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by HighlyIrregular II
Sat Mar 09, 2024 3:21 am
Forum: World
Topic: Butterfly nets are better than fly swatters
Replies: 3
Views: 130

Re: Butterfly nets are better than fly swatters

I had an ant issue once, where they entered through a crack on the balcony, crossed the dinette, kitchen, and living room, and made a trail down the public hallway towards a neighbor who was on the Board of Directors. I put ant poison in the hole, caulked it up, and placed ant traps along the route ...
by HighlyIrregular II
Fri Mar 01, 2024 12:58 pm
Forum: World
Topic: Run-up to WW3
Replies: 417
Views: 245483

Re: Run-up to WW3

Unpopular opinion: pour a ton of money into genetic research to make people smarter, share the technology with the world, wait a generation, then we could stop spending so much money and killing so many people because even if another country takes over it won't be so bad.
by HighlyIrregular II
Fri Feb 23, 2024 2:36 pm
Forum: World
Topic: Little Raves
Replies: 103
Views: 108277

Re: Little Raves

I just got good results from blood tests that I ordered. Direct-to-consumer tests, without having a doctor except one who ordered the tests, which isn't legal in the previous state I lived in. First time in probably over 15 years that I had a blood test. I have a gene that raises my bad cholesterol ...
by HighlyIrregular II
Fri Feb 23, 2024 2:14 pm
Forum: Meta
Topic: Apologies for downtime
Replies: 6
Views: 275

Re: Apologies for downtime

Wow, glad the forum is back. I thought you finally had enough. The list of defunct forums I frequented has been growing since the 1980s.
by HighlyIrregular II
Mon Oct 30, 2023 6:59 am
Forum: World
Topic: A challenging communication thing that happened to me, or, why I avoid speaking to people
Replies: 1
Views: 5007

A challenging communication thing that happened to me, or, why I avoid speaking to people

All of us suck at this though, right? But you can reply anyway. I have a college educated friend who asked me what a detector is when I said I got a radon detector. Was I supposed to respond as if she meant "what's radon"? I don't know her super well. I tried to cover all bases but not sure if I was...
by HighlyIrregular II
Sat Oct 28, 2023 8:11 am
Forum: World
Topic: What's going on in your city/country/region?
Replies: 272
Views: 265171

Re: What's going on in your city/country/region?

Roger Mexico wrote:
Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:10 am
Suspect in mass shooting in Maine
Found dead in dumpster
by HighlyIrregular II
Thu Oct 26, 2023 6:01 am
Forum: World
Topic: Every Day Carry
Replies: 4
Views: 15127

Re: Every Day Carry

I guess I can endorse this wallet, for $15.
by HighlyIrregular II
Thu Oct 26, 2023 3:05 am
Forum: World
Topic: Seen on the internet
Replies: 115
Views: 202014

Re: Seen on the internet

I kept finding affordable wallets that I liked (the looks of) on Temu, super cheep. I avoided them. I figured the leather ones would have a super thin layer that would wear quickly, or else they would be made of smelly, harmful chemicals.
by HighlyIrregular II
Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:08 am
Forum: World
Topic: Science Microthreads
Replies: 66
Views: 153986

Re: Science Microthreads

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/10/25/flu-shots-alzheimers-dementias-vaccinations-infectious-diseases/ an annual flu vaccination for three consecutive years reduced the dementia risk 20 percent over the next four to eight years, while six shots doubled it to a 40-percent reduction... In...
by HighlyIrregular II
Thu Oct 26, 2023 12:05 am
Forum: World
Topic: Child labor vs effective education - which is worse?
Replies: 6
Views: 6045

Re: Child labor vs effective education - which is worse?

You mean ineffective education right? No. If money is no object and the experts can design any education system they want, like one teacher per underachieving student, and the best tutor after school, that would result in the most effective education possible, but it would make some students misera...