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Maybe not your infant, but this is certainly not any sort of universal truth. Possibly you could argue that physically attending to the infant themselves is not a full time job, bu…

I am a groundwater modeler (hydrogeologist) and often work in fractured rock (mainly for mining clients). No experience with modeling for hydrothermal projects though. While the ph…

Sure, 90% is an overestimate of the portion of water applied for irrigation that returns as recharge to the groundwater system. However that number is not zero in the Lower Colorad…

Government debt is not the same as household debt. The government, as the issuer of its own currency, has the power to create money. This ability sets it apart from households, bus…

Similar situation here. I usually can hack something together in python, but end up spending a couple hours reading stack overflow posts, and often meeting with co-workers to debug…

Yes, and get an RO system to remove PFAS first

And minerals and petroluem

To expand on this Groundwater "age" is typically considered in terms of residence time, that is the period of time between entering the subsurface and exiting at some discharge loc…

Left to their own devices, wild mammals have to cross significant human barriers (roads, neighborhoods, fencing, etc.) to repopulate certain natural areas which they have been exte…

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Ignorantia juris non excusat

TikTok has great content and I am far more entertained and educated there than any other of the engagement-driven "social media" apps (i.e. Meta products). The problem I find is th…

I believe Rush did become famous on television, but after the mid-90s it was really all about his radio program. So it might be to your point, fundamentally it isn't the internet, …

I remember feeling similarly. I also don't remember feeling as though he was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

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I've had variations on this dream several times. I was talking to my father about it, and he still occasionally dreams about this. As a 67 year old, 5 years retired, 40 years after…

Here is a better article, based off the video and the 99PI episode referenced elsewhere in this thread: https://gizmodo.com/how-one-fed-up-dude-fixed-an-awful-highw...

CalTrans actually found out about it after 9 months, inspected it, then left it up for an additional 8 years before the entire sign was replaced. https://gizmodo.com/how-one-fed-up…

I'm a big fan of Matt Levine's "Money Stuff" column on Bloomberg - he always has amusing and insightful commentary particularly on Elon - > My Bloomberg Opinion colleague Liam Denn…

Is there anything we can do?

There was a Freakonomics podcast episode I recently heard that further expands on your point regarding socialist vs. welfare states: https://freakonomics.com/podcast/socialism/

Look up MCAS.

On most mining properties in North America and elsewhere, driving is strictly on the left. This is because haul trucks have such large blind spots to their right side, it's best to…

That's a good idea, pre-heating it under the broiler. I do finish the pizzas (last ~2 mins) under the broiler as well. I have a new oven, so my time estimates are still fairly appr…