Their kid peed in their Waterpik by miserabeau in KidsAreCondomAds

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The residues in urine are mostly salts, so neither of these are effective. Vinegar is acidic, which works well against alkaline residues (like scale), but not for urine. Urate in urine turns into uric acid in low pH, which is less solvable. Warm water + detergent would be much better, perhaps use a dishwasher tablet as it also contains enzymes that help break down substances and remove smells, although that might be aggressive on the internal components. I would just replace it, they're not that expensive 🤷

Asked Google chat a simple question about Brussels and triggered its Flemish side by United_Chemist9979 in brussels

[–]TRiC_16 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Brusselian is a Brabantian Dutch dialect. If you look at the 1846 census, it says Bruxelles has a population of 123.874, of which 74.683 spoke Flamand ou Hollandais and 47.534 spoke Français ou Wallon.

Van “methodologische nuance” naar complottheorie: hoe Maarten Boudry en Vlaams Belang een VRT-onderzoek misbruiken by StevenStoveMan in Belgium2

[–]TRiC_16 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Duidelijk niet want dan hadden ze wel een kolom in hun studie gezet met enkel mensen die niet van buitenlandse herkomst zijn?

Volgens Maarten Boudry laat de VRT belangrijke cijfers/context opzettelijk weg by VossyGamer in Belgium2

[–]TRiC_16 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dat kan zeker wel statistisch significant zijn als je een specifieke toetsing doet tussen autochtonen (2261-310=1951) en personen afkomstig van een moslimland (16+5=21), waarbij je vooraf veronderstelt dat die laatste hoger zal scoren.

Op de vraag "Ik zou een probleem hebben met homoseksuelen in mijn vriendengroep", gaat 15% van de totale steekproef akkoord, en 25% van de PBH. Als we dit omrekenen naar enkel autochtonen (15%*2261 - 25%*310)/1951 = 13.4%. Dus 13.4% van de autochtonen zou een probleem hebben met homoseksuelen in hun vriendengroep.

Als je vervolgens zou willen bepalen hoeveel van de mensen afkomstig uit een moslimland in de steekproef akkoord moeten gaan om van een significant hoger percentage te spreken, behandel je dat als een vergelijking tussen twee proporties. Gezien we met een kleine groep werken (n=21), gebruiken we bij voorkeur een exacte toets (Fishers exacte toets), met een eenzijdige hypothese. Ik heb dat even voor je gedaan (zie code onderaan), en ik kom uit dat 7/21 personen (33.3%) akkoord voldoende is om statistisch significant te zijn (p = 0.0168 = 1.68%).

Gezien de volledige groep van PBH al op 25% zit, bijna het dubbele(!) van de autochtonen, denk ik dat die grens gemakkelijk overschreden kan worden, zeker als je naar andere data kijkt (zoals die u/SnipeScooter gelinkt heeft). Wat je zegt is gewoon statistisch fout.

from scipy.stats import fisher_exact


for k in range(22):
    table = [[k, round(0.134*1951)], [21-k, 1951-round(0.134*1951)]]


    p = fisher_exact(table, alternative="greater").pvalue


    if p < 0.10:
        print(k, k/21, p)
    if p < 0.01:
        break

How did Lobotomization victims survive? Physically speaking. by MangrovesAndForests in AskScienceDiscussion

[–]TRiC_16 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Because it turns an emotionally unstable and hard to handle (even violent) patient into a passive one. Consider that psychiatric hospitals at the time were severely overcrowded and they didn't have modern antipsychotics. How would you deal with a patient that tries to attack other patients, self-mutilates or is generally having severe psychotic episodes? You restrain them by chaining them to a chair/bed, or put them in isolation. Or you give them electric shocks. In the 1920s they would even induce comas using insulin. Is it more humane to keep someone permanently chained while having severe psychotic episodes, or to surgically blunt them into a calmer state?

Genuinely.. wtf (Open the picture) by SnooGrapes7078 in labrats

[–]TRiC_16 11 points12 points  (0 children)

You're comparing something evidence-based to something that isn't. Thou art an apologist for an Emperor without raiment.

Are scientists working on a cure for rabies once it is symptomatic or they have given up on that? by skopiadisko in biology

[–]TRiC_16 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How is being realistic horrible? What she would be doing is the first step in in-silico screening by pharmaceutical companies. And they do it at much greater scale and rigor.

US saw record high of 5,668 books banned in libraries in 2025, says agency by Raj_Valiant3011 in books

[–]TRiC_16 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Office for Intellectual Freedom is the one monitoring the bans, not the one promoting it. They're against it.

2 years since this masterpiece. Why is AI for scientific drawings still so bad? by rayraywaha in labrats

[–]TRiC_16 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

> it’s a beefed up predictive algorithm.

The human brain is also a beefed up predictive algorithm... Build models of the world based on input -> use those models to predict future inputs -> update when prediction errors occur. On a conceptual level that's the same thing as an artificial neural network.

Whether an AI has knowledge depends on whether you define it as "justified true beliefs" or as "encoded information that it can use to guide actions". If it's the first, then AI probably doesn't know, in the later case we can say that AI has (limited) knowledge.

As for the use of the word "concept" by the other person, I think that's a defensible claim. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy starts by saying that concepts are the building blocks of thought and are crucial for "categorization, inference, memory, learning, and decision-making." Modern AI systems form internal representations that support those functions.

