[-] [email protected] 0 points 13 hours ago

Yes really, still a polymer: it forms polyisoprene upon drying. You also find the stuff (synthesised from oil, yes, but chemically indistinguishable) in tires and condoms.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago

Also, chemically they are identical. Plastic made of a plant is still a plastic.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

But no-one is hiring professord because they are good at peer reviewing. Spending time on research is simply a 'better' use of your time.

[-] [email protected] 82 points 3 weeks ago

I agree with your timings, but Spain has an obesity rate of over 20%, so I would say seldom is a serious underestimation.

Also, Spain is not a mystical domain filled with elves, of course people are lazy, over-eat, and snack in excess. They are human after all.

[-] [email protected] 59 points 1 month ago

Come on, this is just a joke adults will understand while children will not. If you think double entendres are censorship, I don't know what to tell you.

[-] [email protected] 101 points 1 year ago

Most consumers are familiar with the 802.11 standards

Lol, no. Not in any way.

[-] [email protected] 71 points 1 year ago

Drinking is definitely worse. Like, talking is bad sure, but drinking is much worse.

[-] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago

Anyone have an recent example of FDC Willard being thanked in a paper? I couldn't find any, sadly

[-] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

People really think this. Most peoples knowledge stops at "evolution is when thing become better". And people that do realize don't talk about evolutionary pressure in the gut microbiome in the comic community.

[-] [email protected] 115 points 2 years ago

For the lazy: "The oldest surviving torrent we have seen is a copy of the Matrix fan film “The Fanimatrix”."

[-] [email protected] 50 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Just because I was curious: Sony comes from sonos, sound in Latin. Nike is the ~~Roman~~ Greek God of victory. Lego is is a Danish abreviation for "play well". Cisco comes from San Fransisco. Adobe is the name of a Creek near the founders house.

[-] [email protected] 39 points 2 years ago

Please please please use punctuation.

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I was always kind of skeptical of the type of person that swears Ritalin got them to the finals, bit happy there is now some evidedence as well.

Original study here: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.add4165

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