Trump's religiosity is a problem, particularly if it's genuine. However, religiosity is widespread in the U.S., and the damage it does is limited, so you can't conclude that it always leads to bad results.

The bleach claims have long been established as a hoax created by selective editing and malicious promotion. Neither believing that hoax, nor promoting it regardless of belief, is wise behavior.

A six pound meteorite might sell for thousands or possibly hundreds of thousands of dollars. Multiple millions is very unlikely, even if it is fresh, highly publicized, and well documented.

In theory, it's universal theft. In practice, it's dictatorship and widespread poverty.

Here in British Columbia we just changed our clocks for the last time and will remain on UTC-7 indefinitely. Parts of B.C. (the northeast part) have been UTC-7 all year for a long time. The southeast part has been Mountain time (UTC-7/UTC-6) for a long time. Neither are changing how they do time.

I applaud losing the time change but I'm not crazy about permanent DST. People obviously haven't thought this through, what it's going to feel like come November.

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There appears to be no investigation...

https://med.stanford.edu/news/...
and many others.

There is continuing work in discovering/developing chemicals that promote the creation and development of new neurons. Such new materials help; using your brain is of course essential.

Most scientific discoveries benefit humanity, even if it's discovering "this doesn't work." Most modern scientific discoveries are made by professional scientists. They are making the world better for almost everybody, and they deserve to be rewarded for their accomplishments. They earn their privileges.

The Dark Ages were caused by Christians being more interested in their god than in retaining and advancing scientific and technical knowledge. The consequent human suffering is a matter of historical record. If the incentives (including privileges) to advance science are removed, science will atrophy again and humans will suffer again.

We are not living in a feudal time. By and large, the "class" we end up in is the one we earn. In most places, a fixed "class" (excepting those 0.01% at the top) is a fiction.

It's astonishing and delightful that films on this unstable base are still recoverable. Many old films have been destroyed because they were too dangerous to keep around and too degraded for commercial recovery to be worthwhile.

From your citation, the slightly sweeter Pepsi tastes better with just one sip, but Coke tastes better if a whole can is consumed.

For me, the results are different for diet colas. They all taste terrible, but Tab and Diet Coke are the worst. Diet Pepsi and Diet RC taste about the same and are almost tolerable.

High mileage tires have been available for decades. As always, there are tradeoffs. Lower wear means poorer traction, and probably a harsher ride.

Near-lifelong B.C. resident here...

People have grumbled about time changes as long as I can remember. Pick one. Stick to it. Just do it.

I can't say I agree with their choice. Not so much the crazy late sunset in the summer - we're used to that - but the very late sunrise in the winter. The sun will still set by 5 in December and January. So what?

...laura

"Please" and "thank you" are relics of a bygone age to most people.

The one that pisses me off is the habit of customer service people addressing men respectfully ("sir"), but not addressing women with respect ("ma'am" or equivalent). This isn't an issue in places like Texas, but it's very much an issue here in Canada.

...laura

The ability to see flicker at rates faster than the eye's optical response time may be due to saccades. You're sensing a bunch of discrete dots due to the eye's micro-motions.

I use a 42" 4k monitor and it's a delight for computers. More resolution and size might be useful.

For real-life video, more than 4k runs into problems because of the limitations of optics. Except for scenes at infinity focus, or other very flat images, only a small portion of the scene will be in sharp focus and that focus will be difficult for the camera/cinematographer to maintain. Only very good optics even has the capability much beyond 4k. The effort is wasted.

Lead pipe is somewhat of a historical legacy. I think is was used because it was more malleable than other options, more resistant to corrosion than iron pipes, and cheaper than copper. Today the best option for indoor plumbing is probably plastic because of price and some tolerance of freezing, although copper and stainless steel have their places.