"We conclude that the hemispherical power asymmetry still remains as a challenge to the standard model." [1]

1. https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.15786

I have always associated new software versions with with my the word "release", "released". While shipped is not an incorrect term to use for software. Release just feels more appropriate.

Has anyone else noticed this?

All of that said, I am not condemning the practice in the least. Just interested in the etymnology of one of my favorite areas of interest. Hopefully draw some more knowledgeable folks on the question.

Maybe we should think of it like we do for other forms of energy and how I be thought we did think of it already as biochemical energy expressions. Along with kinetic energy, potential energy, chemical energy. Surely there is a number determined for the maximum lifetime energy output potential (work) of a single mitochondrion. While it is plain and simple, that's just life for you.

Maybe we should think of it like we do for other forms of energy and how I be thought we did think of it already but was of biochemical energy expressions. Along with kinetic energy, potential energy, chemical energy. Surely there is a number determined for the maximum lifetime energy output potential (work) of a single mitochondrion. While it is plain and simple, that's just life for you

We may interpret this as convenience... But the tragedy of the commons says that we can't even have science if someone isn't holding what it is we don't want to be holding... I'm not saying I didn't love science or not think it's super interesting or anything... Can we really say it alleviates suffering or does it displace it for one group of people until a new problem comes in and takes that one's place? How many people here will be holding the bag of shit tonight? USA numba 1!!!

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Another application I can think of would be for greenhouses. By converting IR light to visible light, you can increase the amount of useful light for plants (and animals), increasing the photosynthesis (PAR) and plant growth. Mars comes to mind. Surely there would need to be a lot of refinement, but if it can increase useable light 2x, assuming the usable light increase occurs mostly 2 hours before dawn and 2 hours after dusk and dawn, and 2 hours after, for a 12 hour day, that's a 33% boost in efficiency. Half that to be conservative and ~15% is no joke, either

I can understand, possibly, possibly, fronting the cost. But, only while they sort out the details with the installers. The first contaminant to make it through on a federally recognized level...9 billion dollars in funding. Holy shit. And this is just getting started.

This, after looking just now ( https://www.google.com/search?q=pfas+funding+sources&oq=pfas... ), Seems to be in addition to a 10 billion dollars that was earmarked in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of '21, and 2 billion from the EPA.

That's in addition to the up to 12.5 billion that 3M has agreed to pay directly to water providers through 2036. I didn't know there was a tort case, either. It finished last year.

33.5 billion dollars. I can't wrap my head around this. Seems like a significant amount for an equally significant problem that most people have never heard about.

And this is likely not nearly enough. This is shaping up to be a 100 billion dollar public health crisis / 3M offset.

Surely, I am missing several more broad funding allotments, this is just just getting started.

When I can't understand the scale of something, I tend to look at the size of the response. It's not perfect, but it's a start