matthewterhune

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by matthewterhune 3y ago
Yes, the birth rates are higher where the birth rates are higher, but you could do this with any city - find some enclave that's doing better than the rest on whatever metric. Sydney as a whole is below replacement fertility just like
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by matthewterhune 3y ago
Birth rate in Sydney is down to 1.62 and falling as of 2021, and is lower than in NSW in general. Well below replacement. https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/baby-drought-the-suburbs...
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by matthewterhune 3y ago
Of course they do, though not to a big company like Google for something trivial like this when they could pay a bit of money. Threats aren't cost free.
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by matthewterhune 3y ago
It means increasing food prices specifically for foods that require extensive irrigation, and are likely ill-suited for the region they are being grown except for water subsidies, e.g. almonds in California. So it means shifting agriculture
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by matthewterhune 4y ago
The biodistribution of the viral vector vaccines is likely different and also dependant on what tissue the vector prefers to infect, so when it leaks out of the injection site you get side effects in other places (clotting and vascular effe
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by matthewterhune 4y ago
If this were the cause, I would expect to see similar rates of myocarditis from the viral vector vaccines, but it's much lower. The MRNA vaccines work by causing cells to produce antigens, which are presented on the cell surface and in
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by matthewterhune 5y ago
Get a prescription for semaglutide. It's approved for weight loss in the US now, and trials show an ~15% reduction in body mass. It's not a stimulant and the side effect profile is pretty good.
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by matthewterhune 5y ago
"Global" in this context means all of Europe, not all of earth. 1 MW per 16 European citizens is not remotely close to enough power for the entire earth.
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by matthewterhune 5y ago
Lots of evidence that genetics have a large influence on early language development, especially speech, if you care to look. E.g. this study finds genetics contributing over 60% of variance: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc&
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by matthewterhune 5y ago
Umm, yeast is a common surface flora on many cheeses (probably all natural rind cheeses), and you can in fact buy packets of Debaryomyces Hansenii and Candida Utilis from Danisco specifically for use in cheese. Source: I'm involved in
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by matthewterhune 6y ago
The signal has already been converted from digital to analog by the time it's going out over a speaker cable.