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  1. Re:lefties vs lefties on Why Do Left-Handers Excel at Certain Elite Sports But Not Others? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I fence with both hands (nearly) equally good, and the opponents favourite is no matter for me.
    However, I use two handed swords ... Katana or European Longsword.
    If that did not make sense to you: plenty of techniques are one handed, or are what is called half swording.

  2. In Christianity ...

  3. Re:That's science on Flowing Water On Mars' Surface May Just Be Rolling Sand Instead (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Sounds cool.
    I searched a bit around, it seems they found quite a lot of possible water deposits.

  4. Re:why dont that make one common pool on More Than Half of GitHub Is Duplicate Code, Researchers Find (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    You mean like a git repository?

  5. Re:I just can't believe on Workers at Amazon's Main Italian Site To Hold First Strike on Black Friday (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    The right to form unions is part of most constitutions in Europe, and on top of that aright granted by the european charter.
    Unions and companies affected work different than in the US anyway ... there is no force for workers to be in a union.

  6. Tax laws.

  7. In Europe wage increases after strikes are published in the news.
    And a union boss hardly earns more than a mid level manager ...

  8. Re:Double blind 420 study on Study Finds Different Types of Alcohol Can Determine Different Moods (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I would volunteer for such a study, free drinks! Yay!

  9. Re:Rate of absorption on Study Finds Different Types of Alcohol Can Determine Different Moods (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    CO2 speeds up release via the lung. No idea if it increases absorption in the digesting tract.

  10. Re:Psychological effect on Study Finds Different Types of Alcohol Can Determine Different Moods (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    In moderate amounts beer and red wine can calm down, as beer contains hops and red wine tannin.

  11. Re:Psychological effect on Study Finds Different Types of Alcohol Can Determine Different Moods (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    How many people can not recognize/distinguish by taste white wine from red wine from beer from spirits?

  12. Re:That's science on Flowing Water On Mars' Surface May Just Be Rolling Sand Instead (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    The ice on the surface is mainly CO2.

    AFAIK they only found water ice in a few under ground deposites.

  13. Re:That's science on Flowing Water On Mars' Surface May Just Be Rolling Sand Instead (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    a warmer Climate
    Actually not, on Mars around the equator it is up to +20C.

  14. Of course Egypt counts, it is in Africa.
    Then we have Nubia, Ethopia, Somalia, the Zulu empire ... and that is just from my mind.
    You could google if it actually interests you ...

  15. Re:I don't know about turkey on Turkeys Are Twice as Big as They Were in 1960 (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    Same with tomatoes.
    Salads I meanwhile explicitely order without them, or put them aside.
    I did not have a good tomato since 20 years ...

  16. Re:Selective breeding on Turkeys Are Twice as Big as They Were in 1960 (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    Bnt you do know that big means old and small means young?
    The fish you are supposed to throw back are those below breeding age, you don't know if they would end up as super big or super small fish there is no 'breeding' or 'selection' involved.

  17. Re:The only Turkey at my house is 101 proof... on Turkeys Are Twice as Big as They Were in 1960 (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    While I don't like to much fat at pig or cows, a decent amount is necessary.
    There is absolutely nothing beneficial in 'low fat meat'.
    How do you make a souce from the juice of your meat if it had no fat? Oh, you add butter?

  18. Re:The only Turkey at my house is 101 proof... on Turkeys Are Twice as Big as They Were in 1960 (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    That problem could be solved with a cooking book.
    Turkey is a juicy and soft and tastty as any other bird if you prepare it right.
    It is actually my favourite after goose ...

  19. Re:Is this racist or economic? on Apple Only Wants To Put Its Stores Where White People Live, Investigation Reveals (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    Two statistics:
    a) 1 4 5 11 100
    b) 3 4 5 100 10000
    Which has which median?

    Why are you guys throwing around medians all over /. all the time, when it is completely meaningless if you don't know sample size, min and max and average?

  20. That is bollocks.
    Africa had as many ... probably more ... high cultures as Europe or Mesopotania.

  21. Hm, I don't get it, all my girl friends are called Jay Peg.

  22. Re:You might not be mentioning skin color or race on Apple Only Wants To Put Its Stores Where White People Live, Investigation Reveals (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    The first hours I would check for people who can be rescued.

    Then I would hit the walmarts for water, preferable juices, and food, and other things like a tent etc. yes, shoes included!

    A guy who is looting a TV in a natural desaster is an idiot ... but probably also dangerous.

  23. Re:They can't stop it on The Feds Are Officially Cracking Down on Basement Biohackers (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    warned about the dangers of drug use for close to 100 years
    Make this 10000 or 40000 years and you are much closer.

    Anyway, your story reminds me about a school mate of a friend of mine. She got killed (actually vanished) by a saltwater crocodile in Australia. There were warning signs all over the place, but she and a friend decided to go swimming anyway ... she got eaten. Her friend survived. Nothing of her got recovered (she was about 30 that time, so not a 'stupid girl').

    And then again, a friend of mine who is Australian told me they used to 'rescue' tourists every year who were attempting to cross rivers, sunbath at the banks or even swim in crocodile infested areas ... they either never saw the warning or never heeded them.

    Sometimes they were in 100m or less range of clearly visible crocodiles. Considering a crocodile can run roughly 35 - 40 mph (60 km/h) that is an idiotic idea.

    My friend never approached those guys he only yelled with a megaphon at them ... he was a kind of hippy and did not carry guns.

  24. Re:We're so screwed. on China's Tencent Breaks Through $500bn Stock Market Capitalisation (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Those GDP per capita comparisions don't realy make sense.

    E.g. a good mobile internet connection Thailand costs you 500 Baht per month ($5)
    I assume in the USA it is around $30 - $50.

    So an mobile internet user in the US is contributing/creating $30 to its GDP per caipta while a Thai is inly contributing $5 (for a better service).

    Or take asuoer expensive hospital bill in the US, $90.000 for some simple operation that inly costs $10,000 in germany ...

    You can find hundrets of examples where you realize that GDP per capita is a meaningless metric.

    Simply double all the prices, or quatruple them, like the greek did, and you have increased you GPD, without any change in amount of provided services or produced goods.

  25. Re:Indeed. "Nazi" is short for "National SOCIALIST on Hitler Quote Controversy In the BSD Community · · Score: 1

    In europe the label left or right usually came from the position a party was placed in parliament from the point of view of the parliament president.

    Obviously in 2 party systems that was super easy.

    Why more or less all European countries order parties in the same way escapes me. Perhaps because in old times fights between parliament members were common, and they wanted to have the most conflicting parties as far away from each other as possible?