Everything posted by StringJunky
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WHO declares mpox epidemic public health emergency of international concern
They are also ignorant that with increasing infection increases the chance of more dangerous, more transmissable variants; evolution.
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WHO declares mpox epidemic public health emergency of international concern
I mentioned this thought on an a FB page mentioning it. A poster says that's ok and won't be a problem for him and most people because it's a gays disease.
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10k Philosophy challenge
Just shut up and stop turning every thread into spaghetti. .
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Nostalgic toys from your youth that left an impression in your memories...
Mamod steam engine. Early 70s. Ran on Meths and had a steering rod through the chimney.
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What's so valuable about art?
This is not even a subject for discussion, really. It is almost a truism that something is worth what someone is prepared to pay for it. It's monetary value is subjective.
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US spend massive and massive about of money on cancer research compared to Japan, South Korea, Singapore, China and Taiwan?
The molecular configuration on the surface of a nanoparticle have specificity for certain predefined target cell surface features, where they interact and deliver the therapeutic substance to them. They can move around passively and stochastically in the circulation until it connects with the target that has compatible surface features
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Harris vs Trump;
Looks like we are going to have to go back to analogue methods for important stuff. Stone tablets, pen and paper, and film photography and video. "Houston... we have a problem". Not only is democracy under threat, but authenticity is as well.
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Harris vs Trump;
I'm getting really annoyed with having to think twice when I see manipulated images now on facebook. We are the lucky ones because we have references, being pre-internet, but it's going to be impossible for youngsters growing up now to differentiate fact from fiction.
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Harris vs Trump;
He's been doing that methodically since he started, so that no one can see the board any more to play properly.
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WHO declares mpox epidemic public health emergency of international concern
I agree. I think one pandemic is enough to experience. I will happily forsake finding that out if a pandemic can be avoided. There is a vaccine for this, isn't there? To get started with anyway, given the mutations will likely accelerate with increasing exposure.
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WHO declares mpox epidemic public health emergency of international concern
If it comes to pass widely in the west, I am curious to see how many anti-vaxxers will refuse the jab given that this is highly cosmetically visible and can leave scars and skin discolouration.
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What's so valuable about art?
Van Gogh. He used colour to express emotions evoked by his subjects, rather than try to represent them verbatim.
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What's so valuable about art?
Art is a means isolating elements of our experience and perception for the purpose of sharing it.
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anyone having trouble posting, quoting, etc due to aggressive ads?
I've just installed Firefox and uBlock Origin on my Android tablet. There is no ads on this site after installing uBlock, which there was before I added uBlock.... yuk! In Firefox on Android if you click the 3 dots top right, select Extensions, then uBlock Origin you will see an 'Element Zapper'. Click on that, which will return you to the errant page and try clicking on the obstruction. See what happens. I don't have the issue, so can't replicate it. On PC, with uBlock Origin installed, if you right-click on the enshittification you should see a 'Block Element' entry. Click on that, then click on 'Create'. That will make an entry in the block list for that element. Don't be afraid to try the other blocking options in Settings, especially Fanboy's lists. You can temporarily disable ublock for a site by clicking on the broken blue circle icon if something breaks a site. Some secure sites like banks don't like it when they check for authorisation. As aside, I think it's a good idea to have an unmodified browser as well to act as a reserve in case something is amiss on a site you want to access and to eliminate whether your usual browser is at issue. It's very difficult to have a secure, privacy-based browser without sometimes breaking a site, like, as I said, banks. They have their own secure channels built in anyway.
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US spend massive and massive about of money on cancer research compared to Japan, South Korea, Singapore, China and Taiwan?
That's something I didn't know. Makes sense, they avoid programmed cell death and the fidelity of resultant copies degrades? I thought the telomeres helped to avoid that copy degradation, but the price was guaranteed senescence.
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US spend massive and massive about of money on cancer research compared to Japan, South Korea, Singapore, China and Taiwan?
I did say "....can't keep replicating perfectly". My point was that even if you can avoid carcinogenics and the like, telomere shortening will get you in the end. cancer is not really something you can overcome.
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US spend massive and massive about of money on cancer research compared to Japan, South Korea, Singapore, China and Taiwan?
Cellular machinery can't keep replicating perfectly after the telomeres are depleted. Cancer isn't something that can be beaten, only delayed or sidelined by some other fatal experience. Cancer ultimately is bound to increasing entropy; the tendency for systems to become disorganized.
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'The Playboy of The Western World' - (When Fascists Come to Town)
- anyone having trouble posting, quoting, etc due to aggressive ads?
What browser are you using?- 'The Playboy of The Western World' - (When Fascists Come to Town)
Millionaires are common. Mainly those with it tied up in houses. Musk's daughter has him sized up: All the world's a stage, eh?- 'The Playboy of The Western World' - (When Fascists Come to Town)
Yes. a lot of the 60-plussers attitudes are generally shocking and antiquated in my area. It tickles me greatly that Elon now has a trans-daughter. Binarity is at the historical cusp of being seen like the aether, I think. The increase in variability of expression will bode us more favourably to surmount adverse circumstances in the future. It means individuals can move away from restrictive traditional social expectations into activities and cognitive pursuits they excel at, which should benefit the societies that welcome them. "Vive la difference", as the French say.- 2024 Presidential Election: Who should replace Joe Biden?
He looks mature, with sufficient gravitas, not old. He doesn't look like he's pushing up against gravity; that's the important thing.- Dim needs to cut the trolling shit now.
To dim this is a parlour game, not to be taken seriously. I actively engage with Zionist-type morons elsewhere everyday, who come out with the most ridiculous rubbish and gutter-level insults, so I have developed somewhat of a thick skin, but, yeah, finding a reply from him is like finding dogshit on your shoe most of the time. If he can brazenly come out with the stuff he does, I can respond in kind, like now. I've done my bit reporting, but it's up to the mods.- What is Space made of?
Ok. The Higgs field is what contributes to mass?- What is Space made of?
We can talk about space between things and things that occupy space, depending on the focus. 'Space' is just an abstraction to delineate an object within it or outside of it, or the whole inclusive volume. A space is occupied, or not, depending what your focus is. Are their 'actors' in it or not. This is turning into a tautology. - anyone having trouble posting, quoting, etc due to aggressive ads?
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