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by dsq 5y ago
Yes, thank you. I was sloppy with my phrasing. The idea is that it takes only a small number of males to procreate the next generation, so the rest of the males are a kind of surplus that can be diverted, to fighting for example.
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by dsq 5y ago
Nature creates superfluous number of males (since one male ususally has most of females, like in a pride of lions, or a sultan's harem). Therefore those unattached males, who are still too young and inexperienced to fight the old ones,
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by dsq 5y ago
With no nuclear weapons program there is not enough national impetus to maintain a reactor program, especially in face of determined Green opposition. I think only Japan has a large civilian nuclear capability without dual use.
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by dsq 5y ago
'Never let a good crisis go to waste'. European leaders have long known they had to increase military ability, they just couldn't persuade their citizens.
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by dsq 5y ago
I wonder if mass rape in world war two could be verified by DNA analysis of the following generation to see how many newborn were the product of males from occupying forces as opposed to previous generations.
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by dsq 5y ago
It would (in CCP thinking) remove a major US ally from proxomity to PRC homeland, give PRC greater territorial and economic zones in the sea, give freedom of action to the PRC navy, and of course vindicate CCP legitimacy. Only problem is -
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by dsq 5y ago
I have noticed that the 'American system' works best in - America, although copied all over the world. The cars, houses, gas prices, street width, availability and size of parking spaces, etc. are all optimal in the US. Even Cana
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by dsq 5y ago
Is that 2 dollars per liter? Otherwise 2 per gallon is a steal nowadays...
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by dsq 5y ago
This sounds a bit like the question "Have you stopped beating your wife?" (perhaps today better to say spouse or SO). You're damned whatever you answer. Having said that, I think systemd can be an excellent tool suite. The th
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by dsq 5y ago
Is it really? I've always felt the opposite, that as time goes by each new language becones easier to learn. I started with C, which was really a challenge. But since then it's been a whole new one every 2-4 years.
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by dsq 5y ago
It of course would only happen if the current regime were to fall. Perhaps 'annex' is too hard a word. Maybe 'cover all oustanding debts and throw in some lucrative personal deals for the current Kremlin warlord'? Napole
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by dsq 5y ago
China may be playing the long game in more ways than one. Russia butts heads with West and undergoes economic and moral deterioration which may lead to rapid regime destabilization, after which China can annex Siberia, which is a truly worl
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by dsq 5y ago
Reports that the fires were intensified by the lithium ion batteries igniting and therefore harder to put out are not the first time reported: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/08/04/tesla-f.
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by dsq 5y ago
'Peckish' comes to mind. And it helps me to think "I'm not hungry, it's just the ghrelin manipulating me".
525.
by dsq 5y ago
I had the same thought! There is an 'upbeat filter'.
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by dsq 5y ago
The beatings (unemployability, no investment for entrepreneurs who aren't 'upbeat') will continue until morale improves.
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by dsq 5y ago
Antediluvian lifespans were order of magnitude greater. Methuselah was, I think, over 900 years. After the flood the lifespans became significantly shorter.
528.
by dsq 5y ago
My aunt once tried to give her great-nephew some money by check. Because her bank didn't have a local branch in the other country or maybe just because the bank workers were lazy, it was nearly impossible to cash it, with fees coming t
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by dsq 5y ago
I personally have gone the route of 'unsupplementing', in the sense of greatly reducing caffeine intake and of not eating in the evening. Earplugs and cold air conditioning also help. Hope this helps...
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by dsq 5y ago
The next step of course is for AI to do all the reading - as is actually already the case today. Bots that scan blogs/ websites and post artificial comments, together with a drop in reading among humans never seen before, with widespre
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by dsq 5y ago
Tyrannical or misguided management practices can temporarily increase fear, which masquerades as loyalty. The Soviet Union tried this. However, when the system finally truly needs support, it falls. Unheeded and unloved.
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by dsq 5y ago
When at home - pushups, pullups, situps can be done right next to your computer. If you are in an apartment - use the stairs rather than the elevator. If you need to go to the store - walk if possible.
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by dsq 5y ago
For better or for worse, horses and dogs have been alongside humans in peace and war for millenia and are adapted specifically for that. They are even classified as domestic/farm animals. I hope that current K9s do not strap bombs on d
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by dsq 5y ago
The accounts of horses in war are quite horrific, and their replacement by machines in the role of war transports is gratifying.
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by dsq 5y ago
Though maybe being on ground zero counts as 'lucky' compared to being, say, 20 miles away in the fallout zone. One goes quickly, in the flash itself. Either that or on a Pacific Island somewhere (with a mountain, not sea level) wi
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by dsq 5y ago
This, together the news that North Korea also has weaponized marine mammals, makes me more saddened than from the usual dismal news we hear. Even the primal innocent are being roped into our primate rivalries. It gets even worse, as each si
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by dsq 5y ago
Comparing Islamic societies (alcohol forbidden) with others should be a good basis for research. Also, non Islamic sub cultures in Islamic countries (Copts in Egypt, Maronites in Lebanon).
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by dsq 5y ago
Love. How much love does one invest in an internal product, only to have it rebuffed, denigrated or simply undervalued or taken for granted? After a few times the talented person finds some other avenue for expression.
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by dsq 5y ago
If the laser is speed of light it shouldn't be necessary to predict insect positions, unless there are mechanical delays of moving the laser mount.
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by dsq 5y ago
There may be an additional, geopolitical element to Germany buying France's nuclear energy. This is an implicit subsidy of the EU's only nuclear weapons state, post Brexit. To make sure the EU (not the same as NATO) continues to

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