I didn’t get my driver’s license until very late in life, relatively speaking. Much older than you are now. I just never lived anywhere that I’d needed one. I really only got it because I felt like I should have one.

Is that why you haven’t yet, or are there other reasons (if I may ask)?

Damn, dude. I’ve been thinking about getting a 3D printer and was leaning towards resin because I heard it was better for minis, and I see how it’s different, but these look perfectly fine and there’s no fumes or toxic sludge to deal with. Since I mainly want it for printing household fixits and ease-of-use is a factor, being able to get back into tabletop gaming (and painting) as well is a very nice bonus. I feel pretty good about going with an FDM printer now, thanks for sharing!

I’m surprised by the quality of the print, I’d love to see other pieces you’re proud of (and some you weren’t so happy with, too)!

Thunderbird doesn’t have your private key to decrypt your Proton emails. The key lives in your browser and in theory there’s no way to securely provide that key to Thunderbird so it can do the decrypting. There’s a special application they built for business owners who want this functionality, but by nature it breaks Proton’s security because the email content is then stored in plaintext (or close enough) so it’s not “secure” in the same sense Proton webmail is. (edit: maybe it got updates since I last looked, because the Bridge is now as secure as the webmail)

Adenosine is not a “waste product of neurons” in the sense it’s being painted. It’s a byproduct of energy production in all our cells, and what it does depends on the derivative - for example adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is used by the mitochondria in our cells for energy production! It then degrades into adenosine monophosphate (AMP) and from there into the CNS-depressing adenosine (or, it can be upregulated back “up the chain” by adding another phosphor to it).

As plain adenosine it can depress the central nervous system, resulting in feeling sleepy, slowing heart rate, etc, but adenosine levels are regulated closely by the body and the idea they can “build up until we die” due to lack of sleep is patently ridiculous. This article is a gross oversimplification that demonises a critical compound for no reason.

This article covers the detrimental results of adenosine overproduction in the body: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6398520/

While Wikipedia describes the compound more generally: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adenosine

As a straight boy who is better-versed in vaginal care than most: thank you for spreading the word. Uninformed men can do a lot of damage to the self-esteem (and sometimes, by consequence, to the vaginas) of their partners if they don’t know this stuff.