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kaybe

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About kaybe

German environmental physicist, currently doing volcanology / air pollution research and running remote sensing on board an aircraft.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #49072170

    Many bee species are solitary.

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    Comment #48956362

    For what it’s worth, I don’t mind as long as you take me with you - tell me what you’re doing and let me see your screen. The problem is not the phone, the problem is people essent…

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    Comment #47615955

    Oh ya I remember how some computer pulled a windows update over a satellite connection during a research flight (aircraft). That was super expensive, wow. Now Microsoft servers are…

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    Comment #47500690

    From working in such a place I can also tell you the price depends on who is asking.

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    Comment #43387881

    Umbrellas in Hongkong come to mind.

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    Comment #39743074

    Maybe if you change the fabric they might like it more?

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    Comment #38785963

    If you even find someone willing to sell to you, which is not a given internationally.

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    Comment #38457861

    Please get an active carbon filter for your air inlet. They’re not expensive and most cars only have the pollen filter version. We found very high pollution values inside cars whic…

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    Comment #38326371

    Try contacting your city about it. Here they will come around within a few weeks and do as you suggested if you complain.

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    Comment #37385131

    Try it, it works really well! But it was the difference between untouched and a handled book. It’s really obvious when you smell closely.

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    Comment #33858538

    I wouldn't trust plastic in a pan.

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    Comment #33854621

    One of the best room I ever had was in Norway. It was at most 3 times as large as the queensized bed, had at least 5 different lighting options and a fantastic black-out curtain (t…

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    Comment #33815767

    The amount of shifty money practices I've seen so far is astonishing, all in the pursuit of more science per proposal. Ideally you use some of the funding from the previous project…

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    Comment #33026590

    Nice, I'd be interested in a write-up with plots!

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    Comment #32973002

    It might have become more present for everyone because it became colder. Two weeks ago it was still very warm around Germany.

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    Comment #32964773

    I'm simply a person with a very old but working phone (2011?) and I'm increasingly running into the same problems. (It even had internet, with a constantly crashing browser, but it…

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    Comment #32803982

    Can we please get some sort of code escrow system going, similar to how the national libraries collect all published works in a country? Video games are culture too.

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    Comment #32752842

    I've been meaning to read that - so no information yet, sorry.

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    Comment #32750189

    There was very far-reaching trade since the beginning of time. It just had to be carried by people and animals, and accordingly you only find small precious things traded far aroun…

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    Comment #32418863

    I'm honestly not sure it is a good idea to use really old clothes for quilting. The fabric ages and becomes thinner and thinner, and a quilt is a lot of work. Do you want to produc…

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    Comment #32418835

    I do fix things, but when it gets to the point where you close one hole just to find another after the next wash because the whole fabric became so threadbare, it's kinda pointless…

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    Comment #32384242

    Given that they said it also appears in the fossil record I think we can rule out human-made.

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    Comment #32063600

    I think that is the correct answer for most of us. Whatever it is you're offering, the probability I actually need it is preeeeetty low. I waste too much time on the internet anywa…

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    Comment #31977404

    What did your spouse want? Was she out of commission? If you're not the one giving birth and not the responsible doctor it's not your call to make, is it?

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    Comment #31892159

    So you'll have $600 per year. Good luck buying housing on that budget.