i should be writing
i said nothing about aliens, all i say is that claim “dimethyl sulfide = definite sign of life” makes it a powerful clickbait, because there are processes that can provide it abiogenically from something similar to earth’s primordial soup
your assumption seems overly optimistic
first step might look for example like this https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Reaction-mechanism-for-the-formation-of-methanethiol-with-Al-and-Mg-cations-and_fig4_339245530
there are many ways, and what i’m saying it’s likely a massive clickbait
t. organic chemist, currently working with sulfur compounds
if you have methanol, hydrogen sulfide and enough heat along with a specific rock, it will get formed. or probably methane, hydrogen sulfide and UV
prevent falling into wrong hands? palantir is the wrong hands, some of the worst you can get
brb gotta take a screenshot of my seats
The “New Reddit” even recently got a makeover that makes it heavier and less compatible than ever.
as opposed to that shite firmly stuck in 2005
weird site, weird content, weird grudges. who are these people and why should anyone care?
That’s obviously Albanian Hacker, creator of Albanian Virus
polish railways have issues with tech debt unseen anywhere else. besides outdated rolling stock, there were two mainframes of 1974 vintage (Odra 1305, ICL 1905 clone) up and running up to 2010 doing something at province-level stations. these things went straight to museum, and still work
things got better considerably, but priority goes to things that are visible
ancient, authenticationless emergency train stop system was used by russia supporters in malicious way. you can tell it by fragments of russian anthem and putin speeches transmitted after the stop signal on the same frequency
it’s three tones at a specific VHF frequency, it’s supposed to be transmitted by train and any other train in range has to stop automatically and immediately, but it’s close to 2m band so any baofeng can be used to transmit there
it’s been a known issue for years and polish railways is migrating to GSM based, authenticated system, expected to be completed in two years. they also have legendary delays in introducing new infrastructure so ymmv
there’s no material damage, in fact it’s a part of a system designed for limiting material damage, but some trains have to be stopped in addition to those stopped automatically, mass confusion results and delays are introduced both for freight and passenger trains
without paywall https://archive.li/pn0Vb
or turmeric, i have very strong opinions on curcumin, read this to understand why: https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/curcumin-will-waste-your-time
if it’s working, it’s working when you test it rigorously. one such big screening of traditional medicines happened in china somewhere in 70s: they collected 2k+ traditional malaria medicines, of which 350+ were tested on mice and found ONE new compound that had any activity and could be used safely in humans, so yes, there’s plenty that didn’t work
getting new active compounds is hard. most of the time it’s easier to look up to nature, because some fungi or sponge had millions of years to get that one poison that wards off predators just right, and because of that it might be active in humans as well. whether is it useful clinically is another question. using things from traditional medicine is another filter on top of that, but far from perfect based on limited diagnosis available to ancients, limited to nonexistent disease mechanism understanding, limited plant availability, magical thinking, and more
and yes, there’s plenty of things in traditional medicine market that are known not to work. realgar, shark fin, powdered rhino horn, nigella seeds, cow piss and many more do absolutely nothing at best. intricate magical systems behind their inclusion in medicine don’t add any value or validity
i’m with you, i’m just saying that the bits of “traditional medicine” that work (as in, have active compounds) become medicine without adjectives
Taking these medicines in the forms they are found in nature is a horrible idea
not really, if you know how much of the active compound is out there. but this limits applicability heavily (can’t put herbal extract in iv bag). pure compounds are much better (better stability, higher degree of quality control etc)
science from 200 years ago is not the same thing as we have now ffs
now, and at basically any point from past hundred years or so, when scientific method was reasonably widely adopted, this method is a tool to avoid repeating mistakes like this
and at any rate it doesn’t mean that random snake oil peddler, in this case “traditional medicine” flavoured, is more trustworthy than state of the art evidence based medicine, just because science made mistakes in the (distant) past
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisinin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digoxin
there are probably more, starting with aspirin (salicin), modern opioids (opium) and modern anticholinergics (atropine). there’s also plenty of stuff in traditional medicine that maybe does nothing beneficial or even kinda works but it’s way too toxic for modern regulatory agencies, like all heavy metals and aconitine
that’s why we have peer review, replications, editorial standards and so on, if something’s funky with your paper you get a retraction. generally scientific method got pretty good at getting better description of reality over time
if you want to determine efficacy of a treatment, you run a clinical trial, not a debate
wait you don’t mean microplastics