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patall commented on Accepting US car standards would risk European lives etsc.eu/accepting-us-car-... · Posted by u/saubeidl

martijn_himself · 15 days ago

This seems to be concerning but as a Dutch person who has lived in the UK for a long time the relatively recent home-grown 'fatbike' issue seems to be a much more pressing problem for Dutch road safety than this and isn't being dealt with effectively as far as I understand.

Having said that I think these American pick-ups (and large SUV's, they are part of the same problem) are a common sight here as well and should not be allowed on the road (unless maybe you can show you need one for work or business).

patall · 15 days ago

I see those in Sweden as well. But I also know that people are stupid. And I rather have a stupid person on a stupid bike than a stupid person in an SUV. Especially since in an accident, they will lose in any case because most are likely not street legal.

patall commented on Homeschooling hits record numbers reason.com/2025/11/19/hom... · Posted by u/bilsbie

binary132 · a month ago

yeah, it would be crazy if people were allowed to raise their own children with their own values. we can’t have that.

patall · a month ago

Did anyone argue that you are not allowed to teach your kids your own values? It seems to me, the question is more: do you want to raise your kids without ever exposing them to values that are not your own? Opinion Bubbles have been increasing for a long time, do we really want to grow them even more? Social media is full of people left and right that seem to have no idea about the opinions and realities at the other end of the spectrum.

patall commented on Homeschooling hits record numbers reason.com/2025/11/19/hom... · Posted by u/bilsbie

broof · a month ago

One example is in high school I had an excellent literature class that also covered a lot of philosophy. It wasn’t until later that I realized that the various philosophies we studied were the philosophies that are often foundational for Marxism, atheism, and general left of center academia. Probably the best class I had in high school but I wish it had also covered things on both sides, or been more transparent that it was in fact biased.

patall · a month ago

I have had more teachers actively advocating voting for right wing parties than left wing parties. And once had someone in biology class tell me that he thinks that evolution and creation by god are equal and we should try to merge those theories. And I live in a very secular part of Europe.

But hey, both you and I are telling anecdotes. The only conclusion for me is that public school exposes you to people that do not think like you or your parents. Something, we are less and less exposed to. If that is good, anyone has to answer for themselves.

patall commented on The time has finally come for geothermal energy newyorker.com/magazine/20... · Posted by u/riordan

flowingfocus · a month ago

Instead of drilling deep, there is also an intersting case for storing cheap solar energy as hat in piles of dirts in the summer to power turbines in the winter: https://austinvernon.site/blog/standardthermal.html

patall · a month ago

The Berlin one also had some promising news today: https://www.adlershof.de/en/news/successful-tests-on-undergr...

We have to see if and when any of them goes into production, but the technology seems very interesting

patall commented on Guests ejected mid-stay from bankrupt hotel chain Sonder bbc.com/news/articles/c36... · Posted by u/onemoresoop

patall · a month ago

Fun fact: Swedish 'sönder' (with umlaut) means 'broken'

patall commented on James Watson has died nytimes.com/2025/11/07/sc... · Posted by u/granzymes

morgengold · a month ago

Is someone able to tell me what about the genetics, race and IQ stuff is backed by evidence and what part is pure prejudice?

patall · a month ago

He probably made up his own 'evidence', like white boys performing better than black boys when ignoring socioeconomic background. Today, I, as a geneticist, am not aware of any links between race (in the american sense) and intelligence.

Jim Watson was, from my view, emotionally stuck in the fourties. Even if it was true, you wouldn't tell a female grad student to their face that they belong in the kitchen. Yet he did say that (less than 15 years ago) to one of my former colleagues.

patall commented on The problem with farmed seafood nautil.us/the-problem-wit... · Posted by u/dnetesn

NoMoreNicksLeft · a month ago

Are those Macrobrachium? The freshwater river prawn? I can't find anything on the site, but I doubt they're doing the world's largest saltwater aquarium...

patall · a month ago

Unless the grow multiple species, it's pacific white shrimp [1] which seems to be a salt water species. Also the pictures do not look like Marcobrachium

[1] https://www.gourmets.net/salon-gourmets/2025/exhibitors-cata...

patall commented on DoorDash and Waymo launch autonomous delivery service in Phoenix about.doordash.com/en-us/... · Posted by u/ChrisArchitect

codedokode · 2 months ago

Maybe the sidewalks should be wider? I agree that in historical part of the city they can be pretty narrow (can be fixed by narrowing or removing the car lanes though), but in 20th century (Soviet) developed areas the sidewalks are pretty wide, they can be like 10 meters (30 feet) wide on large streets or more.

They could also use bicycle lanes, but cyclists won't like it.

patall · 2 months ago

Have you ever seen one? Because the ones I have seen IRL doing deliveries where especially lost in open spaces. They do not make sense how they are moving and its not that obvious where its going. Like a goose on the side-walk: you need to be vary because you cannot really determine what it will do next. But in theory, they should work great ...

patall commented on Ultrasound is ushering a new era of surgery-free cancer treatment bbc.com/future/article/20... · Posted by u/1659447091

snovv_crash · 2 months ago

It heats them until enough damage is done that they die regardless.

patall · 2 months ago

So more like necrosis, not apoptosis. Maybe non-biologists are not aware, but apoptosis is not just cell death.

patall commented on American solar farms tech.marksblogg.com/ameri... · Posted by u/marklit

Geezus_42 · 2 months ago

How is that fence any different than the 3m high fence the deer breeder down the road has?

patall · 2 months ago

Idk, maybe 3mm wire of 15cm grid size vs. 6mm wire in a <=5cm grid. But I have never seen a big deer farm, that is probably also not so nice to have right next door. But what do I know, here in Scandinavia, you have the right to roam pretty much everywhere, makes countries with too many fences seem claustrophobic.