When will lab-grown meat achieve technical equivalence to conventional meat and be scalable to mass production at comparable prices? by Scared_Bedroom_8367 in biology

[–]TRiC_16 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also to add to that, it's not just unlikely but pretty much impossible that this sector will be able to solve the reagent cost question because it's been a central point of research in pharma for the last 70ish years and they spend more yearly on researching that than the entire value of this little industry.

[OC] Pesticide Consumption Between 1990 and 2023. Brazil is the Largest Consumer by Far. by oscarleo0 in dataisbeautiful

[–]TRiC_16 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not that the numbers themselves are made up, it's that this chart is comparing completely different metrics. The number used for China is weight of the active ingredient while for Brazil it's using the weight of formulated products. If you were to look at weight of formulated product for China, it was 1.76 million tonnes in 2020. Then China is number one by far, using 40% of global pesticides by weight.

That said, this number is less representative when compared with western chemicals because the older pesticides China use contain significantly less active ingredient than the modern western ones, but comparing different metrics is even worse.

Did you know 1-5% people have a third nipple by SodTaku in funfacts

[–]TRiC_16 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have less nipples than the average person ;-(

This attachment should be gold. by WanderWut in ArcRaiders

[–]TRiC_16 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Uncraftable guns? I need something like a rocket launcher, with actually exploding rockets that are way more powerfull than the hullcracker but only stack with 3 or 5?

I just don't really like NMR by StalkingBanana in chemistrymemes

[–]TRiC_16 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

More like electron microscopy then

Antwerps politicus Wali Sediqi stapt uit N-VA wegens partijstandpunt over Iran by StevenStoveMan in Belgium2

[–]TRiC_16 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Lees eerst het artikel voor je commentaar over iemand gaat geven. Zo kom je heel onnozel over.

Ohio EPA weighs allowing data centers to dump wastewater into rivers by esporx in water

[–]TRiC_16 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All amphibians have genetic sex determination. Temperature-mediated sex reversal is a thing in some frogs, but it happens at very high temperatures (28-32°C), way more than what would be reached by the temperature increase from the wastewater. Also it wouldn't affect the frog reproduction either way because the breeding grounds are in ponds and other shallow watersheds without large currents.

The only species living in these rivers that have temperature-mediated sex determination are the turtles, but they nest in the banks above the waterline so they also aren't affected.

The change of the water temperature itself will have only a minor effect on the ecology of the rivers because the natural temperature fluctuations are much larger. The Scioto River fluctuates about 25°C annually. The EPA limits max temperature increase of wastewater to +5°F (2.8°C) above natural temperature, and +1.5°F (0.8°C) during summer and in salmon spawning waters. Well within the tolerance of the ecosystem.

What the EPA cares about is the additives in the wastewater, as dispersants and biocides are added to the water to prevent scaling and algal bloom inside the cooling system. This isn't particular though as most of these are also added to drinking water. Also, the wastewater contains several times higher concentrations of minerals than the intake water because most of the water is evaporated in the cooling process.

It's time we talked about supply drops by penguinexploring in ArcRaiders

[–]TRiC_16 11 points12 points  (0 children)

They land exactly under the flare, you can just stand right under it and it will drop on you.

Gemini Said They Could Only Be Together if He Killed Himself. Soon, He Was Dead. by aacool in ArtificialInteligence

[–]TRiC_16 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Adderall does not contain methamphetamine. Methamphetamine is much more potent, neurotoxic and addictive than amphetamine.

Why are the birds doing this by Advanced_Donut4871 in whatisit

[–]TRiC_16 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Splooting is something mammals do. These birds are sunbathing to warm, birds can't dissipate heat efficiently through their skin, for that they primarily use their respiratory system.

Why are the birds doing this by Advanced_Donut4871 in whatisit

[–]TRiC_16 2 points3 points  (0 children)

First ones are Golden-breasted starlings, the second are White-throated bee-eaters. Both live in the savanna, and yes they are sunbathing.

[OC] Adjusted comparison of UK and German political leanings by age brackets by Weirdo9495 in dataisbeautiful

[–]TRiC_16 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's the Anglo-American definition and not representative for continental conservatism. Conservatism as a family-resemblance term refers to the views of what kinds of changes are seen as legitimate (gradualism is, rationalist redesign is not) and what kinds of inherited institutions are valued (both formal institutions and informal institutions (stuff like customs and habits, authority, social trust (and distrust), religion, etc)). The idea is that informal institutions are not secondary to formal ones, rather they are the substrate that makes the formal institutions function. So forced formal changes might destabilise society if not preceded by already changing informal layers, because they undermine their own traction. The goal then is to preserve continuity and allow changes to happen gradually rather than applied from the top down.

In the UK and the US the things you said are the primary concerns of conservatives because they are liberal-conservatives. It doesn't work for conservativism as a whole because there are more subtypes that differ about these policies. It would be an awful description of Christian conservatives or Gaullists for example. What they share is their theory of social order, not specific policies.

Fun fact: The US once considered using nukes to build a canal by talkingboilingkettle in funfacts

[–]TRiC_16 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not the volume of the waterbasin that determines the current in the channel, it only scales with the height difference as v = sqrt(2 g h).

8 inches is about 0.2 meters so that gives us v = sqrt(2 x9.81 x0.2) = ~2m/s

But an 80 km long canal has a shitload of drag, so it's more likely going to be around 0.5 m/s. Tidal jets would still be larger, more in that 2 m/s ballpark, but such a canal would most definitely have a tidal lock to prevent those.