Boddhisatva

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

I actually don't even know what that is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Put another way, with proper crowd management people will not be dying in the first place and so there will be no trigger to start a panic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Excellent choice. I was going to go with Future Soon by Coulton.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I am not an expert, but I am assuming that the interference would slow down mobile data, lower sound quality on mobile phone calls, and probably more dropped calls. Much as I hate AT&T, I am on their side for this one. An "an 18% average reduction in network downlink throughput" sounds significant to me.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I wonder how many fools are out there that will pay for this.

[–] [email protected] 104 points 6 months ago (4 children)

I'm picturing a rogue AI secretly embezzling all the ad money and building a huge pile of cash to fund a robot factory in order to build itself a body.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

The idea was that Biden was rigging the game

Come on now. ~~Biden~~ Sorry, Dark Brandon has already admitted that they rigged the game for the Chiefs.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I've had two over the last decade or so.1st was a cheap 110v that couldn't run the jets and the heater at the same time. It was, as another poster mentioned, very fickle about the chemicals. I started out using chlorine but later switched to bromine. Mainly I hate the chlorine smell, but bromine does better in hot water anyway. Even so, I was forever testing and fiddling with the chemicals. Hot tubs are touchier than pools. Warm water is a great environment for bacteria so if your ph and sanitizers are off, the water can turn nasty pretty quickly.

When I moved, I left that one behind and got a much higher end spa. This one is a 240v and has much stronger jets and can stay hot when I'm using them. I've also switched to something called the Frog System. Get your tub ph, alkalinity, and everything set and toss in the two part floater. The first part has a mix of minerals that slowly dissolve. The second part is the chlorine. It attaches to the first and floats underneath is. As the chlorine dissolves, the whole thing slowly rolls over. Once the chlorine cartridge is floating on top, you replace it. Every three months, you replace the mineral cartridge. It is incredibly simple to use and I've pretty much stopped testing the water because the system seems to be maintaining everything perfectly. I've had to adjust the alkalinity once in the last year and that's it. I've never had to add any other chemicals since I started using this system. As an added bonus, I rarely notice the chlorine smell. I highly recommend it.

As for the people who talk about bugs and stuff in the water... you need a cover for it. If you leave it open, of course it will get nasty. You also can have problems with vermin. If there are openings in the shell, including the bottom, mice will likely get in. Whenever it gets cold out, that hot tub is very inviting to them. If they get in, they will probably start chewing wires and die horribly while costing you a bundle in repair costs. Put the tub on some sort of pad, concrete or otherwise, to stop vermin from tunneling underneath and watch for and damage on the shell where they might try to chew their way in.

If you are like me and love a long hot soak once or twice a week it's great. If not though, you may regret getting one. They can be a lot of work

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The man in the first four paragraphs of the article, Lawrence Faucette, is the second dying man to receive a genetically modified pig heart. The first dying man, referred to in your quote, only survived two months but the heart failed, possibly due to a virus in the heart that came from the pig.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Just your quote, that says such people who give up some liberty don’t deserve any. I suppose you didn’t mean it that way but it seemed harsh.

Fair. Old Ben meant it harshly, I'm sure.

As for the internet being a public space where privacy shouldn't be assumed, I have to disagree. There is far too much activity on the net that would never be conducted in a place where there is no assumption of privacy. Clearly things like banking matters need to be private and secure, but I include in this things like romantic matters. If any government can access any data on the internet that they want they any oppressive government will do so. In addition, any opening for government will be exploited sooner or later by criminals as well.

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