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Comment Re:Wow thanks Facebook and Twitter for protecting (Score 1) 468

Whatever he said or wrote they declared it wrong and that people don't have a right to know what he said. As for it being science, his blabbering is at least as much science as their censorship. While FaceBook may or may not be using as their dogma statements by reputable scientists who are actually engaged in scientific study of the virus, censorship is not science, it's anti-science. Science is presenting actual evidence the person you disagree with is wrong, not declaring he's wrong and people aren't to listen to him.

Comment Re: Wow thanks Facebook and Twitter for protecting (Score 1) 468

The problem is how COVID deaths are counted vs. how Flu deaths are counted. If you get a serious case of the flu, go into the hospital and while there get an infection of some sort which eventually kills you that's not counted as a flu death. If the same happens with COVID, that IS counted as a COVID death. Now, both methods can actually be justified, this isn't any sort of conspiracy, but the end result is that it's nearly impossible to actually compare COVID deaths to flu deaths. Then on the other hand you have the way most of the world economy has been shut down which does greatly reduce the number of deaths. Personally, I believe (with no evidence to support it) that the total number of COVID deaths given equivalent conditions is several times that of most Flu viruses, but you can't simply compare two numbers in isolation.

Comment Re:Cause and Effect (Score 1) 81

https://www.statista.com/stati...

I looked it up. 53.7 million tons of polyester fiber was produced in 2017. And that is just one of the synthetic fibers in production.

No, that's a whole bunch of different fabrics some of which are biodegradable https://sewport.com/fabrics-di... "synthetic fibre" doesn't automatically mean it's a pollution problem.

Comment Re:realistic solutions? (Score 1) 81

What options we have?

Plenty. 1)Select fibers that degrade relatively quickly (i.e less nylon more rayon or short lived polyester. 2)accept GMO for improved fibers rather than non-biodegradable synthetics 3)change the way we handle waste disposal so the plastics actually get recycled, or at least compacted and buried rather than allowed to spread. etc... None of these are perfect solutions, but if we actually implemented them we'd eliminate nearly all the microfibres that are a problem. If there's still a serious problem after those are implemented then you start getting into "solutions" that impact quality of life.

Comment Re: realistic solutions? (Score 1) 81

From the summary: "Microfibers, from sources like polyester clothing, made up 66 percent of the synthetic material in wet samples and 70 percent in dry samples. "

You could at least skim it.

What I'd like to know, and doesn't seem to be mentioned, is how much of those micofibres are actually a problem. Rayon is after all a synthetic that degrades naturally just fine, and even the toughest polyester (which is actually a large group of materials some of them natural and some of the synthetic ones bio-degredable) breaks down in ~40 years, which while terrible compared to most organics, is still great compared to most plastics, and thus not as much of a problem (which granted isn't the same as not a problem). Plastic microparticles in the enviroment that you can expect to cycle through the ecosystem pretty much unchanged for the next few centuries are a serious problem, microfibers that will float around for decades might, or might not be a proble, I don't know, naturally degredable micro fibres regardless of if they're synthetic or not are not a problem and people trying to equate them to plastic micro-particles are at best idiots.

Comment Re:what the heck are we supposed to do with them (Score 1) 246

Yep. Several boxes. And power supplies. The article doesn't say, though: what the heck are we supposed to do with them?

Nor does it mention that sometimes you find a use for the old cords/power supplies. Granted modern electronics seem to go out of their way to ensure that won't happen by each coming up with a unique one to use for their devices, but despite their best efforts I have reused old power cords, power supplies and data cables.

Comment Re:Cue the canonical Two Stupid Remarks (Score 1) 109

1. "Fusion over unity is ten years away. It always has been."

Sooner than humans on Mars 20 years from now (for the past 50 years).

In both cases the statements are true and have been true all along, as long as you add the qualifier with which they were originally made "...if you agree to fund this project". Given that the politicians keep not agreeing to fund the project the date keeps getting pushed back.

Comment Re:hmm... teleportation ? (Score 1) 161

To get the acceleration you divide by the time squared as a = 2 * s / (t^2), so if you halve the time the acceleration increases by a factor of 4. Sorry, I had implicitly assumed that everyone here had covered basic algebra! (You replied to my post but Slashdot is acting weird when I tried to find your post -- can't see all posts when I'm logged in! This happens a lot, so I normally read without being logged in.

I think everyone has taken algebra, what they haven't taken is mind reading classes, so we still have no idea why you think an acceleration 4 times what was calculated would be needed. From what I can tell a constant acceleration of somewhere between 6.2 and 6.3m/s^2 would be enough to get you to a point exactly opposite you on the planet within an hour traveling in an arc with a peak 100km up. While granted the effects of gravity would require you'd need to vary the ship's drive power to cancel out the effects of gravity, but as long as the average acceleration is as described it would work. now if you wanted to reach the spot in half the time, than yes, the average acceleration would need to increase by a factor of 4.

Comment Re:Stop being deceitful. (Score 1) 1183

Do they really think we are this stupid?

The politicians on both sides think the voters in general (even if possibly not you specifically) are that stupid, and the reason they think so is that they've been proven right repeatedly. The truth doesn't matter for most people, only the latest sound bite.

Comment Re:Another evidence btc is not a currency (Score 1) 228

No different than day trading stocks.

So you agree it's not a currency.

Do you have any idea what a "currency" is? The fact that X is a stock doesn't mean it can't also be a currency. No clue if Bitcoin is a currency but even if it was stock and not just "like stock in the specific case being discussed", that wouldn't have an effect on if it is or isn't currency.

Comment Re:Demand is increasing exponentially (Score 1) 228

Any company that deals with more than one currency has people dedicated to managing volatility.

Yes, and most companies don't deal with multiple currencies. If you go to the supermarket in the US or France or Germany, the reaction if you offer to pay in Yen or Bitcoin is likely to be the same - "we don't deal with that". Bit coin has it's uses, but that doesn't include normal day-to-day transactions.

Comment Re: Ridiculous (Score 2) 210

The law is that practicing medicine without a license is illegal. If you are practicing medicine and don't have a license (or have the wrong sort of medical license) you're liable to go to jail regardless of if you call yourself a doctor or not. Calling yourself a doctor without a license isn't illegal, practicing medicine without a license is.

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