Interesting Links for 09-06-2023

[andrewducker]

1. Edinburgh short-term lets plan ruled unlawful

(tags:edinburgh rental law housing scotland )

2. Researchers discover that COVID-19 can cause brain cells to fuse

(tags:brain Pandemic viaPatrickHadfield Doom )

3. 30 Terrible Designs Created By People Who Don't Have To Clean Them

(tags:design cleanliness cleaning )

4. "Here's All The Titles Leaving Plex This Month Because My Hard Drive Is Full"

(tags:streaming funny satire viaJohnBobShaun )

5. How Russia just destroyed the agricultural lands of Ukraine

(tags:Ukraine Russia farming agriculture water canal Doom war )

6. Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits In Mice

(tags:plastic mice brain doom environment )

7. Common diabetes medication Metformin reduces the risk of developing long Covid by 40%

(tags:inflammation pandemic diabetes medicine )

Comments

[elwinfortuna]

As a diabetic who's been taking Metformin for many years, I'm really pleased to find that it reduces risk of long Covid! I also take the drug Montelukast which I've heard reduces the risk of Covid going to the respiratory system. I think I've had a (very mild) case of Covid twice now (didn't show up on tests either time but I did experience a loss of taste and smell), and it passed pretty quickly both times with no concerns about it going to my chest. Long Covid is something I've been deeply worried about so this is such a relief.

[dewline]

Glad to see your odds of avoiding long COVID improved by these ways, then!

[andrewducker]

Glad you're not badly hit by it!

[dewline]

2. Yikes.

3. I consider myself duly cautioned. Also, I wouldn't want to have to draw a lot of these things.

5. "If I can't rob them of it..."

7. Good!

[andrewducker]

Yeah, it does feel like Russia is saying that if it can't have Ukraine nor can anyone else.

[dewline]

On an unrelated note, I was trying to make the "Yikes" a much smaller text size than everything else in my reply before you answered.

[mellowtigger]

#7 That study is (in large part) from here in Minnesota, "Dontcha know". :)

[flemmings]

1. The bug-covered car lives down the street from me. Trust me, it's only gotten worse since lockdown. And you should see his house: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/wood-cake-house

ETA I typed a 3 but it's showing a 1. No idea why.

[andrewducker]

That is a fascinating house which I would not want to live in.

[jducoeur]

I typed a 3 but it's showing a 1. No idea why.

Dreamwidth text nowadays is mostly Markdown. If you start a line with a number followed by a number, the Markdown engine says, "Aha! This is supposed to be an Ordered List!" and renders it as such. But Ordered Lists start at 1.

So yes, this is a common issue: it's trying to helpful and smart, but trying a bit too hard.

[flemmings]

But I only typed one number?

[jducoeur]

Doesn't matter -- a list of length one is still considered a list. If Markdown mode is on, a number followed by a period at the beginning of a line is a numbered list, starting from 1.

(The actual rules are a bit subtle, but that's roughly how it works.)

[flemmings]

Right. Hashtags it is then. Thanks.