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Re: The Last Egg

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Post by MagicMoonlight »

JohnMakin wrote: post #183
deanCommie wrote: post #52

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Well, we're going to have to colonize mars at one point. That's not a debate. We can't survive as a species with all our eggs in one basket (pun intended, given the context) where a single rock flying through space can wipe out all the gains of our civilization. In the long term, this will require planetary-scale terraforming. In the short term, this will require seasonal unmanned supply drops and so the experience w…

> Well, we're going to have to colonize mars at one point. That's not a debate. I don't know why people say this like it's a fact. It'd be cheaper to fix the planet. Even if it weren't, the moon is many magnitudes closer. Also, "terraforming" mars isn't even possible. Mars has no magnetosphere - if you managed to create an atmosphere at all, it would be promptly blown away by solar winds and radiation.

Solar winds aren’t literal winds. The atmosphere doesn’t just “blow away” on a windy day.

When people say the atmosphere blew away they mean over a period of millions of years. We can easily resupply an atmosphere every million years.

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Post by silexia »

They could easily have a few chickens running around in a small area and have fresh eggs year round. Feed the chickens table scraps plus free choice chicken feed. Gets rid of a lot of the waste.

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Post by kylehotchkiss »

brr-fyi wrote: post #168
AlbertCory wrote: post #29

There was a Googler who spent some time at the South Pole station and gave a talk about it. I won't name him here, but maybe he's reading this? What I recall was him walking around and over the actual Pole and trying to get his GPS to register 90.0 degrees. It wouldn't go beyond 89.999.

Hah, I also tried this over the summer. Closest I could get was 89°59.9990'S: https://brr.fyi/assets/misc/gps-01.png Very amusing to do a few "laps around the world" and watch the longitude go haywire.

Hi! Like everybody here on HN I love your site. Have you tried on a Garmin handheld too? It seems like something brr.fyi would pack for the trip

Re: The Last Egg

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Post by kylehotchkiss »

brr-fyi wrote: post #167
teh_klev wrote: post #92

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I'm fairly certain the air will be conditioned and inside humidity kept to an acceptable standard.

Indoor air is heated but not humidified. Relative humidity outside is high, but the temperature is very cold, so the absolute amount of water in the air is very low. Bring that same air indoors, heat it up by ~150 degrees Fahrenheit, and the resulting relative humidity is very low. Hard to measure at such low numbers. I have a handful of cheap consumer-grade sensors with me, and they all report "0%" or "lower limit"…

Wouldn't you need additional fire suppression at those levels of humidity? It's more dry than Southern California during the Santa Ana winds!

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Post by NoZebra120vClip »

thsksbd wrote: post #138
NoZebra120vClip wrote: post #136

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I have been reliably informed that homogenized dairy products increase inflammation, and so I've made efforts to purchase creamline products instead. It's been revelatory, the difference and enjoyment I derive from it. I've found Straus Creamery makes amazing milk and yogurt products. Sometimes the milk comes in a glass half-gallon with a $2 deposit and I return them to the store. It's kind of a game to scoop out a b…

So i don't like homogenization because it destroys the mouth feel. So i am sympathetic to what you are saying. However, what would the mechanism be for increased inflammation caused by homogenization? Do you have a source? I'm not saying you're not correct, but I'm more inclined to believe that there is a hidden, highly correlated variable at play.

Regardless of whether it has harmful effects or not, the fact is that homogenization is a wholly cosmetic operation; it's done because urban middle-class consumers were supposedly grossed out by solids floating in their milk and having to deal with the separate elements; it's done more or less in denial of the nature of milk in its natural state. There's no benefit, other than looks and feels, that homogenization offers, so why go through that process, expense, and bother if it's pointless, and may in fact be harmful? Just put the milk on the shelves. I feel that the cream is lovely and I'm thankful that it's separate so it can be handled appropriately.

Re: The Last Egg

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Post by NoZebra120vClip »

__float wrote: post #140
NoZebra120vClip wrote: post #136

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I have been reliably informed that homogenized dairy products increase inflammation, and so I've made efforts to purchase creamline products instead. It's been revelatory, the difference and enjoyment I derive from it. I've found Straus Creamery makes amazing milk and yogurt products. Sometimes the milk comes in a glass half-gallon with a $2 deposit and I return them to the store. It's kind of a game to scoop out a b…

Can you point to any documentation for the inflammation claim? A quick search didn't come up with much besides a study explicitly concluding the contrary: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S09586...

Unfortunately, I circulate in woke bubbles where accurate medical information is actively contradicted, rewritten, and suppressed, so it's difficult for me to come by. I read it in a book, by authors with proven credentials, a good track record, and the book is replete with accurate yet suppressed information. I seldom bother searching for more of the same while I live in this backwater, because none of the search results or websites I find will deviate from the establishment narratives.

Re: The Last Egg

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Post by MagicMoonlight »

marssaxman wrote: post #63
bpodgursky wrote: post #53

Imagine how many fresh vegetables they could have with a miniaturized nuclear reactor on-site! The limit right now is how much diesel they want to waste. Imagine the alternatives!

No need to imagine; it's been tried - McMurdo installed a nuclear power plant back in 1962. The reactor proved to be expensive and unreliable, so the Navy removed it a decade later. Cleaning up the mess took another seven years.

That’s annoying. It’s the perfect place for a reactor. Infinite heat and running water would make a real difference.

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Post by reillyse »

crazygringo wrote: post #184
bitdivision wrote: post #181

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I also looked into this and couldn't find any reliable information on what pasteurisation method was actually used in the UK. I did find that US allows the use of hormones to increase milk production. Possibly that's a factor? But very difficult to tell.

I can say in my personal experience that fresh whole milk in Europe and the US tastes the same. I really don't know why the original poster claimed otherwise. Maybe it's just an urban legend in parts of Europe or something.

I live in the US but grew up on a dairy farm in Ireland. In my personal experience the two milks are very different.

Re: The Last Egg

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Post by lmm »

idlewords wrote: post #173
lmm wrote: post #122

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It was routine up until IIRC 1996-1999 (which lines up with when they switched over from Navy to National Guard operation).

You sure we don't have an austral winter/calendar winter misunderstanding here?

The source I remember was specifically criticising the media coverage of the later one.
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