StringJunky

It's amazing that people are so interested in it and to such depth; I merely scratch the surface when I do etymological searches. I find such knowledge useful because I can often determine meanings of words I've never seen before from their components, which I might be familiar with.

What led you on to that little philological/etymological excursion?

Yes, I agree, I would play safe and possibly look for alternatives to those fruits.

Just prior to your highlight : "Often, such interactions can be avoided by taking the drug 1 hour before or 2 hours after eating".

MyI intention wasn't on about eliminating it completely but reducing it... it's not irrelevant.

If you have cause for concern, don't take them within 2 hours of each other, which is roughly about how long stuff stays in the stomach. Better off asking your doctor if interactions are possible.

It appears so: http://biologyclermont.info/wwwroot/courses/lab1/pepsin intro.htm

One of the markers of climate change is a change upwards in the frequency of extreme weather events.

The reason it is hard to discern is because It enters into a state of superposition called 'faction'. People will tend to be attracted to and disseminate information that supports their own worldview and convictions, most likely investing little or no time in checking the veracity of the information.

For those it would benefit, it would be an altruistic act.

From what I, vaguely, understand, if the virtual particles have sufficient energy, as an ensemble, they can configure into measurable particles. Any particle less than a quantum cannot persist and are called 'virtual'. From Wiki:

Just got to get all the shares.... and then commit financial hara-kiri.

So, a controlling shareholder can't destroy a company, if they wish? That's a shame in this particular circumstance.

When trying to envisage the scale of a problem it can help to look at it in a different way, so that it doesn't seem so insurmountable. What iNow was focussing on, and he acknowledged, was the number of guns, but those are not the problem, it's the people that own them. Quantitatively, the real numbers at issue is the no. of guns/number of gun owners, which is far too high. In essence, yes, I'm trying to make the problem look smaller so that it is more conceptually manageable and, possibly, solvable.

May I suggest that you are making the problem appear bigger than it is by perhaps not realising that those 256 million weapons are only with about a quarter of the population, give or take 5%.

He also said: “Everything should be as simple as it can be, but not simpler”

Understanding the underlying principles of the subject that you are trying to learn is a big forward step to automatically remembering. In essence, if the principles are the branches of a tree and their associated facts the leaves, where are you going to put the leaves if there are no branches to hang them on, because you haven't learnt the principles? Memorizing. bare facts is harder and requires much repetition because they don't really mean anything . The advantage of understanding principles, over rote learning bare facts, is that they can be applied to novel situations or questions you haven't seen before.

I think he's using water stones but he would have to tell us if his are composite or natural. They can cost serious money. These are some: https://www.knivesandtools.co.uk/en/ct/japanese-sharpening-stones.htm

I haven't read them thoroughly but you might find these interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_ratio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sex_ratio

Would the components of the slurry be stable and in equilibrium anyway?

My guess is the oil cuts off the oxygen whilst the metal is being abraded.

Looking into it: magnetite is the red, rusty stuff and that is produced with a plentiful supply of air and moisture (and electrolytes). Haematite, or hematite, is the grey patina, which is produced in the areas where air and oxygen is more limited. That concurs with your observation that the red rust is on the perimeter of the puddle you made, where the air will be at highest concentration with the water. The middle submerged section is grey because that surface is relatively cut off from the air. Rust and corrosion needs air, moisture and electrolytes to form rust. If you could limit the air somehow whilst working with it wet that would help. Using boiled water would get the air out but working with the slurry will put it back in. I'm sure someone with deeper chemical knowledge will elaborate at some point.

How do the Japanese swordsmiths avoid the problem when they polish a newly made sword?

I'm in the process of getting back into it and I want to learn to adopt Japanese techniques and I'm a geat admirer of their mindset in woodwork. From your perspective, I would let your projects dictate the order of your purchases because, at the end of the day, it's about doing, not owning. But certainly, get yourself a Japanese saw or two one day. A Ryoba would be a good start. It has two cutting edges; one for ripping and one for crosscutting. Shogun and Gyokucho are decent makes with prices depending on the level of handcrafting that's gone into them - expect to pay $30 -40 upwards. Here''s a hikimawashi I got today from a Japan on Ebay. It was about £11 delivered. It's 10TPI, so it's pretty fast cutting:

I'm on a Japanese saw buying spree at the moment. A Kugihiki. A Hikimawashi, 2 Ryobas and a Kataba.