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Gary Wheeler wrote: Our drop volume ranges from 6.5 to 13 picoliters, depending upon the product.
(my emphasis.)
I have a memory of some ink jet printers boasting of variable size droplets: The physical resolution was 300 dpi, but rather than dithering a 600 dpi output, you got 'true' greyish, or less saturated colors, with smaller droplets.
I actually thought that this was a standard feature on ink jet printers, but I know no more about them than the average customer (or at least average programmer). Maybe the technology of variable size droplets failed. Maybe it couldn't be used with some dyes for color printers. I don't know.
Or maybe the inkjet printers of today do use variable size droplets.
Religious freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make five.
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While we do adjust drop size to an extent on-the-fly, it's more for ensuring drop uniformity than achieving different color intensities.
Software Zen: delete this;
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you still can't spell teh can you 
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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It's a feature, not a bug - it's in teh spec on my home page.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Have heard that pharma companies deliberately underestimate the expiry date on their medicines; however, not sure of how low/high is their 'factor of safety'.
Factor of safety = similar to how civil engineers design the dimensions of their structures, with a 'factor of safety'.
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I worked for a major Swiss pharmaceutical company CIBA and the expiration date is based on a percentage of loss of potency.
Antibiotics are the easiest to test and the most critical.
One antibiotic that is outdated can cause serious harm Tetracycline.
Look up Fanconi Syndrome
As a clinical pharmacist I have used many outdated medication for my personal use.
One BIG problem a number of years ago Physicians would donate outdated samples to
FREE Clinics who had volunteer Pharmacist but the clinics were not required to have
a Pharmacy License hence no inspection by State Board of Pharmacy
One law suite for mistreatment somewhere put an end to that concept
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I was talking about that with my doctor once. Regarding one particular substance he said, "that has no expiration date." The label said three years.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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For one lotion, my doctor told me that the expiration date was based on it being stored in room temperature, which for medicines often is a cabinet in the bathroom, and 'room temperature' is typically 25C. Keep it in the fridge, and it will last a lot longer! (Just make sure that it is clearly marked, and remember the kids.) He didn't say it would last "forever", but he sort of indicated "Don't worry about the expiration date as long as you store it in the fridge".
Religious freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make five.
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For cheese, I tend to read "Best before" as "Best after".
(Also, lots of wines are sold years after the indication on the label, and it hasn't hurt the quality  ).
The last few years, most food stores in my district has installed a separate cooler for "best before" food, where they put all the stuff that expires within 2-3 days, at 40-50% discount. As long as the food is marked "Best before", and not "Last consumption date", the store may legally sell it after the date, but the stuff in the BB cooler never reaches the BB before someone has picked it up.
Everybody knows that the safety margins on food are large. But commercial / public institutions, from restaurants to hospitals, cannot risk to be caught serving food as much as a single day beyond BB. So you regularly read stories in media about people who have learned the times when the institutions empty their fridges to the garbage. Excellent food, when still in sealed, unbroken packaging, are still cold from the fridge when the 'hunters' pick it up from the can.
There is a trend demanding more 'real' BB marking, to reduce the amount of food waste, and it is slowly catching on here in Norway. In my childhood, milk was dated three days into the future; at that time, lots of people kept their food in a cold basement - fridges was just starting to catch on. When they became commonplace, the 'lifetime' of milk was extended to a week. Nowadays, it is three weeks, but that is under the assumption that the carton is unopened. After opening it is a week - but if drink milk at all, you probably will empty it in less time.
Religious freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make five.
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Amarnath S wrote: not sure of how low/high is their 'factor of safety'.
About 6 month according to wife who worked in stability department of pharma companies. After that you still have about 6 month in which degradation occurs but it's not so bad. More than 1 year: totally unsafe.
Mircea
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Amarnath S wrote: not sure of how low/high is their 'factor of safety'.
But do you really want to be the one that signs up for the study that determines that the medicine you have been taking for your condition is not actually working anymore?
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Maybe then, the placebo effect takes over. "I have taken the medicine, and it's working".
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Some placebo is so strong that it works even if you don't believe in it.
Religious freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make five.
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Quote: I noticed that it had a 'Best before' date. For table salt??
Salt is good at collecting humidity. And anything coming with it. Living things are not much a problem, but all else can be.
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I remember a Honda manual that stated "do not eat this manual"
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I guess that is because if every customer did, the load on their customer support would most likely increase.
Religious freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make five.
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Real programmers don’t read any manual.😂😂😂
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If at first you do not succeed, try and try again. Then dig the manual out of the garbage.
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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And that means most of the times you think the world is NOT mad... You should consult someone...
"If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization." ― Gerald Weinberg
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Wonko the Sane | Hitchhikers | Fandom
The toothpick instructions that convinced Wonko mankind in general was crazy: Hold stick near centre of its length. Moisten pointed end in mouth. Insert in tooth space, blunt end next to gum. Use gentle in-out motion./blockquote>
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Can someone please fill me in?
(You don't have to...I am just requesting )
Every so often I see a post in the Lounge, titled "Wordle <number>".
What is that? Why is one posted each day (just out of curiosity) and what _is_ a Wordle, anyways?
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Wordle is a web based game from the NY Times. You have 6 tries to guess a 5 letter word. The game tableau shows which letters in your guess are correct but in the wrong location and correct and in the correct location as well as indicating incorrect letters (by color). You can only play one puzzle per day.
After success or failure you can save to your results to the clipboard to share. The results don't show your actual guesses, just which positions had a correct letters. Colors indicate correct or incorrect guesses and position. You can create a NYT account to track your stats over time.
The wordle posts in the lounge are the shared results of various users each day.
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Wordle 1,071 3/6*
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Wordle 1,071 3/6
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