We flush whole shit-tons of water, nitrogen, and phosphorus down our toilets. Why not turn that into biofuels? Cities will pay good money for you to process their waste, and you can charge for the fuel, too.
BTW this isn't news for nerds. Is this the new direction of Slashdot under new ownership? Rage-news in all categories, not just tech?
My gf works in a pharma lab. She plays with beakers, test tubes, million dollar scientific equipment. What could be nerdier than that? Writing stupid code on a computer? Hell, hipsters do that these days.
I strongly disagree. When many of my friends go in for painful medical problems they are often given minimal or no effective pain relievers. I had a toenail permanently removed with phenol and despite my repeated strong requests was given only a phone number to call if I was in pain. As expected, I was in intense pain that woke me up and the doctor on call was unable to prescribe anything over the phone. I had to go to the ER where they acted like I had ripped my own toenail out as a genius ploy to get painkillers. Gods help you if it is something difficult to see such as joint pain or migraines. I have a friend with crippling fibromyalgia and lupus, she has to go to special "pain clinics" that don't take insurance, charge hundreds per visit, and are filled with junkies. It is humiliating and degrading. They take her money, ask her how many of what kind of pill she needs, and don't even examine her.
Pain relief in many fields of medicine is barbaric right now. I can't believe you think we're handing them out too much. I'd like to see much more aggressive pain management at the real doctors so legitimate patients don't need to patronize the junkie-enablers.
I have started stockpiling narcotics so the next time I have dental surgery or some painful medical procedure with an incompassionate doctor I don't have to suffer needlessly or spend hours and hundreds of dollars at the ER or a bullshit pain clinic.
It seems like you worry a lot. I don't like to worry. That's one of the reasons I keep a stock of opiates and encourage my friends to do the same. When I split my thumbnail with a power tool I was sure grateful for the pain relief, turned a potential late night 10 hour trip to the ER into a pleasant 1 hour trip to urgent care the next morning. I told the doc that I took a percodan from my personal stash to get through the night and he asked if I needed any more. He seemed pleased with my resourcefulness.
To provide a bit of perspective, a typical can of white tuna contains 45 ug of mercury, and people eat that. A hundred cans of tuna contain the same amount of mercury as a typical CFL. The FDA says it is safe to eat a can a week, so you could eat the equivalent of a CFL every other year and not exceed FDA guidelines.
According to the chart, retail for 500ml of beer is $1.80. A typical way to buy beer in the US is a 6 pack, which has 2.13L. By their price, that six pack should average $7.66 (2.13/.5*1.80). Around where I live, you can find a six pack for $4 for low end beer, a craft brew might be $8, high end beer can go up from there.
I'd say their average price seems reasonable. Sure you can find cheap forties or a $15 bomber but on average $7.66 for a six pack seems about right.
Nobody knows what it'll cost for anything more complex than an office visit. I tried shopping around for a surgery and it was infuriating. The few places that would hazard a guess gave me a gigantic range. In the end I went with an outpatient clinic based on convenience. I couldn't find any numbers about complication rates, success on a single surgery rates, or even a vague idea of price. I ended up with separate bills from the clinic, surgeon, anesthesiologist, hundreds of line items, all with baffling adjustments due to insurance.
I think there are several businesses that have found this niche. There is a Panera near my train station and if I barely miss my train I sometimes stop in for a snack or some coffee. It is amazing how full it is at all hours. I've been there from 8am to 8pm and it is usually at least 2/3 full. Many of the customers have what look to be business papers spread out with them.
I think most people would rather meet somewhere like that than a rented office.
This criticism was valid 25 years ago, but is no longer. People using these terms differently than they used to be sounds grating to me as well, but your own link admits their definition is changing.
the term has largely fallen out of use since the revolutions of 1989, though it is still occasionally used to describe countries that are in between poverty and prosperity, many of which are communist and former communist countries today. Subsequently, the actual meaning of the terms "First World" and "Third World" changed from being based on political ideology to an economic definition
So GP is correct, your attempted pedantry is invalid according to the link you provided.
