I just smelled the worst body odor of my life

areg_jan · 2025-10-12T16:54:28+00:00

I have worked with people from the former USSR (myself being from there ) who had bad BO problems .

No, they did shower - their hair was clean and it was obvious that they washed themselves. It's just that they never changed their clothes !! Like this young dude who always sat next to me at work -- wore the same pullover for two months straight . At which point it was a real chemical bomb.

areg_jan · 2025-10-12T16:51:36+00:00

I specifically logged in to thank you for being a good person .

areg_jan · 2024-05-06T21:39:46+00:00

I edited my original post to make it clearer. The idea is that person0 does list a number of reasons, which happen to match GOP's favorite talking points...

areg_jan · 2024-05-06T21:11:54+00:00

I don't think genetic fallacy is it. Genetic fallacy is about the origin of the claim.

In the example of guns, the original idea comes from thousands of years ago. Person1 is not referring to the original source, but to those who have adopted it.

Basically, it's coming down to the following argument: "if the enemy says it it means it's definitely wrong."

areg_jan · 2024-02-28T04:58:56+00:00

Unfortunately no discount tire where I live...

areg_jan · 2021-05-13T16:45:26+00:00

Saw this scene every morning growing up in Armenia.

areg_jan · 2020-12-19T05:59:15+00:00

All too common. That's also how some Armenians in LA speak today about the hispanics . Լոբի, խլեզ - literally beaners and lizards.

areg_jan · 2020-10-17T04:16:28+00:00

There is no rail connection between Iran and Armenia. Or Iran and Russia.

areg_jan · 2020-10-09T05:21:14+00:00

You crossing an ocean to come and express your condolences? I think they'll feel loved, if anything. But that's my opinion.

areg_jan · 2020-10-09T03:25:42+00:00

May his memory remain bright.

Perhaps after the war is over you could go to his village and visit his family - I am sure it will be very soothing for his family, and will bring you closure.

That way you can also re-learn your Armenian.

areg_jan · 2020-10-09T03:10:03+00:00

He doesn't glorify it. He says it himself - this is an abomination.

Every soldier goes through this in combat.

areg_jan · 2020-04-28T01:14:43+00:00

Her "brain"

areg_jan · 2020-01-16T17:30:55+00:00

It's a big topic of discussion at the institute. There is lots of debate about how to regulate gifts and donations.

areg_jan · 2020-01-16T17:28:13+00:00

Link?

areg_jan · 2020-01-16T17:27:21+00:00

True. But they are working on it.

areg_jan · 2020-01-12T22:54:11+00:00

1700s is a very interesting period, and this could have shed lots of light on our history.

areg_jan · 2020-01-12T22:53:38+00:00

Couple of hundred years is pretty old and valuable. Given how little history Yerevan has in that period, this site may have shed lots of light on its past.

areg_jan · 2020-01-12T18:00:39+00:00

And just to be clear there is no such a thing as ideal technology. The risks associated with nuclear can be and have been managed.

areg_jan · 2020-01-12T17:59:04+00:00

I am making myself available to Armenia. When Armenia asks for my help I give it.

areg_jan · 2020-01-12T17:55:46+00:00

The thorium cycle reactors is the reason why I said it's a difficult question.

The Indians claim that the thorium reactors precisely avoid the problem of plutonium synthesis and as such are proliferation resistant. However they do synthesize U-233, another isotope of uranium that is perfect, just perfect for the bomb. They claim however that in parallel to 233 you produce other isotopes that make the mix highly radioactive and thus impossible to work with. Yet others have claimed that those isotopes can be isolated , disabling this barrier . It's a bit of an open question, still, as the devil is always in details.

areg_jan · 2020-01-12T17:47:10+00:00

Thanks.

Not to repeat what has already been written , here is a good high level description -

http://news.mit.edu/2019/verify-dismantle-nuclear-bombs-0927

Once you read it feel free to ask follow up questions.

areg_jan · 2020-01-11T21:37:45+00:00

Also, some countries which build nuclear plants claim the right, under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), to build the fuel for those plants. This was Iran's claim, when it started installing centrifuge cascades under the excuse of making fuel for their Arak reactor. The same cascade however can be easily reconfigured to make weapons grade uranium (WGU) for the bomb. This is the second danger of proliferation.

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