stevespang

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by stevespang 7y ago
Dementia aside, nursing homes drug up EVERYONE who is a pain in the ass, SOP. American children of families with enough money would typically rather someone else deal with their aging parents rather than they have to.
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by stevespang 7y ago
Amazing.
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by stevespang 7y ago
Our Fry's in Austin had a "real tough front" on returns. You had to go through a lot of BS to return anything. I wonder if that contributed to the downfall, and if Fry's in other states were tough on returns as well . .
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by stevespang 7y ago
For those who are clueless: This happened in Germany.
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by stevespang 7y ago
"Strelka" is the term in Russian for street fights, often rings are set up in empty lots with a sand base, announcers, referees, dozens of men and women watch amateurs put in mouthpieces and pummel each other in the ring
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by stevespang 7y ago
ruthenium is only $8K per kg.
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by stevespang 7y ago
"California’s legislature recently passed a law, Assembly Bill 5, codifying a California Supreme Court decision that classifies many independent contractors as full-time employees" . . . is that a giant sucking sound I hear as sco
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by stevespang 7y ago
No word "nuclear" in the article ? There is no verified fission reaction that is used to produce energy on this planet yet, is this a scam ? Oklo said the Aurora plant can produce power for decades without any need to refuel. It c
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by stevespang 7y ago
As a person who has traveled extensively in the former USSR, owned a business for 6 years intricately linked to Russia, observed and studied the politics and social structure of this region . . . Putin is directly responsible for the lost l
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by stevespang 7y ago
I agree, anyone, everywhere and anywhere in "the chain" is liable immediately - - that will change things promptly as Telecoms will not allow themselves to be liable . . .
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by stevespang 7y ago
“The White Savior Industrial Complex is not about justice,” Teju Cole wrote in 2012. “It is about having a big emotional experience that validates privilege.” You see this everywhere, like the wealthy people who sign up to feed the homeless
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by stevespang 7y ago
Someone attempt to make a case for me for how raising insects for protein can ever compete against farming duckweed. Duckweed has no negative associations with eating insects, it doubles in volume every 2 or 3 days,it produces high levels o
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by stevespang 7y ago
Polyunsaturated oils = excessive free radicals under storage and heat of cooking Saturated fats and the cholesterol of meats = atherosclerosis Fried anything = acrylonitrile, carcinogenic Monosaturated oils such as olive oil are the key, no
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by stevespang 7y ago
392 published papers
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by stevespang 7y ago
It appears the author avoids the simple solution of bringing more monosaturated oils into the diet. If raw vegetarianism forbids it, then it is likely a failed diet plan. Leaning more and more towards "keto vegetarian", I consum
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by stevespang 7y ago
If I did the math correctly, 18.1 grams of Californium emits 41,630,000 neutrons per second, so it's amazing the suspects are not dead.
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by stevespang 7y ago
Story can be read here: https://outline.com/X6uzgf
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by stevespang 7y ago
'Bout time someone held Amazon accountable. They have been abusing the system for way too long. Would like to see some law firms file class actions against Bezos operation.
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by stevespang 7y ago
Yet another fake news title claiming big results for what really turns out to be gold nanoparticles assimilated on and into aquatic plants only. Note: Gold is NOT a beneficial macronutrient or micronutrient in plant physiology.
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by stevespang 7y ago
Not only banned flourocarbons, China and Asia are the main source of plastics entering the oceans through their rivers. Some are calling for environmental mercenaries, like Earth First! or GreenPeace, who will reek havoc on those who pollut
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by stevespang 7y ago
Hmmm, last I checked concentrated sulfuric acid is not commonly available to or advised to be used by the public . . . so forget about the common man recycling this stuff, just another development of "big corporate" to keep this
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by stevespang 7y ago
In the Balkans war, Russia was caught selling GPS spoofers to our adversaries, average price $20 to $30K. US military simply installed downward seeking GPS signal seekers on smart bombs, problem solved. Then of course, adversaries install
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by stevespang 8y ago
multimeters of this sort cannot accurately measure such low voltages and amps since they by design inject low amounts of their own battery power into the system and measure what comes back.
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by stevespang 8y ago
No, you're right. But the ultra rich have "loopholes" since donating a building or a stadium to a college is not against the law, and a backroom handshake deal can still be made to donate millions without it going on the reco
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by stevespang 8y ago
The SEC dogs Elon Musk but doesn't dare lock horns with Larry Ellison, the pathological corporate sociopath whose company locks users into seemingly never ending software leases with threatened audits and whose corp has teams of lawyer
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by stevespang 8y ago
They all know that anybody can just go on Sci-Hub and get most research. My local city library offers several "legal" free access sites to published journals - - if you have 20 minutes to wade through all the ridiculous BS on the
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by stevespang 8y ago
First of all, although water heaters may be lowest cost to install, they "leak" or bleed off energy in the form of lost heat over time. Obviously super insulating them can cut some of this loss. 2nd, the "bidirectional contro
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by stevespang 8y ago
Impeachment will never happen. If you study recent history, an impeachment attempt on Trump will go down just like it did on Clinton - - strictly along party lines. The Clinton vote was razor accurate along party lines when it happened.
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by stevespang 8y ago
The ability of permanent ferromagnets to resist (or survive) attacks on their permanent field orientations is related to their intrinsic coercivity Hci. In general, rare earth magnets are much more resistant, however, radiation, excessive h
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by stevespang 8y ago
>Grace wrote at 12/8/2018 1:45:34 AM: >That picture is neither Jamison nor Professor Hart; and >Jamison Go is a PhD student, not a professor

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