Several friends of mine that do contract work use Starbucks as a low cost meeting place for work. They can meet with clients somewhere other than their house, there is internet and refreshments, most people know what a Starbucks is so they don't have to explain what a particular mom & pop coffeeshop is.
Several of them used to maintain offices and don't anymore. I think the bad economy might be boosting certain segments of Starbucks business.
I personally hate their coffee and resent them driving a lot of indie coffeeshops out of business, but that doesn't interfere with understanding why some people go there.
Password should never be stored as text. Hash only, so nobody can know what it is, only if it matches. If you forget, you answer secret questions and a one-time password is emailed to your registered email address.
It is the Loess Plateau, and the success there is moderate but encouraging. According to wikipedia it has reduced the silt load by 1% while achieving other gains.
30-50% is typical for developed countries. That's total tax. For everywhere except the US it includes healthcare. If the US structured things similarly to other developed countries, we'd have a total tax burden of 30-50% and it would include basic healthcare. Nearly everybody would be better off.
Dental insurance is strange. Most of what is available lately has been very high premium, stingy coverage of routine procedures, and a brazen 50% copay on anything serious such as gum work, crowns or fillings. Braces etc. are often not covered whatsoever.
I guess it is an effective way to force people to ration their own care, but I know a lot of people who can't afford to fix their mouth, and likely never will.
You are wrong. SS still takes in more than it spends and is projected to do so for a while longer. It is projected to outlay more than it spends eventually, as would be expected given demographics.
The doctors get paid for defensive medicine. They would do it regardless of the potential for lawsuits. They do unnecessary tests and procedures even if they open themselves up for a lawsuit.
You are wrong about US antibiotic use. The US is among the top per capita users in the world with only france, italy, greece, and belgium using more.
Since you're making easily found facts up I am going to assume your point is wrong, too. Perhaps there are things in our diet and environment that affect appetite, metabolism, etc.
You make an excellent point. We are breeding nearly untreatable tuberculosis in hobos nationwide, and once there are enough infected people outside the healthcare system it will start to really take off. I think basic care should be universal to avoid epidemics from taking hold.
Do you have solid sources for your alegation that many GOP supporters wanted theocracy?
Theocracy is a spectrum. At one extreme is pure religious rule, where religious leaders make, interpret, and enforce laws. There are very few of these. The other extreme is an absolutely secular government, with no religious laws at all. The US is somewhere in the spectrum now, and every effort such as this one is an attempt to nudge things closer to religious rule. It is surprising how many religious laws there are: blue laws, sodomy laws, pro life, drugs, prostitution, gambling, decency, the list is long and gloomy. They even snuck god onto our money and into our pledge and people think it was always there.
I think it is best explained by clarifying a few points. It isn't typically pro-gay or pro-Muslim, it is against gay bashing or harming people based on their beliefs. If we lived in a 90% gay society that beat up breeders the same people would stick up for the poor heteros. In a Muslim society that stones Christians, they would preach tolerance of the gentle Jesus followers.
I think it is wrong when anyone hurts others based on race, creed, sex no matter what. The US happens to have more anti Muslim hate crimes so that is what tends to bother me locally, but if I lived in Egypt I'd be mortified by the anti Christian hate crimes. In the US it isn't necessary for me to stick up for Christianity because it is the dominant religion and has codified many of their beliefs in law.
I save my seeds, too. I have noticed considerable crossbreeding with most of my crops. There is no way I could grow identical generations because of this. I've ended up with some very nice and some disappointing strains. I kind of like the surprise and variety, but there are some old favorites that I miss and will probably never encounter anything quite the same again.
Growers who try to make identical generations have a few tricks, such as separation or physical barriers but these won't work for all cases.
