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rosege
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- rosege parentIts because they HATE Musk and are having day dreams about Tesla going broke.
- Hilarious: The proposed age verification app, which has already been dubbed on social media as “pajaporte” — an amalgam of the Spanish words “paja” (to jerk off or wank) and “pasaporte”. I wonder if there will be a trading system setup too like carbon credits trading so if you dont need a wank for a day or two you can sell them to someone who needs a few more.
- I was wondering the same as OP. Thanks for your link - here's some more info from it:
The technology/invention uses a microfabricated surface to entrap insect pests, inspired by the action of microstructures on leaves of plants. The first pest to be targeted is bed bugs, because of their commercial importance and proof of concept using this method.
Earlier, we were able to generate synthetic (plastic) materials that exactly matched the natural leaf surface geometry including the sharp microscopic hooks, using a double molding fabrication technique (Szyndler et al. 2013). However, those synthetics did not permanently entrap bed bugs. We have recently had very promising results using a variety of different materials and alternative microfabrication methods. We have been able to generate arrays of microscopic hooks, producing modifications of shapes beyond those found in nature (Fig. 1). This exciting result means that we have a greater ability to vary the material and mechanical properties of these new surfaces, thereby increasing the probability of better performance in entrapment by these synthetic materials. We are currently at the stage of generation of prototypes and evaluation, and characterization of these different microfabricated surfaces.
it took 3 years between the submission of our first patent application and the granting of the patent. Two additional related patents have been granted subsequently.
Apart from that there is no concrete info on when a product might be avaiable.
- I had a similar experience with booking.com. I booked a place in Australia and when I got their I found it was a house run by a junkie who chain smoked inside. I cancelled it on booking.com but they refused to refund me because their policy is that they will only do that if the provider agrees. That was the last time I used their site.
Agoda also have a scam going - where if you elect to pay later in a foreign currency then they add on a 17% service charge which is hidden in some fine print which I still haven't found. This is illegal here in Australia and I am contemplating taking them to small claims court over it. The amount is small ($100) but I would like to set a precedent.
- The Australian Science Show just did a program on the bees in Australia - some here might find it interesting too https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/ce...
- I spent a few years at an investment bank, not in the US, and the only people on serious money were some of the top managers. But my overall opinion of these people were that they did very little but the lower downs I met were some of the most talented people I ever worked with.
The top ones would spend all their time traveling the world to the offices and meeting with staff in each location and the sending emails to the rest of the department about what the staff in that location were working on. They would harvest ideas from the staff as they went and then present that as their own or approve projects that staff have suggested to them. I really didn't see how they were worth the $5M they were earning since they didn't come up with the ideas for what would be done and didn't do any real work.
- Just a couple of days ago there was an article about Israeli scientists using stem cells to fix the spine: https://scitechdaily.com/human-spinal-cord-implants-breakthr...
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- I moved from Australia to the Netherlands as well and felt the same about not having my tax dollars directed where I didn't want them to go. I unfortunately had to move back to Australia and now get to watch my tax dollars flow to the richest companies (including foreign luxury brands) thanks to Jobkeeper.