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New comment by feedsmgmt in "The EPA is proposing that 'forever chemicals' be considered hazardous substances"

feedsmgmt — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 05:24:46 +0000

Here is another study they did that is phthalate and they link a PDF of their methodology: https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-contaminants/the...

New comment by feedsmgmt in "The appendix is not, in fact, useless"

feedsmgmt — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 02:59:37 +0000

A reserve of good bacteria to repopulate your guts in case you consume something bad that needs to get flushed out. Aren't tonsils something similar?

New comment by feedsmgmt in "The EPA is proposing that 'forever chemicals' be considered hazardous substances"

feedsmgmt — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 17:18:06 +0000

Per the article there are few sources of that substance other than PFAS. What makes you believe that there are many sources for it?

"That’s because all PFAS contain organic fluorine, and there are few other sources of the compound, says Graham Peaslee, PhD, a professor of physics, chemistry, and biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, who has studied PFAS in food packaging.

Another complication: PFAS is used so widely—found in ink on food containers, recycled paper, machines that make packaging, and more—that it often shows up in products unintentionally."

New comment by feedsmgmt in "Mozilla Monitor Plus: automatically remove your personal info from data brokers"

feedsmgmt — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 16:27:00 +0000

And you need to enter all of the information that you're trying to protect into one central location that is probably heavily targeted. These types of services never made sense to me.

New comment by feedsmgmt in "Pinball Map: Crowd-sourced worldwide map of public pinball machines"

feedsmgmt — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 02:03:41 +0000

It's less than a mile from a train stop. That isn't accessible?

New comment by feedsmgmt in "The EPA is proposing that 'forever chemicals' be considered hazardous substances"

feedsmgmt — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 00:41:45 +0000

"CR found 'forever chemicals' in bowls, bags, plates, and wrappers, even from some companies that say they've phased them out"

https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-contaminants/dan...

New comment by feedsmgmt in "Pinball Map: Crowd-sourced worldwide map of public pinball machines"

feedsmgmt — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 00:36:49 +0000

Have you been to Galloping Ghost's pinball arcade?

New comment by feedsmgmt in "Pinball Map: Crowd-sourced worldwide map of public pinball machines"

feedsmgmt — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 00:35:57 +0000

They're big and heavy and have a lot of wear parts that are expensive to maintain. Standing in one spot not blinking isn't great. I can play pinball in VR and have about an equally good experience these days.

New comment by feedsmgmt in "Starlink's laser system is beaming 42 petabytes of data per day"

feedsmgmt — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 03:07:35 +0000

Where did you get that 100GB/mo number from? 4K streaming eats up data transfer quickly. Comcrap & friends knew what they were doing making arbitrary data caps that sounded like a big number at the time. Wireline data caps should be illegal.

New comment by feedsmgmt in "Solid-state EV batteries now face "production hell""

feedsmgmt — Sun, 28 Jan 2024 15:44:04 +0000

Solar panels on the outside of the plane? They're above the clouds for the most part.

New comment by feedsmgmt in "Dangerous chemicals found in recycled plastics, making them unsafe for use"

feedsmgmt — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 00:12:22 +0000

Maybe don't wear any kind of plastic? Every time you wash a synthetic garment plastic particles are going into the water system.

New comment by feedsmgmt in "The horse, the drone, and the fight for gambling success (2021)"

feedsmgmt — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 01:26:30 +0000

There is so much collusion and cheating in that "sport" it should be shut down. On top of all the animal abuse at that.

New comment by feedsmgmt in "[dead]"

feedsmgmt — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 17:06:44 +0000

With profit margins on existing internet customers being so obscene, to me this program seems like a massive subsidy to the big ISPs who were still making additional profit from what the "discounted" rate was. The minimum plan for just cable internet should not be $50+ per month

New comment by feedsmgmt in "Some fish live beyond 100 and get healthier as they age"

feedsmgmt — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 17:43:47 +0000

Isn't that because the ocean water blocks radiation?

New comment by feedsmgmt in "Please don't make me use another QR code restaurant menu"

feedsmgmt — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 18:29:59 +0000

Paying with QR instead of having a stranger take your credit card somewhere to swipe it is also a much better experience for me.

New comment by feedsmgmt in "Thailand discovers nearly 15M tonnes of lithium"

feedsmgmt — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 19:08:48 +0000

I think that is an odd opinion to have. The data shows otherwise: https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/electric-vehicles/chart...

New comment by feedsmgmt in "Ask HN: What would you do if you could start over?"

feedsmgmt — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 01:55:23 +0000

I would cut out alcohol from regular consumption much earlier.

New comment by feedsmgmt in "US regulator considers stripping Boeing's right to self-inspect planes"

feedsmgmt — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 22:40:50 +0000

At this point why allow anyone to self inspect or self report anything? What's the upside to allowing the risk?

New comment by feedsmgmt in "Consumer Reports finds 'widespread' presence of plastics in food"

feedsmgmt — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 19:15:11 +0000

Your fruits and vegetables might be covered with a petroleum derived "wax" by default: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_waxing

New comment by feedsmgmt in "Nuclear energy is more expensive than renewables, report finds"

feedsmgmt — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:51:59 +0000

People focus so much on "cost" and "profit" that it seems to lead to short sighted decision making.