Fruits and vegestables often have toxic components. It is almost as if they do not like to be eaten. Regardless. Here is a wine to match with your bitter almonds: !WINE

Interesting article. However, I wonder about the wisdom of using a rottweiler as a service dog. Rottweilers are wonderful and extremely intelligent dogs. They require a great deal of training. Unfortunately,

I've seen several articles of late talking about the effects of vitamin K2 on dental health. A huge portion of the population has a deficiency in vitamin K2. Vitamin K2 is found in only a select group

AI is a computer program. People can run things called AIs on any piece of computer hardwar. So, the demand to "regulate AI" quickly turns into a demand to regulate all computers. BTW: The only

When my father was in the hospital I found out that many of the medical decisions were made by "social workers" and "therapists." The decisions were not by doctors nor the family members.

The banking system could easily streamline the transactions system and reduce the cost of banking. The problem is that the banks make a lot of money by being inefficient; so it won't happen. !WINE

Many people have unhealthy relations to their bodies. This is especially true in a society obsessed with image over substantive health. I suspect that many people have a combination of disorders. It can

The BLURT model reduces spam as it encourages users to consider the cost of posting before posting. It also encourages users to buy enough BLURT so that one's upvote returns a greater reward than the cost

IMHO an authoritarian bureaucracy is really just an early form of artificial intelligence. A bureaucracy is essentially a man-made construct that regulates the activities of the people. An AI is a machine

Voted for It is only meant for the people who are too rich. I would classify a smartphone as an item for the middle class. In the US, one often receives a phone as part of a service contract. A service

With the volume collapse I've stopped my bots as not worth the time it takes to watch them. I've only used the bots a couple of times. It seems to me that the swap bots are dependent on the exchange. So,

The sad truth is that we are likely to see AI used by insurance companies and public health agencies to control expenses before we see the technology used by doctors. !BEER

Reports on sustainable fishing practices usually speak poorly of farmed salmon. I am sad to hear the diseases from fish farms also affect the wild fish. Some reports speak highly of farmed trout which

The mills I examined were quite expensive. They also assume that the mill operators would buy expensive trucks to tow the mills. Their sites show a $10K mill towed by a $80K truck. Portable wood mills

There are several companies that create portable saw mills. It appears that the mills have the ability to create a variety of commercial grade lumber products. You mentioned that the wood from the lumber

Nice introduction to the mathematics of growth. Here is some WINE, may it grow exponentially. And, yes, I know WINE is ruled by the rules of discrete mathematics and not continuous mathematics ... but

The premise of "Who Killed the Electric Car?" was that well organized political forces squashed attempts to develop alternative automotive technologies in the twentieth century to create a

Are you using the blanket for sleeping or are you using it for sitting around during the day? It is generally better to use a warm blanket for sleeping than an electric blanket. My father used an electric

I've found that a really good fleece or down blanket with a thermal pad does a better job keeping me warm than electric blankets. Good blankets do not create a dependency on the power grid. Electic blankets

I admit, the main reason for my comment was that I've encountered numerous youtube videos and spam messages claiming that people can grow food from food scraps. People who follow this advice are likely