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Re: "Best" invention of the 20th century?

Posted: November 13th, 2024, 10:51 am
by katastrofa
I could see getting between those sheets! With a model, of course.
mean-reverting? Merton?

Expect stochastic behavior!
Merging cells

Re: "Best" invention of the 20th century?

Posted: October 12th, 2025, 10:00 am
by Cuchulainn
Bri-nylon shirts

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Re: "Best" invention of the 20th century?

Posted: October 12th, 2025, 11:31 am
by jasonbell
Bri-nylon shirts

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This is, quite frankly, disturbing. :)

Re: "Best" invention of the 20th century?

Posted: October 12th, 2025, 7:05 pm
by Cuchulainn
Bri-nylon shirts

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This is, quite frankly, disturbing. :)
Yeah, the tie is not straight.

Re: "Best" invention of the 20th century?

Posted: October 16th, 2025, 9:04 pm
by katastrofa
Bri-Nylon and the Tragic Story of Nylon's Inventor Wallace H Carothers - Flashbak

I wonder if Carothers' depression could have been connected tothe chemicals exposure at DuPont.

Re: "Best" invention of the 20th century?

Posted: October 17th, 2025, 10:16 am
by Cuchulainn
Bri-Nylon and the Tragic Story of Nylon's Inventor Wallace H Carothers - Flashbak

I wonder if Carothers' depression could have been connected tothe chemicals exposure at DuPont.
Chemours is a subsidiary of Dupont and PFAS producer in Dordercht. Traces in eggs have been found as far north as Friesland.

https://www.dutchnews.nl/2023/11/dutch- ... o-us-town/

The waste water is filtered in the US town to extract chemicals which are then returned to the Netherlands. But the pollution around the US operation is so great that the transport has recently been halted by the US government and the Dordrecht plant is now storing the water in the Netherlands instead.

Re: "Best" invention of the 20th century?

Posted: October 19th, 2025, 10:09 pm
by katastrofa
Yeah, they poisoned the whole planet and got away with it for some peanut compensations.

Re: "Best" invention of the 20th century?

Posted: October 20th, 2025, 6:28 am
by Cuchulainn
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Re: "Best" invention of the 20th century?

Posted: October 20th, 2025, 6:43 am
by Cuchulainn
+ angle grinder

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