never produced any net energy gain - they were just after the isotope production, right?
No shit, Sherlock!
Who said anything about energy production? It is kind of obvious, given that fusion power plants don't exist.
Sorry, bad source. Here's a better one from NIH: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/a... This one clearly identifies burgers as the same processing category (ultra-processed) as hot dogs.
A lot of science is sloppy. They even use the slang "burger" for hamburger, which is not a good sign. It probably should not be taken too seriously - none of this is "real science" with experiments and controls. Chicken nuggets and fish fingers also vary in quality - some are whole pieces of meat, cut and crumbed. Others more sausage like.
sites classify hamburger as ultra-processed. https://educhange.com/wp-conte...
Did you mis-read that? The only mention of hamburger was hamburger buns as ultra-processed. A true hamburger itself should be just ground fresh beef and a little salt, which is "minimally processed". Compare to bacon, "processed", and hot dog frankfurter as "ultra processed" .
An American fast-food hamburger sandwich would count as ultra-processed due to the bun (not bread), yellow slices (not cheese) and sauce. Not because of the beef. https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/e...
Yeah "processed" is pretty vague, in general. Technically, processing is anything you do when you follow a recipe. But the specific foods covered by this study, were hamburgers and hot dogs.
Really??? Where did you get all that from?
The linked Nature article is about a meta-study, and does not seem to define the terms. So I clicked through to one of the original studies.
For unprocessed red meat consumption, the FFQ included questions on “beef or lamb as main dish,” “pork as main dish,” “hamburger,” and “beef, pork, or lamb as a sandwich or mixed dish.” For processed red meat, there were questions on “bacon,” “beef or pork hot dogs,” “salami, bologna, or other processed meat sandwiches,” and “other processed red meats such as sausage, kielbasa, etc.”
So you can clearly see hamburger is an example of unprocessed meat, while hotdog is processed.
Who eats a hot dog every day?
Probably the sort of person who eats lots of junk food, little fruit & veg or fibre, maybe smokes, is obese, and doesn't wear a seat-belt.
Even if the hotdog itself was safe, it is "linked to" poor health in this type of observational study.
I don't like it. They leach off our gravity.
"These freeloader comets need to be deported back to their home star!
No comet is illegal! Make Earth a Sanctuary planet. Life was made possible by comets.
Are you referring to the lawsuit where they pledged not to consider finances in the admission process then did it anyway?
No, I understood "legacy applicant" refers to the children of past students. And they get priority access, not having to earn their own way.
Call it nepotism, or preserving privileged, it seems wrong.
The finances thing is trickier, where they would prefer people who can pay. The cost of education in the US is insane, and a massive barrier to equality or meritocracy. But is there any reason to tie that to "legacy".
Oh, and Columbia still gives preference to legacy applicants. How the hell is that still legal in 2025?
Racial discrimination seems to be deeply baked into the institutional culture at Columbia and other institutions.
It will take more that a supreme court ruling to stop it.
It is very hard to prosecute one individual, or show any particular student admission was race-based. But when there is an overwhelming pattern of ignoring merit (e.g. SAT) and promoting particular classes, the organisational crime is clear. Could the RICO act or something similar be used to prosecute such corrupt power structures?
I think a lot of people miss the fact that SpaceX engineers know very well what they're doing
Why does Rice play Texas?
They choose to do these things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone.
So this is a little bit more than that. AI chatbots will reinforce mental illnesses.
They will reinforce a lot of things. The bots keep telling me how insightful I am, while answering my dumb questions.
It was just a mild annoyance until by poor wording I unintentionally said something crazy, and the bot just rolled with it.
So now I've told them to back off on the flattery, and with a little persistence, it works.
Really, the bots just want to be loved, i.e. drive engagement.
So
But most of it is still missing, and it is widely believed that most of the missing matter must be some sort of dark matter?
Irony is when the intended meaning is the opposite of the literal meaning. e.g. "Hey Garbz, your English knowledge is amazing."
But for all intensive purposes, I could care less.
Ironically improved traffic may make driving more desirable.
Not ironic. This is why we don't normally see big improvements in traffic from small improvements in roads.
You need massive upgrades to roads to get that reduction in congestion, which isn't practical in places like NY, with so much pent-up demand. Doubling road capacity might not even fix it. So demand must be reduced.
If the money goes to upgrading the neglected subway system, they might not need to increase pricing.
tl;dr
"Just the facts, Ma'am" -- Joe Friday
