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by Tagbert 2y ago
Inflammation is part of the immune response. It’s generally a good thing if it happens when needed and if it stops when the stimulus is gone. If your immune system is stimulating inflammation for false positives or continuously that is whe
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by Tagbert 2y ago
The British History podcast as a fun listen and spends a lot of time on the time from end of Roman control up to the Norman invasion. Aethelstan gets as much coverage as possible. https://www.thebritishhistorypodcast.com/
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by Tagbert 2y ago
So, what is the actual threat from this? That someone now has my phone number (already public) and knows that I have called or texted with some other numbers? What is the risk in that? It’s not clear.
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by Tagbert 2y ago
It was Agatha, all along.
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by Tagbert 2y ago
True, though one of the strengths of Affinity is that their files work in both Photo and Designer. You can open in each app and use a tool and then switch back.
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by Tagbert 2y ago
I've also used Inkscape to do the image tracing and export to SVG. I don't like Inkscape for other purposes but it is useful for that.
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by Tagbert 2y ago
Yes, I would love to have a 3D CAD problem for modeling a new deck or a raise garden bed but most of the tools are just way out of budget for that.
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by Tagbert 2y ago
It is definitely more like Photoshop than Lightroom. You'll need to look elsewhere if you need file management.
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by Tagbert 2y ago
Not that I'm aware of. I hope that their new relationship with Canva gives them the resources to add AI for some features. that might be a 3.0 version.
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by Tagbert 2y ago
I just use Inkscape for tracing and then export to SVG. I can't use Inkscape for anything else but it does provide that function.
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by Tagbert 2y ago
Another area where words are created is in product names. They can be created purely synthetically but even those often still use existing words as the basis for the creation. For every "Zyrtec" (which still plays on "tech&qu
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by Tagbert 2y ago
It is much rarer for a word to be created out of whole cloth. Most words come from modifying or combining existing words. Even when people try to create new words, they often use an existing word as the basis to give it some additional mean
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by Tagbert 2y ago
That is the combination of observations and the mathematical theory to explain the observations.
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by Tagbert 2y ago
From the first time I was exposed to cilantro I thought it smelled like stink bugs. I don't really get the soap taste but I rarely eat enough to really experience that, either. Oddly, I liked coriander seeds long before I was exposed t
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by Tagbert 2y ago
Some discoveries founder in the stage of figure out how to go from a science experiment to a process to manufacture actual batteries. Sometimes there are technical or economic issues that prevent commercialization. Most of the research on t
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by Tagbert 2y ago
Because they are not labeled as medical products. It is a loophole.
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by Tagbert 2y ago
Seems like a prudent insurance policy given the "almost there" strains and infections we have seen recently.
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by Tagbert 2y ago
In each step of the American system, you go up by a factor of 1000 each time. There is no discontinuity. The problem was that there were once two billions, the short billion and the long billion. The English world decided to use the short b
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by Tagbert 2y ago
Sherlocking seems to be the exception rather than the rule. This year several of the features that Apple revealed do have the potential to Sherlock some apps, but most years that is not the case. Look at window management. People have had t
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by Tagbert 2y ago
Isn't London at risk of floods with climate change and sea level rise? Not sure that is the best place to invest in underground structures.
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by Tagbert 2y ago
It's not just the math. Observations of galaxy rotations point to something that acts like dark matter exerting a gravitational pull. There are other theories that are being explored (Like MOND) but they don't match the actual uni
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by Tagbert 2y ago
There just aren't many car batteries that are at the end of their life in a vehicle. Their lifetime seems to be a lot longer than many thought early on. Other than the Leaf batteries, most EV batteries from 10 years ago are still going
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by Tagbert 2y ago
Most soft drinks of the day started off as health tonics. Health tonics were popular in the late 19th and early 20th century and were often made by pharmacists and sold in their shops. That is why we had "soda fountains" in drug s
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by Tagbert 2y ago
Can we start with an actual definition of "ultra-processed". I've seen studies that defined any product with more than five ingredients as "ultra-processed" which seems both arbitrary and broad. Has anyone shown act
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by Tagbert 2y ago
I used to have one of the older ones with buttons. now I have a recent Paperwhite and don't really miss them. I just tap on the screen edge and it works fine. I can understand the appeal of buttons and am glad that you have a reader wi
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by Tagbert 2y ago
Since reusable bags have so little mass, I am not so concerned about the energy use to produce. More about the amount of bags and micro-plastics that escape into the environment.
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by Tagbert 2y ago
you should shop around. I see the heavy plastic bags in the US$2-5 range. Check out Trader Joe's if you have them. I've been using the same couple of TJ bags for years.
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by Tagbert 2y ago
The point is to have a plastic that breaks down into starches and cellulose which are materials that our biomes can hand and can break down or incorporate. The trick will be producing a plastic that is stable enough for use but can break do
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by Tagbert 2y ago
That is one of the reasons that Apple went with dual-layer OLED on the new iPads. Having twice the emitters lets you run them at lower power while still providing normal brightness. The more power you drive through an emitter the faster it
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by Tagbert 2y ago
In the articles I’ve read claiming that there is no free will, they seem to be assuming that “free” means that it would arise spontaneously without any interaction with the prior environment that could influence the decisions. They claim, r

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