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by ljf 2y ago
True, but I was just referring to the data on the linked site.
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by ljf 2y ago
Check out this (also linked elsewhere in this post): https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2... Compares US to other developed countries, and compares other things such as maternity leave and
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by ljf 2y ago
Some useful graphs here: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2... Black women in the US are almost 10 times as likely to die during/after childbirth, compared to all women in the UK (an
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by ljf 2y ago
For a while any Apple original we watched, was awful. Better than most Amazon Prime content, but a good chunk down below Netflix. That has started to even out more now (Apple/Netflix) but Prime content barely gets watched in our house
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by ljf 2y ago
You are entirely correct - I have lost whole afternoons to similar sites: https://cyberneticzoo.com/early-underwater-manipulators-and-... Machines/suits/robots like these really tickle part of my brain.
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by ljf 2y ago
As a child in the 80s, one of my teachers had a stack of 70s kids science magazines for rainy lunch times. One of them had a section in Lunokhod and also on some sort of pressurised diving suit. I'd seek those magazines out and stare a
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by ljf 2y ago
Don't forget that Methane decays into water vapour and CO2
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Scientists have uncovered the structure of 1918 flu virus (2004)(ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
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by ljf 2y ago
Totally this - one of my concern about the current outbreak is that this outbreak is in prisoners, so men who are kept in closer than normal quarters, increasing the risk of a person to person transmission taking hold. Hopeful that this fiz
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Confirmation of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Commercial& Backyard Flocks(aphis.usda.gov)
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How to solve a mass stranding: what caused 77 whales to die on a Scottish beach(theguardian.com)
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US low-income households face power shutoffs amid deadly heat(theguardian.com)
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Human cases of H5N1 bird flu(bnonews.com)
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by ljf 2y ago
Fwiw - 2 more people tested positive. Here is a list of everyone that has tested positive (world wide) since 2021: https://bnonews.com/index.php/human-cases-of-h5n1-bird-flu/
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by ljf 2y ago
My Nokia E61 and then E71 felt like I had everything I needed (except built in GPS on the E61, but a cheap Bluetooth module sufficed) - maps, apps, movies, music, blogging, great notes, OK camera, extendable storage - and a battery which l
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by ljf 2y ago
Edit - shows we didn't read the article properly, which states the 48 are not yet returned- from the article: On Friday, the CDPHE returned with a larger team to the site and tested 48 additional symptomatic workers, a spokesperson sai
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by ljf 2y ago
Totally this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40935688 - China's clean energy pushes coal to record-low 53% share of power in May 2024 That clean energy is even cheaper than their already cheap coal powered power
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by ljf 2y ago
This is amazing to see play out, once cheap storage is solved and managed demand is widespread - is can only accelerate further.
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by ljf 2y ago
Totally, they sound gross, but already there is loads of positive research (and anecdotes) on the benefits.
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by ljf 2y ago
Prebiotics are generally sugars that are specifically chosen to not be absorbed by the gut, so that they can be food for the yeasts and microbes that live in your lower intestines. Probiotics are doses of the yeasts and microbes - and again
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by ljf 2y ago
I was interested in the figure regarding numbers of people in houses vs apartments/flats (quick google search): In the EU in 2021, 53 % of the population lived in a house, while 46 % lived in a flat (1 % lived in other accommodation, s
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by ljf 2y ago
We always loved our G-tech: https://www.gtech.co.uk/cordless-vacuum-cleaners.html For a wood floored two bed house, when there was just two of us and a cat, it was perfect. But we now have a larger house with 2 kids and 2 c
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by ljf 2y ago
I guess you could do the same thought experiment with foam/sponge balls in a bath - no matter if they squeeze, they will still be moved out the way and follow the path of the semi-circle shape.
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by ljf 2y ago
I was interested to see that this link was flagged the other day after getting around 15 upvotes but no comments. Pleased to see it back as I thought the post was worthy of a read. Watching this film set me off in a Herzog marathon - amazin
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by ljf 2y ago
I would make a minor suggestion to the above: Instead, you should contact every HR person YOU KNOW on LinkedIn Start with people you know, and people you've worked with - get your 'bad pitches' out to them, understand the p
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by ljf 2y ago
Imagine I fill a bathtub full of marbles - and I pull a solid semi circle through the marbles. The marbles that flat side moves past will barely have to move, the marbles that are displaced by the round side will have to 'move further&
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by ljf 2y ago
The speed of the wing is what causes the air to move around the two faces of the wing. The air has to move around the wing as it is being pulled through it. Imagine pulling a fixed walled tube though the air, the air will move through the t
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by ljf 2y ago
Don't compare the pressure of the air in the workshop to the fast moving air in the nozzle - compare the air in the system of the compressor. In an air compressor, the lowest pressure air is the air moving through the hose and out the
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by ljf 2y ago
Thanks - I did wonder if it had been posted previously, but didn't have chance to check on my phone.
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Humanity's satellite habit could end up choking Earth's ozone layer(theregister.com)
3 points by ljf 2y ago|2 comments

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