Any chance for a tldr?

I can’t read article because of paywall.

I’m genuinely interested as I am part of expanding the thermal energy network (district heating) in Denmark. A technology we have been exporting for quite many years - later years also for cooling.

we have the word in Danish. It is used to express 'No' with a bit of slang-vibes to it. Kinda like 'Nope'.

We also say 'Niks'

I think Niksen is the 'cute' word for Niks. The ending -sen is the familiar -sen from 'son (of)' found in 'Jensen' 'Hansen' 'Larsen' or in swedish 'Hansson' 'Larsson'

the -en ending indicates the infinitive in Dutch

Same for german (I think).

We also have nix/nichts which means nothing. And "nichtsen" would somewhat make sense in german, at least I think most people would understand it.

-sen also can be son-of (e.g. Jansen), it's just that niks happens to end in an s.

'Niks' is an alternative version of 'niets', which means 'nothing'.

Niksen is the verbified form, so 'to nothing'.

It has an -en ending like most verbs, unrelated to the -sen ending as in those names.

Yesterday the Danish Minister of Education went on screen to tell everybody he will try and help the schools reduce the use of screens and electronics.

He wants handwriting and books back in the classrooms.

Danish as well. I didn’t see it mentioned, so I will add: that back then, a ship could not moor along the key on starboard/styrbord side. So it had to be the other side: hence the English port side.

Could you elaborate a bit on that?

Personally I think waste management is one of the coolest things to do. Everyone generates waste, and it is fwcking so much up for us.

An old Indian word for a sweeper (lowest caste sweeping roads with a broom) is Mahader - meaning ’the Greatest’.

I’ve done work at waste water treatment facilities, land fills, incinerators, to name a few horrible places; and as terrible the surroundings may be, it grants a special self esteem, wealth and ‘ordinary’ status will never fully give you.

The Sopranos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyvUFmm3h54

Aerial seeding is used to quickly cover large areas, e.g. post forest fires; but often has very low germination rates.

By attaching seed to a self burying carrier, germination rates go up.

It seems as if the carrier is made out of wooden veneer.

Article from Nature https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05656-3

Speaking of Dogs and Human interaction: I remember a study stating that wolfs lack a certain muscle, which dogs have. A muscle above the eye; believed to be directly linked to dogs’ long time interaction with humans.

The Husky is also missing this. Thus their strange staring appearance.

I have caught quite a few red fish in Greenland. They ‘only’ live a hundred meters down, but sure they kinda explode when surface. Eyes pop out, and their swim bladder pops out of their mouth. If they get unhooked on the way up, they will also surface themselves.

I've only been sea fishing twice off the coast of NC on a boat, but I don't remember reeling in hundreds of meters of line...

How long does that take?

Such an amazing read!

In Denmark you need to hold a degree of engineering for you to call you an engineer of any kind. It's a protected term. As I remember, in the US it is not protected and anyone can call themselves engineers.

It varies by state.