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We flush whole shit-tons of water, nitrogen, and phosphorus down our toilets. Why not turn that into biofuels? Cities will pay good money for you to process their waste, and you can charge for the fuel, too.
I've seen helmets locked by passing the locking device through a ventilation hole.
BTW this isn't news for nerds. Is this the new direction of Slashdot under new ownership? Rage-news in all categories, not just tech?
My gf works in a pharma lab. She plays with beakers, test tubes, million dollar scientific equipment. What could be nerdier than that? Writing stupid code on a computer? Hell, hipsters do that these days.
I strongly disagree. When many of my friends go in for painful medical problems they are often given minimal or no effective pain relievers. I had a toenail permanently removed with phenol and despite my repeated strong requests was given only a phone number to call if I was in pain. As expected, I was in intense pain that woke me up and the doctor on call was unable to prescribe anything over the phone. I had to go to the ER where they acted like I had ripped my own toenail out as a genius ploy to get painkillers. Gods help you if it is something difficult to see such as joint pain or migraines. I have a friend with crippling fibromyalgia and lupus, she has to go to special "pain clinics" that don't take insurance, charge hundreds per visit, and are filled with junkies. It is humiliating and degrading. They take her money, ask her how many of what kind of pill she needs, and don't even examine her.
Pain relief in many fields of medicine is barbaric right now. I can't believe you think we're handing them out too much. I'd like to see much more aggressive pain management at the real doctors so legitimate patients don't need to patronize the junkie-enablers.
I have started stockpiling narcotics so the next time I have dental surgery or some painful medical procedure with an incompassionate doctor I don't have to suffer needlessly or spend hours and hundreds of dollars at the ER or a bullshit pain clinic.
It seems like you worry a lot. I don't like to worry. That's one of the reasons I keep a stock of opiates and encourage my friends to do the same. When I split my thumbnail with a power tool I was sure grateful for the pain relief, turned a potential late night 10 hour trip to the ER into a pleasant 1 hour trip to urgent care the next morning. I told the doc that I took a percodan from my personal stash to get through the night and he asked if I needed any more. He seemed pleased with my resourcefulness.
compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance characterized by tolerance and by well-defined physiological symptoms upon withdrawal;
Surprisingly an ez bake oven cake contains 212 calories
To provide a bit of perspective, a typical can of white tuna contains 45 ug of mercury, and people eat that. A hundred cans of tuna contain the same amount of mercury as a typical CFL. The FDA says it is safe to eat a can a week, so you could eat the equivalent of a CFL every other year and not exceed FDA guidelines.
According to the chart, retail for 500ml of beer is $1.80. A typical way to buy beer in the US is a 6 pack, which has 2.13L. By their price, that six pack should average $7.66 (2.13/.5*1.80). Around where I live, you can find a six pack for $4 for low end beer, a craft brew might be $8, high end beer can go up from there.
I'd say their average price seems reasonable. Sure you can find cheap forties or a $15 bomber but on average $7.66 for a six pack seems about right.
Nobody knows what it'll cost for anything more complex than an office visit. I tried shopping around for a surgery and it was infuriating. The few places that would hazard a guess gave me a gigantic range. In the end I went with an outpatient clinic based on convenience. I couldn't find any numbers about complication rates, success on a single surgery rates, or even a vague idea of price. I ended up with separate bills from the clinic, surgeon, anesthesiologist, hundreds of line items, all with baffling adjustments due to insurance.
I think there are several businesses that have found this niche. There is a Panera near my train station and if I barely miss my train I sometimes stop in for a snack or some coffee. It is amazing how full it is at all hours. I've been there from 8am to 8pm and it is usually at least 2/3 full. Many of the customers have what look to be business papers spread out with them.
I think most people would rather meet somewhere like that than a rented office.
the term has largely fallen out of use since the revolutions of 1989, though it is still occasionally used to describe countries that are in between poverty and prosperity, many of which are communist and former communist countries today. Subsequently, the actual meaning of the terms "First World" and "Third World" changed from being based on political ideology to an economic definition
So GP is correct, your attempted pedantry is invalid according to the link you provided.
