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chicob

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About chicob

Technological scavenging in physics and agriculture.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #46586704

    "Facts are facts"... Well, yes. But an opinion on what is, indeed, a fact and not hype, is still an opinion. Even flat-earthers can state that "facts are facts".

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    Comment #36812089

    So, in short: Google and other companies shamelessly polluted the web with ads and personalized ad driven content, and since regular folks use ad blockers, and ad manipulating peop…

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    Comment #35001819

    PFAS are harmful, both to the environment and humans, so the transition to safer alternatives is commendable. The fact that this ban seems to fit the specific blend of a particular…

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    Comment #34451292

    Here's the project I mentioned: https://www.bondalti.com/en/multimedia/news/bondalti-fosters...

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    Comment #34433807

    Btw I meant Iceland, not Greenland.

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    Comment #34430837

    The point. I have to say this article was published in December 2019, and since then some projects for new green ammonia plants have been planned (although I must update this infor…

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    Comment #33333293

    Yes, many people do say that about Italian olive oil, but I have no first hand confirmation. I have also heard some professional testimonies that suggest mediocre practices at seve…

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    Comment #33328463

    I am an olive oil producer, in Portugal, and we're harvesting as I type. I have made some remarks about olive oil production on HN in the past, but here are some remarks about oliv…

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    Comment #33269554

    Today I was thinking of some sort of NN trained for colorizing photos, and then I get here and there's an AI right there... This tool works really well. The text prompt helps, too.…

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    Comment #33176268

    Correct. But it seems anyone with excess visceral fat alone could benefit from TRE, even if not suffering from MS, which is having 3 out of 5 symptoms: - Abdominal obesity - High b…

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    Comment #33162352

    Besides improving MS, the study also mentions reduction of visceral obesity.

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    Comment #32970486

    Unfortunately and thanks to climate change and sea-level rising, many real beaches could then be featured on "this beach does not exist".

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    Comment #32945067

    It is meaningless drivel. Some people confabulate, memory is not perfect, people with severe brain injuries visibly confabulate, so all explanatory power is meaningless and we shou…

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    Comment #32944974

    I am really convinced by this explanation on how... wait

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    Comment #32363517

    I often do it this way because it used worked in the past, and it works in other search engines.

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    Comment #32354526

    I don't understand why your comment is being downvoted. Downvotes shouldn't be used as a form of simple disagreement. I made a simple question, you gave it a simple answer.

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    Comment #32354488

    Searching for 'Edgar Allen Poe -"The Raven"' does work as intended. The search I printed was trying to omit some addresses (and I now realize quotes are not necessary and do not he…

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    Comment #32354418

    I'm not an expert, but isn't this as simple as "omitting results that have whatever is found inside the quotes"?

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    Comment #32354166

    In all fairness, it does work without the quotes.

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    Comment #32354154

    No it doesn't. https://i.ibb.co/k18PXhW/google-search-2022-08-05.jpg

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    Comment #32353431

    What about the "-"?

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    Comment #32087911

    Isopropanol also evaporates quickly, so if there is any dirt left behind one can immediately see it. It probably would be more than enough to clean the hair brushes, instead of the…

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    Comment #32053605

    «According to multiple sources [17],[21],[22],[24],[25],[26],[27],[28],[29],[30],[31] [...]» Now this is what "multiple sources" looks like.