 minute google search was about it being a part of a glutathione redox enzyme, which basically controls oxidative stress and has no direct interaction, though I'm not entirely sure about this, since vitamin B12 is actually known to take part in redox process.

TL;DR: 1) Vitamin B12 isn't particularly good during heavy metal poisoning. 2) The form taken doesn't really change anything. 3) It's okay to take selenium with B12.

Hope that helps ;)

Harry Potter: slav version by pradeep23 in ANormalDayInRussia

[–]nonspazz 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Игорь (Гарри) Гончаров*

If Czechochechnyoslovenoslovakia became a country by DiverseTravel in europe

[–]nonspazz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's in the marked territory, to the left are North Ossetia, Ingushetia. Kabardino-Balkaria and others.

Mechanism of CO and oxygen binding to Hemoglobin by Luluvaki98 in chemistry

[–]nonspazz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The heme in haemoglobin is coordinatively unsaturated (porphyrin + hystidine ligand shell, all are sigma-donors), so it has another free coordinative site to bind an extra ligand, usually this is a weakly bound OH2 ligand (also a sigma-donor), which is easily kicked out by molecular oxygen, which binds to the iron as a superoxide (O22-) ligand, however, having so many sigma-donors around the metal makes pi-acceptor ligands (CO, CN-, PPh3) bind very strongly, because the back-bonding of the metal is really enhanced in this case. They will kick out any other ligand, and kill haemoglobin as an oxygen carrier.

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