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It’s the survey in the source you cited for your claim that Ukraine is the most corrupt country in Europe. “We are independent, non-governmental, not-for-profit and work with like-minded partners across the world to end the injustice of corruption.”
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So it doesn’t count, because it’s war time? Russia hasn’t shown such improvement, despite waging war.
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You need e.g. a minimum of 22 people to have a soccer/football game. You need many times that to have a league. One-on-one is not really compelling.
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There’s a critical mass required, in any competitive sport.
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It says non-human biologics, but says nothing about them being extraterrestrial in origin. Technically, recovering a human-made craft sent up with a dog or a chimp would qualify. I’m curious that he’s termed a whistleblower; that’s a term for someone who reports some kind of wrongdoing to some designated person or group within the government. edit: “Sec. 1673 within the compromise bill language, titled “Unidentified anomalous phenomena reporting procedures,” outlines an original House provision related to reporting procedures for government employees related to UAP involving a secure method for authorized reporting (i.e., for “whistleblowers” possessing knowledge about past or current government programs related to UAP)” https://thedebrief.org/compromise-2023-ndaa-outlines-provisions-for-military-disruptive-tech-uap-and-more/ So I’m guessing it relates to his knowledge of UAP programs
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Is the cost of producing beer higher than other non-alcoholic drink
swansont replied to kenny1999's topic in Amateur Science
Except that was the question that was asked. Is the production cost of beer greater than sugary drinks. -
“Corruption reforms have seen some successes in Ukraine since the Revolution of Dignity. Police reform, public procurement, and dissolution of state owned industries since 2014 have led to reduced waste and corruption” … "Although it still scores low, war-torn Ukraine is one of few significant improvers on the CPI, having gained eight points since 2013." They are rated as less corrupt than Russia (116th vs 137th) https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2022/index/ukr
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You were claiming this, not me. “No round for me.”
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empleat has been banned at their request
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! Moderator Note OK
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Is there a simple way to send phone messages to PC
swansont replied to PeterBushMan's topic in Computer Help
Mac computers have a messaging app that syncs with your phone’s text messages, if everyone involved has an iphone. That’s what this looks like. There might be such capability for Android. One would have to avail themselves of a search engine to find out. -
That you would not qualify for your country’s olympic team doesn’t mean you can’t attempt to do so, and that’s what access is, and we’ve seen transgender people lose access is some places in the US, which means they would probably quash any chance of making an olympic team, even if they had the raw ability. Access is not the same as competitive fairness.
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Also consider that he’d be subject to prosecution if he divulged classified information, and several things he alleges would likely be classified if they were true.
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Access is opportunity to compete. Nothing guarantees you advance to a later round.
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Work in progress; Can we study Tides to detect Gravitons
swansont replied to HawkII's topic in Speculations
“stealing” gravitons sounds like a reduction in gravity. That’s shielding. Without a model, there is no discussion that is allowable in speculations. This isn’t the WAG forum. -
Fig 1 in this paper has a category for > 1 in 10 (very frequent), so there are some side-effects that happen a lot. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-18305-y But, as CharonY has noted, it depends on the seriousness of the side-effect vs untreated outcome. Nausea from cancer meds is common, AFAIK, but that’s accepted because the affliction is fatal. But a fatal side-effect from a nausea medication would probably not be tolerated.
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Work in progress; Can we study Tides to detect Gravitons
swansont replied to HawkII's topic in Speculations
I was referring to a mathematical model - a way to make quantitative predictions Classically, there is no way to shield gravity. This implies you think there is. -
Work in progress; Can we study Tides to detect Gravitons
swansont replied to HawkII's topic in Speculations
What is your model? -
It appears that US high-school sports do not have any such requirements. Canadian sports, too https://usports.ca/uploads/hq/Media_Releases/Members_Info/2018-19/Press_Release_-_Transgender_Policy.pdf
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! Moderator Note Don’t hijack threads with your pet theory
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Are the targets arbitrary? My understanding is that many transgender women undergo hormone replacement therapy https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/feminizing-hormone-therapy/about/pac-20385096 The NCAA policy in 2011 makes no mention of target levels, only that the athlete needs to be undergoing HRT https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/inclusion/lgbtq/INC_TransgenderHandbook.pdf
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Work in progress; Can we study Tides to detect Gravitons
swansont replied to HawkII's topic in Speculations
Put another way, LIGO detects gravitational waves, which would involve a large number of gravitons, by detecting a separation of mirrors that changes by ~1/1000 the width of a proton. You wouldn’t expect to detect this with tides, much less the effect of a single graviton -
Since we’re talking about transgender athletes, no, it’s probably not a good comparison. And the response is: where is your evidence that this is the case? Comparisons of cis males and cis females aren’t germane. We need to compare the biology of trans women with cis women. Beyond the question of what chromosomes they have. If trans women will dominate these competitions, given that they have been competing for some time in various places, where are they? We should be flooded with trans women winning competitions if this thesis is true.
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Work in progress; Can we study Tides to detect Gravitons
swansont replied to HawkII's topic in Speculations
1. How big of an effect would individual gravitons have? 2. Is there anything about tides that suggests there is a discernible quantum effect at play?