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vor 8 Jahrendiscuss

Surely it can't be easy to design a reliable system for storing, firing and reloading the nets? How about designing an extra sticky type of silly string? It could be prayed on the crows until they are unable to fly. All in the form of an aerosol can.

libdong

vor 8 Jahrendiscuss

Like others have said, it takes time for B12 to be produced in significant quantities, and by that time it has passed the small intestine where it can be absorbed.

libdong

vor 8 Jahrendiscuss

It's produced by bacteria in the intestines, but not absorbed during the first pass through.

libdong

vor 8 Jahrendiscuss

Their shit is a good source of vitamin B12, which is presumably part of the reason why they eat it.

libdong

vor 8 Jahrendiscuss

> It's not toxic, and simple to test on yourself, and you've probably already got a bottle of lemon juice in the refrigerator.

Lemon juice contains a vast array of different chemicals, some of which may be phototoxic. It also releases VOCs (e.g. terpenes). I don't know how much compared to your average deodorant, though.

libdong

vor 9 Jahrendiscuss

It's really nice to see startups working on industrial processes here

AFAIK the main problem with enzymes as catalysts beyond the bench scale is their limited lifetime. How is the half-life of your enzymes at operating conditions? I'm just curious how the process works in real life (so are probably your potential customers).

libdong

vor 9 Jahrendiscuss

When murdering someone or cheating on your partner, you probably have a lot more time to second-guess your motives. When subconsciously judging a passer-by, you don't. In my case at least, they are long gone before I even realise that I've judged someone.

libdong

vor 9 Jahrendiscuss

Who has claimed that net neutrality is about allowing ISPs to censor and filter?

Regarding the ACA, affordable and expensive aren't necessarily opposites. You could make something more expensive (but still affordable) for those who are well off, but more affordable for those who are poor, and claim a net increase in "affordableness". Anyway, the PATRIOT act seem like a slightly better example of a disingenuous name for a bill IMO.

libdong

vor 9 Jahrendiscuss

It might be possible, but I'm guessing it's not trivial to make a hard coating which also has the ability to dissolve arbitrarily.

libdong

vor 9 Jahrendiscuss

It makes no difference if the water is naturally carbonated or not. Carbonation is caused by dissolved CO2 (in equilibrium with other carbonates) and there is no way for you body to distinguish between "natural" and "unnatural" CO2.

libdong

vor 9 Jahrendiscuss

Because acetaminophen/paracetamol is only weakly anti-inflammatory, so you may or may not consider it an NSAID, I assume.

libdong

vor 9 Jahrendiscuss

The maximum daily dose is usually around 4g. 325mg is probably the dose in one tablet.

libdong

vor 9 Jahrendiscuss

> Mooney was told his crane didn’t have to go through the long approval process required for newly designed large cranes and that it could be approved as a mobile crane.

There has to be some kind of miscommunication going on here. By what definition is his crane mobile? Because it's easier to disassemble and load on to a truck than a tower crane? While the DoB's classifications for cranes seems arbitrary, I can't say I blame them for not considering it mobile.

libdong

vor 9 Jahrendiscuss

I am equally disappointed when people use moral arguments. The problem is: your morals != my morals. Utilitarianism gives you much more of an objective measure of something, which everyone can discuss on the same premises. This (hopefully) removes the need to resort to the pissing contest that is emotional appeals.

libdong

vor 9 Jahrendiscuss

You might not be concerned about this because you dislike the current president, but if the so-called "deep state" really is trying to bend elected officials into their will, that's an attack on democracy and it shouldn't matter who's currently sitting in the Oval Office.

libdong

vor 9 Jahrendiscuss

> The new law will significantly broaden the agencies’ powers to include bulk data collection.

It's not clear to me what they actually are given power to do. Are they given free rein to collect anything they can get their hands on? Anything that crosses the national border? Are they allowed to spy on for example a whole city to find the communications of a suspect?

libdong

vor 10 Jahrendiscuss

I've always wonder why Norman, Dvorak etc. preform so much better than qwerty by most metrics, but real-world studies showing that much of a difference are rather lacking.

I can imagine it must be hard to design a good study comparing them when almost everyone uses qwerty.

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