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  • Sounds quite a bit different, but certainly also like something worth trying when I come across it. Thanks!

  • I used to be all about a latte macchiato with an extra shot, then I got hooked on café con leche. After I returned home I found out a flat white is as close as you can get, without being a jerk who explains their custom order to every barista.

  • Gen Z right-wing? Wikipedia could be wrong, but:

    Generation Z is generally alike to Millennials on political and social issues.[5] Generation Z has been reported to be "progressive and pro-government",[6] though this narrative has occasionally been challenged, particularly in Europe. The generation is largely in favor of LGBT rights, gender equality, and access to abortion. Economically, Generation Z has a more favorable outlook on socialism than previous generations. Gen Z varies largely by country on whether to make it easier for legal migrants to live and work in their home countries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_views_of_Generation_Z#:~:text=Generation%20Z%20has%20been%20reported,equality%2C%20and%20access%20to%20abortion.

  • Rebuild/refurbished is starting to become a thing for EV batteries. I hope it becomes commonplace in the coming years.

  • And for about the same amount of people the IRS already knows everything they need to calculate their taxes. Not having prefilled tax forms you can verify or correct if you need to, is only a thing because Intuit/turboTax etc want to keep making billions.

  • Yes, except all bulky plugs are designed for plugging into an outlet with the ground at the bottom.

  • Very interesting research!

    SUMMARY

    Cigarette smoking is a well-known risk factor inducing the development and progression of various diseases. Nicotine (NIC) is the major constituent of cigarette smoke. However, knowledge of the mechanism underlying the NIC-regulated stem cell functions is limited. In this study, we demonstrate that NIC increases the abundance and proliferative activity of intestinal stem cells (ISCs) in vivo and ex vivo. Moreover, NIC induces Yes-associated protein (YAP)/Transcriptional coactivator with PDZ-binding motif (TAZ) and Notch signaling in ISCs via α7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAchR) and protein kinase C (PKC) activation; this effect was not detected in Paneth cells. The inhibition of Notch signaling by dibenzazepine (DBZ) nullified the effects of NIC on ISCs. NIC enhances in vivo tumor formation from ISCs after loss of the tumor suppressor gene Apc, DBZ inhibited NIC-induced tumor growth. Hence, this study identifies a NIC-triggered pathway regulating the stemness and tumorigenicity of ISCs and suggests the use of DBZ as a potential therapeutic strategy for treating intestinal tumors.

    https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.02.573853v1

  • I saw some studies indicating diphenhydramine/Benadryl can reduce long Covid symptoms. Can try and dig them up again if you're interested, although the stellate ganglion block sounds a lot more effective.

  • Depending on the chair and how you position your butt cheeks, you can sometimes sneak out a fart silently.

  • 3:2 please

  • Yeah, I loved that floss! Right up until I found it's so good because it's coated in Teflon.

  • My teeth are so tight I can sometimes barely get floss down between them. A brush would have no chance of cleaning the whole sides of the teeth.

  • Look at congressmen. They are paid a solid salary + allowed to insider trade all they want. Yet you can still buy a vote with a ~5k campaign contribution.

  • Most TVs seem to default to playing the surround audio track, which is a terrible idea when you only have stereo speakers, but I guess the TVs do it in case you decide to hook up a multi speaker system mid movie?? Choosing the down mixed stereo audio instead, makes for a much better experience for most people.

  • Lazy Chicken

    1. Pour about a centimeter white rice in a baking dish. I prefer something a 20x30cm tempered glass one, but I'm sure you can use whatever.
    2. Add frozen vegetables on top.
    3. Dissolve a chicken broth cube hot or boiling water, pour into dish, add water to a bit above the rice.
    4. Place frozen chicken legs on top, or whatever other frozen chicken pieces you'd like.
    5. Generously season chicken.
    6. Stick in oven for about an hour at 200°C.

    You might need to add boiling water while it's cooking, but after making it a couple times you'll know about how much water is needed from the start.

  • Great intentions, but I'm a bit worried about how the non-contact breath detection will work, if you're sober and giving your wasted friend(s) a ride home from the bar. BAC detection by touch might be better, if they can make it work that is.

    Seeing how cars with Super-cruise have eye tracking, why not roll impaired & distracted driving into one safety package.

    Eye tracking has become a reliable neuroscience tool for identifying the eye movements that are linked to impairments caused by alcohol use disorders. For example, a machine-learning model has been developed to detect alcohol intoxication based on a person's eye gaze and eye closure. (From Google's generated cliff notes)

    Disabling a vehicle if the driver isn't looking at the road for x seconds might be a bit drastic. I could imagine e.g. muting the volume if not at the very least glancing at the road every 2~3 seconds. Would piss off a lot of people, then not long thereafter teach them to pay attention to where they are going.

  • The allegedly human male senator, who itself has chosen to be addressed by the preferred name "Ted", but looking at the Senate records its name is actually, legally, Rafael Edward Cruz. Would the, allegedly human senator, them self care to explain?

  • They don't need fully automated areas, we have a couple dozen JBT AGV's at work. They are fitted with 3 extra sensors, but it is my understanding those aren't strictly required for them to operate in aisles shared with drivers and pedestrians; more of an abundance of caution choice. While they are slower, they must be well worth it since more are added every year.

  • Well yeah, wouldn't a fake medic ID be highly convenient for a terrorist? (To your comment above).

    Statements from one or a couple of people proves nothing, sadly the world we live in is full of lies, deception & coercion.