Interesting enough, I just read an article on how getting more sun is proving to be extremely beneficial, and that a lot of the cardiac issues darker skins folks have are likely caused by their skin blocking the sun!
It appears that the risk of death by skin cancer for too much sun is overwhelmed by the risk of cardiac issues from too little.
Money quotes "People with low levels of vitamin D in their blood have significantly higher rates of virtually every disease and disorder you can think of: cancer, diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, heart attack, stroke, depression, cognitive impairment, autoimmune conditions, and more." and "Yet vitamin D supplementation has failed spectacularly in clinical trials... it showed zero benefit"
No, see my other comment. They can tow the truck with the wheels completely locked up.
It isn't about power, it's about friction on the wheels. If the two vehicles have roughly the same friction coefficient, the Tesla wins because it is heavier. It also has higher starting torque, but that doesn't actually matter because the truck's wheels will be free-spinning while it is dragged forward.
Of course all of those things can be simulated by a normal computer program - it's just physics. If we can simulate a rocket to land men on the moon, why can't we simulate a brain!
Perhaps neither one is a good role model? Please for the love of god do not put up Hillary, (any) Obama, or Bernie in 2020! Find a fiscal conservative, social liberal, moderate in both areas and get Trump out of the white house for all our sakes!
In fact, I think we should start reporting DNA test results as "time that your ancestors moved out of Africa". Just to mess with the racists of all persuasions!
OK, I'm curious. When was the last time the ACLU defended free speech by conservatives? (Not Nazis, they are not conservatives - I mean center conservatives, as in don't want to bake a cake guys)
The thing that concerns me is not that they are evil.
The thing that concerns me is that they clearly do not understand us. They will force us into war, just like Japan did, merely because they think that Trump will not be supported by the rest of the US. Because they think that deep down, we are like them and do not really value individual liberty and freedom. Because (like all other humans), they believe they are right.
They will go too far, it will be war, billions will die.
When you get to be 40, see of you still believe that.
In my case, I lost the ability to walk or perform almost any exercise for 20 years (ages 19-41). I gained a moderate amount of weight, but nearly constant dieting kept me below 290 lbs. Then I finally had a doctor that fixed what was wrong with me, and I started exercising. (My first exercise: slow the rate of fall as you slide down a wall, I kid you not)
Upon exercising (and being 40), I gained weight. I only eat 1 time a day, just to maintain. I work out heavily (extremely motivated!), and am constantly exercising.
My point: not everyone is like you, so stop acting like a butt.
In "normal" human societies (as in, non modern ones) females vastly outnumber males. Males are born at a slightly higher rate, but die much faster. There are always enough women to go around, in fact, there are too many.
This explains a lot of evolutionary biology - height differences, muscle mass differences, women being bi-sexual and lesbian at a higher rate than males, the male tendency to increase in violence until a "positive" sexual outcome, and polygamous relationships.
I think a lot of the marriage/dating/whatever issues we have in society now can be traced back to the change in male survival rates.
(I also think that China and India are in for some bad times due to too many males relative to females)
This is incorrect. Uranium is approximately as renewable as solar.
The sun will eventually go out, after consuming most of its fuel. You could say we will be dead by then, but we actually have enough uranium in the Earth to last the same amount of time. So they both get "used up" at about the same time.
Also, once the sun is gone a new star will likely eventually be formed. So the sun is actually "renewable". But in a similar way, the old sun's final moments will likely produce more uranium than was ever used on Earth. So uranium is just as renewable as solar.
(And since wind power is really just extremely inefficiently harvested solar power, it has the same issue with the word "renewable")
Are you actually suggesting that every news-worthy story really is about Trump right now? There are no stories available that don't involve him, or (le gasp) make him look good?
"more spending money results in more demand, and thus more jobs."
There is not "more spending money". The only way a government can do this is to take money from A and give it to B. So the total spent/invested is the same, the only thing that changes is government control over the spendee increases.
Nope, GEO wobbles. Satellites up there require station keeping and direction pointing thrusters. (There are some clever ways to limit the directional thrusters, but in GEO there is no way to avoid needing position thrusters and for precise pointing like this you'll need pointing thrusters.)
Or better yet - what they actually care about is fall->unconscious. If you are still conscious, you don't need your watch to call 911, you can call yourself.
After a real fall, you don't get up. You make no attempt to minimize the fall damage, etc.
Well, now that Clinton has been accused of something evil, she is obviously no longer fit for the presidency until she proves that she didn't ever eat babies!
The reason there is such good coverage is that many of the low orbit imaging satellites orbit North/South, following the day/night terminator. It's called a sun-synchronous orbit, and while it covers the entire planet eventually, the north and south poles are covered on every pass. So you can get a lot more detail there for free, essentially.
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Interesting enough, I just read an article on how getting more sun is proving to be extremely beneficial, and that a lot of the cardiac issues darker skins folks have are likely caused by their skin blocking the sun!
https://www.outsideonline.com/...
It appears that the risk of death by skin cancer for too much sun is overwhelmed by the risk of cardiac issues from too little.
Money quotes "People with low levels of vitamin D in their blood have significantly higher rates of virtually every disease and disorder you can think of: cancer, diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, heart attack, stroke, depression, cognitive impairment, autoimmune conditions, and more." and "Yet vitamin D supplementation has failed spectacularly in clinical trials ... it showed zero benefit"
Moderation!
