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Physiology & Medicine / If two people with full blown AIDS have sex, is there a risk? Can it get worse?
« on: 23/11/2023 14:43:18 »
Just a question.
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Just Chat! / Re: What is the purpose of "question of the week"?
« on: 13/11/2023 13:31:03 »
If it was switched to "Question of the Weak", what questions do you think people would ask?
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Just Chat! / Re: Does every town in the UK have a football club?
« on: 12/11/2023 10:42:35 »
I think you guys also have a train station in every little town also. No people take more pride in their trains than the British. They invented them afterall.
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Just Chat! / Does every town in the UK have a football club?
« on: 11/11/2023 16:20:21 »
I know you can count on an Anglican church, a pub and a World War One memorial, but is a football club another surefire thing?
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General Science / Re: Why do candy bars thaw quickly?
« on: 05/11/2023 15:32:57 »Softening of a liquid is not a phase change, just a reduction in viscosity.I was about to report you to the British Physicist Guild or something for making up a scientific word until I found out it is an actual word.
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General Science / Re: Why do candy bars thaw quickly?
« on: 04/11/2023 15:34:05 »Because there's no phase change, there's no need to transfer latent heat.If this is true, how do you explain their texture change?
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Just Chat! / Wilson vs Heath
« on: 04/11/2023 15:30:36 »
It seems that in politics, the UK can be even more polarised than the U.S. During the 1960s there was Team Heath and Team Wilson. For the older englishmen reading this post, whose side were you on (or mostly on) and why?
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General Science / Why do candy bars thaw quickly?
« on: 01/11/2023 09:35:34 »
When taken out of the freezer (the only good way to eat them I think) you have a good five minutes to devour them before becoming soft and boring to eat.
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Physiology & Medicine / What challenges are there in building a better artificial heart?
« on: 28/10/2023 14:37:20 »
These mega-expensive devices were all the rave for a very brief period of time, until researchers apparently saw unimpressive results, which caused both private and public healthcare entities to not pay for them.
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Plant Sciences, Zoology & Evolution / Can an arctic polar bear survive in Antartica?
« on: 25/10/2023 17:45:20 »
Obviously there's a reason why polar bears evolved around the North Pole instead of the South, and the conditions in Antarctica are colder and windier. The animals they kill and eat do not dwell in their southern counterpart. I mean, im sure penguins and seals would be hearty and tasty, but I doubt they would be able to catch them.
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Physiology & Medicine / Re: Is consistently sweating under pressure a sign of bad health?
« on: 23/10/2023 14:43:39 »I know you have doctors in America, half of the UK trained ones end up there.
This is true. My GP is from the Isles, and although he prefers his country's universal healthcare, he felt his long and strenuous medical education justifies a better paycheck. I'm sure he's right.
What is the rest of your family history like.My paternal grandfather died a few days before his 30th birthday from Potts Disease, possibly caused by the treatment he received for his spinal injury, courteously a stielhandgranate. My maternal grandfather died at age 68 from an aneurysm, possibly caused by a 48 year battle with lupus which he acquired during the war. My uncle died from a heart attack last April at 59. I have another uncle that nine years ago had a heart attack at 67, and avoided a second one due to serious dietary modifications.
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Physiology & Medicine / Is consistently sweating under pressure a sign of bad health?
« on: 21/10/2023 17:30:55 »
As I get older (i'm turning 42 on Halloween) I find myself more and more breaking a sweat when pressed for time on both mental and physical activities. I'm 6'2, 18 pounds overweight and had a father that died from sudden cardiac death at 66. Should I worry?
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Technology / How accurate can AI be in determining color in B&W photos and videos?
« on: 14/10/2023 15:24:34 »
I read an article about a man selling his idea that there is a "DNA" in monochrome photos and video stills that reveal the actual color of objects and such by the shade of grey they project. My hang-up on this is he doesn't seem to acknowledge one important variable: shadows. Shadows of course affect the hue, which must sometimes fool AI in the final product. How can AI compesate them?
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Just Chat! / Re: Should legislators receive royalties each time a law they wrote is enforced?
« on: 07/10/2023 15:29:23 »Nothing wrong with the country - I appreciate every aspect of the landscape and natural history - but most of the time it seems to be governed by crooks elected by idiots obsessed with the right to kill each other and bankrupt the sick.Perhaps the British Empire should rise again and bring their civility, stipulations and... uh never mind.
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Just Chat! / Re: Should legislators receive royalties each time a law they wrote is enforced?
« on: 03/10/2023 07:25:55 »In a civilised country, laws tell you what not to do. So every time I don't kill anyone, or fly into restricted airspace, the law is upheld and whoever wrote it gets a royalty for my good behavior?My question was a joke. A joke that was lost on your stiff upper lip.
In a backward country like the USA, the law is enforced every time a convict is executed. Your suggestion would find favor with the sort of scum that get elected to public office in that banana republic.
Sorry you despise my country so much.
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Just Chat! / Should legislators receive royalties each time a law they wrote is enforced?
« on: 02/10/2023 16:16:13 »
If I was a law maker this would encourage me to be more present and active in my job.
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Physiology & Medicine / Re: Does Hand or Nose Size Actually Correlate to Penis Size?
« on: 01/10/2023 16:11:04 »women do not have penises.I hope you didn't disappointingly find that out too late into a relationship.
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Physiology & Medicine / Does Hand or Nose Size Actually Correlate to Penis Size?
« on: 29/09/2023 16:52:53 »
or something?
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Just Chat! / What is your favorite silent film?
« on: 28/09/2023 20:22:12 »
What is your favorite pre-1928 silent film and why?
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The Environment / How beneficial are paperless receipts, invoices, paychecks, etc, for our planet?
« on: 25/09/2023 15:30:45 »
Throughout my country companies are phasing out printed transactions. Is it actually helpful? Is it greenwashing?