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They are still just spontaneous brain farts, it's just that some hit the bull's eye of reflecting nature. You've still got to do the slog of describing them in concordance with consensus in that field.

Nylon is like Dracula: tough as old boots in the dark, but turns to dust in the light. Lost a few big fish from using old nylon fishing line.

StudioT can probably answer that. Maybe sticking a label over hole should suffice? I'm only thinking of a pinhole.

Part of the issue is because the contents are put in hot then sealed. The airspace cools down and creates a partial vacuum, increasing the friction at the screw thread interfaces. As suggested, you can heat it up to equalise the pressure, or pop a hole in the lid.

Collectively, the more freedom there is, the more chaotic the population movements will be. It decreases efficiency for everyone. How can moving towards a stochastic picture, aka 'freedom', be more beneficial to anyone? Only the worst of human nature can thrive in that Darwinian environment.

They often come out with nonsense. It's definitely just hype at this point in time.

Yeah, there is a lot of focus on gut biota. Aren't some researchers suggesting early infant exposure to peanuts? My hay fever started late in life. Got hammered last year with it, but this year just one or two episodes. I was a gardener for a long time, so I don't know ff that triggered me.

Try installing VLC Media Player or KM Player and see if it works then. Windows 11 apparently no longer has native support for DVD players. Install player, reboot and open a disk in the player interface.

Yes, that would sort it.

OT, but I've just started making about 300ml milk Kefir a day. On my 4th cycle and it's gone from cheesy tasting to more of a tangy, clean yoghurt. I've found it surprisingly easy to get into a routine. Still got to nail down my contamination avoidance protocol though. I think I'll do water kefir as well. Reading this thread kicked me up the arse to make this itch a reality! If it goes slimy, I read it might be Pediococcus producing polysaccharide chains of some sort. Apparently, not harmful, but is indicative of contamination. Would it be worth soaking the ginger in metabisulphite first to sterilize? Yeast can still utilise a bit of it to make glycerol iirc, so it shouldn't harmed. I learnt that as a way to make wine smoother in texture.

Right.

Just came across this in AP: https://apnews.com/article/byheart-baby-formula-recall-botulism-679c822667df767a278b166c7142e68f The formula uses 'organic' sources. I wonder if that might be a clue?

To function, but not to survive. Add moisture and they'll start.

That's paywalled, you can download or read it from here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/6490925_Infant_botulism

It's a racist meme imo. Anyway:

Excellent, Seth. Good to hear the ideas have put some arrows in your quiver. 👍

Is it hazardous on bare hands?

I came across this, being from the point of view of physics, I thought some here might find it interesting. Also, I like Sean Carroll's style... when I can understand the level he's on. Abstract: We consider emergence from the perspective of dynamics: states of a system evolving with time. We focus on the role of a decomposition of wholes into parts, and attempt to characterize relationships between levels without reference to whether higher-level properties are "novel" or "unexpected." We offer a classification of different varieties of emergence, with and without new ontological elements at higher levels. https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.15468

Hallucination: "Use a plastic or stainless steel scraper to avoid scratching the surface with metal tools."

A friend and I noticed shrinkflation is occurring in household emulsion paint as well. Dulux used to be like thick, creamy yoghurt and now it runs free flowing from the tin. They are taking the piss when it's over 25 quid for 5L of a colour.

A 4-cutter bit should help as well. and 2-4J of punching power from the drill.

Are you using an SDS drill? Do the drill bits have 4 cutters?

Could they be these? https://www.cnccookbook.com/split-point-drill-bit/