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It must be tough having no free time over 26 years. Hope retirement goes well for you!
Retirement? That doesn't happen to workaholics like myself.
Is posting to Hacker News part of your work?
Paper Centrifuge
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#12215 mins of human labor per test doesn't sound cheap but I guess you can get the patient to do it themselves. A bit curious, why is a cheap centrifuge hard to build? It seems like a pretty simple device and motors are pretty cheap.
This is for areas where humans lives are cheap. 15 minutes of human labor cost very little there.
Cheap for us. But maybe not for other people living there.
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#123This is slightly off-topic -- but for any kitchen nerds out there, Dave Arnold of Cooking Issues (amazing podcast[0]) and Searzall fame is doing a crowdfunding campaign[1] to build an "affordable" centrifuge for the kitchen/bar. His goal is to make it the next piece of high-end modernist cooking gear within reach of the home cook... Not anywhere close to the $0.20 cost of this paper centrifuge, but still a pretty hug…
Not sure the $6k centrifuge isn't a lot better though.
See "DO I REALLY NEED TO BUY A CENTRIFUGE?" section here-> http://www.ginandluck.com/clarified-citrus-centrifuge-proces...
Also, do you have to clean this one each time (as opposed to using different bottles placed inside?
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> As usual, what you really want to do is read the paper: An aside: If you are not reading Nature you may be missing out on a lot. I would guess the same applies to Science. Only the back half of Nature is actual research papers, which often are indeed very slow going. The other half is science news written clearly - it's fascinating, not a chore at all - and with a level of knowledge and sophistication unmatched els…
Agree. Nature News and Comment [1] is where I usually go first for my science news - [1] http://www.nature.com/news/
At $199 a year it is extremely expensive. I remember I was paying close to $1,000 a year for the journal my 1,000 student college I work for.
Not including JSTOR and other subscriptions for these Journals. The bill 10 years ago was about $70,000 for journal access on computers where I had the print copies in boxes behind the journals or in the storage area collecting dust.
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#125This is slightly off-topic -- but for any kitchen nerds out there, Dave Arnold of Cooking Issues (amazing podcast[0]) and Searzall fame is doing a crowdfunding campaign[1] to build an "affordable" centrifuge for the kitchen/bar. His goal is to make it the next piece of high-end modernist cooking gear within reach of the home cook... Not anywhere close to the $0.20 cost of this paper centrifuge, but still a pretty hug…
Not sure the $6k centrifuge isn't a lot better though. See "DO I REALLY NEED TO BUY A CENTRIFUGE?" section here-> http://www.ginandluck.com/clarified-citrus-centrifuge-proces... Also, do you have to clean this one each time (as opposed to using different bottles placed inside?
Of course the home cook doesn't need a centrifuge -- but I sure do want one!
Kind of like how I started cooking sous vide 5 years ago with nothing but a pot, a probe thermometer, some ziplock bags, and a ton of patience. 3 meals later an I was wiring together my first home-made circulator...
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Agree. Nature News and Comment [1] is where I usually go first for my science news - [1] http://www.nature.com/news/
At $199 a year it is extremely expensive. I remember I was paying close to $1,000 a year for the journal my 1,000 student college I work for. Not including JSTOR and other subscriptions for these Journals. The bill 10 years ago was about $70,000 for journal access on computers where I had the print copies in boxes behind the journals or in the storage area collecting dust.
So how does someone not connected to a university get access to all this essential knowledge? Subscribing as an individual to JSTOR, etc. is far too expensive (thousands per year, I believe) and complicated. I don't want the administrative burden of my own research library.
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It's what I do while I'm waiting for 4-ton boulders to get moved out of the way with heavy explosives.
You should have used that time to invent the technology that you knew about for 20+ years.
Why me instead of someone else? Someone else needs to have success in life. I'm too busy getting you guys the lithium you need for your portable devices because you can't be bothered to do proper recycling.
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#130Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not sure the $6k centrifuge isn't a lot better though. See "DO I REALLY NEED TO BUY A CENTRIFUGE?" section here-> http://www.ginandluck.com/clarified-citrus-centrifuge-proces... Also, do you have to clean this one each time (as opposed to using different bottles placed inside?
Of course the home cook doesn't need a centrifuge -- but I sure do want one! Kind of like how I started cooking sous vide 5 years ago with nothing but a pot, a probe thermometer, some ziplock bags, and a ton of patience. 3 meals later an I was wiring together my first home-made circulator...
My point is, that section discusses pricing.
BTW, did you document the home made circulator? I bought a bunch of Anovas during cyber Monday, and wondering if that works out economically...