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Anyone has something comparable in the EU?

Yes, my wife is very self conscious so nudity is only ok in private settings.

Ha! I'm a Slovene with fond memories going to FKK camps in Croatia. Koversada is like a small city where everyone is naked all the time except visiting the shop or restaurant. I fe…

Then you also have Slovenian dialects, where the number order is different again i.e. Prekmurscina - stou sendeset pet.

Hi! Biochemist with a PhD, leading a group for bioprocess development and scale up. Been following hackernews for a few years now. Probably found it via digg or reddit, don't remem…

Probably Slovenia.

The mutagenesis is not the rate limiting step, its the screening of positive mutants.

I use the site to get to the ship tracking site as it's easier to remember. Also learned there is live ship tracking info available! Fascinating!

I'm not a petrochemist, but I think reforming/cracking is an old technology which allows you to produce syngas and smaller alkanes (methane, propane etc).

IIRC smokers change their inhaling patterns with 'light' cigarettes - they inhale more deeply and prolong the nictoine absorbtion time. In the EU its illegal to brand cigarettes as…

Good evidence that big doses work: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/026988112091995...

I skimmed the article and I think the author should have used CaCl2 to improve the gelling strenght. Ca-alginate which is comparable in structure forms gels in very low concentrati…

This seems off by orders of magnitude. From data (Mycorrhizal Functioning: An Integrative Plant-Fungal Process; Michael Allen) an estimate of 200cm per gram of soil is mentioned. T…

As someone making 18k€ in Eastern Europe your salary is also crazy to me. And I manage to save >30% of my salary and my quality of living is fine.

The Haber-Bosch process is not dependent on fossil fuels. With renewable sources (biogas instead of methane for H2 generation) the process is more expensive, but there are no techn…

Hi there! Google mooch battery guide. He's a member of the vaping comunity and tests batteries for vaping which usually need high current (and capacity) ratings. He also has links …

No, I live in the EU with full insurance, but going to a doctor would mean going there during working hours, waiting a few hours, getting a script and going to the pharmacy. Essent…

I cured mine with 10vol.% lavender oil + 10vol.% thyme oil in carrier oil (grapeseed oil). I couldn't be bothered by going to a doctor and it worked fine. Essential oils are non-se…

There are always peltier units, but horribly inefficient...

That is true, but nothing is as iconic as a plastic shopping bag.

I propose to put a plastic bag on the Moon. Just to make a statement and make people think.

Do not forget rocks! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_cycle

Citric acid is mainly produced by microbial fermentation so there is little worry even if you have a citrus allergy.

If you didn't already, you should check out The Way of the World by Nicolas Bouvier. Excelent book about a roadtrip from Geneva via Khyber pass to India in the 1950s.