Whatever happened to "elections have consequences"?
Perhaps there is room on both sides to stop acting like children, and learn to work together.
No, see my other comment. They can tow the truck with the wheels completely locked up.
It isn't about power, it's about friction on the wheels. If the two vehicles have roughly the same friction coefficient, the Tesla wins because it is heavier. It also has higher starting torque, but that doesn't actually matter because the truck's wheels will be free-spinning while it is dragged forward.
This should be stated more clearly: Tesla Model X easily tows Chevy Silverado 1500 with the Chevy's rear wheels locked!
Pretty cool!
Although I don't see the point of ICEing. Is this people trying to be stupid for stupid's sake?
Of course all of those things can be simulated by a normal computer program - it's just physics. If we can simulate a rocket to land men on the moon, why can't we simulate a brain!
In other words, "my guy good, your guy bad"
Perhaps neither one is a good role model? Please for the love of god do not put up Hillary, (any) Obama, or Bernie in 2020! Find a fiscal conservative, social liberal, moderate in both areas and get Trump out of the white house for all our sakes!
In fact, I think we should start reporting DNA test results as "time that your ancestors moved out of Africa". Just to mess with the racists of all persuasions!
That is of course the most hilarious thing about racism. All Americans are all African-Americans if you go back far enough!
Makes you wonder if the same is not true of "less than 1% native american" reported to Senator Warren.
OK, I'm curious. When was the last time the ACLU defended free speech by conservatives? (Not Nazis, they are not conservatives - I mean center conservatives, as in don't want to bake a cake guys)
The thing that concerns me is not that they are evil.
The thing that concerns me is that they clearly do not understand us. They will force us into war, just like Japan did, merely because they think that Trump will not be supported by the rest of the US. Because they think that deep down, we are like them and do not really value individual liberty and freedom. Because (like all other humans), they believe they are right.
They will go too far, it will be war, billions will die.
True, probably the strongest argument in favor of us being the first civilization is the productivity of the early mines. Gold was just lying about!
Consider that we find dinosaur fossils. If there was a civilization that created ever somewhat durable artifacts, we would know.
You are obviously under 30.
When you get to be 40, see of you still believe that.
In my case, I lost the ability to walk or perform almost any exercise for 20 years (ages 19-41). I gained a moderate amount of weight, but nearly constant dieting kept me below 290 lbs. Then I finally had a doctor that fixed what was wrong with me, and I started exercising. (My first exercise: slow the rate of fall as you slide down a wall, I kid you not)
Upon exercising (and being 40), I gained weight. I only eat 1 time a day, just to maintain. I work out heavily (extremely motivated!), and am constantly exercising.
My point: not everyone is like you, so stop acting like a butt.
Um, utterly wrong.
In "normal" human societies (as in, non modern ones) females vastly outnumber males. Males are born at a slightly higher rate, but die much faster. There are always enough women to go around, in fact, there are too many.
This explains a lot of evolutionary biology - height differences, muscle mass differences, women being bi-sexual and lesbian at a higher rate than males, the male tendency to increase in violence until a "positive" sexual outcome, and polygamous relationships.
I think a lot of the marriage/dating/whatever issues we have in society now can be traced back to the change in male survival rates.
(I also think that China and India are in for some bad times due to too many males relative to females)
Sure, "IF" we can store the energy a lot of things could happen
For example, once the energy storage problem is solved as we have to do a buy new batteries every few years. We won't need any generators at all!
(The batteries will come charged, right?)
This is incorrect. Uranium is approximately as renewable as solar.
The sun will eventually go out, after consuming most of its fuel. You could say we will be dead by then, but we actually have enough uranium in the Earth to last the same amount of time. So they both get "used up" at about the same time.
Also, once the sun is gone a new star will likely eventually be formed. So the sun is actually "renewable". But in a similar way, the old sun's final moments will likely produce more uranium than was ever used on Earth. So uranium is just as renewable as solar.
(And since wind power is really just extremely inefficiently harvested solar power, it has the same issue with the word "renewable")
Are you actually suggesting that every news-worthy story really is about Trump right now? There are no stories available that don't involve him, or (le gasp) make him look good?
All right, how about the Wall Street Journal?
I think that is as close as it comes to not-crazy news today.
"more spending money results in more demand, and thus more jobs."
There is not "more spending money". The only way a government can do this is to take money from A and give it to B. So the total spent/invested is the same, the only thing that changes is government control over the spendee increases.
What if there were two moneys, pulling the drone using a bit of string?
Nope, GEO wobbles. Satellites up there require station keeping and direction pointing thrusters. (There are some clever ways to limit the directional thrusters, but in GEO there is no way to avoid needing position thrusters and for precise pointing like this you'll need pointing thrusters.)
Or better yet - what they actually care about is fall->unconscious. If you are still conscious, you don't need your watch to call 911, you can call yourself.
After a real fall, you don't get up. You make no attempt to minimize the fall damage, etc.
Well, now that Clinton has been accused of something evil, she is obviously no longer fit for the presidency until she proves that she didn't ever eat babies!
The reason there is such good coverage is that many of the low orbit imaging satellites orbit North/South, following the day/night terminator. It's called a sun-synchronous orbit, and while it covers the entire planet eventually, the north and south poles are covered on every pass. So you can get a lot more detail there for free, essentially.