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What if urine was reprocessed by large intestines?
  • The kidneys already recover water and salt. Google the loop of Henley.

    What we pee is what our body considers in excess. We intake a lot of our water from food, so we need a way to expel that. Peeing is much nicer than bloating and constant Diarra.

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    North American power outlets are topsy turvy - but does it matter?
  • The NEC does not have an article for outlet orientation. Some engineered jobs will spec it one way or another (eg. hospitals) but there's nothing in the code.

    I think the video even mentioned that nec doesn't have an article on it.

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    Apparently spreading news about an homophobic attack is considered islamophobic
  • I'm guessing the agenda is "this is definitely going to lead to a bunch of anti-islamic discussion in the comment section, and I don't want to deal with all that (with limited mod tools)"

    I'd put more blame on reddit administration than the mod who's trying to play the safe side to keep the sub in existence.

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    When did you finally feel old?
  • My joints were already telling me I'm old. Did you really have to point that out to all the other 34 year Olds on here?

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    Wonderful (a 1912 comic)
  • I read a lot of fantasy which is generally in a medieval setting.

    Sometimes I'll just stop and appreciate that I can turn a handle and get limitless clean drinking water, or that I drive 35 miles to work every day, which would normally be an all-day trip.

    Not to mention things like instant long distance communication.

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  • I save a lot of memes. Time to populate the feed

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    Biden renews call for assault weapons ban after ‘tragic and senseless’ spate of July 4 shootings
  • 48.8k people died from gun deaths last year. 54% were suicides, 43% murders, 3% other Of those murders, 3% were with a rifle. (Source was pew research)

    630 rifle deaths out of 48.8k

    All an assault weapon ban will do is make felons out of otherwise law abiding gun enthusiasts, and chip away at a right guaranteed in our constitution.

    Nearly 50k deaths is tragic. We do need to do something about it. But banning guns does not fix the mental health issues, the income disparity, or the lack of education and social services in predominantly black or Hispanic neighborhoods, which contribute to these violent behaviors in our society.

    And if you're only concerned about the deaths, consider how drug overdoses outnumber gun deaths by more than 2:1. Maybe we should make drugs illegal instead. Wait....

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