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vixen99

2,427karma·3,106submissions·February 19, 2008
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In terms of the general topic of asteroid impact and risk, here is a highly informative reference. https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/pd/cs/pdc25/ImpactRiskIntro-ATAP-... …
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Possibly because Claude knows these are not in short supply by any means and its capabilities can be put to better use. https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ftsa&q=hitler&iax=images&i…
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I guess you've carefully examined the literature on this topic and decided that contributors reporting positive results are either deluded or charlatans.
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On this particular prediction: we know that China graduates more science, technology, engineering and mathematics students each year than the rest of the world combined. According to World Population …
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Nobody? I have nothing else in the British Press.
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Ditto!
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Although not quite in the sense intended by the author, point 9 as of January 2025, is only too true. "Why Britain can't afford to carry on as it is."
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Nothing like acronyms to make me feel dumb and ill-informed.
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Tragic? I don't follow that. If the goal isn't to make something useful in one way or another then why would a startup enterprise ever get acquired?
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I regularly see opinion pieces in the British Press advising young Brits to get out. In 2022 one writer wrote 'Britain is fed up, bitter, and practically broke – and it’s all going to get worse&#…
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Depends what you mean by 'general supplement' but a majority of people are deficient in magnesium (~400 mg/d is the recommendation) and its ubiquitous involvement in hundreds of enzyme …
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Political argument, as such, is worthwhile insofar as it can cause me to reexamine my own preconceptions. Facts I can pick up almost anytime.
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No, by then it's at least conceivable that cold fusion will by then be a reality. If an individual cracks this problem maybe they'll offer a paper ending with a comment akin to Watson &…
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For those interested, the EU recommendations for food products in general were updated Dec/24 and 1/1/25: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/915/…
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Wonderful book. I'm not sure that 'enjoy' is quite the term I'd use. For sure some of the tribulations experienced by Stoner would not be news to some sufferers in academia right n…
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Your comment comes across as markedly authoritative. Are you a climate scientist with first hand knowledge? You appear to be repeating what we all read in countless reports almost daily from innumerab…
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Guilt-tripping? We've got reasoning abilities and in the main can act on our decisions. Nobody guilt-trips any sentient being since they can't be guilty if under duress. If after all this we…
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Not just any no/low carb diet: 'A low-carbohydrate diet based on animal sources was associated with higher all-cause mortality in both men and women, whereas a vegetable-based low-carbohydra…
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As in? No examples so that we can look at the facts ourselves?
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When you make accusations like this why not offer a specific illustrative example to avoid suggestions of mere name calling. Scientific consensus?. Actually nutrition & medical science is replete …
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Excellent advice. For those for whom it's appropriate, do try it. As you suggest, therein lies that special essentially private pleasure of accomplishment in small things that doesn't depend…
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https://www.science.org/content/article/fake-scientific-pape... …
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Sadly this 'populist nonsense' has even infected some prominent public intellectuals. Doubtless your comment will put them straight. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books…
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I can see no reason at all to suppose that this might be the case. Quite the reverse given current events and the determination of the current administration.
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All people do what they can 'get away with' which a pejorative expression for saying that people attempt to do what they've decided to do. I would have thought that 'get away with&…
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Interesting use of 'advanced'.
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Are you conflating fascism with conservatism? Stalin was a socialist, a fascist and a conservative in the sense in which the 'c' word indicates 'maintenance of the status quo'. Ce…
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Please don't crack ones like that when I'm drinking my coffee.
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I believe the smart bidet was an idea some Japanese researchers developed some years ago. Maybe this one was geared to detecting blood in faeces. Whatever,the approach you describe has a huge number o…
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And then what?
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