Derrial Book

@DerrialBook
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@dsacer @Viss
Here's the article by the same author from 5 years ago, the first time this city boy learned about the this particular horror of nature and the wonders of modern science and infrastructure.

Unfortunately, not a gift article, but you get at east one free article a month, best of my understanding. It's a good one.

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/05/flesh-eating-worms-disease-containment-america-panama/611026/

The 'Wall' That Keeps Flesh-Eating Worms Out of America

Inside the U.S. and Panama’s long-running collaboration to rid an entire continent of a deadly disease

The Atlantic

@theregister "potemkin understanding"

That is gold.

Kudos to researchers from MIT, Harvard and the university of Chicago for the term, as well as to the Register for sharing it with us.

@h2onolan @tychotithonus @Viss

Uuuuuunfortunately, probably not.

Both of those guys are chill and, most importantly, thoughtful. By 'thoughtful' I mean an ability to see cause and effect patterns.

A rare skill nowadays, especially if we're talking about 'political' issues.

@ScienceScholar ... or may not.

Now that I have actually read the article, it seems that the main message is "Don't eat dairy products, especially before going to bed, if you're lactose intolerant."

I appreciate this type of delivery, it is much better than "Scientists have proven that cheese causes nightmares!!!", yet it still could be improved on.

@SmudgeTheInsultCat
It's boolean. Simpletons.

'On November 28th, 2012, Randall Munroe published an xkcd comic that was a calendar in which the size of each date was proportional to how often each date is referenced by its ordinal name (…) "In months other than September, the 11th is mentioned substantially less often than any other date. It's been that way since long before 9/11 and I have no idea why." After digging into the raw data, I believe I have figured out why.'

https://drhagen.com/blog/the-missing-11th-of-the-month/

The Missing 11th of the Month - David R Hagen

Personal website of David R Hagen, scientific software engineer

@Torrone @irelephant
IEEE 802.25 Pi-Fi.
@Sector9 @mhoye "Hey. At least we're moving fast!"
@Viss Cyberpunk looked different before. The future ain't what it used to be.
@Viss Love the Christmasy vibe.