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Comment Re:Great! (Score 1) 16

The max diameter of your pupil at night generally varies from 4mm to 8mm. If you are 8m or even higher, lights at night will bother you a lot more than someone at 4mm. I have one of those blinding motel LED billboards down the road from me, when you are out in the country and it's pitch black, fully dilated pupils over 8mm...it's painful.

Comment Re:Who is really to blame? (Score 1) 158

I wonder how much litter is caused by those that litter vs those that don't. I frequently see crows tearing through trash bags waiting for the garbage truck, I'm sure many other animals do it too. Or a nice windy day that takes off with your bag of plastic recyclables, or you open your car windows and something unsecured gets sucked out.

Comment Re:China virus (Score 2) 185

SARS type viruses are common in China, especially in wildlife. After the 2003 SARS-CoV-1, there was an antibody study that showed 3% of rural Chinese already had antibodies to SARS-CoV-1, yet it was highly unlikely that 3% of rural China contracted SARS-CoV-1 given its fatality rate. This leaves open the possibility that this 12% antibody rate in Italy came from other, less severe, forms of SARS viruses.

Comment mmmm drugs... (Score 0) 136

I just overheard a few college age guys talking about socialism the other day saying they wish they could get into a program like this so they don't have to work and can get high all day. Their sole reason for them holding a job is to pay for their drugs. I suppose it has its benefits, there would be a much smaller chance that your life would be in the hands of a druggie coworker.

Comment Re:as long as more then one sensor unlike 737 max (Score 1) 144

That's only part of the story, the entire aircraft was a hack job. They wanted to put engines on the 737 that were too big for the existing design. Instead of designing a new aircraft, they just altered the 737, including moving the landing gear, which affected its aerodynamics. The MCAS system was created to correct the issues that were created by the change to the aerodynamics, but now I know even that was a hack job. Everyone keeps telling me not to offshore important stuff to India, yet another example.

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