exchemist

This is hardly a new idea. Using rotation to simulate gravity has been a staple of sci-fi for decades. There was an exercise centrifuge in Kubrick's 2001, released in 1968.

What test would you propose to distinguish your idea from modern physics?

You seem to have fixed both this and the picture issue. Well done and many thanks.

Hmm, I might take out a subscription to the Atlantic. As a concerned European, I think I need a reliable source of commentary on these shenanigans.

Yes that looks a lot better. Though I see the entire Applied Chemistry sub-forum still displays my two-fingered salute to @TheVat , for his crap joke about antimony 😁.

Many thanks.

What's a hamburger menu? By the way, I'm really finding the apparent obsession of the new software with pictures annoying. It seems to privilege pictures over text, as if we were small children. This is meant to be a discussion forum, where we communicate complex ideas in words. For example, two pictures I added semi-seriously to threads now appear prominently at the head of the threads concerned, as if they are the most important thing the thread contains. It's a ridiculous, clickbaity style. The pics (or, for the most part, empty boxes for pics) also take up a lot of room on the screen, requiring more scrolling to see what contributions have been made to the forum. I may be being an old fuddy-duddy but I think it would be great if we could get rid of this feature.

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Eh? If peasant is a term of respect in China, why would they be accusing him of being disrespectful?

What's the idea behind the blank picture icons at the head of each subforum?

Antimony in the form of stibnite, Sb₂S₃, as well as lead in the form of galena, PbS, both seem to have been used in kohl, traditional Middle Eastern eyeliner. Antimony, being below arsenic in the Periodic Table, can poison you in a similar way, though it is far less toxic.

Well you would have to provide a list of the ingredients you have found are used, or which you think might be considered, and then perhaps one could comment on each. But without that it's completely open-ended.

If you think for a moment you will realise it is impossible to answer this question. There are innumerable substances that are not good to put on the skin.

I did wonder what that Houthi raid was all about. It seemed to come out of the blue, with no particular provocation. Softening up the proxies first, perhaps?

Word salad. See a doctor.

By Trump’s logic, when I buy a bag of apples from the market stall, the trader is ripping me off, because he doesn’t buy anything from me in exchange. 🤪

Wallpaper is popular in older houses, such as we have millions of in the UK, where the walls no longer have an even surface. The pattern hides the unevenness and even small cracks. Victorian houses also tend to have high ceilings, so there is a lot of wall. I have wallpaper in the hall, as the walls there extend up the staircase, making them even higher, so there is a big expanse for minor bulges and depressions to show themselves. But I don’t bother with it in the rooms, relying on my wife’s pictures to break up the expanse of the surface and obscure the effect of any wall blemishes.

Good point about the 10% base tariff. No explanation then, as to why Russia was exempted? Looks as if the pissing story may be true after all. So from what you say the halving of the result is done separately, after application of the formula, as an act of “generosity”. Is that it? So they break just one kneecap and not both, to show how tender-hearted they are?

That's because of the formula. No trade surplus, no tariff. So does that means that ε*φ = 2? How pathetic. Looks as if these goons are trying to dress up their Mickey Mouse formula to make it look clever.

Yes I saw this. As I am 70 and due for the second of the two-stage shingles vaccination offered at my age by the NHS, I'm glad I took up their offer. 😀 Interesting that the chickenpox virus might play a role in dementia in later life.

If there is to be a new Hitler I think Vance is the man. He, unlike Trump, is motivated by ideology rathe than mere personal aggrandisement, he has a plan and he is making sure he gets plenty of exposure, in good time. He is one of the authors of Project 2025 and his hatred for Europe and contempt for its liberal democracy are plain to see. What may undo him is that he has no discernible charisma, apparently.

Yes. The ability to exert personal dominance is what he enjoys.

There’s no discernable idea here. It’s just meaningless ballocks. The sort of verbiage a chatbot might come up with. Don’t waste our time.

I think with Trump you have to factor in the personal motivation too. Tariffs hurt people ( or whole countries) and the exercise of power to hurt is what gives Trump a hard-on, along with keeping him at the top of the news agenda of the world. I think he has only a hazy idea of the economic consequences. What matters is it is an expression of personal dominance. He enjoys seeing the consternation he causes and the spectacle of leaders of foreign countries crawling to him to beg for relief. And a lot of his supporters enjoy it as much as he does. They too want to hurt “other” groups. This feeling is a large part of the attraction of fascist movements. Supporters feel at last allowed to indulge their inner wish to beat someone up. The feeling turns sour only when they too get hurt, which is what will probably happen. That I think is why Carney is handling this the right way.

As I indicated before, economics is not an exact science. This is due to the immense complexity of interactions in societies and the role of non-rational factors, such as psychology of groups , which are hard to predict. Because of this, analysis of issues in economics inevitably involves human judgements, since the interactions cannot be objectively calculated out. Results cannot therefore be determined unambiguously with any confidence. However likely outcomes can be established, on the basis of majority view. This applies to the effects of tariffs as much as to any other economic policy question.