Well I think the gist was more along science communicators/celebrities for the public. Feynman - and many others - while quite brilliant, haven't had the same general layman appeal.
What is legitimate, though? If Hasselhoff picks up a converted Trans Am it’s his personal KITT car, but doesn’t otherwise have any other relationship to the show. There’s no indication this is the car from the show nor is there an indication as to how long Hasselhoff had owned the car. Arguably he needn’t even be the owner; it could be “DAVIDS PERSONAL” simply by virtue of the personal delivery by Hasselhoff of the price is high enough.
Don't bother with the video, there's very little information aside from the fact that in 2001, personal use of drugs was decriminalised and by 2009 they could see a drop in HIV infections, overdoses, and deaths.
Sorry but that’s just not true.
I was there so I know for a fact that the most destructive kind of addicts simply vanished.
I'm not going to say there aren’t many high functioning addicts, there might be.
In the late 90s the streets in certain cities were overflowing with addicts (as in walking corpses almost) and that is simply not the case anymore.
I'm yet to see any definitive numbers on how many people just buy drugs on dole and stay high at home.
I've yet to see any definitive numbers on any other number of other scenarios of speculative fiction.
Found the following report.
I'm curious what "sources" you spot checked against, given this report is from Australia's Dalgarno Institute. An institute that, quoting them:
"To shift the community and particularly adolescent, young adult and family attitudes about alcohol and other drugs away from the cultural expectation of participation, to consider the option of ‘not having to’.
However you measure life outcomes, the best possible cocaine and heroin intake is exactly zero. The report cites statistical agencies' numbers and they match the sources.
In summary, FutureFeed is working with several external suppliers to establish production. They expect to be able to improve the crop production over time.
One thing of note is significant reductions can be achieved with quite a low ratio of seaweed in the feed. Specifically they report that recent feedlot trials demonstrated over 95% methane reduction with seaweed inclusion at 0.20% of OM in the ration.
That is actually amazing! I just hope that it can be scaled and will be affordable.
I would still argue that we should look into reducing our consumption, as other environmental impacts like water consumption are still considerable. Anyhow: A step in the right direction!
What happens to that methane? Or maybe more accurately, what happens to the building blocks of that methane.
Those numbers do not show that we are reducing the output of methane by reducing the input of methane, but that the process itself is generating less methane from basically the same input.
There is no input of methane. The cows eat cellulose, and bacteria in their gut break the cellulose down into small molecules, including methane. Reduction in methane production can come from a reduction in the amount of cellulose broken down, or an increase in the production of other small molecules.
The other small molecules in question seem to be what are called "volatile fatty acids" (VFAs), which i think are more or less the same as "short-chain fatty acids" [0], and they're good for the animal.
Acetate and propionate are two main VFAs. A study on sheep [1] found that "Sheep fed Asparagopsis had a significantly lower concentration of total volatile fatty acids and acetate, but a higher propionate concentration.". If there's less methane and also less VFAs, then i assume less cellulose is being broken down. But more of the carbon from it is going into VFAs.
It would be good to have a study like this in cows.
I've heard the term biblichor used as a name for the smell of old books. This is derived from the words
Biblos: book
Ichor: the fluid that flows like blood in the veins of gods
Facebook still operates as a business in the EU and can therefore be fined there. As a similar example, Google was fined €50 million earlier this year as a result of a GDPR violation.
Can Facebook be fined by the EU for actions outside the EU that only affect users outside the EU? Sure, but it would likely create political waves and I'd doubt it'd happen. Global enforcement of GDPR isn't realistic, as the EU doesn't have worldwide jurisdiction.
The word quantum has been used as a synonym for quantity since the mid-16th century. Its use as a physics term is a much more recent development, which has definitely not fully replaced the original definition yet.
From what I've discovered, it must be a Japanese Lacquer Brush. Traditionally these are made from the hair of pearl divers, "selected as the finest and densest fibre."[1] Another reference I found quotes that "They say that the salt strengthens the hair"[2]
Thanks! I guess that makes sense, but I didn't think it through. I wonder what the original author thinks of that, do they expect their audience to be aware of this? Weird.