Several friends of mine that do contract work use Starbucks as a low cost meeting place for work. They can meet with clients somewhere other than their house, there is internet and refreshments, most people know what a Starbucks is so they don't have to explain what a particular mom & pop coffeeshop is.
Several of them used to maintain offices and don't anymore. I think the bad economy might be boosting certain segments of Starbucks business.
I personally hate their coffee and resent them driving a lot of indie coffeeshops out of business, but that doesn't interfere with understanding why some people go there.
Password should never be stored as text. Hash only, so nobody can know what it is, only if it matches.
If you forget, you answer secret questions and a one-time password is emailed to your registered email address.
It is the Loess Plateau, and the success there is moderate but encouraging. According to wikipedia it has reduced the silt load by 1% while achieving other gains.
30-50% is typical for developed countries. That's total tax. For everywhere except the US it includes healthcare. If the US structured things similarly to other developed countries, we'd have a total tax burden of 30-50% and it would include basic healthcare. Nearly everybody would be better off.
Dental insurance is strange. Most of what is available lately has been very high premium, stingy coverage of routine procedures, and a brazen 50% copay on anything serious such as gum work, crowns or fillings. Braces etc. are often not covered whatsoever.
I guess it is an effective way to force people to ration their own care, but I know a lot of people who can't afford to fix their mouth, and likely never will.
You are wrong. SS still takes in more than it spends and is projected to do so for a while longer. It is projected to outlay more than it spends eventually, as would be expected given demographics.
The doctors get paid for defensive medicine. They would do it regardless of the potential for lawsuits. They do unnecessary tests and procedures even if they open themselves up for a lawsuit.
You are wrong about US antibiotic use. The US is among the top per capita users in the world with only france, italy, greece, and belgium using more.
Since you're making easily found facts up I am going to assume your point is wrong, too. Perhaps there are things in our diet and environment that affect appetite, metabolism, etc.
You make an excellent point. We are breeding nearly untreatable tuberculosis in hobos nationwide, and once there are enough infected people outside the healthcare system it will start to really take off. I think basic care should be universal to avoid epidemics from taking hold.
Do you have solid sources for your alegation that many GOP supporters wanted theocracy?
Theocracy is a spectrum. At one extreme is pure religious rule, where religious leaders make, interpret, and enforce laws. There are very few of these. The other extreme is an absolutely secular government, with no religious laws at all. The US is somewhere in the spectrum now, and every effort such as this one is an attempt to nudge things closer to religious rule. It is surprising how many religious laws there are: blue laws, sodomy laws, pro life, drugs, prostitution, gambling, decency, the list is long and gloomy. They even snuck god onto our money and into our pledge and people think it was always there.
I think it is best explained by clarifying a few points. It isn't typically pro-gay or pro-Muslim, it is against gay bashing or harming people based on their beliefs. If we lived in a 90% gay society that beat up breeders the same people would stick up for the poor heteros. In a Muslim society that stones Christians, they would preach tolerance of the gentle Jesus followers.
I think it is wrong when anyone hurts others based on race, creed, sex no matter what. The US happens to have more anti Muslim hate crimes so that is what tends to bother me locally, but if I lived in Egypt I'd be mortified by the anti Christian hate crimes. In the US it isn't necessary for me to stick up for Christianity because it is the dominant religion and has codified many of their beliefs in law.
I save my seeds, too. I have noticed considerable crossbreeding with most of my crops. There is no way I could grow identical generations because of this. I've ended up with some very nice and some disappointing strains. I kind of like the surprise and variety, but there are some old favorites that I miss and will probably never encounter anything quite the same again.
Growers who try to make identical generations have a few tricks, such as separation or physical barriers but these won't work for all cases.
A port site goes against the precepts of Islam.