howrar

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[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago

When I was doing my undergrad, there was this sketchy shop in a nearby alley where they photocopy textbooks and sold them for just a bit more than the cost of the paper and binding. If they didn't have it, you could borrow it from the library to lend them and they'll give you a free copy in exchange.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 24 points 7 months ago

It's a question of risk vs reward, not risk alone. I don't imagine many would care if their candies look different, but if you take away cigarettes, you're going to get a riot and lots of people going to the black market.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago

I wouldn't say monopolies are good, but there's a difference between monopolies existing because the one at the top is actively preventing others from offering the same services, versus the monopoly existing because no one else is capable/willing to doing it. How do you resolve the latter without forcing them to offer a worse service?

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 10 points 7 months ago

I don't know if the H2O2 is going to cause any problems, but if you have one of those ultrasonic type humidifiers and you do manage to dissolve the black goop, turning it on will just toss that goop onto all the surrounding surfaces.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 9 points 7 months ago

It's hard to imagine how you would even begin to learn to read. You see text and you have to translate that directly to meaning without imagining the sound in your head? Witchcraft I say.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

There's no problem with doing pull-ups with an arch. It's just a different variation that uses a different set of muscles. Most people find it easier to pull with an arched back.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I was that idiot once. Nice to meet you.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It basically comes down to finding the longest chain of carbons, then you number each of the carbons on that chain and list off things that are attached to each of them. For example, 1 carbon = methyl, 2 carbons = ethyl, etc.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Tfw you distrust the scientific establishment and take health into your own hands to stick it to the man. But then you realize you're the man.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 18 points 7 months ago

A lot of people are under the impression that the new guy is getting paid the big bucks to make some extra unpopular decisions before Galen takes over again to "save the day".

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

On my first reading of the title, I understood it as

Subject: 4,100-year-old tomb of doctor who

Verb: treated

Object: pharaohs discovered at Saqqara

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