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When you use corruption in the sense of committing corrupt illegal acts, the US looks fairly clean. But if you define it in the general sense and include lobbying and sacrificing the public interest for private interests as corrupt, then in terms of the dollar values, US legislative systems are some of the most corrupt anywhere.
Maybe so, but if so, only because the USA has the biggest economy in the world.
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It's a shame your 6yo self didn't have a microscope around, or even a decent magnifying glass! Zebra-strip is incredibly distinct once you're viewing it up close, and I bet its function would've immediately clicked upon seeing the structure.
Oh, I had a cheap magnifying glass; And I had access to a "Community Science Center" where they would have let me use a high-school-class microscope if I begged enough* . The problem was it didn't even occur to me to take that tiny rubbery strip that seriously. True shame really - by that time I had taken apart enough LCD calculators for there to be nothing surprising in any of them. This was the first surprise, in a…
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I think it just varies, but I'm with you. It might be because I also wear glasses, do you? I feel like the ear loops press my glasses harder into my ears, preventing longer term wear (they're great for a half hour, not so good for six hours straight). I mostly use behind the head but foldable ones now, the ones to TC-84A-9315 spec (H95W) are pretty good for me but my nose is a bit too pointy to fit right at the nose.…
No glasses for me. Interestingly, my SO who wears glasses prefers some random behind the ear looped kn-95s. No accounting for comfort I guess.
I imagine it still helps some, but I'm very attentive to leaks at the top because glasses. If you wear it loose enough the gaps at the top are so big it doesn't fog your glasses anymore, I go the opposite direction and fiddle with it all day long trying to get the nose piece rigid enough to stop the leak. I'm not sure which approach is more risky... touching your mask is a nono too.
I guess a good mask with leaks is better than a surgical mask maybe, dunno if it's better than a rigid mask with an exhalation port TBH though, at least if you're not exhaling strongly there are no leaks and it's good for personal protection -- and since we've as a country decided it's everyone for themselves I feel pretty okay wearing a vented rigid N95 in an environment with a bunch of unmasked people.
If the link doesn't work (lots of tokens in there) try searching for "9703 3M tape conductive" as a starting point.
https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/3m/9703-4-X36YD/6...
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John Oliver is a comedian, so also not a very good source. It's written for entertainment rather than being informative.
I think it can be both entertaining and informative, but it definitely feels like they try too hard to be funny at times. Do you have an example where the information they stated in the show was factually incorrect about PFAS?
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Your post comes across as being written by someone who is unhinged rather than someone trying to make a convincing argument. > This is the result of American capitalism and the worlds most corrupt banana republic legislature where bribery is so bad they made it legal. And things like that just sound silly and trying to string a bunch of buzz words together.
What about that did you not understand? You have a corrupt government, where no law gets passed without input from corporations via their lobbyists. They have this access because they pay bribes for the privilege. That's banana republic levels of corruption. The reason this is relevant is because your FDA and EPA are both captured organisations, which is what allows Dupont and these other environmental terrorists to…