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biggioon Why don’t Americans eat mutton?

Here are the 50 best rated lamb dishes.

https://www.tasteatlas.com/50-best-rated-lamb-dishes-in-the-...

Not sure how trustworthy this list is. It is missing one of my favourites, kavurma.

biggioon PRQL: a simple, powerful, pipelined SQL replacement

no, thanks

biggioon Excision's CRISPR HIV therapy is heading into human testing after FDA clearance

According to Crunchbase*, Excision received $70M in investment. A meagre amount of funding for the causes Excision is working on.

* https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/excision-biotherapeu...

biggioon Excision's CRISPR HIV therapy is heading into human testing after FDA clearance

Uhm the HSV vaccine pipeline seems to have changed. Excision had clinical trials scheduled for 2021 a few years back, if I'm not mistaken. There are about 4 billion people infected with HSV worldwide*. Excision could prioritize and deliver the HSV vaccine and have the company well-funded for other causes.

* https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/herpes-simp...

biggioon U.S. human rights report documents China's genocide in Xinjiang

What will the report achieve? Will China put an end to their Uyghur genocide now?

biggioon Atomic resolution video of salt crystals forming in real time

Hope this will help finding a way to dissolve calcium oxalate stones formed in kidney

biggioon China sharply expands mass labor program in Tibet

On Amazon and other online shops there should be clear display of where the product is made. It is currently not the case.

biggioon Robotic thread is designed to slip through the brain's blood vessels

Your experience sounds much better. I had a stuck 6mm kidney stone removed with laser under anaesthetic which after I had to walk around with a tube in my ureter for 6 weeks.

biggioon Turkmenistan on the brink of collapse?

Yes, true but it is only beneficial to citizens if they get a smart dictator. Not like Berdimuhammedov. I have the impression that he is a clown who doesn't know what they are doing.

biggioon Speaking to yourself in the third person makes you wiser

Russell is a wise guy

biggioon Speaking to yourself in the third person makes you wiser

What I was thinking exactly

biggioon Speaking to yourself in the third person makes you wiser

People who speak about themselves in the third person on their profile feels like they have some kind of narcissistic personality.

biggioon A mathematician's way of converting miles to kilometers

This is the method I'm using :D

biggioon “Only five people maintain Python-pip”

Thank you pip people.

Let's nominate them for PSF fellowship https://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonSoftwareFoundation/Fellow...

biggioon Apple explores moving 15-30% of production capacity from China

Not sure move to India would be a smart one considering the level of corruption and potential US sanctions in future e.g. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-45757556

biggioon Why Hong Kong Is Still Marching

Why can't Hong Kong vote for independence?

biggioon Chinese authorities accused of intimidating Uyghurs in Australia

I read from the article UN is still seeking access to China. That sounds dumb. I mean we're talking about concentration camps here. Didn't Nazis teach us any lesson

biggioon Chinese authorities accused of intimidating Uyghurs in Australia

How can China get away with this? Why can't United Nations do anything about Uyghur concentration camps?

biggioon Bezos Investigation Says the Saudis Obtained His Private Data

Why are there family run countries still in 2019?

biggioon Pika: Making it easier to find, publish, install, and use modern packages on npm

As a user of pika it confused me. I wish the author had named it something other than "pika".

biggioon Minimum-wage worker needs 2.5 full-time jobs to afford a one-bedroom apartment

Is it their fault that they are born?

biggioon Minimum-wage worker needs 2.5 full-time jobs to afford a one-bedroom apartment

It bugs me a lot that humanity cannot make shelter a basic human right, rather it's something you have to work for and most likely work for a lender to pay of your debt while juice running with excessive rates.

biggioon SQL: One of the most valuable skills

You need to think in bags of things

biggioon The “Bug-O” Notation

It's a broad topic and called "code metrics" or "software metrics".

biggioon Typed-Html: Type Checked JSX for Rust

I always hated mixing up languages together.

HTML in Rust? No!

biggioon Tech giants face 2% UK digital services tax

Is this true?

Edit: holy moly it is! https://metro.co.uk/2018/10/12/ed-sheeran-may-be-the-worlds-...

biggioon Arabic, a great language, has a low profile

Interesting. I suppose reform worked for Turkish. I'm fascinated by the simplicity and the straightforwardness of Turkish.

biggioon Arabic, a great language, has a low profile

Compared to Turkish I find Arabic quite messy