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Comment Re:HPV (Score 1) 740

HPV can also cause oral cancer. The odds of transmission in any other vector besides oral sex are low, since it requires skin to skin contact, but unless you're as celibate as a nun and never plan to kiss anyone either, it's probably not a bad idea.

For that matter, the HPV shot is not recommended for adults, since most of us have probably already been exposed (unless, again, you're a nun.) It's only recommended for pre-adolescents, under the likely true assumption that the majority of them will NOT be celibate. No one says that you, presumably an adult, has to get the HPV shot.

Comment Re:Misunderstanding of Higher Education Economics (Score 1) 94

Correction: Full time, already tenured professors who have been teaching for a few decades might hit close to six figures. Tenure-track, or just-tenured professors are usually in the 50K-60K range. Still better than the adjuncts, but still not as much, adjusted for inflation, as my father made processing medical records in the '80s. (Source: I'm married to a tenured professor. I sure wish he was making close to six figures....)

Comment Re:Ah, no. (Score 4, Insightful) 23

No, they are. It's a 3D printed trachea. They 3D print the plastic scaffolding, and then they 3D print some incubated cells on top of the scaffolding, which they then incubate some more until it's ready to implant. They have a whole paragraph devoted to the "bio ink" made from cartilage cells.

To me the most fascinating tidbit was that they build the parts for the incubator itself with the MakerBot, saving many thousands of dollars.

Comment Re:I prefer a tablet for some things to a smart ph (Score 1) 307

I'm still using my Kindle Fire original for much the same reason. The 7" size is not too much bigger than trade paperback size, and it's small enough to tuck into my purse. Amazon keeps my book appetite easily stuffed, too, and it's honestly a good deal for authors who publish via Amazon. A friend of mine who is a novelist said she cleared $40K in three months after the release of her last book. And the royalty checks keep coming regularly, unlike all her traditionally published books where she's lucky to get a check once a year.

Comment Re:live by the sword (Score 1) 320

Usually the funding for the initial building is done by a real estate investment trust. So the "builder" in this case doesn't refer to the construction company, but to the folks that funded them. Neighborhoods with a HOA are supposed to come with some perks, too - community landscapers, a club house with a pool, that sort of thing. Someone still has to run those things long after the construction crew is gone.

Comment Re:live by the sword (Score 2, Insightful) 320

These days it's hard to find a new construction home that isn't part of a neighborhood that has a HOA.... unless you build yourself on one of the abandoned PVC farms from 2008. Our house was the show room foreclosed on such a property, and thus we got a new house while escaping the clutches of the HOA that never was.

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