Has gender affirming surgery for minors ever been a thing? Counseling and medication, sure, but I've never heard of someone advocating for surgery. Seems like a conservative dog whistle.
You pay a consultant to take liability. Sure, you could do this in house, but wouldn't you rather have someone outside of the organization use their liability insurance?
I think the former, based on my limited knowledge of the water treatment industry. There aren't many manufacturers of low margin commodity chemicals, most people are in specialty chemicals with higher margins.
There are some applications that require normalizing an axis by the measured variable, usually just to make something linear. Not sure what the reason here would be.
One of my colleagues has something along the lines of superior autobiographical recall. He remembers in great detail major and minor events from childhood to today. It's difficult for him to forget.
I myself have forgotten long stretches of my life, and even looking at pictures of myself from those times it feels unfamiliar.
There are some things that I wish I could remember better, but overall I prefer my forgetful brain to his never forget brain.
Ah, Ted, we lost you too soon.