Thanks! That's a well-written paper. I don't know why I keep falling for science journalism's simplified explanations.
I've so-far only skimmed it, but to answer my question they find light dark matter to be the simplest case (I didn't see a specific range, but they used 250keV as an example), but they also considered a scenario where "dark-zillas" (mass >> 10^10 GeV) are plausible. At least that still narrows the search space a bit 😅
Sadly archive.li seems to be in a broken CAPTCHA loop, so I can't see the full article. However, I'm struggling to imagine a fundamental universe-spanning interaction that triggers weeks after the big bang, given that the universe has already expanded/cooled enough by 20 minutes to stop fusing nuclei. If there is evidence for a Dark Matter big bang for weeks after the Matter big bang, surely this must have some extreme implications about the possible mass range of DM particles?
One thing nobody seems to be talking about: Just like String Theory, the more new phenomena are needed to make the Dark Matter model work, the further we stray from the edge of Occam's Razor. While all the research into detecting hypothetical particles has been fun to follow, I can't help but feel we're just a few equations away from discovering that the universe is actually pretty MONDane.
With teacher hours, isn't that still often over 40 hours a week?
There is some anti-competitive abuse: Steam will delist games if it finds them being sold with a lower price on another platform. This prevents other platforms from competing for customers by taking lower fees. They can only compete for developers and hope developers will drive customers, which hasn't happened so far.
That doesn't affect me much though. I mostly just want better competition so that more money goes to the gamedevs. Steam makes an insane profit. Steam's profit from me alone is more than the undiscounted launch price of ~~30~~ 22 AAA games... Have they employed hundreds of people for thousands of hours to make something to entertain me? No, they just operate the store. Hardly seems worth being almost 1/3rd of every pricetag.
EDIT: Ok, curiousity got the better of me, I checked my purchase history and did the math, Steam has earned roughly US$1367 from me. Hard to be exact as it's split over 3 currencies, but that's roughly 22 * $60. I've updated the number above.
Perhaps my problem is with ~1500 games, I have so many of each tag in my library that Steam can't figure out my niches. Or maybe the hundreds of crap games I got from old bundles have convinced them I love shovelware 🙃
Which "suggestions"? I find each showcase on the website has its own quirks:
To get to 50k ignores, I made a script to ignore whole pages of search results, and used it with combinations of tags I had absolutely no interest in (e.g. "multiplayer + sports", "sexual content + match 3 puzzle", "zombies", etc.). This made the Discovery Queue MUCH more relevant.
"foad button" 😆 I like it. That acronym is past due for a comeback
Perhaps this is an area where we need adblockers to innovate. Let people ban URLs or metadata (e.g. game shop pages, publishers, titles, entire domains), and the blocker will filter out any page element that contains a link to the URL, anywhere on the internet.
Keto-ade can be great for taking the edge off keto flu. It's basically a home-made concentrated sports drink - artificial sweetener, potassium & magnesium salts and a lot of water. All the fluid & electrolytes help your kidneys filter out the metabolized fat that would otherwise linger in your bloodstream.
Some minor/hard-to-notice health-related things can dramatically reduce alcohol tolerance and/or give "hangovers" shortly after starting a session.
For me, inflammation is a big cause. I have (barely noticeable) cat allergies, and (obvious but hard to avoid) food intolerances & gut issues. If I don't stay on top of avoiding triggers, my alcohol tolerance goes from multiple G&Ts giving a nice buzz, to 1-2 sips of G&T giving dizziness and headaches. Electrolyte imbalance can also cause it. I've found I have to add magnesium and potassium salt to my diet, or else I generally feel tired more, and my alcohol tolerance plummets. Once you start controlling these factors, you'll start getting clear feedback from your body when you have too much or too little salt, in the form of water and food tasting different and general feelings of tension or tiredness.
My advice: try antihistamines, easily-digestible meals, and/or sports drinks for a few days before you drink. If those help your tolerance, you probably have some health stuff going on - figure it out and you'll probably find a way to generally feel better.
Please let it be like Alpha Protocol. That game was amazing (albeit glitchy af), and has too be the closest realtime video game to the tabletop SpyCraft experience.
Learn how to make good porridge, pre-mix it and add some psyllium husk, and you'll always have a filling and incredibly healthy fallback option.
My personal favorite is pumpkin spice linseed gruel. Looks & sounds gross, but it tastes great, is ready in 2 minutes and has perfect macros.
In two languages I'm learning, German and Chinese, I've found it to suffer from "translationese". It's grammatically correct, but the sentence structure and word choice feel like the answer was first written in English then translated.
No single sentence is wrong, but overall it sounds unnatural and has none of the "flavor" of the language. That also makes it bad for learning - it avoids a lot of sentence patterns you'll see/hear in day to day life.