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by jly 7y ago
The question is - what else would you do with the money? I wouldn't stick money in a low-interest mortgage if I was willing to tolerate some risk for a better return. Paying down a mortgage @ 3.5% is not a 'great' investment
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by jly 7y ago
It depends on what your plans are for the money. If this is long-term savings, I would invest it all into a balanced portfolio as soon as you can and forget about it - there are many portfolio examples out there that only use a few 'to
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by jly 7y ago
Completely agree. I think one main goal of introducing an African/European hybrid was to improve the productivity in tropical and sub-tropical climates (Central/South America) and arid climates (parts of northern Mexico and south
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by jly 7y ago
Good list, but.. > Africanization - of honeybees has reduced their ability to withstand the cold. has probably been saving a lot of North American bees (certainly in the wild). Am. scutellata behavioral differences are vastly more benefi
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by jly 7y ago
This is a bit sensational. Most Boeing jets that you can book a flight on today are some of the safest the world has ever seen. For example, the 777 has been in service 25 years with only a few serious accidents we can conclusively say are
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by jly 7y ago
> very few animals other than these exhibit eusociality (humans aside, Technically, humans are not eusocial, which by definition requires a biological division of reproductive labor. Most eusocial species actually have significant morph
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by jly 7y ago
I'm also a huge fan of Wilson's books, but his most recent two evolution-focused works ('The Social Conquest of Earth' and the new 'Genesis') really double-down on the ideas of group selection. I guess this de
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by jly 7y ago
It's a very interesting topic and one that is widely debated these days as beekeepers face mounting threats from disease. This is a good overview with some references that also worth digging into: https://www.naturalbeekeepi
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by jly 7y ago
> My grandfather (a beekeeper) said the queen had likely stopped at each spot to consider it for a hive (leaving pheromones), then moved on, and the swarm landed at each place. Usually (but not always) when you see multiple swarm cluster
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by jly 7y ago
https://acsbadge.com/product/formaldehyde-vapor-monitor-f-50...
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by jly 7y ago
Looking at the link, this device measures formaldehyde in mg/m3. You'll need to convert this to ppm, just FYI. 1 ppm in air = 1.24 mg/m3 @ 25° C If you're measuring 0.1 on the meter, that's about 0.08ppm (still pre
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by jly 7y ago
I was also curious, as an owner of a box mattress and laminate flooring. I used https://acsbadge.com/ to do a highly-accurate one time test of my home and was happy with the results. Piece of mind to determine if you have
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by jly 7y ago
I am not aware of a consumer sensor that measures this accurately enough, but I'm also curious what is available. I tested my home using a badge from this company: https://acsbadge.com/ They are not cheap ($60 for one
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by jly 7y ago
0.1 ppm is quite a high indoor concentration of formaldehyde. Most homes will not air exposure levels this high. Just for reference, NIOSH recommends 0.016 ppm as the max exposure limit for a workday. CARB recommends a max safe level of 0
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by jly 7y ago
Indoor air quality means different things to different people. There are so many chemicals and particles that qualify as air 'pollution' that I find it helpful to rank how important they are. This article does a good job of quan
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by jly 7y ago
I'll second the LaserEgg 2. Great product and I've also had some eye-opening experience with cooking and indoor AQI. These used to be tougher to find in the US but I think you can get them on Amazon, now.
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by jly 7y ago
I bought an AQI / PM2.5 monitor and was shocked to find the same thing. I placed it in an upstairs bedroom, far removed from the kitchen, and the PM2.5 readings jump to unhealthy levels within minutes or cooking, even that far away.
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by jly 7y ago
The big particles are not what is most dangerous. Range hoods that recirculate air are not helpful. All kitchens should have externally-exhausted vent hoods, and it's even more important when using gas ranges, since a lot of harmful
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by jly 7y ago
We already collectively pay for K-12 education (in the US). I'd rather pay a little extra and see progress equalizing opportunity in a world where complex skills are increasingly needed to succeed. Anyone who was able to go to a grea
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by jly 8y ago
> She makes the claim that DHA is required for proper brain growth. It's demonstrably incorrect. There is considerable peer-reviewed research going back at least a couple of decades that would back up this claim, even if it has been
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by jly 8y ago
I'm a happy Google Fiber customer (Austin), and my neighborhood was deep-trenched. The results have been excellent, with near-zero reliability issues and a clean look on the street. Unfortunately, not everyone is having the same exper
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by jly 8y ago
You are correct in that the ways we commercially keep bees (our 'business needs') override the mechanisms honeybees evolved for defense against disease. Swarming is just one of many natural behaviors that enhances the bees' a
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by jly 8y ago
> Interesting that no self-cleaning (or mate-cleaning) behavior has emerged. Actually, several behaviors have already emerged. Bees can groom each other to remove the mites, and they can also display hygienic behavior where they open up
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by jly 8y ago
The microcontroller landscape is shifting rapidly. I think many of the things you've mentioned - no dynamic tasks, no filesystem, etc - are appropriate for some devices and some software but not all. MCUs today are pushing the boundar
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by jly 8y ago
I do both (walk + bus and bike) but it's a lot more walk these days even though it takes almost 2x as long as biking for me. The main reason is that the bike commute is uncomfortable and it feels pretty dangerous, even though it'
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by jly 8y ago
I grew up in a cold winter area before the modern age of technology and we found plenty of ways to occupy our time. For one, we still spent a lot of time outside! I remember fondly many winter weekends and evenings as a kid building snowm
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by jly 8y ago
> Office workers, sleepy truckers, hospital nurses on 10-hour shifts, cabbies, students, cops? They're not the only ones who benefit from a cup, or a few, Harkless pointed out. Don't get me wrong, I love coffee. However, it ma
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by jly 8y ago
Any organized reforms requires enough of the population to agree to substantial lifestyle changes and sacrifice, and that starts at the individual level. How do we expect people to agree to reduce meat consumption, or fly/drive less,
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by jly 8y ago
> 80-120g protein as a minimum. That's a fair amount, and far more than you're likely to get from vegetarian sources at the time alone. The article says legionnaires and gladiators were eating 5000-6000 calories daily, with 78%
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by jly 8y ago
That's an interesting point and one I haven't considered or seen any significant research on. My gut take is that insects will be fine and would likely return to previous densities given a reduction in pesticide use and restoratio

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