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New comment by tenuousemphasis in "Corn tortillas in California now must contain folic acid"

tenuousemphasis — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 07:48:11 +0000

Someone didn't bother reading the article before getting uppity. It's literally on the second page.

>For nearly 30 years, folic acid, a key B vitamin, has been required to be added to enriched wheat and white breads, cereals and pastas in the U.S.

>Decades of research show the 1998 requirement cut rates of serious defects such as spina bifida and anencephaly by about 30%, preventing about 1,300 cases a year. It is regarded as one of the top public health triumphs of the 20th century.

>But corn masa flour, a staple used in Latino diets, was left out of the original fortification requirement — and rates of conditions such as spina bifida and anencephaly in that community have remained stubbornly high.

New comment by tenuousemphasis in "The Reason Windows Hate Is Exploding: It's the End of Personal Computing [video]"

tenuousemphasis — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:23:45 +0000

I use a SteamOS distribution for all my gaming, Bazzite. KCD2 works perfectly. The only game I haven't tried to get running yet is Star Citizen.

New comment by tenuousemphasis in "How the Turner twins are mythbusting modern technical apparel"

tenuousemphasis — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 22:02:11 +0000

There was a time not all that long ago that the most expensive thing most people owned was clothing.

New comment by tenuousemphasis in "You gotta think outside the hypercube"

tenuousemphasis — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 13:38:11 +0000

Yes, we've managed to make our ancient hardware run more modern software but it's a bit of a kludge and causes compatibility issues.

New comment by tenuousemphasis in "We do not think Anthropic should be designated as a supply chain risk"

tenuousemphasis — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 14:59:30 +0000

I mean yeah... one of his co-conspirators is the President.

New comment by tenuousemphasis in "A Nationwide Book Ban Bill Has Been Introduced in the House of Representatives"

tenuousemphasis — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 07:11:35 +0000

Yes well there probably weren't indoor toilets or the internet either, but progress continues.

New comment by tenuousemphasis in "The US Had a Big Battery Boom Last Year"

tenuousemphasis — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 18:47:41 +0000

Friendly reminder that battery chemistries differ greatly. Lithium iron phosphate, a safer but less dense chemistry than Lithium Ion, contains no cobalt.

New comment by tenuousemphasis in "Bye Bye Humanity: The Potential AMOC Collapse"

tenuousemphasis — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 16:07:57 +0000

There is one and only one solution: stop burning fossil fuels which dump CO₂ into the air.

New comment by tenuousemphasis in "Bye Bye Humanity: The Potential AMOC Collapse"

tenuousemphasis — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 16:06:30 +0000

Stupid people are easiest to manipulate m

New comment by tenuousemphasis in "Total surface area required to fuel the world with solar (2009)"

tenuousemphasis — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 16:00:02 +0000

Only if you like free electricity...

New comment by tenuousemphasis in "Data centers in space makes no sense"

tenuousemphasis — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 22:15:15 +0000

Your exuberance for this topic is only matched by your lack of understanding about it.

New comment by tenuousemphasis in "xAI joins SpaceX"

tenuousemphasis — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 23:50:09 +0000

Now do waste heat.

New comment by tenuousemphasis in "'Askers' vs. 'Guessers' (2010)"

tenuousemphasis — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 07:48:56 +0000

An asker who won't take no for an answer is just an asshole. As is a guesser who continuously hints when they want something and you don't offer.

New comment by tenuousemphasis in "Why we're taking legal action against SerpApi's unlawful scraping"

tenuousemphasis — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 09:43:30 +0000

I've never been to Scotland and I don't know any Scottish people.

But yes, I am dating myself with that phrase...

New comment by tenuousemphasis in "Why we're taking legal action against SerpApi's unlawful scraping"

tenuousemphasis — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 07:43:49 +0000

Allow for the purpose of indexing, not training models.

Like if you give a friend a key to your house so they can check on your plants when you're out of town but they throw a rager and trash the place.

New comment by tenuousemphasis in "The Gentle Seduction (1989)"

tenuousemphasis — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 16:58:45 +0000

Ok, what is it doing?

New comment by tenuousemphasis in "Sabotaging Bitcoin"

tenuousemphasis — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 21:46:31 +0000

You're reading the graph wrong, but I still have no idea how you are. Joules per terahash has declined from 8297 in 2014 to 33 in 2023 (the latest year they have data), a 99.996% reduction, or a 250x improvement in efficiency.

New comment by tenuousemphasis in "Sabotaging Bitcoin"

tenuousemphasis — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 08:29:07 +0000

I'm not sure what data you looking at but we went from 8300 J/TH in 2014 to 33.4 J/TH in 2023. So... what are you talking about?

New comment by tenuousemphasis in "Toxic Fumes on Planes Blamed for Deaths of Pilots and Crew"

tenuousemphasis — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:00:06 +0000

I'd love to know what percentage of flights experience fume events to determine if it's a real problem I should worry about.

New comment by tenuousemphasis in "Deliberate Internet Shutdowns"

tenuousemphasis — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:42:38 +0000

Are you trying to argue that Starlink isn't cut off Ukrainian access? Because they did and it was well documented.