Humphrey Wittingtonsworth IV | Boron Update, Life Advice on Debt, and Patreon THANK YOU @HumphreyWittingtonsworthIV | Uploaded March 2017 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
Cubicle Labs is out of Tetrahydrofuran, which is both a solvent AND a catalyst that coordinates and activates boron.

The company that sells it to us cheaply has stopped, and all the other sources only give discounts to big chemical companies, universities, and government labs. This means the cost is 4-5 times more than what we used to pay, and I don't feel fair to charge $20 for boron treatment.

I'm currently communicating with chinese chemical companies to get cheap tetrahydrofuran to do boron-treatment.
For people who I am doing prototypes for, I will attempt to distill it, and get those boron treated puzzles out to you later this week!
This is risky because tetrahydrofuran turns into explosive peroxides over time, but if we follow safety protocols and do it by the book, it should work.
Only attempt chemistry if you have had the training and safety equipment.

Before you get a credit card, you have to understand how compound interest works, and YOU SHOULD NEVER EVER do those credit cards that come in the mail without 100% understanding everything.
DONT EVER MAKE JUST THE MINIMUM PAYMENT, and NEVER OPEN too many credit cards.
NEVER chase promotional deals or benefits, and always keep your balance near zero! APR is calculated monthly, NOT YEARLY, and it's also based on the age of your balance, which means stuff gets REALLY BAD if you only make minimum payments.

When I was expelled from my PhD program, 7 years of college loans suddenly became due, and that nice degree and job I was gambling on wasn't there to bail me out.

DON'T BE LIKE ME. DON'T GET EXPELLED, AND STAY IN SCHOOL KIDS. BE CAREFUL WITH LOANS AND CREDIT CARDS
You gotta learn from my mistakes, kids!

BIG BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED ME
We reached the first goal of getting a microphone!

Here is my patreon, where I will ALWAYS post reciepts.
I will NEVER use the money for things for myself, ONLY DEBT PAYMENTS AND RAFFLE PRIZES.

patreon.com/user?u=3534898