StringJunky

Looking at human development is like looking at rainbows; you can only see the 'separations' from a distance. In this case temporal.

It seems the EU is trying to force all the various arms of Apple Corp. into one taxable entity.... as it should be. A current example: Apple disputes EU rules labelling its 5 App Stores as one service Just think, when quantum computing becomes the norm it'll see accounting anomalies' faster than we can blink. I'd be straightening out my accounts and processes to a more transparent position if I was in the FAANG group. QC seems the right tool for handling global financial data when it's running as intended.

In Evolution, when something happens is purely stochastic/random... the molecules are milling about subject to thermodynamic and other forces in a random manner. When an oxygen meets a hydrogen, under the right conditions, randomness disappears and the outcome is determined because the molecules interactive behaviour is predictable i.e determined. One should be able see that evolutionary outcomes are both deterministic and stochastic.

The EU and UK is trying unpack the byzantine tax strategies they use to currently hide 'excess' taxable wealth. It needs comprehensive global co-operation though, otherwise they'll just keep moving it.

Truth in science is what agrees with observations of the day and seems to reflect how nature behaves. I add the word 'seems' because what a theory says today may change in the light of new information tomorrow. There's no such thing as 'sitting on your laurels' in science. Truth is for religion and other non-scientific interests.

To be a subject of Pegasus software, for what it costs to implement, one would need to be a very high value target. I'm under no worries about Pegasus.

Their 'naughty step' can be denial of cell phone privileges for some specified period. They will be fitted with an ankle-worn phone jammer,, so that nobody's phone can work them within 10m of them. They'll be a social pariah jamming peoples phones. No phone is a state of death for a millennial and younger.

Ha!, cheers. Smells tell me stories. I think this will progress naturally to looking at hormone signalling that's triggered by the chemical signals in the water.

I concur with exchemist, there isn't any meaningful difference between the statements; just different words encompassing the same idea.

It's about getting the message out in the right way and somehow attaching some "tut-tut.. shame" to it socially. It seems to be stronger in places like Japan. I am quite affine to some of the Japanese ways.

Trump's eligibility case is up for SC review on February 8th.

It's all about the concentration in the air. Butyric acid hints at familiar foods when it's just a whiff; bakery, butter, humbug sweets etc. A bit more and you are into hot sunny day armpit territory It adds depth, which makes it a 'bottom note' in mixes and rounds things out. Caproic acid (C6) is much the same... a bit more sweaty smelling, cheesy. These things are in your food as natural components of some foods aromas.

Mar-mar; To add to swansont's post, in case you aren't aware: Falsifiable - This means that scientific theories and hypotheses must be testable and potentially disprovable through observation and experimentation. Falsifiability helps to ensure that scientific claims are based on empirical evidence and can be subject to scrutiny and revision based on new data. - from another forum. God is not falsifiable, therefore they can have no place in science discussion.

Yes. Affluence is no indicator of environmental concern. Affluent areas will naturally have more 'string pullers' who can get others to do it for them. Rubbish is as likely to fly out of a high-end Mercedes as a shed on wheels.

Will look into PEG10000. Thanks. Is there a particular reason for PEG10000? It seems to be solid at ambient temps and I'd like it to stay liquid in the single digits temperature-wise. Would a lower weight version be better for my use?

@exchemistI just added some 8-carbon octanoic acid, which doesn't want to mingle with PG. Is there a surfactant that will make them miscible? I think I'm looking to making a stable suspension, rather than solution.

It's in two containers. Well aware it likes to hang around.

Making fish attractors. They are strongly attracted to that end of the chemical sphere.

Thanks for answering. I did it, no layers can be seen and optically clear. It was about 10% by volume BA in to PG. I'm finding PG is a good food solvent and sort of bridge between polar and non-polar ingredients; letting them sit together better.

Do they mix/miscible without separating?

TURIN, Dec 27 (Reuters) - A man may regain the use of his hand, left paralysed by a severe road accident, thanks to a pioneering nerve transfer operation from his partly amputated leg, doctors in northern Italy said. Surgeons at Turin City Hospital (CTO) transferred part of the man's sciatic nerve, which controlled the movement of his amputated foot, to his brachial plexus, the network of nerves that connect the spinal cord to the shoulder, arm and hand. "It's the first time that someone transfers a component of the sciatic nerve to the brachial plexus", Paolo Titolo, one of the surgeons who performed the operation, said in an interview with Reuters on Wednesday. Marcello Gaviglio, a 55-year-old healthcare worker had to have half his left leg amputated after he was hit by a motor-bike five months ago while travelling to work on his moped. He suffered serious injuries to his brachial plexus as well as his leg, leaving him unable to use either of his hands. Because the part of the sciatic nerve that controlled his left foot was no longer needed, it could be transferred to the shoulder area in the operation carried out on Dec. 21, potentially restoring the mobility to one of his hands. Before it is clear if that is possible, Gaviglio will have to undergo around 5 months of post-operative care. For now, he is still unable to move the hand at all. Nerve transfer surgery is not new, but it has not previously involved moving a nerve that normally controls the foot to an area that controls the hand. "We think this is pioneering surgery because if it works it means that the brain plasticity can control also other parts of the body that we didn't expect and also opens new fields in neuro studies," Titolo said. https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/italian-may-regain-use-hand-after-nerve-transfer-amputated-leg-2023-12-27/

Yeah, I think she veers more to the Right than she lets on.

Yes, this is all about keeping him away from the law.