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Biology has the tendency to repurpose existing mechanisms for other things. If an illness affects one of these processes, it might affect others as well.

"Proof of" is a euphemism for "waste of resources" in general.

Has anyone asked ChatGPT already? Using ChatGPT to find the correct search terms for vaguely described concepts seems very powerful. Knowing the correct terms makes or breaks web s…

I can vouch for that. A friend built one of these and since it worked really well, so I and some others built five more last year. Make sure to put a piece of window screen over th…

These measurement devices have a limited lifetime and I think it is really the intake of dust and dirt that limits how long they can be used. That's why they're not running contino…

I agree, a lot of people do not seem to understand that these measures were a "defense in depth" thing.

No, they could not been said like this. No matter what opinion one has about USA, it is certainly not economically weak or dysfunctional.

Russia biggest problem is that once they were a great nation. Now they are no longer but can't accept that. Since they have no way of keeping up with the others, all they can do is…

Here is an idea: you have to return books with interest, i.e. by adding thoughtful annotations.

You have one of these multi-function printers in your company’s office? Chances are that your company is using someone’s services for maintenance work and toner supply. Bad news: w…

Here is an example by the singer / band "Marina and the Diamonds". The song is called "Forget": https://youtu.be/17UL5ks9amY?t=169

OK, let's assume you have 75% elemental resistance. You also take 15% reduced damage and 10% less damage. You have 5% chance to avoid elemental damage and 10% to dodge it and are u…

I pulled back a friend who had already stepped onto the street when a truck suddenly and unexpectedly turned right. To this day, I think that I saved his life.

Synthwave‘s cheery, Vaporwave‘s sad/depressed. I never liked the latter for that reason.

I'm sorry, I should have thought of this :(