MadLegoChemist

joined 1 year ago

It’s $3 per month for 200GB for me currently in the US.

[–] MadLegoChemist@startrek.website 23 points 1 month ago (3 children)

A pound of peanut butter is around 2600 calories. A pound of Nutella is about 2400 calories. Honestly not as bad as I thought initially.

1 to 2 pounds a week is 370 to 740 calories per day. Eating that much peanut butter for a week or so wouldn’t be too hard, but keeping that rate up consistently would be tough.

I didn’t know about logarithmic perception, that’s interesting! I bet you’re right about 7x being chosen due to the significance of the number seven in the Bible.

[–] MadLegoChemist@startrek.website 7 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I was curious about this too. From random web searching (Syfy.com), the sun is 200,000 times brighter than the moon in the visible light region of the electromagnetic spectrum.

[–] MadLegoChemist@startrek.website 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I think what you said is true but that also ketchup as a material is shear thinning—meaning as you shake or tap the bottle, this creates stress or “shear” on the liquid which causes the viscosity to decrease. It also takes a little bit of time for the liquid to re-thicken, so it will actually pour pretty well a few seconds after shaking it.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ketchup-is-not-just-a-condiment-it-is-also-a-non-newtonian-fluid/

I haven’t heard that before but I don’t work on hair care products very often. Benzyl alcohol is used as a preservative in lots of cosmetic products though. It can be considered an allergen for some people, but overall it’s pretty safe (as far as we know so far).

[–] MadLegoChemist@startrek.website 31 points 5 months ago (3 children)

It looks like the 91% natural ingredients version has benzyl alcohol as a preservative which is typically synthetically derived and in my experience can drastically shift the bio-based ratio.

As far as I can see, the rest of the ingredients are the same, but the sourcing of those ingredients could be different which could also shift the naturally derived percentage.

[–] MadLegoChemist@startrek.website 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Found out yesterday that a McDouble is $3.49 here which is crazy to me.

[–] MadLegoChemist@startrek.website 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Can’t rule out that the furnace is dying—might be carbon monoxide poison you are experiencing.

[–] MadLegoChemist@startrek.website 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Can see the before and after images in this article

I had to check the math and I was surprised that 2^42 is “only” 4.4 trillion. Thought it would be a lot greater like there are less atoms in the universe similar to the uniqueness of a shuffled deck of cards.

“No garage, one space” in Wisconsin winters sounds fun!

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