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joenathanone··on Salt and salary: Were Roman soldiers paid in salt? (2017)
From my research ‘Salt’ meant fool, ‘salt of the earth’ is like a ‘bless your heart sort’ of matter. The implications for Salary would mean that the soldiers were being fooled by accepting what they were given as payment. They also say the Lord works in mysterious ways.
joenathanone··on New PFAS discovered with novel testing method
Good video on the topic here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8qGtEVh7oQ
joenathanone··on 3M knew its chemicals were harmful decades ago, but didn't tell the public
This can lead to bio-death of the planet.
joenathanone··on Intentional creation of carbon-rich dark earth soils in the Amazon
Things that sustain life (intentionally) should take priority in my opinion.
joenathanone··on Intentional creation of carbon-rich dark earth soils in the Amazon
Why did this study take so long? So much spent on war in the meantime
joenathanone··on YouTube is now blocking ad blockers so I make ads run faster
If the USPS was never a public service America would literally look differently. Maybe social media(including YouTube) is the modern day USPS, the primary way Americans interact/communicate with each other.
joenathanone··on Downfall fallout lawsuit: Intel knew AVX chips were insecure and did nothing
> Are we going to prosecute all long-tail problems in any product?

Hopefully yes, if it’s proven the vendor knew but released anyway or didn’t disclose.

joenathanone··on Admin unmasks self as sockpuppet of other admin who was banned in 2015
This person made thousands of other legitimate changes, it seems a stretch to say someone would do all that just as a marketing tactic, that is a whole lot of effort for questionable results. I mean, how many people go to Wikipedia for college recommendations? How many people are going to attend a school they otherwise wouldn’t because they looked it up on Wikipedia? I’m sure it’s not zero, but we can’t be talking about many.
joenathanone··on Admin unmasks self as sockpuppet of other admin who was banned in 2015
It seems like you are reading into it too much, the account only ever shilled for one company, not that it makes it okay, but that makes it more likely a personal affiliation rather than an admin for hire.
joenathanone··on Tesla breaks down mid-turn and causes more than nine hours of travel chaos
"The Tesla Model 3 Performance is a four-wheel-drive electric car with a starting cost of £57,000 and a battery life of 41 hours."

From the article, I had no idea battery life was measured in hours, I don't even know how that would work for a car.

joenathanone··on Efficacy of infant simulator programmes to prevent teenage pregnancy
Theory, the simulation is a poor reflection of reality; Accurately simulating what it would be like to care for a baby is beyond our current technology.
joenathanone··on Texas A&M suspended professor accused of criticizing Lt. Gov. Patrick in lecture
>Without knowing what was allegedly said, this is difficult to judge.

You have the opposite reaction than what should be called for, if no one could even remember what was said then there is zero chance what was said was inappropriate.

joenathanone··on Death Valley Just Had the Hottest Midnight on Record
Death Valley is considered to be the hottest place on earth by many sources.
joenathanone··on The World Bakes Under Extreme Heat
Not stop in this instance but rather not contribute to.
joenathanone··on Tupac Shakur: Police search house over 1996 killing
Sure, but they told their story and maybe no one believed them until someone did.
joenathanone··on Tupac Shakur: Police search house over 1996 killing
I would imagine the person who did it might have kept the gun, and probably couldn't keep their mouth shut about either killing or being involved in one of the most known unsolved murders of our time. Pure speculation but they may have told the wrong person who then went and told the right people.
joenathanone··on The World Bakes Under Extreme Heat
CO2 isn't the only thing that can and does contribute to climate, just one of the possible gasses that can, and currently is contributing.
joenathanone··on The World Bakes Under Extreme Heat
>Can anyone tell me why debate at any level is still happening

Because there are people who are in denial, it's too much for them to acknowledge mentally/emotionally. There are also people with a vested interest in the status quo, and believe they can overcome/mitigate the consequences of climate change with all of the resources they are currently gathering. Just a couple of reasons, I'm sure there are more...

joenathanone··on 1Password 8 has been formatting dates incorrectly for over a year
Tech debt, a bunch of fundamental code that is hardcoded to process dates in the one format and would completely break everything if you passed it a date formatted otherwise. Dates are hard.
joenathanone··on Kelly Rowland couldn't have used the =HYPERLINK() function to message Nelly
Mercury Instant Messager for Nokia 9210 / 9290

"a Jabber based, interoperatable client, is enabled with group conferencing abilities, third party gateway functionality (chatting with users from AOL, Yahoo, ICQ, IRC, and more!), and unlimited contact storage."

http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/Mercury_Instant_Mes...

joenathanone··on Kelly Rowland couldn't have used the =HYPERLINK() function to message Nelly
The "sheet" file could have been acting as the datastore for a text messaging program, Kelly being so distraught over having not receiving a response in a timely manner from Nelly lead her to check the datastore to make sure that the program wasn't malfunctioning by not showing new messages.
joenathanone··on 3M reaches $10.3B settlement over PFAS contamination of water systems
I was quoted around 22k, which is on the high side, you can get whole home ro units starting around $2-3k mark, but storage tank + install puts you around 5k minimum, some higher efficiency units can’t also be had for around $10k.

I am willing to spend so much because of the high efficiency, live TDS monitoring and the $20 per month full maintenance plan.

Some of the higher end systems require a lot of fiddling and knowledge to run properly, and most plumbers where I live know next to nothing about whole home RO, so having the maintenance plan which covers, parts, labor and replacement filters is priceless in my book.

joenathanone··on 3M reaches $10.3B settlement over PFAS contamination of water systems
You can dramatically increase efficiency by adding a permeate pump, search Amazon, they can be had very cheaply, they recycle the concentrate, increasing recovery and filter effectiveness.
joenathanone··on 3M reaches $10.3B settlement over PFAS contamination of water systems
In the process of getting one of these units https://hanspremiumwater.com/reverse-osmosis/

Key features

High efficiency

No need for water storage tank, but optional pressurized tank available

Real-time TDS monitoring via screen on RO unit and free Android/iOS apps.

joenathanone··on 3M reaches $10.3B settlement over PFAS contamination of water systems
Im careful when I can be, but it’s hard to always know the source of your food.
joenathanone··on 3M reaches $10.3B settlement over PFAS contamination of water systems
I’m currently in the process of getting a whole home RO system to clean all this garbage out of my water, but I can’t do anything about the water my purchased fruits and vegetables are grown in nor the water the animals raised drinking.
joenathanone··on Google Says the Reddit Blackout Made Search Worse
I think what happened is the forums were built on old platforms that couldn’t deal with the influx of bots and instead of upgrading them, the administrators shut them down, with dwindling popularity it didn’t make sense to make the investment.
joenathanone··on Google Says the Reddit Blackout Made Search Worse
The Cache button hasn't worked for me for around a decade, I used to use it regularly.
joenathanone··on iOS 17 automatically removes tracking parameters from links you click on
This is exactly what I am afraid of, we use url query parameters heavily to prefill forms for our employees and clients, think online training and service agreements. This will break a lot of our operation.
joenathanone··on EU sends Apple stark warning over USB-C charging on new iPhones
Data Centers that use DC still have AC to the racks, then a UPS or similar device converts to DC and distributes to the equipment on the rack. DC is inefficient for long distance, unless you are talking HVDC which is another story and it is disingenuous to act like they are comparable.
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