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Surely HSR linking Europe and Asia would preceed a trans Pacific route?

https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/taeniasis/index.html It's from raw/undercooked pork and beef.

They have options, including platforms such as https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-37

Five seconds to get up to highway speeds isn't outrageous in many parts of the country where there are short on ramps and fast moving traffic. And that's in ideal conditions - real…

> And after ten years, there isn't one actual application of cryptocurrencies except for speculation and crime. Remittances - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remittance There is a …

Yes, many of my family and friends are in Auckland. I don't mean it hasn't caused any disruption - only that the disruption prior to this outbreak was minimal compared to much of t…

> Covid zero is an ideological pipe dream unless NZ wants to permanently ban international travel The goal of eliminating COVID there is to reduce the burden on the healthcare syst…

Nice job on your community website! You may already be aware of this but if you want real-time ADS-B, check out PiAware ( https://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/ ) as a low cost opti…

My family history includes some "adventures" with blood clots/PE's. Typically they investigate with multiple tools - a CT scan, a D-Dimer blood test, and often an ultrasound to che…

> Hopefully this account isn't fully truthful Brian Krebs is a reputable source who has a lot to lose if he makes unsubstantiated claims.

Not to mention we are twenty years into the Global War on Terrorism. The appetite of the US public for another conflict, especially one directly against a superpower, is exceptiona…

There are comments further down explaining how the containers likely weigh substantially more than the lift capacity of heavy lift helicopters. They'd have to partially unload the …

> comparing planes they've flown on The airline matters too - some have larger seats with more amenities and more space between rows. Those extra inches really matter on long haul …

> In the end the world will be a stark 0.001% who own the automation and the flat 99.999% who subsist on leisure and boredom. Leisure? Or poverty? This strikes me as a return to th…

> I also love that it’s emulating a scent that’s from off gassing that we’ve known for years is probably terrible for you. Is an artificial air freshener much better from an air qu…

PBS has a show called "Dinosaur Train" that kids seem to love - https://pbskids.org/dinosaurtrain

> long thought there was room for a private network MyFamily.com was essentially this in the pre Facebook era. IIRC there was a modest annual fee for a private site/feed that let y…

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-37 We know that they have similar technology in production today (using more conventional technology but with the same result). It's also l…

> better yet, they could have bombed Germany too but thats another story. The atomic bombs were dropped in August 1945. Germany surrendered in May of 1945, before the Trinity test …

Not to discredit the potentially valid concerns of these articles but it's not quite accurate to say these aren't an improvement. I'm a few weeks out from a robotic assisted surger…

I had a partial nephrectomy several weeks ago due to kidney cancer. You're 100% right about the various feelings that come along with the experience. Good luck - remember the recur…

> the alternative is starvation Is there not a middle ground of food delivery? Nonperishable foods can sit out for several days before use, significantly reducing the risk. Likewis…

I assume OP is referring to conditions during a pandemic. There have been numerous reports out of Italy about how they are operating under a wartime triage system - presumably unde…