Interesting Links for 23-01-2023

[andrewducker]

1. The Broom Method of telling if you're about to walk into a cloud of burning hydrogen

(tags:hydrogen fire history NASA )

2. How much would you need to sell a shirt for in the USA if you paid your employees a living wage?

(tags:clothes economics USA )

3. Scientists Discover Species of Gut Microbes That Can Boost the Motivation To Exercise (in mice)

(tags:microbiome bacteria exercise mice )

4. How our microbiome is shaped by family, friends and even neighbours

(tags:microbiome bacteria )

5. How the 'deal' between the monarchy and the media really works

(tags:monarchy media journalism uk )

Comments

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[danieldwilliam]

Garment manufacturing is one of the main things developing economies do to improve their incomes. It's pretty easy to set up with lower barriers to entry and there's a large, liquid global market.

At some point as the developing world continues to develope we're going to run out of people for whom working in a clothing factory for a dollar a day is a better choice than the alternatives they have in their country. At which point we'll see how people react to paying $250 for a shirt made by humans.

[mountainkiss]

What happens to you if you walk into a cloud of burning hydrogen? Do you get burned?

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[channelpenguin]

Comments somewhere mention steam - very nasty too. Invisible (see §), and capable of near-instantly slicing bits off you whilst cauterising at the same time. My dad used to *listen* for steam leaks - he did lose a fraction of skin off the top of one ear as I recall. All old steam turbine engineers (ship's engineers) have horrible tales of people getting limbs chopped off. How true? I dunno, but the several I have known have told me tales.

§"Steam is invisible, that stuff from the kettle is WATER VAPOUR" - My Dad, approx 1,000,000 times in my childhood.

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[channelpenguin]

Are there bacteria for motivation to do other things too? Sign me up for all the fecal transplants!

(Because for too many years, life feels like a to-do list of chores - just because I got handed a body and mind to look after more than half a century ago...)