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That seems clumsy. I really like the Heinz Dip & Squeeze packs a lot of fast food places are starting to stock, though. 
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Casu Marzu posted:That seems clumsy. I really like the Heinz Dip & Squeeze packs a lot of fast food places are starting to stock, though. These rule and gently caress anybody still offering ketchup packets.
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simplyhorribul posted:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1796869603/the-thinking-egg-its-time-to-slow-down I don't get it. How is an egg-shaped piece of any material supposed to help me cope with stress? ...It's a sex thing, isn't it... Egg shaped anal beads?
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kjetting posted:I don't get it. How is an egg-shaped piece of any material supposed to help me cope with stress? They've invented a convex worry stone.
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But... First off, you can already buy eggs made of different materials. Second, their metals and minerals aren't organic. Even if we're using organic to mean carbon-based! Brass is copper and zinc. RandomPauI has a new favorite as of 04:44 on Apr 10, 2018 |
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RandomPauI posted:Carbon is a mineral made up of several things that aren't carbon. I can see that tripping someone up.
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I guess RandomPauI means coal is made up of several things that aren't carbon. Depending on type it contains varying amounts of oxygen, hydrogen and sulfur, plus whatever contaminants might be present.
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I thought that maybe, but I thought coal was a rock and not a mineral, so I got lost again.
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I assume they meant Howlite, since they were listing materials the egg things are made of.
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Elemental carbon isn’t considered “organic” for historical reasons.
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Platystemon posted:Elemental carbon isn’t considered “organic” for historical reasons. What are the historical reasons?
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senrath posted:I assume they meant Howlite, since they were listing materials the egg things are made of. 
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Volcott posted:What are the historical reasons? People thought that there was a fundamental difference between the composition of living and nonliving things. Sugar is organic because it’s found in living things. Quartz is not because it comes from the ground. Pure carbon also comes from the ground in the form of coal (the root of the word “carbon”). Chemistry could be done on living matter or nonliving matter and never would the two would cross. In the nineteenth century, it was discovered that the two could cross. It is possible to take stuff out of the ground, do some chemistry on it, and turn it into substances indistinguishable* from those derived from living things. Living and nonliving things, it turns out, are actually all made of the same stuff. “Organic” had to get a new definition and chemists worked backwards to get there. The modern definition is often simplified to “contains carbon atoms” but to be more specific, bonds between carbon and hydrogen are required. This helpfully excludes many substances like diamonds and carbon dioxide, which had long been known to come from the ground. There are, however, still exceptions to that definition. *Indistinguishable with their technology. Nowadays things like (lack of) radiocarbon would give it away.
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that thinking egg makes me think about when i found a large black and white marble polished stone egg at a thrift store for $1 
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You can buy a bag of 50 glass marbles on ebay for Ł1.51. Guess I should buy a bag and sell them individually at a fiver each.
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Zaphod42 posted:These rule and gently caress anybody still offering ketchup packets. Hey gently caress you rear end in a top hat I like ketchup packets they’re nice and remind me of simpler times 
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Platystemon posted:In the nineteenth century, it was discovered that the two could cross. It is possible to take stuff out of the ground, do some chemistry on it, and turn it into substances indistinguishable* from those derived from living things. Dude, how can you leave out what the specific thing they made was? It was urea. One of the most important discoveries in the history of chemistry was because a guy made artificial piss in his lab.
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The Snoo posted:that thinking egg makes me think about when i found a large black and white marble polished stone egg at a thrift store for $1 You bought it right? Because that sounds wonderful and I would have snapped that up immediately.
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Platystemon posted:People thought that there was a fundamental difference between the composition of living and nonliving things. Neat, thanks for the explanation.
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The Snoo posted:that thinking egg makes me think about when i found a large black and white marble polished stone egg at a thrift store for $1 Did you stick it in your butt?
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Facebook Aunt posted:Did you stick it in your butt? Who wouldn't?
