I have a background in public health and epidemiology. A few interests of mine include bicycle safety and canine-related injuries and deaths. This study was covered by Washington Post and NPR and likely many more outlets. I did not *completely* RTFA, but it looked like a study methodology that was a little weak (study participant: "Overall, Fido was somewhat friendly today")
I was surprised that the NPR story avoided the hot button of Pit Bulls. Reporting on and responses to stories like these often tend to favor the notion that Pit Bulls and some other large breeds are unfairly judged, but debates go back and forth and round and round. When it comes up in conversation I usually conserve my energy and refer folks to the Web site "dogsbite.org" which I check on from time to time.
The most vivid entry I found there is from 2017:
https://blog.dogsbite.org/2017...
Certainly, it is a gruesome tale, but it does a good (advocacy) job of showing pretty much every aspect of many "pit bull stories" story in a single long>episode. Witness the inclusion of the deceased's fervent wall posting of so many pit bull advocacy sites. See the many respondents who are in denial and all the pit bull excuse making.
That is just one story of many with often-predicable twists and turns. Anybody here from Portland, Oregon? Remember the case some years ago when somebody boarded Tri-Met with their (leashed) pit bull? Which then instantly bolted down the aisle and bit off a Pomeranian's head? Owner: "Gee, he's never done anything like that before!"
As that site points out: "Some dogs just don't let go. I think that anybody who adopts a Pit Bull is not thinking clearly and/or has flawed motives.
Example: Eager crew of 20 volunteers are each assigned (double blind) to one of 2 groups The "cases" group are assigned to receive a *real* radiation-proof space suit while the "controls" get an identical, but not really shielded, space. suit. Once landed on the surface of Mars, each participant's telemetry tracks SSA (subject still alive) over time. This will examine the data for at least 2 hypothetical outcomes: First is that cases' survival is somewhat longer, presumably owing to real suits, as compared to controls who expire more quickly due to "placebo" space suits. An additional outcome of interest is whether cases might also survive longer due to lower consumption of mission food stores, and perhaps even longer due to availability of additional foodstuffs -- the Controls.
Subsequent SpaceX missions could study survival issues by extending and varying various factors -- cheap versus expensive space suits for example -- and ultimately support research that could more accurately measure more reliable stats such as AER (Ate/Eaten Ratio) and offer predictive estimates for larger and larger SpaceX craft.
It goes without saying that Eaters would also die, mostly due to consumption of radiation-grilled Controls. However, fine-tuning of AER could help determine the ideal ratio in each crew of the expected shuttle-service missions.
An Amazonian neighbor here in Seattle hinted that there is already a new product suite being developed for this space. Code name is "Done For". Will leverage existing assets in typical Azon full-vertical fashion with emphasis on re-usable components set up in a la carte offering, so if you want to project your vacation or breakup pics from the "Sled" -- Sled is the rented/licensed/proprietary pod-thingie --you just agreed and Alexa puts that on the tab. Lots of poems and quotes from famous people are included gratis; other PD stuff, too.
The whole nitrogen thing is a known thing. and grey integrated Sprinter vans will could dispense the sled/pod at the desired location. You trigger the process with agreed 2FA prompts (think "Alexa, I am done for"). Once you press the Gone button, you are dead and shrink-wrapped in under 5 minutes.
I'll try to get additional dope.
I think tech and computing have changed for the worse across the board and often focuses on trivial "look at me!* products and services. For a long time now, it has been the case that a computer wasn't much without network capability, but I'll confess that I am so tired of what has come along (think DDoS, breaches, invasion of privacy, tracking, Ransomware) that I am about to just hang up my computer and spend time with paper books from the library.
20 years ago I would have said it was cool and fun,
Lay the blame on Engadget. Nothing in the story they cite as a source says anything as hyperbolic as "boiling".
Of course their source is the New York Times, so the story must be a ploy on the part of the Coastal Elites to oppress, confuse, and disadvantage the little/regular/ordinary Trump people.
I hope I am dead before real movies are. That means real theaters. Areal movie means that you fill your field of vision with the movie, actually pay attention, enter a different world, and leave texting, remote controls and other distractions behind.
I am old enough to have watched movies like Lawrence of Arabia when there was no other way to watch. Given that there is always the risk of some of some PITA behavior from another theater-goer, the magic doesn't always work, but when it does it is far superior to any other viewing experience. Drop the cellphone and forget the seeming need for instant gratification. Wait a week after opening to go. Get there a little early. Sit up front.
You don't want make judgments bases on single cases without comparing rates at Amazon against rates at other companies.
Of course, in the not-too-distant future, we will All be working at Amazon, so comparisons of that type may be hard to make.
All great discoveries are made by mistake. -- Young
