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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

In countries that collect church taxes on behalf of the church, it can be necessary to officially de-register your religion to avoid paying taxes to the church.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/09/22/in-some-european-countries-church-membership-means-paying-more-taxes/

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Masks or not, they're going to get themselves killed.

At some point, someone will resist being abducted and take one of them out. A mask doesn't stop a bullet.

It just hasn't happened yet.

How many of them will be brave enough to show up for work the next day?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Jeg har bemærket at franchises i Danmark næsten altid bliver drevet af sådan nogle typer som forsøger at omgås reglerne og er ligeglade med både produktet, ansatte og kunder. De tror de kan gå på vandet så længe de kan kalde sig selvstændige erhvervsdrivende. Det er useriøst.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 months ago

Renewable energy.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Sometimes hundreds of snapshots a second.

That's a pretty neat FPS for a tv.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Organ shortages are definitely not covered by opt in.

Opt out also doesn't mean that scientist have to use all the bodies.

It's never been a problem to have too many bodies. It's a lot easier to turn away some when they're not needed than it is to find one when needed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

People who don't know how to use a screwdriver should not be screwing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

The Quooker tap seems like a good option. The electricity used for stand by is easily saved by not cooking more than necessary.

A kettle has a minimum amount like half a liter, which is completely wasted when you only need a cup.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 months ago (1 children)

we're essentially removing them from the gene pool

I don't think Downs works like that.

It's already being removed, since people choose abortion over downs and since people with Downs don't have children (normally).

It is not hereditary. It's an error or mutation that can occur for anyone. The chances are higher the older the parents are.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Someone stated that the communication speed is currently about 160 bits per second, so 20 bytes per second.

Voyager is now 1 light day away, so the signal is 86400 seconds long, since radio waves travel at the speed of light. The signal can then fit a backup of 1.7 megabytes.

20 bytes x 86400 seconds = 1.7 Mb (SI units)

This is enough to fit the entire memory bank of 26 Commodore 64s in a one way trip from the Earth to Voyager. If Voyager then returns the signal, you can simply double this.

So about 2 floppy discs. 💾 💾

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Yes patterns, but also basic physical resonance.

Sounds in harmony creates more powerful standing waves which will affect your cochlea more than noise.

Whether that is also more pleasant will depend on context, but music will definitely get your attention more easily than random sounds due to this basic physical property.

Pretty much everything in the universe are frequencies. Things that resonate are simply more powerful better than things that don't.

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