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Despite eating citrus most days, I developed scurvy as a result of dietary malabsorption. Now I have to take vitamin C supplements (among others).
Yarrr
Was the citrus lacking vitamin C, or were you unable to absorb it for some reason?
Unable to absorb it. Chronic diarrhea has led me to have all kinds of nutritional deficiencies.
malabsorption
I can’t imagine growing citrus that was so utterly lacking in vitamin C as to cause scurvy. It takes very little.
Not so much a problem, but a task I am working on:
I have a 3D-printed figurine of a Capybara in a shark costume, which I need to coat with epoxy resin and then strap it to a little and dense pedestal with a thin and transparent fishing line, so that I may submerge it in an aquarium.
I think I’m speaking for everyone when I say we’ll need to see that
Here ya go. Not done yet, definitely needs some polishing.
Neat! I’d use hot glue and a fishing weight. Something like that?
Totally agree
Capybara tax
Very cute!!
Trying to use a juicer as a centrifuge to separate solids from mostly liquid. The mesh drum wasn’t watertight and leaked onto the motor so I sealed it with caulk and let set. The first run just contaminated the liquid with caulk as it spun out. Also need to seal the solid collection container with duct tape so it doesn’t throw water everywhere. The plan just isn’t working out with this particular juicer.
You win.
I have a rare lung condition that affects everything in my life. It still embarrasses me to walk with “normal” people because I get winded easily and generally travel very slow. I’m self conscious of all the water weight my body is putting on because it makes me look really awful. Some mornings, it takes me up to ten minutes to just put my clothes on because it’s so hard to breathe.
I wish I could be considered for a lung transplant, but you have to be either very old or on your death bed, which bothers me. I’m in my early 30s and just want to live.
May I ask which lung condition?
It’s Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
That is a tough one. Sorry you have to deal with that.
I have my own, unrelated conditions which cause me to need time and/or help (cystic fibrosis). I hope they can get better treatments for you soon.
I appreciate it. Yours honestly sounds harder in several ways. Best of luck, friend
The magnet sheets I cut out the use on the bottom of some tabletop miniatures sat in a sunbeam and the heat was enough to demagnetize them. So now I have to remove the magnet part that’s been super glued on, replace them, and keep them out of the sun. The magnets are to keep them stuck to a ferrous tray in a storage case.
Interesting. I had no idea that UV rays demagnetize magnets.
UV rays demagnetize magnets
It’s the heat, not the UV: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curie_temperature
Ferromagnetism (permanent magnetism in iron and iron alloys) happens when iron atoms (that are small magnets themselves) align to sum their magnetic fields and form a strong one we can experience in the macroscopic world.
When the magnet is heated, atoms are more energetic and more free to move around, they misalign because each atom is repelled by the others (equal poles repel each other, so when aligned they are in a constant state of repulsion, but if the material is cold they are “locked in”) and the magnetic field disappears.
they misalign because each atom is repelled by the others (equal poles repel each other, so when aligned they are in a constant state of repulsion
I’m not sure this is true. When aligned, aren’t all the domains lined up north to south, which would be a state of attraction?
Thank you for the explanation!
I think it’s just the heat itself. Seems to be what a lot of magnet sites say like https://jdamagnet.com/demagnetization-of-permanent-magnet/
Could you use a magnetizer instead of removing and replacing the metal?
Maybe! I’ll have to check into how it all works.
LOL, learned the same trying to solder magnets. Yeah, turns out heat death is a thing.
My work calendar is a nightmare and I’ve given up trying to manage it. Now I don’t know what I’m doing for the day till I see my calendar that morning. A lot of the time I just don’t show up to meetings (and don’t decline or RSVP them). Sometimes I show up to shifts when someone else is covering.
I’ve got a bunch of roles at work:
1st role is scheduled 6 months at a time, so there’s some predictability there.
2nd role’s work is scheduled 6 weeks at a time.
3rd role is scheduled about 8 weeks at a time.
4th role is changing day to day with urgent meetings scheduled in by the secretary or seniors (which can even be later the same day).
Other ad-hoc stuff keeps getting thrown in.
Annual leave needs to be booked 6 weeks in advance.
This doesn’t even cover the things I’m trying to balance or make time for at home.
Have you considered posting this issue in !autism@lemmy.world or !neurodivergence@beehaw.org ? A lot of posters there are either fabulously or horrendously organised, either way they might have tips.
Thanks for the tip, but this is more of a work problem than an organisational skills problem. There’s no reason that 1 or 2 of those roles can’t be made into regular scheduled activities permanently. The problem is my coworkers like the chaos for their own reasons and vote for this system. The solution I’m left with is waiting to drop a role and focus my energy elsewhere.
Yep, that’s a management issue, not a personal issue.
Ahhhhh I see. Best of British luck
I’ve been on antibiotic treatment for a UTI and initially thought it was resolving since my symptoms had disappeared. However, I’m now noticing blood clots in my urine, which is concerning.
I hope it clears up. Man, that really sucks.
Yea, it’s been tough dealing with this, but my doctor has been great at handling it. I really appreciate the concern.
This is a really good question that prompted very interesting answers. Fantastic post! 👏
My new work schedule includes Sunday, so no more time to enjoy full weekend with family/friends but not a depressing issue.
