#forbiddenfrosting
Most hand manufacturing processes are stunning to watch, and in this case it apparently produces a product that is superior to mass manufactured competitors. It has to be way more expensive and time-consuming, though.
So pretty...so mesmerizing...so colorful...
This video was published by Adam Ragusea in November 2024 about a study from a month or so earlier than that.
The tl;dr of the study is that many black plastics are produced from recycled black plastics that are frequently sourced from electronic waste which contains higher amounts of particularly toxic, flame-retardant chemicals. Those 'new' black plastic items could - especially if used in high heat areas like food flippers and turners on the stovetop - release higher than safe amounts of those chemicals.
In the above video, Adam goes through the possible concerns that this raises as well as noting a possible math error in the study's calculations suggesting that the level of concern is slightly lower than the authors might have initially suggested.
The article was corrected - noting exactly the math error that Adam suggested, and Adam published a spectacular video explaining why that error should not undermine faith in the scientific process or even in the researchers and authors of the original article.
No, I knew most of that information before. I wasn't wrong.
The new stuff for me is the brilliance of the demonstration showing how the different colors of light have maxima at different angles.
All in all, another great - if increasingly lengthy - video from Dr Derek.
I remember this happening to me in a chemistry lab at Wabash. We didn't got 45 minutes, of course, but I know that we kept thinking there should be a color change by 'now' based on the other titrations we'd done and adding a drop of phenolphthalein just to make sure.
The flask turned bright fuchsia, and we dumped out that trial.
I'll admit that Alec, the host of Technology Connections, might be a little more bothered than is reasonable about the harshness of blue and green LEDs during the holiday season, but he's at least trying to do something about it. (check the videos after the jump)
In this video, he celebrates the fact that a company is now producing warm white LEDs inside multicolored plastic (or maybe glass) bulb covers resulting in something more akin to the same colors as produced by the incandescent filaments inside colored glass bulbs of yore.
I do agree that the blue and green LEDs can be harsh, and the flicker can bother me at times - don't get me started on the LED bar light in my guest bathroom - but mostly I just grumble and move on.
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But like every rule that humanity has come up with to describe the world around us, nature doesn't give even a little thought to following that rule. Nature does whatever nature does and our rules be damned.
As such, the octet rule is followed far more frequently that it is violated, but there certainly are compounds that don't follow the octet rule.
Now, as long as he doesn't make cherry coke from from scratch, too, we should be okay.
I love the idea of quasi-carbonating the sugar solution to trap unstable bubbles as it solidifies.
I also love that the large rocks of pop rocks look to be a little dangerous, actually.
I would absolutely eat that big rock.
