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Let's say you start with 50 hives:

• Worst case: 10 kg/hive = 500 kg × $25 = $12,500 gross
• Average case: 25 kg/hive = 1,250 kg × $25 = $31,250 gross
• Best case: 50 kg/hive = 2,500 kg × $25 = $62,500 gross

And that's gross revenue before labor, feed, equipment, transport, hive losses, extraction/bottling, packaging, land, maintenance, and taxes.

Now scale that to 400 hives. You need a huge amount of additional equipment, colonies, vehicles, extraction capacity, labor, etc., yet even at 25 kg/hive you're only at:

400 × 25 × $25 = $250,000 gross/year.

Am I missing something? Where does the actual profitability come from? Because after all the CAPEX and operating costs, this seems surprisingly thin.

And that's assuming a normal year. With a harsh climate, drought, poor flowering, extreme heat, disease, or other problems, you could suddenly end up producing far less honey while your costs remain largely the same.

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I have a house near the sea and I'm looking into setting up an off-grid water system.

I'd need around 500-1,000 L/day of fresh water, primarily for household use. Ideally, I'd like a desalination method that doesn't rely on fuel and uses as little electricity as possible.

What would be the most practical setup for this?

I'd also be interested in hearing from anyone who has actually built or operated an off-grid desalination system at this scale.

I just had 1 tbsp of lavender honey mixed with mountain honey at the same time, and I absolutely loved the combination.

It made me wonder: what would actually happen if I put them together in the same jar? For example, 100 g of lavender honey and 100 g of mountain honey.

Would they eventually mix together into one uniform honey, or would they stay somewhat separated? I noticed that one is noticeably thicker than the other.

I’m open to having my view changed on this, as I don't see any real argument against it.

I believe that when a large or small group of people attempts to enter a country illegally and in an uncontrolled manner, the country should be allowed to use physical force to prevent the border from being breached.

Poland’s approach to its eastern border is one example of the kind of serious border enforcement I mean. Compare that with situations such as Ceuta, where large numbers of migrants have attempted to cross the border at once. At what point does this stop being ordinary immigration and become a border-security issue? And it's not 5 or 10 people, no, it's 70.000 people! Knowing that Morocco does this regularly when they want concessions from Spain.

My point is that a country's borders cannot mean anything if physically preventing unauthorized mass entry is considered unacceptable by definition.

If thousands of people arrive simultaneously and attempt to cross without authorization, why shouldn't border forces be permitted to guns to stop them?

And if the answer is that they must all be allowed to enter so that their asylum claims can be individually processed, why are we obliged to process them? Why are they our responsibility?

I'd especially like to hear arguments against the principle of using physical barriers, personnel, and force to prevent unauthorized mass crossings.

What annual income would you consider good enough to live comfortably in your state & then your location?

Not rich, not luxury just a decent quality of life, with housing, food, transportation, some savings, and a little money left over for fun for one person, two people, and a small family.

State + annual income + household size would be interesting to compare.

Hello, we’re looking for a brand-new HPLC with a budget of around $25k, which mainly leaves us with Chinese or Korean manufacturers. The owner doesn't like my idea of a refurbished Agilient one :(

I’m hesitant about Chinese HPLCs after seeing a system develop serious issues after only 8 months in a lab.

We found a Korean manufacturer, YOUNG IN Chromass Co., Ltd. They seem to have been around since the early 1990s, but almost nobody I’ve spoken to has experience with them.

Has anyone here used their ChroZen HPLC? Are they reliable, and how are their service and spare parts?

Our use is simply routine QC: verifying raw-material and finished-product purity/assay and checking for impurities/contaminants.

Any firsthand experience would be appreciated or suggest any alternatives?

Hello, we’re looking for a brand-new HPLC with a budget of around $25k, which mainly leaves us with Chinese or Korean manufacturers. The owner doesn't like my idea of a refurbished Agilient one :(

I’m hesitant about Chinese HPLCs after seeing a system develop serious issues after only 8 months in a lab.

We found a Korean manufacturer, YOUNG IN Chromass Co., Ltd. They seem to have been around since the early 1990s, but almost nobody I’ve spoken to has experience with them.

Has anyone here used their ChroZen HPLC? Are they reliable, and how are their service and spare parts?

Our use is simply routine QC: verifying raw-material and finished-product purity/assay and checking for impurities/contaminants.

Any firsthand experience would be appreciated or suggest any alternatives?

Hello, I'm from northern Spain, and we're being hit hard by our fifth heatwave. The vegetation is suffering badly; wildfires are breaking out; water restrictions are becoming increasingly severe; and the evenings are barely survivable, especially if you work outside.

