alzymologist

joined 10 months ago
[–] alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 17 points 6 days ago

So proud that my country is already opposing! Don't have to do anything now (except for spreading the word, naturally).

It's the government's job, we pay them for it, why should I be wasting my time for free to do their job, after all? Just fire your governments and hire someone better suited for the task!

[–] alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 days ago

They are perfect for people in bad situations who just moved unexpectedly. I gave a ride there to so many newcomers in the city (and shopped there myself long time ago in similar situations). Also setting up a new office is great there. So it's kind of almost social support thing.

In less metropolian areas, mutual help and used stuff rotation beats IKEA 10/10. We should strive to the world where community does this more, but big cities are no solarpunk yet.

[–] alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 week ago

For the last time?! These "modern scientists" are sure not history researchers then!

[–] alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I understand that matrix.org organisation is funded, the protocol itself is implemented by nobodies. Just don't use matrix.org, there are plenty non-political reasons for that. Host your own, like I do.

[–] alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 week ago

My friend was planning to sail transatlantic alone on a tiny sailboat. I know he is capable of this mad shit, both in skill and in level of recklessness, but I don't know he did it (he has adhd so hard that listening to his accounts of things happened is a rare and chaotic experience). But from what he said, mortality rate in these single person adventures is non negligible. He was in some sort of chaotic depression mood at that point.

I understand many people in Scandinavia sail to Americas occasionally. There is famous Greta, I think, who did it with a tiny crew? With crew and radios and reasonably sized boats, it must be much safer these days. I don't like traveling myself, so it's mostly second hand knowledge.

[–] alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 weeks ago

Nah, that's more like russian "if grandmother had balls, she'd be grandfather"

[–] alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 weeks ago

It's actually almost a thing - in Moscow State University, during world cup a decade ago, lazer show was projected right onto students dorm. Not that students didn't protest, it's just those who did were taken by police. Not to mention that many students had babies, and few were fans of loud noises or football for that matter. Fortunately these people were smart enough to save their eyes. Oh, good old stories from hell.

[–] alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

dentists hate sugar drinks (I'm with them on this one) ophthalmologists hate screens urologists hate themselves

[–] alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

Regulators will be helpless if we keep buying our chains, that's all there is really. It woul be unethical to forbid self-harm, right? And vice versa, if we all just support the good guys, who needs regulators?

[–] alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago

I actually happen to know a few stalker characters irl. And I maintain pripyachka.com now. And hang out with a dude who cares for Strugatskii's apartment. One of them turns 100 today I think, that's one of reasons I'm drunk now.

[–] alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I resupply once a year, it doesn't mean I discard them. I've got to change clothes once in a while, something goes bad during the year (usually 1 shirt and dozen socks). I spend much time working in forest and on farm, training dogs. Things break.

[–] alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

I've switched to varusteleka eu made gear and sievi work boots 5 years ago. It was trivial to do, way cheaper in long run, and also I look totally badass. Buying exactly same things every year or two is such a satisfying slap to fast fashion!

 

My favorite children clothes store https://www.maammekauppa.fi/ is shutting down (I'm not affiliated, but where will I buy those pretty and durable shirts now?), reason - people are not buying local, one of two local manufacturers who was their suppliers went down last fall for the same reason. This fanatically local and very personal shop just didn't make it. And as small local business owner, I see my reflection in their shutdown.

This is just sad.

And they are right. I'm (affiliated here) trying to sell local brewing yeast for a year now, and almost nobody buys it. I offered gardening chemicals to supermarket networks to be marketed as local - they say there is no demand, they end up with unsold surplus of this (and they know their numbers). I want to believe and praise "buy European" story, but right now the opposite is happening.

 

Hello!

I own and run a small technology company in Finland. I've been reluctant to advertise here for some time, even after asking in Matrix channel of this group some months ago, but now I've finally made my mind. It's more of introduction post, I guess, because I'm really bad at marketing.

I'm also make this as a statement: don't just buy European. Sell European! We are blessed with social security systems the rest of the world could not dream about, trying for business opportunities never results in uncertain future - if all fails, we stand for each other. So please, try the new things, be entrepreneurs, and be small if you have to, for it's small businesses and their humble people who really make the Europe economy run!

Anyway, we've been bold enough to actually manufacture things that are commonly thought to be made in Asia (or sometimes USA) here, in EU, better and sometimes (not always) cheaper. And we are just a few friends doing this weird thing for fun and to stay afloat financially.

Here is a webstore link: https://store.zymologia.fi/

It's not pretty, but I suppose there is no European alternative for most of this stuff, and people who need it (as far as I can tell) do not really care for pretty webstores.

We make plant cell culture chemicals. For example, root growth hormone gel, dip a plant cutting in it and it will grow roots much more reliably than normally. Just today I discovered that not only regular plants regrow roots, but also so did this piece of grape my neighbor sliced from his plant erroneously without any buds on it, last leaves it had were in October, still growing roots (not sure it will survive)

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Another product is BAP-6, hormone that stimulates shoot formation. We've just finished rolling out it's production last week, so I'll try some on these leafless grapes to save them. We'll make a gel with this soon and place it in store as well, but anyone can already just make a gel from this powder.

And we make microcloning supplies, that allow propagating plants from a single stem cell (plants have plenty of these) in a jar, without light or any watering. Good way to grow plenty of, say, berry bushes, or rare plants.

We also have bee monitoring wireless sensors that we've developed here and assemble here to order: http://apiologia.zymologia.fi/ These are useful for beekeepers, the data they collect could predict swarming several days in advance (it's a bold statement as most other products could at most do it within 30 minutes or so when you don't really need a sensor to see what is about to happen; but we've found some know-how in old soviet research and made it work).

We also make really good liquid brewers yeast strains through pure culture technology, fed with all-grain pilsner malt, lively and ready to action.

All is handmade with love, we use our products ourselves (more than we sell, unfortunately). So if you, or some of your friends, are into some of these or similar weird hobbies and in need of supplies, or need something new developed and made locally, please contact me!

 

Does anyone know if any quality meltblown tissue is made here and if so where can I buy a roll?

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