voodoomagicman

Joined 15 years ago

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Comment · 2 years ago
PFAS are different from soap in that your body can't break them down or excrete them well, so they bioaccumulate. Eating soap is absolutely not good for you, and if it also built up in your body people would be really worried about small exposures to it.
Comment · 3 years ago
This is sort of begging the question why? There must be an interesting story behind the need.
Comment · 3 years ago
and Trader Joes / Aldi
Comment · 4 years ago
It's not correct to say 'inflation went up'. While inflation was not 0 and prices went up, inflation went down.
Comment · 6 years ago
There is a really useful free tier - I think the paid tier mostly includes collaboration features.
Comment · 6 years ago
This is newly interesting in light of the recent pentagon UFO revelations (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/us/politics/pentagon-ufo-...). While these have low credibility, and even if true are likely not extraterrestrial, finding life on mars would change this calculation.
Comment · 6 years ago
What non consensus and correct views are you thinking of?
Comment · 6 years ago
I was curious too - "Paul Galvin wanted a brand name for Galvin Manufacturing Corporation's new car radio, and created the name “Motorola” by linking "motor" (for motorcar) with "ola" (from Victrola), which was also a popular ending for many companies at the time, e.g. Moviola, Crayola."
Comment · 6 years ago
This is pedantic, but RADAR relies on photons as well - radio waves are just a different frequency of EM radiation vs visible light. A RADAR system emits photons that are reflected and hit a sensor like LIDAR does (or like a camera with a flash does). I think your point that having more diverse sensors is safer stands though.
Comment · 9 years ago
I agree with the spirit of your comment, but FB certainly CAN pay 15% raises to their lowest paid employees - I imagine w/ very little impact to their bottom line.
Comment · 9 years ago
This implies race by referencing stereotypes in a way that I find objectionable - noticed you getting downvotes and figured its worth giving some constructive feedback.
Comment · 10 years ago
Comment · 10 years ago
edited to correct spelling

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