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Yeah. Plenty of herd mentality, all right. I've been reading an 1893 edition of The Diary of Samuel Pepys in the john since March. I'm up to August 1664. The plague's in Amsterdam. Not sure if Sam knows it's coming for London. (Say what? Why, yes. The old folks were from Ireland. :twisted: ) History...

Very cool.

I used to tape my LPs so as not to wear them out. Still have the LPs, but the receivers and speakers died.

Never yet figured out what's supposed to replace the old component systems. Seems like everything is geared for video or MP3 singles.

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Mon Sep 14, 2020 12:18 pm

Ummm, yes you can.

Damn. You're right.

You can't ever have too much liquid xenon!

In particle physics, every experiment for the past 10 or 12 decades has proven that they need a bigger accelerator.

That Daily Mail article is hard to read through all the ads and popups, but the actual content is a deal more nuanced than the clickbait headlines. The actual discussion is whether a PCR test is useful for determining whether a person is infectious at the time of testing. PCR absolutely determines w...

Here in Pennsylvania, reporting methods differ between counties and the Department of Health, but total deaths are north of 7700, and about 430 for the county where I live.

neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

(Tinitus background tone in my head )

You know that about half the regular gang here is 65 or over, right?

Mere 40% chance of premature horrid death from a virus as contagious as the common cold? Why would that worry anyone ?

Concentrating cider by freezing is traditional, but I've heard that it's risky because it also concentrates the congeners that are discarded with the heads and tails in distillation.

I think Dave is generally right. It's a matter of process. And apple brandy (applejack here; calvados in Europe) can be very good. The U.S. had a great tradition of cider up till Prohibition. Cider orchards grew mixes of apples that were not particularly good for baking or eating out of hand. (You w...

Well, I was thinking of this one.

About 10 years ago, I got an elaborate offer for fake certificates to "recognize my professional achievements" from some scammer in England. Now, could be they sent this select offer because their extensive research found that I'm not great at page design. But I'm betting they had no fucking idea th...

Got a rocket in my pocket
Fingers in the socket
No way for you to stop it, that rocket
C'mon, you get off on it

^ On the bright side, if you've been trying to get tested for 3 weeks, you were either uninfected or exposed and asymptomatic when this started.

Stay healthy, bro.

There are two kinds of motorcycle riders. The ones who have wrecked, and the ones who are going to. I had a near-death experience on a motorcycle at 19, and I think that was the last time I ever drove one, though I've been a passenger now and then. My brother is a longtime deranged biker. He's as ca...

Well, that pjmedia piece is odious bullshit aimed at people who don't know anything about how molecular biology research is done, claiming that the worldwide research community doesn't know what it's doing. Hydroxychloroquine was investigated immediately in several countries, and it rapidly became o...

I have a very fine white-booted tuxedo cat and his calico sister right here in this room. Also had a very nice polydactyl cat in college, but he got run over in the street in front of the frat lodge, and I buried him in the back yard there. Hadn't thought of him in a long time. When cat get the oppo...

Well, it looks like I'll have to go to trade school after all. Nobody who is hiring apprentices without any experience will call me after I apply. At the very least, they could have the courtesy to a person why they can't (won't) hire them, even when the posting has been up for several weeks. That ...

I work for the publishing office of a biology research society. Some of the editors and editorial board members, aside from their credentials as researchers, are practicing physicians doing COVID rotations in major university-affiliated hospitals. I'm not a biologist. I'm an overwound proofreader. B...