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Cake day: June 17th, 2023

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  • NOx is not Nitrous Oxide and is not short for Nitrous Oxide. Nitrous Oxide is specifically N2O. NOx refers to both Nitric Oxide (NO) and Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), both of which are far, far more damaging to health and atmosphere than N2O. NOx emissions are the reason diesel is generally nonexistent in US passenger vehicles - not even great mpg numbers have sufficiently-low NOx emissions.

    Even if it included N2O, using nomenclature with a variable like “NOx” and grouping it all together as one inert byproduct vastly underrepresents harm. Imagine if you referred to another group as “COx” but saying it’s relatively inert and easily detected by way of a burning lung sensation but feeds plants so it’s not all bad because Carbon Dioxide (CO2) has that effect. Carbon Monoxide (CO) is completely left out of that description and will silently kill you.


  • Seems similar to the Leatherman Squirt series (2.5" multi tool). I remember reading reviews about squeezing them as hard as they can and not breaking. I even did it myself. But something fatigue and eventually they’ll just snap at what you thought was reasonable force. The spring arm on the scissors also snaps on them. They’re discontinued now which is a shame since there’s no direct replacement, but at least the used/damaged market has leveled out to something more reasonable. My xS4 has been part of my edc since 2018. Lost a PS4, broke an ES4 pliers, and now have another PS4 with a scissor spring that broke last year.