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Feeding Cattle Seaweed Cuts Methane Significantly
StormsingerHonestly, that sounds way too good to be true. I'd love to see something about the metabolic pathways that explain how replacing such a small amount of feed could lead to 90% reduction in methane.
This screams for a LOT of replication (and explanation) before anyone gets too excited about it.
Interesting video, though.
My 50 Cal Exploded
StormsingerI have one question for y'all. Who fucked up? I'm not interested enough to waste 20 minutes for the answer, but I want to know who was at fault.
$55,000 for 5,000 votes
StormsingerThan Bob? You may well be right.
pretty sure alex jones is more intellectually honest and does more rigorous fact checking.
Old Guy Takes Down Two Big Trees
StormsingerThe only time we ever cut a tree, we were shocked at how far it "jumped" with the final cut. The base of the trunk flew at least 12-15 feet, coming -way- too close to the truck supplying the tension. That pulley allowing the truck to supply tension from a different direction is nothing short of brilliant. If only youtube had been available in the 70s, we too could have been smart.
Heat Shrink Self-Solder Butt Splice Connectors
StormsingerSure wish these had been around when I spent hours wiring up a new fuse block in my old VW, in 20-something degree temperatures. Could have been done in 20 minutes, rather than 3-4 hours.
Livingpoolroom!
StormsingerIsn't that the voice of the girl who couldn't eat 12 slices of pizza?
What is porous asphalt and how does it work?
StormsingerA minor point...porous asphalt is only briefly mentioned. The video spends some 90%+ of its time explaining porous concrete, which except for the embedded plastic is a fairly obvious concept. I still have no idea how porous asphalt could work...I'd think the tar would make it pretty watertight.
World's Biggest Carnivorous Plant?
StormsingerMore aptly titled, "Sheep are stupid".
Adam Ruins Everything - Real Reason Hospitals Are So Costly
StormsingerI find that claim a bit hard to swallow. Changing the way tests are -billed- doesn't require any change in way samples are prepped. What I suspect really happened was that the lab saw an opportunity to charge multiple times for work that was only done once.
I worked in a doctors office for awhile... and I asked one of the doctors about the costs. He told me pretty much what they say in this video, but there was another thing. Labs used to run a panel of tests for one set price. But insurance companies wanted each test separated out into their own billing. It made a single test cost something like a dollar less than the panel of tests.
The problem being the majority of the work was in prepping the sample for the tests. Separating it out made it so the labs had to add that prep work cost to each test. Since most doctors usually order several tests, it drove the cost way up.
Here's how the American diet has changed the last 52 years
StormsingerI'm normally a big fan of Occam's Razor, but this is one of those questions that demonstrate why it's a rule-of-thumb, rather than a law. As the study that @transmorpher linked to shows, there appears to be a serious degree of homeostasis in the human metabolism. In short, the simple explanations just don't explain the observations.
Now what is the average caloric expenditure for the "average American" over the same period? I bet that in addition to the average caloric consumption going up 800/day, the average caloric expenditure went down due to a lot less people working in physical jobs now compared to 50 years ago...
It seems calories-in/calories-out would be a much simpler explanation for the "obesity epidemic" compared to eating high/low fat high/low carbs etc. etc.
Atheist Angers Christians With Bible Verse
StormsingerSure we could do that...but then the priest class would have to get -real- jobs.
You don't need religion of any kind to spread compassion and unity. We can teach that to people without all of the metaphysical juju, and without burying the good messages in a minefield of misogyny and xenophobia.
Also how about we learn to do good things for the sake of goodness, which is it's own reward, instead of the threat of eternal punishment.
Why you should never pour grease down the drain
StormsingerSo clean up your drains with boiling salt water? That's enough to make me question everything -in- this video. I'd suspect it all of being just a collection of urban myths.
How to turn a sphere inside out
StormsingerThat's no problem for a mathematician. They barely admit the real world exists, and it holds no constraints on them whatsoever.
Oh, so all we need is an impossible material. Obviously!
How Many Countries is the U.S. Currently Bombing?
StormsingerI seriously doubt this is a new development. It's a pretty obvious evolution of the totally fictional statistics reported by the military as far back as Viet Nam.
7 Tips To Wake Up Without Coffee
StormsingerThis might be of value to those poor people who can't handle coffee, but it's utterly pointless to me. There simply -is- no such thing as a day without coffee.