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Water Cooler / Re: Population: High levels of glyphosate found in more than half of sperm samples
« Last post by Rupert on May 21, 2024, 07:37:06 AM »
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Microplastics found in every human testicle in (small) study | Plastics | The Guardian

I read that as:

Microplastics found in every human (small) testicle in study | Plastics | The Guardian

not suer if its my childish humour, or dyslexia.

This should probably be in quotes that hit home:


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I used to have sex daily...

Then Reddit taught me it was just dyslexia...


sorry for lowering the bar.
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Hardware & Technology / Re: China's first large-scale sodium-ion battery charges to 90% in 12 minutes
« Last post by rcjordan on May 20, 2024, 11:00:53 PM »
Sodium is apparently heavier and bulkier.

https://www.gep.com/blog/strategy/lithium-ion-vs-sodium-ion-battery

Sodium-ion vs. Lithium-ion Battery: Comparison, Challenges & Alternative | GEP Blog
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Hardware & Technology / Re: China's first large-scale sodium-ion battery charges to 90% in 12 minutes
« Last post by littleman on May 20, 2024, 10:53:03 PM »
I am curious about the weight and storage capacity compared to lithium-ion.
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Water Cooler / Re: FBI Called In After Hacker Tries To Poison Tampa-Area City's Water
« Last post by rcjordan on May 20, 2024, 10:26:30 PM »
<warp>

https://www.courthousenews.com/epa-warns-of-increasing-cyberattacks-on-water-systems-urges-utilities-to-take-immediate-action/

EPA warns of increasing cyberattacks on water systems, urges utilities to take immediate action | Courthouse News Service


Debbie is shocked!  "About 70% of utilities inspected by federal officials over the last year violated standards meant to prevent breaches or other intrusions, the agency said....

Some water systems are falling short in basic ways, the alert said, including failure to change default passwords or cut off system access to former employees."
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Hardware & Technology / China's first large-scale sodium-ion battery charges to 90% in 12 minutes
« Last post by rcjordan on May 20, 2024, 09:10:13 PM »
https://electrek.co/2024/05/17/china-first-large-scale-sodium-ion-battery/

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Water Cooler / Re: Population: High levels of glyphosate found in more than half of sperm samples
« Last post by ergophobe on May 20, 2024, 06:45:31 PM »
I don't recall that. But plastics in breast milk I've seen. Which makes me think Dan Bern wasn't so far off

A little girl down my block
Was born with silicone in her breasts
Turned out her grandmother and her mother
Had both had the implants done
And evolution took care of it this time around
https://danbern.com/lyrics/true-revolutionaries/

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Hardware & Technology / Re: How to live your life in text files
« Last post by ergophobe on May 20, 2024, 06:42:54 PM »
Adobe does this on purpose. Files created in InDesign or Illustrator more than two versions ago cannot be opened last I checked.

Rather than "always use plain text" which isn't practical in many situations, I would advocate, "always use open formats."

All my accounting is in spreadsheets. The formulas might not transfer from one program to another, but I can always export CSV files and import them and I suspect that, like a "plain text" file, will work until EOL (meaning my EOL, not the software).
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Water Cooler / Re: Population: High levels of glyphosate found in more than half of sperm samples
« Last post by rcjordan on May 20, 2024, 05:03:31 PM »
I thought this was posted earlier but couldn't find it.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/20/microplastics-human-testicles-study-sperm-counts

Microplastics found in every human testicle in (small) study | Plastics | The Guardian
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Hardware & Technology / Re: How to live your life in text files
« Last post by rcjordan on May 20, 2024, 04:58:17 PM »
Decades ago there was a study on accounting record-keeping.  They found that most software and hardware in use changed within a few years and people & businesses could no longer access digital archives from a few years earlier when audited.   
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Hardware & Technology / Re: How to live your life in text files
« Last post by ergophobe on May 20, 2024, 04:43:14 PM »
I've heard him say that on podcasts. It's a good argument. I don't think I could possibly even access my Master's thesis.

It was always the footnotes that kept me from going plain text for a lot of things. There are some things that are hard to do well in plain text.

There are format-rich "plain text" formats though like RTF, which has all the formatting you could want, but you can also open up the file in any text editor and read it and, if need be, extract what you want with a series of regex search and replace.
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