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  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

    Interesting except I don’t think there’s any meaningful sense in which China is still communist.

    taiwan_girlT Online
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    #2900

    @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

    Interesting except I don’t think there’s any meaningful sense in which China is still communist.

    Agree. And I would say that DPRK is "probably" more communist at now than China, at least when looking at state control of industrial and retail things. For some reason, they disappear from being communist between 1992 and 2009. #shrug

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    • MikM Away
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      Mik
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      #2901

      I liked this little tidbit.

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      "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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      • bachophileB Online
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        https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUE1GvMDdP6/?igsh=bm9yNHFrbTlmODJ1

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        • MikM Away
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          Mik
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          #2903

          That is fascinating and worth sharing. Thanks, bach. How are things over there?

          "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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          • bachophileB Online
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            bachophile
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            #2904

            oh you know...in and out the bomb shelter, utter confusion what the future holds, impossible to plan anything too far into the future...regular stuff.

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            • AxtremusA Away
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              #2905

              Russia not communist anymore?

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              • bachophileB bachophile

                oh you know...in and out the bomb shelter, utter confusion what the future holds, impossible to plan anything too far into the future...regular stuff.

                MikM Away
                MikM Away
                Mik
                wrote last edited by
                #2906

                @bachophile said in Mildly interesting:

                oh you know...in and out the bomb shelter, utter confusion what the future holds, impossible to plan anything too far into the future...regular stuff.

                Same old same old, eh? SSDD.

                Be safe.

                "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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                • bachophileB bachophile

                  oh you know...in and out the bomb shelter, utter confusion what the future holds, impossible to plan anything too far into the future...regular stuff.

                  taiwan_girlT Online
                  taiwan_girlT Online
                  taiwan_girl
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                  #2907

                  @bachophile As @mik said, stay safe!!!

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                  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

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                    #2908

                    @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                    So you’re saying that San Francisco is way too freaking expensive again? How would you like to be the guy that moved in in 2021, to have his rent increase 30% in 5 years…

                    The Brad

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                    • AxtremusA Axtremus

                      When a Mexican restaurant does ramen ...

                      mexican-ramen.jpg

                      I went into a new (at least to me) Mexican restaurant and surprised to find a ramen dish on the menu. First time I have ever sees a ramen dish in a Mexican restaurant. So I tried it. It looked scary red, as if it's going be off-the-chart spicy hot, but turned out it's quite mild. Flavorful, yes, but not spicy hot.

                      It's shredded beef on top of ramen noodle in deep red broth, served with two birria rolls on the side (beef and cheese inside). The birria rolls were supposed to be crispy (I believe), but they were somewhat limp and soggy, so that's a bit disappointing to me. Still tasty though, and the ramen itself was certainly mild and interesting.

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                      @Axtremus said in Mildly interesting:

                      When a Mexican restaurant does ramen ...

                      mexican-ramen.jpg

                      I went into a new (at least to me) Mexican restaurant and surprised to find a ramen dish on the menu. First time I have ever sees a ramen dish in a Mexican restaurant. So I tried it. It looked scary red, as if it's going be off-the-chart spicy hot, but turned out it's quite mild. Flavorful, yes, but not spicy hot.

                      It's shredded beef on top of ramen noodle in deep red broth, served with two birria rolls on the side (beef and cheese inside). The birria rolls were supposed to be crispy (I believe), but they were somewhat limp and soggy, so that's a bit disappointing to me. Still tasty though, and the ramen itself was certainly mild and interesting.

                      The Ramen Bar that Lucas loves recently came out with a Birria Ramen that I quite like. The ramen is a little thicker and heartier than the normal ramen, and they include cilantro, red onion, scallions, and lime. I add an egg to it. Quite tasty.

                      The Brad

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                      • jon-nycJ Online
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                        Ok, but I’d take their word for it and not repeat the experiment myself.

                        Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.

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                        • MikM Away
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                          Mik
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                          Yeah, that's a pass.

                          "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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                          • jon-nycJ Online
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                            1 litre of crude oil contains more hydrogen atoms than 1 litre of pure liquid hydrogen. That sounds impossible, but it’s true.

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                              Doesn’t sound impossible if you express that same comparison by weight rather than volume.

                              Education is extremely important.

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                              • MikM Away
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                                Interesting in that one would think the temperatures liquid hydrogen must be kept it that it would shrink the atoms spatially and so concentrating them. But maybe it is like water, which expands when frozen.

                                "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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                                • MikM Away
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                                  Nope. It doesn't.

                                  Hydrogen does not expand when cooled to temperatures that make it liquid; instead, it contracts as it transitions from a gas to a liquid state. Liquid hydrogen exists at extremely low temperatures, specifically below -253°C (-423°F) at atmospheric pressure.

                                  "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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                                  • MikM Away
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                                    One liter of crude oil contains a complex mixture of hydrocarbons, which are compounds made up of hydrogen and carbon atoms, resulting in a higher number of hydrogen atoms compared to one liter of liquid hydrogen, which consists solely of hydrogen molecules (H2). Since hydrocarbons in crude oil can have multiple hydrogen atoms per molecule, the total count of hydrogen atoms in crude oil is significantly greater.

                                    "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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                                    • MikM Away
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                                      One learns the darndest things on TNCR.

                                      "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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                                        On a related note, a liter of water contains 600 times more oxygen than a liter of pure oxygen.

                                        Education is extremely important.

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                                          On another related note, the fact that water expands when frozen, and thus floats in unfrozen water, is one of the many accidents of physics that was necessary for the formation of life on Earth. I can't remember why, but I'm sure we can all use an LLM for more details.

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