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Nature is Metal

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    taiwan_girl
    wrote on 22 Jul 2020, 01:29 last edited by
    #90

    I think I mentioned this in another thread on bears

    (BTW, we have more than one??? 5555)

    If it is black, fight back
    if it is brown, lay down
    if it is white, good night!

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      jon-nyc
      wrote on 22 Jul 2020, 01:43 last edited by
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      Think about how many hominids had to die to pass that heuristic down to us.

      Only non-witches get due process.

      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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        22 Jul 2020, 01:43

        Think about how many hominids had to die to pass that heuristic down to us.

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        Aqua Letifer
        wrote on 22 Jul 2020, 02:02 last edited by
        #92

        @jon-nyc said in Nature is Metal:

        Think about how many hominids had to die to pass that heuristic down to us.

        Stories do preserve the collected wisdom of a culture.

        Please love yourself.

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          jon-nyc
          wrote on 25 Jul 2020, 11:38 last edited by
          #93

          Only non-witches get due process.

          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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            25 Jul 2020, 11:38

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            George K
            wrote on 25 Jul 2020, 11:42 last edited by
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            "Stay the FUCK away from my babies!"

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              brenda
              wrote on 25 Jul 2020, 22:47 last edited by
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              "Yes, that's our chicken. How did you know we named her Karen?"

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                jon-nyc
                wrote on 26 Jul 2020, 17:18 last edited by
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                Only non-witches get due process.

                • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                  jon-nyc
                  wrote on 27 Jul 2020, 00:35 last edited by
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                  Who knew chickens were so brave?

                  Only non-witches get due process.

                  • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                    jon-nyc
                    wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 03:15 last edited by
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                    Only non-witches get due process.

                    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                      Aqua Letifer
                      wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 04:00 last edited by
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                      I really didn't need to see or know that.

                      Please love yourself.

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                        George K
                        wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 11:47 last edited by
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                        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_channel

                        In excitable cells such as neurons, myocytes, and certain types of glia, sodium channels are responsible for the rising phase of action potentials. These channels go through three different states called resting, active and inactive states.
                        ...
                        Voltage-gated sodium channels play an important role in action potentials. If enough channels open when there is a change in the cell's membrane potential, a small but significant number of Na+ ions will move into the cell down their electrochemical gradient, further depolarizing the cell. Thus, the more Na+ channels localized in a region of a cell's membrane the faster the action potential will propagate and the more excitable that area of the cell will be. This is an example of a positive feedback loop. The ability of these channels to assume a closed-inactivated state causes the refractory period and is critical for the propagation of action potentials down an axon.

                        Na+ channels both open and close more quickly than K+ channels, producing an influx of positive charge (Na+) toward the beginning of the action potential and an efflux (K+) toward the end.

                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                          Mik
                          wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 13:39 last edited by
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                          Love this thread.

                          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                            jon-nyc
                            wrote on 29 Jul 2020, 16:17 last edited by
                            #102

                            That’s a weird walk at the end. Is that how they go fast? Or is it a limp?

                            Only non-witches get due process.

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                              Klaus
                              wrote on 29 Jul 2020, 16:24 last edited by
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                              I wondered if the turtle was hurt.

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                                Mik
                                wrote on 29 Jul 2020, 16:34 last edited by
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                                lazy ass gator.

                                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                  jon-nyc
                                  wrote on 30 Jul 2020, 19:03 last edited by
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                                  Only non-witches get due process.

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                                    Horace
                                    wrote on 30 Jul 2020, 19:09 last edited by
                                    #106

                                    Brutal

                                    Education is extremely important.

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                                      jon-nyc
                                      wrote on 5 Aug 2020, 16:48 last edited by
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                                      Only non-witches get due process.

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                                        xenon
                                        wrote on 5 Aug 2020, 18:56 last edited by
                                        #108

                                        Looks like it's rotating from the cameraman's vantage.

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                                          Horace
                                          wrote on 5 Aug 2020, 19:08 last edited by
                                          #109

                                          I suppose it could be rotating. Lava is sort of a cross between a solid and a liquid.

                                          Education is extremely important.

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