bossonhigs

bossonhigs t1_j282zb5 wrote

Reply to TSLA decline is over, opening a violent rally! Those who are bold make money, those who are timid watch! by OwenLiu0810

Yes it went up but the witch hunt on everything Elon is in full swing and I don't see negative campaign slowing down in near future. Company looks healthy though.

The enemy (insert here whoever fits the narrative) surely has more tricks up in their sleeve. Elon on the other hand don't have the right oratory skills to break the media spell. After months of reading shit about everything Elon, there's a glimpse of hope single article this morning. Is this the right time to buy Tesla stocks was the title.

Pragmatic business should prevail in this ideological war.

Grabs popcorn.

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bossonhigs t1_ivhhped wrote

Reply to comment by manitobot in English company Oxitec has released a simple, easy to distribute commercial product they say cuts Dengue Fever spreading mosquito populations by 96%. By just adding water, genetically modified mosquito eggs mature into males whose sperm cannot result in viable female larvae. by lughnasadh

That's very philanthropic. I can't say I don't have mixed feeling about humanity so I admit that sometimes everyone is brother and sister to me, but other times, they are just ....

But... isn't for example malaria curable by prescription drugs? What's wrong with sending medications? No profit?

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bossonhigs t1_ivhenwn wrote

Reply to comment by RedditAcctSchfifty5 in English company Oxitec has released a simple, easy to distribute commercial product they say cuts Dengue Fever spreading mosquito populations by 96%. By just adding water, genetically modified mosquito eggs mature into males whose sperm cannot result in viable female larvae. by lughnasadh

I don't like settled science and it's promoters. Settled science was DDT, PCB safety, teflon, uranium as health wonder, mercury as a cure etc...

I like science evolving and scientists questioning and proposing thesis.

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bossonhigs t1_ivh4sg0 wrote

Reply to comment by greenappletree in English company Oxitec has released a simple, easy to distribute commercial product they say cuts Dengue Fever spreading mosquito populations by 96%. By just adding water, genetically modified mosquito eggs mature into males whose sperm cannot result in viable female larvae. by lughnasadh

I'd like to be that way. Egypt mosquito was introduced to new world with slave trade. It's spreading in other warmers areas in the world so getting rid of it where it doesn't belong seems like a good idea.

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bossonhigs t1_ivgpww9 wrote

Reply to comment by MyDogEli in English company Oxitec has released a simple, easy to distribute commercial product they say cuts Dengue Fever spreading mosquito populations by 96%. By just adding water, genetically modified mosquito eggs mature into males whose sperm cannot result in viable female larvae. by lughnasadh

It doesn't have to be. Evolution is underlying law it abides. One with cognition might observe and draw conclusions. Have you ever watched Planet Earth, that episode with ants in the forest?

Cordiceps fungy infects ant wandered too far, when it returns to colony it becomes zombie but again it goes away and climbs on a branh and spread spores.

Practically, it keeps ant colonies from spreading too much, keeping a buffer zone between ant colonies.

There is some grand design there.

It's not like fungus kills whole colony. It keeps them in check.

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bossonhigs t1_ivgmaji wrote

Reply to comment by pearlsandplumes in English company Oxitec has released a simple, easy to distribute commercial product they say cuts Dengue Fever spreading mosquito populations by 96%. By just adding water, genetically modified mosquito eggs mature into males whose sperm cannot result in viable female larvae. by lughnasadh

We are either part of a nature, or we destroy it for our selfish needs

How's it going? What you have?

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bossonhigs t1_ivg9nwj wrote

Reply to comment by manitobot in English company Oxitec has released a simple, easy to distribute commercial product they say cuts Dengue Fever spreading mosquito populations by 96%. By just adding water, genetically modified mosquito eggs mature into males whose sperm cannot result in viable female larvae. by lughnasadh

I know this will sound harsh, but mosquitoes born illness is the very mechanism nature uses to restore balance when one particular species multiply in such great numbers and become a treat to natural balance itself.

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bossonhigs t1_ivfmk54 wrote

Reply to English company Oxitec has released a simple, easy to distribute commercial product they say cuts Dengue Fever spreading mosquito populations by 96%. By just adding water, genetically modified mosquito eggs mature into males whose sperm cannot result in viable female larvae. by lughnasadh

However much I support Science efforts, I can't help not to be concerned about methods that involves elimination of insects even those are just annoying mosquitoes.

First thing that comes to my mind is that bats are feeding off mosquitoes, and other insects. Reducing number of mosquitoes could reduce population of bats, which in long term would cause explosion of insect population.

Messing with nature doesn't end well.

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bossonhigs t1_itu3mvj wrote

Reply to Early warning device for landslide by Due-House-9745

I found this. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Illustration-testing-and-monitoring-series-of-movement-and-soil-moisture-3-Result-and_fig1_331347689

Not sure if this is fully functional or it's just idea. But it's based on arduino, which makes it cheap. Knowledge how to do it and program it is the only issue so better connect with some arduino community.

I have no background in this, but it seems people are mostly detecting wetness of soil and movement of soil. So some plain gps for movement and moisture sensors should do the job. Positioning those sensors might be crucial. Tech might help to save lives, but for long term I'd go natural way and try to find experts who knows about the soil and trees. Planting trees with deep roots could help in some cases.

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bossonhigs t1_itp65cp wrote

Reply to Public bathroom germs by matts41

If there's a paper, I always use paper to dry off my hands but I don't throw it right away but use it to open the door. heh

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