Yes I did she her video. Of course, she's a doctor so her opinion is worth more than mine on the matter. However, I'm also a man of science. So I'll allow myself a little skepticism about her statement on two accounts.

* First, she's making an hypothesis on a very restricted sample in a very short period (less than 10 days).
* Second, there's no peer review.

There's hope, but I would leave it as that for now until more research is made.

I'm not a medical doctor, but isn't it a little soon to say the new variant has lower symptoms? I probably missed something, but my understanding is that contaminated people in rich countries are travelers that got their vaccine shot and, thus, can be expected to have lower symptoms.

Do we have any credible data about the effect on unvaccinated people?

...and It will always be Charles Martinet.

If you need to sign big actor name to create hype, you already know the movie is going to be a flop.

So because you find that the US and Israeli journalism is not trustworthy you bring an article from Qatar's Al Jazeera? Is that the best you could find to back your claims?

And where do you live Mr. AC to burp such a claim? I'm going to guess the USA since the trust rating toward media is at an all-time low.

I live in Canada where I find journalism (not all, but many) not only trustworthy but quite objective as well while able to praise and criticize all political parties. Sure, if you bring your 6090 FS excavator you might dig enough to find some sensationalist or some propaganda, but compared to the history of the profession I'll say they deserve at least a "well done" award, and where's not even in the top10 of world press freedom index.

Funny, all of the above (we can argue about Pol Pot) didn't died of old age

So the Greeks, the British, the Soviets and the USA all tried and failed to turn Afghanistan into their puppets...yeah...let's see how it will work for the Chinese.

Let me answer that one, you don't. The idea is to stop meddling and dumping billions in a country that is hostile to you. The reason Afghanistan didn't defend itself is simple, (most) of the population wanted this.

The reality is no all that black though. I was very surprised (and skeptical of course) to hear the Taliban claiming they have changed after they seized power. The Taliban claiming that women can continue their education and could work in the government? This is huge coming from their leader.

Of course, let's take this with a grain of salt. The situation for women is still a disaster and the reality will certainly not be as sweet. But 20 years later, the Taliban are in a new reality where everyone has cellphones. For a while, every time some major abuse of those claims are recorded on camera, it will make worldwide news.

And while we could argue that the Talibans are a terrorist movement, let's not forget that they are nationalists. They have no interest to bomb other countries. And while it may harbor another terrorism group, call me a retarded optimist if you want but I'm going to hope that this new Taliban 2.0 will learn from the past not be "worst" in the world in that index. I think you can concentrate on Iraq and Nigeria for now.

Just out of curiosity, I always wondered how those collisions affect star systems inside of them. For instance, let's jump 5 billion years in the future when our Milky Way will collide with Andromeda and assume the Sun wouldn't have turned into a red giant. How will it affect life on earth?

My guess was that unless we're heading straight into the center of Andromeda where the black holes are, the collision won't affect us much. But I'll be curious to learn if we could expect strange things like time distortion, change in gravity, etc.

It's ok. Really, you only need to read the first one and it really put the spotlight on it.

It like hitting the dumb nail twice.

I love this whole idea of cutting on electric waste and not having to keep dozen different cables in your drawer.

However, will all new USB-C cables required to supply this? I'm asking because it's already an issue. There's hundred of different USB-C cable on amazon, but they deliver different bandwidth. Some are 5Gbps, some are 10Gpbs. Then there's power. A Samsung power cable won't give supercharge to a OnePlus phone etc.

I'm all for that "one connector for all" idea, but from the look of it, it looks like I'll need a cellphone cable, an external Hard drive Cable, a Laptop Power cable etc.

...and get COVID from another a-hole/antivaxer/conspiracy theorist.

Once everyone that wants to get vaccinated has access to it, I say fuck them. Open everything, remove all the restrictions and let get catch COVID and restraint medical access and let them die. I just don't fucking care about them anymore.

I absolutely agree, but there's one little thing. In every market (gaming isn't an exception), monopoly isn't good. And Steam was a monopoly before Epic Game entered the game.

I do agree that the platform is shit and they act as A-Holes, but they are the first player to put a dent in Steam's domination. Furthermore, I love Steam and, IMHO, it's the best thing that happened in PC gaming in the 21st century, but I still think it will be for the best to have a 2nd player in the market, even if it's only to remind Steam to not abuse their position too much.

I have no idea when was the last time they shot with a real lion, but I'm surprised it was not CGI already.

Not that I care about animal abuse or anything, I just find this so unpractical. Unless I'm wrong and it's unbelievably simple to make the lion look at the camera, tilt his head and make two perfect roar, I got the feeling ît was a long and tedious process.