Mundane life updates

[Erutepa]

My sister just asked me if you could use a 3D printer to print with chocolate. I had never wondered about that myself, but what an interesting question for a young'un to ask. 😂

If 3D printers don't print with chocolate I don't want it
(But seriously tho that should be a thing!

lucky for you guys - it is!
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/3d-printed-chocolate-coming-to-european-consumer-market-after-hype-2020-2?r=US&IR=T

I can't seem to find anywhere that you can buy 3d printed chcocolate but there seems a few places which sells chocolate printers.

[lm21074]

This takes the cake.

Spoiler

[Einstein_Reborn_97]

It's 12:30 am...and I'm awake...watching YouTube. 

[katie,rinos]

Taught my 2nd clarinet lesson today: she learnt a new note & it was so much fun!! 

[blasonduo]

For the very first time, I'm going to donate blood, and I have this very mixed feeling of being excited and terrified at the same time. This feels like adrenaline 24/7.

[J_Rho]

eating skittles makes me tired - pro-tip don't eat lollies while studying

[s110820]

Hi, AN Notes community!

Similarly to J_Rho, I am making my own website to start my own tutoring business! So hopefully it turns out okay because I honestly don't know what I would do if it didn't. I'm thinking of calling it Study You where each tutoring/education program is personalised based on each user as well their individual academic abilities and would have the ability to support self-paced learning and study. Also, through my website/tuition services, I am planning to support every type of learning style (e.g. auditory, visual, kinaesthetic etc.) through various modes such as YouTube videos, worksheets, powerpoints, "podcasts" and more!

I'll definitely update you guys when I publish my website! I can't wait to share it with you all

Have a great week and kind regards,

Darcy Dillon.

[K.Smithy]

Hi, AN Notes community!

Similarly to J_Rho, I am making my own website to start my own tutoring business! So hopefully it turns out okay because I honestly don't know what I would do if it didn't. I'm thinking of calling it Study You where each tutoring/education program is personalised based on each user as well their individual academic abilities and would have the ability to support self-paced learning and study. Also, through my website/tuition services, I am planning to support every type of learning style (e.g. auditory, visual, kinaesthetic etc.) through various modes such as YouTube videos, worksheets, powerpoints, "podcasts" and more!

I'll definitely update you guys when I publish my website! I can't wait to share it with you all

Have a great week and kind regards,

Darcy Dillon.

Duuuuuuude! This sounds so good! Definitely sounds like you have put a lot of thought into it!
Definitely remember to keep us posted, I am super keen to hear how everything is going with it

[J_Rho]

Hi, AN Notes community!

Similarly to J_Rho, I am making my own website to start my own tutoring business! So hopefully it turns out okay because I honestly don't know what I would do if it didn't. I'm thinking of calling it Study You where each tutoring/education program is personalised based on each user as well their individual academic abilities and would have the ability to support self-paced learning and study. Also, through my website/tuition services, I am planning to support every type of learning style (e.g. auditory, visual, kinaesthetic etc.) through various modes such as YouTube videos, worksheets, powerpoints, "podcasts" and more!

I'll definitely update you guys when I publish my website! I can't wait to share it with you all

Have a great week and kind regards,

Darcy Dillon.

OOooooo!!!! That's so excitingggggggggg...We cant wait to see the final product!

[K888]

For the very first time, I'm going to donate blood, and I have this very mixed feeling of being excited and terrified at the same time. This feels like adrenaline 24/7.

Ooh good luck and thanks for donating I remember being so nervous the first time I donated, then it was fine. The needle hurts a bit as it goes in but the free food makes up for it and the staff are always really nice! I donate plasma now which takes longer but can do more frequently

[blueycan]

Is anyone else planning to watch 'The Great' on Stan? It just came out today. I think old British or American/royal/aristocratic (similar to the movies Little Women and Belle) are my guilty pleasures lol. It could just be that I love those dresses w/ hoop skirts they used to wear ahah

[s110820]

Hi jeydanaazli!

I'm planning to watch it too! I can't wait to watch it!

[Bri MT]

- Get to work with an interesting data set for an assignment (microplastics in the Yarra and Maribyrnong over 3 years)
- See interesting patterns and form research questions (change in amounts of particular plastics found after high rainfall)
- Digging a little deeper, the patterns were very likely just from rainfall changing across months while human pollution changed across months too

[turinturambar]

- Get to work with an interesting data set for an assignment (microplastics in the Yarra and Maribyrnong over 3 years)
- See interesting patterns and form research questions (change in amounts of particular plastics found after high rainfall)
- Digging a little deeper, the patterns were very likely just from rainfall changing across months while human pollution changed across months too

Do I want to know how bad the consequences of this are?
OK, I'll ask because I'm curious, but it sounds like it could be quite different from your research so feel free to ignore:
1. Do you compare at all with other comparable river systems?

2. I assume plastic levels also affect biodiversity? (though so I guess might rainfall?)

[Bri MT]

Do I want to know how bad the consequences of this are?
OK, I'll ask because I'm curious, but it sounds like it could be quite different from your research so feel free to ignore:
1. Do you compare at all with other comparable river systems?

2. I assume plastic levels also affect biodiversity? (though so I guess might rainfall?)

The wasn't really about ecological impacts of rainfall not appearing to have detectable significant effect on plastics, but more so about it not being viable for me to explore what could've been an interesting analysis. It's hard to say whether there not being a clear detectable trend here is because there isn't one or if it's because of limitations in the data (e.g. maybe if there were more trawls per month there would be a discernible pattern). I'm also unsure whether strong correlation between rainfall and plastics  would have a strong effect size on biodiversity or ecosystems services and if so how. If there had been a clear pattern this might have been able to inform understanding of how plastics are entering waterways but it also could suggest greater dispersal of plastic from sites of pollution potentially making management and regulation more difficult.

1. Haven't yet but I'll be looking up literature around this. This also brings in the question of what to search for. E.g. other waterways in Victoria, waterways which face similar pressures, well-monitored waterways...

2. Yeah absolutely. Probably the most classic example of plastic harming wildlife is a sea turtle choking on a plastic bag, but for example, microplastics can have negative impacts on sea turtle brains. From individual impacts this can then change species composition etc. thus influencing bigger scope ideas like biodiversity. Rainfall as you would expect substantially influences ecosystem system functioning but afaik for these waterways that would be trend-based rather than substantial fluctuations for individual weather events.

There's a clear "turning point" in the data when looking at number of pollutants (in the up direction sadly) which I'll be looking at to see if there's data on change in biodiversity indexes which correlate with that; I won't be able to show causation but it'll still be interesting to see how closely tied they are (if that information is available - this will be a literature search).