I’ll have to check it out, thanks for the link! [Edit] oh it’s a book, not an online article.

Yeah this article is really long, and a lot of it is over my head (especially the math), but they have brought up several interesting points and provided a much easier-to-understand model of the holographic universe. I mentioned this theory in another post here a few months ago and was basically shut down with claims that this wasn’t even possible and the theory had been long-discounted, and yet here we are with modern work still plugging away at the concept. It makes me appreciate just how much hell all scientists go through when they posit theories that contradict other people’s personal beliefs.

And people are trying to say that global warming is no big deal. OK, so these particular viruses don’t pose a danger to us, but come on, it only takes one…

TIL… I can get a literal ton of sugar for the cost of a month’s groceries.

Taiwan is not recognized by most countries.

Damn, they’re not? I thought I had heard otherwise. That’s a real shame, people should have the right to govern themselves they way they desire.

Want to see shit really hit the fan? Imagine if Taiwan applied for NATO membership. They are already recognized by most countries as an independent entity and I assume are aligned with many Western goals since they conduct joint military exercises with the US, but China would go crazy over attempts at NATO membership.

Makes me wonder if there are are any rules to prevent acceptance if a country is attacked because of asking to join? Like I know Ukraine can’t join right now because they’re already at war (despite whatever Russia wants to call it), but I think Taiwan is not officially at war with anyone.

Don’t you just hate spell-checkers changing your words?

I’m certainly not the type to get out on a bike and ride 50 miles a day, but on the other hand despite spending a lot of time at the computer I also spend a lot of time working on projects and moving around. Just this week I started cutting up the steel to build a new utility trailer so I certainly move around a lot, but my body still hates me.

I wish this helped me, but my back always starts hurting when I go for walks… although it’s more my middle-back rather than lower. I try to get in a 30-minute walk at least twice a week, plus of course things like going to the grocery store and mowing the lawn add a lot of time. Never seems to be enough to help though.

FYI the alert they sent out earlier today expires at 0600 UTC, and the current predictions along with the dropping values this afternoon indicate that the worst of it has already passed us. The Kp index did get up to 8.0 around 4 hours ago though, which is fairly high (not quite enough to see aurora in Boulder though).

Oh give the poor guy a break, this is probably the closest thing to a victory that Trump has ever seen! ;-)

But what about the counties upstream of you?

Heh I’ve never had dry mouth from it but I definitely get munchy. Ah well, it was an interesting theory, and probably a lot healthier anyway, but it is what it is.

I’ve always heard that you actually get dehydrated, but the cannabis confuses the body’s reaction and makes you think you’re hungry. Anyone else heard something like this?

Do any of them take over human hosts, and then sprout spider legs when you chop off their head?

Wait until you learn about your rectal microbiome and sex…

Don’t worry, your brain is just an unfortunate side-effect and the gut microbes actually rule the body. When they’re in danger they sacrifice unimportant organs like the brain first. “Death” doesn’t actually mean what you think it does… 😬

As if a mathematically pure anything exists anywhere in reality? 😆 OK yeah, most of the time 2+2 is approximately equal to 4. Moving on…

Regardless, thanks for saving me the click. I guess I should just completely avoid any of these posts that have a damn advertisement pasted as the summary of the article.