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There's a book called "Bowling Alone" that explores a lot of ideas around this. Iirc the conclusion is two fold: 1. Historically women were largely responsible for community buildi…

I have a similar setup. Corne keyboard, trackball mouse, portable laptop stand. Never had an issue with TSA. I don't even bother taking the keyboard out of my bag since each half i…

I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. That article appears to be about a women who is now in a wheel chair due to nerve damage caused by a b12 deficiency which supports my …

I don't think replacing oxygen in the brain is the main mechanism of action (in medical settings they mix nitrous and oxygen and it's still effective without risking hypoxia). Look…

My favorite is 1 mile = phi kilometers with <1% error

I'm way out of my depth here but I believe this would function as a very sensitive accelerometer. The rubidium would be still relative to the lasers so when you accelerated, it wou…

I've been using kagi and that's my biggest complaint. Upgrading from the basic plan seems like a lot of money but being on the basic plan, I have mental friction every time I do a …

The article also claims they were imported from China. They also said samples were sent for genetic testing and confirmed they were of the species Morchella sextelata. Not sure if …

Asimov wrote an essay called "relativity of wrong" that I think does a good job of capturing the changes our understanding of the world goes through. Yes, Einstein's theory of rela…

Doesn't having those numbers available help you ask questions like "why are houses of worship more likely to install solar panels than a warehouse?" which could possibly point towa…

Where exactly is the line drawn for how much and what type of human intervention is required? When I cook food, human intervention is causing chemical reactions that change the com…

I never said the majority of the population has severe incurable diseases. I said that have genes that aren't great (maybe they have a predisposition for certain diseases or they'r…

What genes do you think we should be testing for and which ones do you think are severe enough that you parents with those genes shouldn't have children? Almost everyone has some s…

Sure, hypothetically. It's just not what I'm seeing the wealthy parents in the town I grew up in doing. Most of them are fighting for school vouchers so they can divert money from …

> The wealthy parents sent their kids to private schools and try to defund public education They didn't say sending kids to private school was a way to actively defund public educa…

How long ago was that? All the ski towns are now filled with signs saying overnight parking is prohibited. I'm sure you can still find spots if you're in the know but if they ever …

I tried osmand when I first switched over and didn't like the quality of directions it gave me. They've possibly gotten better since then but I'm not really feeling motivated to tr…

I'm on Android so don't think Apple maps is an option. As for organic maps, I tried it a while ago and it gave me some rather annoying directions. Maybe they've improved their rout…

Google maps limits the size of the regions you can download. With Magic Earth, you download entire states. I have several states that I visit regularly pre downloaded so I don't ha…

I use it. It works substantially better than other OSM based map apps imo. My big use case for it is I frequently travel places without cell service and like having a mapping app w…

And then you have to pay someone to maintain the artificial ones. That might be a better plan in some areas but certainly not all

There's also the convenience issue. If you work multiple low skill jobs just to make ends meet, you might not have the time to turn fresh produce into a meal. If you're trying to l…

As a note: lots of sauerkraut sold in stores (at least in America) isn't actually fermented but just cabbage soaked in vinegar which is shelf stable. If you want the fermented kind…