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Guy Goodbody posted:Dude, how can you leave out what the specific thing they made was? It was urea. One of the most important discoveries in the history of chemistry was because a guy made artificial piss in his lab. Speaking of, the element phosphorus was first discovered by a German (of course) man who decided that, since urine and gold were both yellow, he could boil and ferment piss and turn it into gold. Instead, he got phosphorus. It was the first new element discovered since antiquity. Wikipedia has this to say about the process: "Brand's process originally involved letting urine stand for days until it gave off a terrible smell. Then he boiled it down to a paste, heated this paste to a high temperature, and led the vapours through water, where he hoped they would condense to gold. Instead, he obtained a white, waxy substance that glowed in the dark. Brand had discovered phosphorus. We now know that Brand produced ammonium sodium hydrogen phosphate, (NH4)NaHPO4. While the quantities were essentially correct (it took about 1,100 litres [290 US gal] of urine to make about 60 g of phosphorus), it was unnecessary to allow the urine to rot." Urine continued to be the feedstock for phosphorus for about a century. *twee guitar music* YO BACK MY KICKSTARTER TO UPCYCLE PISS INTO GOLD Cichlidae has a new favorite as of 13:34 on Apr 8, 2018 |
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Guy Goodbody posted:Dude, how can you leave out what the specific thing they made was? It was urea. One of the most important discoveries in the history of chemistry was because a guy made artificial piss in his lab. Indeed, the beverage industry played a critical role in the development of modern chemistry.
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Is this the AWESOME KICKSTARTERS thread? https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coreywright/kartoffelkrieg-potato-wars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYai0krC_Ec Get a potato  MAKE A GODDAMN MECH POTATO Fight dem potatos I will not run away.. I will not run away.. I will not run away.. I will not run away.. 
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You shouldn’t play with your food like that
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What if you could tell a measurement at a glance, without having to read a label? Meet MEASURE, the first visual measuring cups. The shape itself tells you the unit of measure.
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Guy Goodbody posted:What if you could tell a measurement at a glance, without having to read a label? Meet MEASURE, the first visual measuring cups. The shape itself tells you the unit of measure. Not gonna lie, I like those. Nothing like looking into a drawer of old measuring devices, but all the measurements have been rubbed off.
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I like them. Measuring cups are boring, mix it up a little.
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Guy Goodbody posted:What if you could tell a measurement at a glance, without having to read a label? Meet MEASURE, the first visual measuring cups. The shape itself tells you the unit of measure. I would buy those
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Guy Goodbody posted:What if you could tell a measurement at a glance, without having to read a label? Meet MEASURE, the first visual measuring cups. The shape itself tells you the unit of measure. I see nothing wrong with this.
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Plus it looks like they still do the most important thing, which is stack neatly into each other.
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I don't really want my measuring cups to have more corners than they really need.
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Guy Goodbody posted:What if you could tell a measurement at a glance, without having to read a label? Meet MEASURE, the first visual measuring cups. The shape itself tells you the unit of measure. Do they come with metric units too ?
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I could see them being useful if you've got little kids who are learning fractions, but if you cook regularly you're gonna be able to recognize them by sight. Or just get a set that has clearly visible engravings/stampings instead of painted on symbols. And you ought to be using weight measures instead of volume anyways. Super simple: just put your mixing bowl on the scale and zero it after adding every ingredient. You'll get more consistent and higher quality results ala the bread loaves in this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QDDxmtbUsw
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C.M. Kruger posted:I could see them being useful if you've got little kids who are learning fractions, but if you cook regularly you're gonna be able to recognize them by sight. Or just get a set that has clearly visible engravings/stampings instead of painted on symbols. BRB, Kickstarting a set of measuring cups where the handles are shaped like numerals.
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Infinitum posted:Is this the AWESOME KICKSTARTERS thread? Funny thing is this is almost literally what the original Mr Potato Head was; plastic facial features with pins to stick into vegetables, and they only later started making bodies to go with them.
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Introducing Mr Potato Dread.
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Funny thing is this is almost literally what the original Mr Potato Head was; plastic facial features with pins to stick into vegetables, and they only later started making bodies to go with them. Ok well now I want to combine that game + Mr Potato Head parts
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Funny thing is this is almost literally what the original Mr Potato Head was; plastic facial features with pins to stick into vegetables, and they only later started making bodies to go with them. Yes, but I'm not sure the world really needs Giant Mecha Potato Head. Although seeing it written down does put doubts in my mind.
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