You also have a decreased risk of ovarian cancer if you completely remove your fallopian tubes, and it doesn't require an 18.75 year financial, emotional, medical, and time investment to gain.

Holy hell, that's straight up evil if true. I hope the bad PR ran them out of business.

To put a modern twist on an old saying: lie down with grifters, get up with fees.

I don't know which episode, but the signs originally said "we don't take itchy & scratchy money". Hope that helps!

It's not a silly question at all 😄 faceting is one of those rare hobbies to stumble across in the real world.

For perspective, this stone took me about 8 hours to cut, so this little comment probably makes the execution sound simpler than it is. Most faceters use a diagram to cut which tells them the precise angle as well as location on the the stone to cut that angle.

We glue our uncut stone to a stick, called a "dop", to attach it to our angle machine.

We have spinning discs, called "laps" that are basically like sandpaper but made with diamonds instead of sand. When we cut the stone we start at very low grit laps which will cut fast but leave behind deep, rough scratches, then we progress to finer and finer grit laps until the diamond scratches are so microscopic that to a 10x magnification the stone still looks flawlessly polished.

We do this grinding technique to one half of the stone at a time, typically the pavilion (the backside of the gem) first and then the crown (top half) second.

Crylos has actually posted a much more in depth how-to earlier in this community if you want to drive deeper into the rabbit hole of faceting.

In this stone, the frosted facets are actually un-polished areas of the stone, so the snowflake you see is actually very fine scratches that aren't bouncing light correctly, creating the "line" appearance. There's multiple facets on the crown, so it is bouncing the "line" appearance through different angles, making it look way more complex than it actually is.

Here's a photo of the frosting lines on the pavilion. Deceptively simple compared to what you see on the final product, isn't it? 🤭

So when he offered to send someone a duck pic, it wasn't an autocorrect?

non-paywall archive link: https://web.archive.org/...

I'm with you on that one. It feels like old people trying to be hip and modern, it doesn't feel genuine.

I have also never understood why a company would want to actively pressure you into letting them send you things you don't want. Isn't it just wasted bandwidth to blast emails to people who won't ever see or want them? So bizarre.

Some dishes freeze well, so those leftovers can be turned into future meal prep. I liked freezing my chili in silicone muffin tins, then one or two thawed chili pucks was a perfect last-minute meal when I didn't feel like cooking.

OP you deserve so much more than an upvote for this compilation - this is truly impressive. I had no idea I was missing out on so many yarncraft communities! I will rectify this ASAP thanks to you.

I asked ChatGPT to give me a pattern for . I had to heavily modify it because each row was a different # of stitches, but even after I got uniformity on stitches… it just looked atrocious.

I wanted a cabled shawl, I got a scarf made of yarn intestines.

Looks in bread to me.

The snort-laugh that I just made after reading your reply disturbed my dog. Thanks for the guffaw!

I can confirm it it does NOT taste like one!! 😭

The faceting community would welcome anyone who wants to create a wine pairing guide for our lickable rocks.

Maybe it was... copious amounts... and gravity utilized the pant leg openings...

Brb gonna puke from my own mental image

Based on the article, the device will host actual kidney cells - I'm sure it won't be as effective as having your own original kidney, especially in it's early prototypes, but hopefully it'll be better than mere dialysis.

Even if the device was just a glorified portable dialysis machine though, that would still be a significant quality of life improvement for those on dialysis. With dialysis you're locally tethered to the dialysis clinic because you need weekly treatments, until you eventually die or win the kidney lottery. With a portable machine you could hopefully travel, see the world and visit family more.

Be kind to your kidneys everyone, drink enough water! You don't want a life without efficient kidneys.

Jjjjooooiiiinnnn uuuussss 🧟‍♀️

I have been excitedly waiting for you to post your moissanite results!! It's gorgeous, excellent work! That sparkle is really something isn't it?