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New comment by huytersd in "Atomic nucleus excited with laser: A breakthrough after decades"

huytersd — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 08:38:19 +0000

But then what happens? Does it expel an electron/release energy etc.?

New comment by huytersd in "Atomic nucleus excited with laser: A breakthrough after decades"

huytersd — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 08:35:53 +0000

If I remember correctly GPS is effected but the ultra precise version the gov uses can error correct pretty well. I would think greater GPS precision at a lower cost?

New comment by huytersd in "Google surpasses $2T market cap"

huytersd — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 03:03:41 +0000

People have been saying that about Microsoft for ages but it keeps growing and chugging along. I use a minimum of 7 Google products everyday, they came up with all of the research for LLMs, they have the only self driving car that actually works, run the largest smartphone OS in the world by a mile etc. They’re not going anywhere.

New comment by huytersd in "Apple MacBook Air 15-Inch M3 Review"

huytersd — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 02:43:18 +0000

Ah give up the hysterics. Sure they care about the environment. They do a lot based on the materials they use, packaging, power for their factories and campuses etc. but they also care about their bottom line like a successful company does. This sort of hyperbolic comment falls flat because it’s reactionary and lazy.

New comment by huytersd in "How to prevent Lyme disease this summer"

huytersd — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 02:37:40 +0000

I’ve never had a tick bite I could miss. They form a blister and itch like crazy for a couple of days. I wonder if the inflammatory response goes away if you get bitten too often. I know it happens with mosquitos if you get bitten too often.

New comment by huytersd in "A small lathe built in a Japanese prison camp (1949)"

huytersd — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 19:47:38 +0000

That just supports my argument that men shouldn’t have to try to get laid. It should be provided for free by the state.

“If you can’t afford your own wife, one will be provided to you by the state”.

New comment by huytersd in "Can science find ways to ease loneliness?"

huytersd — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 15:35:15 +0000

Some faces are irredeemable

New comment by huytersd in "Can science find ways to ease loneliness?"

huytersd — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 08:41:18 +0000

How are those the same thing. Unattractive people are repulsed by each other. You can learn to provide emotional support, you can’t change your face.

New comment by huytersd in "The walls of Apple's garden are tumbling down"

huytersd — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 01:21:07 +0000

3D printing has plenty of usage. I don’t think the “mainstream” has any need for it (atleast until the point where the printers can print multi material slices to print out entire products) but the people that use it are still a sizable segment.

New comment by huytersd in "How to prevent Lyme disease this summer"

huytersd — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 23:18:40 +0000

Yeah I didn’t know the difference. Multi drug resistant anything is what I meant.

New comment by huytersd in "How to prevent Lyme disease this summer"

huytersd — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 17:06:38 +0000

Yes but I’ve also used one of the plethora of telehealth systems before that will let you speak to a doctor within a hour and you can pick up your prescription in two.

New comment by huytersd in "How to prevent Lyme disease this summer"

huytersd — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 17:05:28 +0000

Antibiotic resistance almost never occurs in isolated situations. It’s hospital settings and large factory farms that are the issue. Either ways there’s a Lyme vaccine on the way. It should be available by 2025.

New comment by huytersd in "How to prevent Lyme disease this summer"

huytersd — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 14:33:57 +0000

Getting antibiotics maybe once a year is not excessive. Please stop being hyperbolic, I’m well aware of MRSAs and do my best to take them sparingly. Where I live between 50-70% of the deer ticks have Lyme disease so it’s not overkill.

New comment by huytersd in "Camus, Albert and the Anarchists (2007)"

huytersd — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 07:25:33 +0000

It would make the architect the boss because he would tell you what needs to happen next. That scenario with a client deadline means the “architect” is going to push you to finish before the deadline, prod you to get back to work if you’re lazing around and generally fulfill the role of a foreman. Anarchism is a theoretical mental exercise with no basis in anything in the real world. True anarchism is just current day Haiti where there strong rule over the weak because anarchism doesn’t provide any solutions as to how to build and maintain a society without hierarchies.

New comment by huytersd in "Camus, Albert and the Anarchists (2007)"

huytersd — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 07:19:15 +0000

Who can instantly recall them? A group vote or an individual? Because one of them is just democracy and the other is utterly unworkable. The first time someone doesn’t want to work, they’re going to “recall” the boss.

New comment by huytersd in "How to prevent Lyme disease this summer"

huytersd — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 06:12:21 +0000

If you take precautions, you might get bitten once a season. Taking antibiotics once or twice a year isn’t all that insane.

Why not just use permethrin or anti tick clothing if you’re regularly pulling off 10-20 ticks. It’s disgusting and you can get some other serious diseases besides Lyme like Rocky mountain fever, alpha gal or encephalitis that are harder to treat or have no cures.

I’ve always heard the 24-36 hour thing is a statistical probability figure. You most probably won’t but you could get it as soon as the tick attaches as well. Also if you squeeze the body of an engorged tick as you’re pulling it out, you force all the contents of its stomach (where the Lyme bacteria lives), into your bloodstream. Always use tweezers and go for the head.

New comment by huytersd in "How to prevent Lyme disease this summer"

huytersd — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 04:52:15 +0000

Anecdotally it’s useless. I’ve seen them walk right over DEET sprayed boots. They freeze up pretty much on contact with permethrin.

New comment by huytersd in "How to prevent Lyme disease this summer"

huytersd — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 04:26:35 +0000

Just go to your PCP and get your one time course of 2 doxycycline pills as soon as you get bitten.

I also spray my hiking/yardwork pants and boots with permethrin. DEET is pretty useless, I’ve seen them walk right over DEET sprayed boots onto my pants. They make it about 5 steps through permethrin. I’m surprised advise from Harvard is getting this wrong.

If you want even more protection, you can buy stocking like slacks and a shirt specifically made for this purpose on Amazon. I wear these when I’m weeding or clearing brush.

All the above methods haven’t failed me in 5 years.

New comment by huytersd in "IceCube observes seven potential tau neutrinos"

huytersd — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 19:46:40 +0000

Yeah but the question was about how familiar the people involved might be with the rapper. I would imagine any 30+ American or European (probably) would.

New comment by huytersd in "Judge acquits Backpage co-founder Michael Lacey on most counts"

huytersd — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 18:43:59 +0000

Based on your username, I’m not sure if you have HIV but EBT 101 has begun human trials as of last year and we should find out how it turns out before the end of this year. It’s from the same team that was able to eliminate SIV from primates using the same techniques.