What is life like in Sweden, and how are you affected by climate change? I'm specifically talking about mainland Sweden, not Gotland or the other islands. Is it similar to Austria or Switzerland, where you can actually see glaciers melting and some regions getting into drought mode?

Is there anything that the news doesn't mention about Sweden in general when it comes to yearly "once-in-a-lifetime" climate events?

Hello, I'm from northern Spain, and we're being hit hard by our fifth heatwave. The vegetation is suffering badly, wildfires are breaking out, water restrictions are becoming increasingly severe, and the evenings are barely survivable, especially if you work outside.

I was wondering what life is like in Norway and how affected you are by climate change. Is it similar to Austria or Switzerland, where you can actually see the glaciers melting and some regions getting into drought mode?

Is there anything that the news doesn't mention about Norway in general when it comes to (yearly) once-in-a-lifetime climate events?

I love DIYing stuff or fixing stuff while it’s perfectly working, right before it breaks.

So far I’m decent at most DIY stuff, but I’ve never done any welding, mainly because it always looked kinda sketchy to do in my very clean and well-organized garage. Now that I’ve cleared it out, I really want to get into welding as a hobby, and I have a few questions.

I have nowhere near me where I can learn, so if I just watch videos and practice welding some metal pipes I have lying around, is that enough to get me to a somewhat decent level?

I’m not interested in the artistic side of welding or making things look pretty. I basically just want to be able to join two pieces of metal and have the weld be strong and reliable.

Also, is 1,000€ and a few T-shirts a realistic budget to get started with welding?

Hi! I’m from Europe, and the yearly once in a life time drought situation here is honestly horrible.

That got me wondering about other countries, mainly the US. I know the states around the Great Lakes have an enormous freshwater resource, but how is drinking water availability in the rest of the country?

For those of you living in areas affected by drought, groundwater depletion, or water shortages/pollution, how bad is the situation actually? And how do you think things will look where you live over the next 10–20 years?

Are Americans generally worried about this, or is it not really something people think about day-to-day?

EDIT: English isn't my first language, sorry if it isn't worded properly but the idea is simply is it really that bad?

I'm in France, and during the recent 4 heatwaves in a row and wildfires, the news coverage made it seem like the country was on the verge of disaster. Watching TV, you'd think entire regions were burning down.

From where I was, 10km (5 miles) from the "cataclysmic wildfires", it felt very different. During & right after, life went on as normal, and by the end of it the overall damage seemed much smaller than the impression I got from the media.

Now I'm seeing similar coverage of the wildfires in the US, and I'm wondering if it's the same thing there.

Are these fires genuinely as widespread and devastating as they look on the news, or does the coverage mainly focus on the worst-hit areas while most people are unaffected? For those of you living in the US, what's the reality?

I'm in France, and during the recent 4 heatwaves in a row and wildfires, the news coverage made it seem like the country was on the verge of disaster. Watching TV, you'd think entire regions were burning down.

From where I was, though, it felt very different. During & right after life went on as normal, and by the end of it the overall damage seemed much smaller than the impression I got from the media.

Now I'm seeing similar coverage of the wildfires in the US, and I'm wondering if it's the same thing there.

Are these fires genuinely as widespread and devastating as they look on the news, or does the coverage mainly focus on the worst-hit areas while most people are unaffected? For those of you living in the US, what's the reality?

I'm planning a small CNC shop, but I'd rather not do the CAD/CAM programming in-house.

Is it common to outsource this? If so, what is this service usually called?

For example, let's say I have a part and want to produce 12 pieces on a VMC/lathe with a FANUC 0i control. Can a service provider:

• Create the CAD model (if needed)?
• Generate the CAM toolpaths and FANUC-compatible G-code?
• Design the workholding/fixture as well?

Or is fixture design typically a separate service?

I'm trying to understand whether it's realistic to outsource everything from programming to fixturing while keeping machining in-house.

With hotter summers, more frequent droughts in some regions, and flooding in others, it feels like water is becoming a bigger issue across Europe.

Do you think your country will have enough freshwater over the next decade, or are you expecting shortages, restrictions, or major infrastructure projects?

• Are reservoirs and rivers already under pressure?
• Have you noticed changes over the last few years?
• Is your government doing anything to prepare?
• Do you expect drinking water prices or restrictions to become more common?

I'd be interested to hear perspectives from different parts of Europe, since the situation seems very different between the north and the Mediterranean. Recent reports suggest that water stress is already affecting a significant share of Europe's population, and climate change is expected to increase pressure in many regions.

Note: Dear Nordic countries, we know you're perfect no need to remind us.