protist

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[–] protist@mander.xyz 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Are they just trolling or do they have a psychiatric condition or personality disorder or what lmao

[–] protist@mander.xyz 3 points 11 months ago (5 children)

You have problems

[–] protist@mander.xyz 3 points 11 months ago (8 children)

This was written by someone or something that lacks very basic knowledge of healthcare. We already know how to provide quality, ethical, and equitable healthcare. The primary barriers to that are funding mechanisms and profit motives. There are already some academic, public, and nonprofit hospitals that provide the kind of care you're describing, but I guess not with technology from 1000 years in the future since that would disrupt the space-time continuum.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 9 points 11 months ago

The most successful way for a lone seal hunter to break the effects of kayak angst is reported to be vigorously and strenuously continuing to paddle

Keep on truckin'

[–] protist@mander.xyz 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

What you quoted says the property was assessed at 100x its original value. The total taxes owed is a different number than the assessed value.

In Texas we have a variety of taxing entities that may overlap a property, city, county, school district, community college district, hospital district, municipal utility districts, etc. Each adopt different tax rates and have defined percentages of valuations they're allowed to tax. Point being, taxes owed do not scale linearly with assessed property valuations.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 5 points 11 months ago

"I'm from Canada, and they say I'm slow, eh"

[–] protist@mander.xyz 40 points 11 months ago

Lead pipes don't leach lead into the water when the water's properly treated. The problem is what happens when there's a hiccup in the water treatment process, which happens too often. This is going to be a very difficult process to complete in some very old, often impoverished neighborhoods.

Of note, I live in Texas, and we have very few lead pipes in the state, so you're going to need another excuse for these people's behavior.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 36 points 11 months ago

Gravity waves, (not to be confused with ripples in space-time known as “gravitational waves”) distribute energy and momentum throughout the atmosphere. The more intense the storm, the greater the amount of energy that is transferred. These waves exist all the time, even on clear days, and waves in the troposphere can often be seen in the infrared and visible imagery. However, strong convection from storms can cause a bunch of energy to be released, which is then transferred to the upper atmosphere.

The most intense storms (as well as violent volcanic eruptions) have enough force to generate mesospheric gravity waves. These are gravity waves near the mesopause, the boundary between the mesosphere and the thermosphere, where Earth’s atmosphere meets space.

Source: https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/news/guide-understanding-satellite-images-of-hurricanes

[–] protist@mander.xyz 5 points 11 months ago

CO2 emissions in the US peaked in 2008 and have been declining since. I'd prefer it decline faster, but we're moving in the right direction.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/183943/us-carbon-dioxide-emissions-from-1999/

[–] protist@mander.xyz 6 points 11 months ago

Given how long ago this warning was issued, at this point the eggs are also past their expiration date

[–] protist@mander.xyz 1 points 11 months ago

It's not different, that was my point.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 22 points 11 months ago

The dye they used is called SYBR Green I. It's a molecule that binds to DNA and only fluoresces at a specific wavelength, but it only fluoresces once it's bound to DNA and exposed to a certain wavelength of light. You can observe the presence of bound molecules using spectroscopy which indicates whether or not DNA is present.

There are other fluorescent dyes, eg BigDye, which are used for genetic sequencing. You won't see anything with the naked eye, but an automatic sequencer can detect them.

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