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Demolishing these structures is simply unnecessary. Just put a sign up that says that, by crossing the bridge, you're responsible for any harm to yourself or others.

In Portugal, for example, there are plenty of old structures, like medieval walls, where it'd be destructive to install railings. A sign is simply put up to warn people that it might not be safe, and they are responsible for damages caused.


I usually just use a spreadsheet when I'm down to a few options. That way, I can compare stuff like IO, battery life from independent testers, etc., things that just aren't present in comparison websites.


How likely is the rice contamination? I've been reheating rice all my life and never got food poisoning from it.


I've been violating just about all of his rules, all my life (and I'm in my 70's) and have never gotten food poisoning as far as I know. Well, except for once at a restaurant, but that dish was brought to me straight out of the kitchen, so I don't know how that happened. Problem solved by never eating at that restaurant again.


According to Harold McGee's On Food and Cooking, rice turns bad pretty fast at room temperature. Here's from "Keeping Rice Safe" (p. 475):

"Cooked rice turns out to be a potential source of food poisoning. Raw rice almost always carries dormant spores of the bacterium Bacillus cereus, which produces powerful gastrointestinal toxins. The spores can tolerate high temperatures, and some survive cooking. If cooked rice is left for a few hours at room temperature, the spores germinate, bacteria multiply and toxins accumulate. Ordinary cooked rice should therefore be served promptly, and leftovers refrigerated or frozen to prevent bacterial growth."

I've always taken that to mean that it's fine to reheat rice as long as it hasn't been standing around for too long before refrigerating the first time around.


I don't understand how Malays regularly eat nasi lemak for breakfast (rice topped with prawn sambal and pickled cucumber wrapped in a banana leaf) without getting sick frequently. Vendors would have them pre-prepared and stacked in a pyramid on a table in the street which just ticks off every box of what not to do.


Yes, you're correct. I just copied the author's title. It's impressive nonetheless.


US schools receive funding based on the region they're in. Therefore, poor neighborhood => bad school.


bad school in the US => colleges particularly enthusiastic about accepting you as an underprivileged child

lower tier school in germany => no higher education


good students can switch tiers. and there are tierless schools too (gesamtschule) which allow any student with an average of grade 3 (C in the US system) or better to continue to high-school and qualify for university.


Can you demonstrate any correlation between funding and education outcomes?


Correlation is pretty clear to me, causation less so. After a bit of searching around, I personally believe that the factors which make a particular neighborhood poor have a causal effect on the education outcomes in that neighborhood, but haven't found a clear causal link between school funding and education outcomes. I do think that increasing funding would help, but there are a ton of confounding variables which must be improved in tandem with funding to produce a significant improvement.

School funding goes toward teaching staff, school supplies (pencils, books, desks, chalkboards, etc.), food and water, and building maintenance (bathrooms, sinks, HVAC, etc.). There are also administrative staff, cleaning staff, and counselors i.e. school psychologists. In the case of K-12 public schools, taxes are the funding. Parents with lower income pay less in taxes (in literal dollars, not percentage-wise). Poorer school districts get less funding [1]. Less funding means fewer teachers or lower salaries. One article I read points out that teacher turnover is higher in schools with less funding and that higher turnover is worse for student learning [2]. While the article suggests that the turnover is at least partially due to whether the teachers are culturally and socially prepared to teach high-poverty student populations, increased funding could go toward providing poverty-aware training, training for resolving behavioral issues, and increased salaries to incentivize retention. ("Training for resolving behavioral issues" would include carefully assessing school policies to prevent a school-to-prison pipeline [3].)

On the other hand, a poor neighborhood has many other confounding factors which can influence student success. Poorer families are less able to buy healthy nourishment, and hunger distracts students in class [4]. Money problems distract parents from developing healthy, present relationships with their children. A poor neighborhood is less able to train police officers to deal with violence in the streets while also avoiding excessive violence in response. A poor city (or an indifferent state government [5]) can't account for or replace lead pipes and lead paint, and lead exposure harms brain development.

[1] https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2018-02-27/...

[2] https://ballardbrief.byu.edu/issue-briefs/the-socioeconomic-...

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School-to-prison_pipeline

[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communication_noise#Physiologi...

[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_water_crisis#Hurley_Medi...


I think this won't be as successful as other Purism products, as there are plenty of alternatives that a privacy-minded user can buy, that don't cost Purism's inflated prices (e.g.: see Starlabs' new tablet). At least their phones were less finicky than the PinePhone.


As a westerner, when Japanese names are written out, I like having the family name capitalized. That way, you can write YAMADA Koji or Koji YAMADA, and I'll know what to call you.


Having more than 100mL of liquid is also not allowed, but you won't get on the no fly list for that. They'll just ask you to throw it out. Not sure about airtags, but it could be the same.


You can say that liquid for medical purposes and they will run few tests on it before allowing it.


This isn't true for checked luggage; you're thinking about carry-on.


> Network traffic (bytes):

> Native: 39,422,545

> Web: 21,956,270

User tracking from system information?


Does China have the technology and expertise to make 7nm lithography machines, or did they have to somehow import machinery from ASML?


Not at the moment. It is said they have been working on that for some time, and will have the capability next year.


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