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Today, 06:39 PM

Swift replied to a thread Do Women have an innate drive to get Pregnant.. ? in Science and Technology

As half of a childless couple, I would say we've had our share of inappropriate comments and questions over the years, though over the almost 29...

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Today, 06:35 PM

Swift replied to a thread Some Non-trivial Things That Annoy Me. in Off-Topic Babbling

I hope Trebuchet, Gillianren, and their respective significant others, are all feeling better. I think I had RSV or something similar a couple of...

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Today, 01:45 PM

Swift replied to a thread The demise of books in paper form? in Small Media at Large

Good point. Two gifts I asked for and received within the last year are large format books: a book of Tyrus Wong's art work, and the other was a...

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2019-Feb-15, 09:06 PM

Swift replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that amuses you... in Off-Topic Babbling

I assume since they got the info off the "dark web" that they would want their free cup of coffee black. :D I didn't know there were Dunkin'...

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2019-Feb-15, 03:58 PM

Swift replied to a thread The Cat Thread in Off-Topic Babbling

I've heard this for years. I put the effects on humans part of it in the nonsense category; the kind of stuff editors love on slow news days (or if...

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2019-Feb-15, 01:31 PM

Swift replied to a thread The Big Bang Industry in Fun-n-Games

That's actually correct. Many of those broken star pieces are recycled into planets and 4 year old boys. We are all (recycled) star stuff.

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2019-Feb-15, 01:26 PM

Swift replied to a thread A better mousetrap - internet abusers now more easily targeted in Science and Technology

I, for one, welcome our new shell script overlords.

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2019-Feb-14, 08:29 PM

Swift replied to a thread Journal for completely new gravitational theory in Science and Technology

OK, this thread is done. If it served any useful purpose, it was to tell the experience of how to get something published, particularly outside of...

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2019-Feb-14, 07:34 PM

Swift replied to a thread The demise of books in paper form? in Small Media at Large

I hope you don't think I thought you (or anyone else) was just making stuff up. I wasn't even advocating a particular position with the things I...

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2019-Feb-14, 07:18 PM

Swift replied to a thread what actually is untestable? in Science and Technology

It is similar to "the Matrix" or the "brain-in-the-box" scenarios. If you are in a perfect simulation of the "real" world/universe, how could you...

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2019-Feb-14, 07:14 PM

Swift replied to a thread Would common ancestry occur everywhere life evolves? in Life in Space

I don't know... I'm thinking it. ;) I would not go as far as saying unthinkable or impossible. It depends on how different they were and how...

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2019-Feb-14, 03:25 PM

Swift replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

:clap:

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2019-Feb-14, 02:05 PM

Swift replied to a thread The demise of books in paper form? in Small Media at Large

Oh look, some actual data... 2014 vs. 2018 for various countries I like this graph - it goes back to 1500

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2019-Feb-13, 09:23 PM

Swift replied to a thread Mars rover news in Space Exploration

I don't think they can repeated too much. The rovers were designed to last 90 sols; Opportunity lasted 5351 sols. Freaking amazing. Oppy and...

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2019-Feb-13, 02:12 PM

Swift replied to a thread Mars rover news in Space Exploration

This may be the swan song, but even if it is, this has been an amazing mission. Hats off to NASA. NASA.gov

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2019-Feb-13, 01:31 PM

Swift replied to a thread Is there a very user fiendly high-level computer language system? in Off-Topic Babbling

:lol: My first programming (a freshman computer science course in PL1) was on punchcards. They smartly kept the payroll system away from the...

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2019-Feb-13, 01:23 PM

Swift replied to a thread Kuiper Belt Extended Mission (KEM) (Ex New Horizons) in Space Exploration

Scott Manley has a nice video talking about why Ultima Thule may be the shape it is.

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2019-Feb-12, 09:27 PM

Swift replied to a thread The demise of books in paper form? in Small Media at Large

My impression is that there are fewer bookstores, but I'm not sure there are fewer books. I think the fewer bookstores are just like there are fewer...

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2019-Feb-12, 09:20 PM

Swift replied to a thread Does Aspartame cause headaches in some people? in Science and Technology

Just to echo what others have said, that seems a fairly unscientific statement on a forum devoted to science. Maybe you could post some links to...

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2019-Feb-12, 09:18 PM

Swift replied to a thread Bugs are dying off -- why? in Science and Technology

I think that is generally true with a loss of biodiversity, whether it is insects or birds or plants. It isn't that all the "whatevers" disappear,...

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