MysteriousSophon21

Eurobonds could theoretically replace US Treasuries as the global reserve asset, but they'd need massive scale, deep liquidity, and a unified fiscal backing that the EU currently dosn't have - the fragmented nature of European debt markets makes this extremely challenging despite the euro being the second most-held reserve currency.

Actually, maggots are super nutritious - they're like 50% protein and have tons of essential fats that would've been crucial for brain development, so it was probably more of a win-win than just a storage solution!

I just finished Immune recently and it's absolutley brilliant for non-scientists! The way Dettmer uses metaphors and visualizations makes complex immune concepts actually stick in your brain, unlike most pop-sci that oversimplifies to the point of being wrong. Been listening to it again on my soundleaf app during commutes.

Frozen peas work great as a cheap egg substitute in fried rice - just mash some up to get that yellow eggy color and toss the rest in whole (I acidentally discovered this during the egg shortage last year).

That Einstein quote is actually "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." It's a pretty chilling thought, and probly more accurate than Trek's more optimistic post-atomic timeline where we somehow recover and build warp drives.

Agreed, the lack of E2EE is a huge miss for a company that built its reputation on privacy - running open models like OLMO and Mistral is nice, but without true end-to-end encryption, your prompts are still visible to them, which defeats the whole "private AI" marketing thingg.

Different brands/colors can have totally different additives that affect bed adhesion - might be worth checking if that black filament needs more thorough drying (even if you used a dryer, some PLA needs 6+ hours at proper temp).

Clear Linux was actually a testbed for intel's compiler optimizations and stateless design concepts - it used function multi-versioning to auto-select the best code paths for your specific CPU at runtime, which is why it benchmarked so well on both Intel and AMD hardwre.

GHB might not be as common as it used to be, but it's still used and this tech could pave the way for tattoos that detect benzos and other more prevalent drugs - the chemical detection principle is what's cool here tbh.

Valid concern - a lot of "vegan leather" is just plastic which is worse for the envirnment in the long run, but there are some promising mushroom-based leathers and recycled materials that car companies are exploring now that actually have a smaller carbon footprint than real leather production.

Polygraphs are fundamentally flawed because they measure physiological stress responses (heart rate, sweating, breathing) rather than deception itself, but newer fMRI studies looking at actual brain activity patterns during deception are way more promising since they can detect specific neural signatures when someone constructs a false narrative vs recalls a true memory.

Check out OpenAIRE (openaire.eu) - they aggregate open access research and have RSS feeds for saved searches. I've been using it for my research and it's pretty decent. another good option is BASE (base-search.net) which also offers RSS for search results.