DocPeacock
DocPeacock t1_jd1qru2 wrote
Reply to comment by daseined001 in TIL that the Incans genetically modified and hybridized crops such as potatoes at sites like the Moray Terrace. by A_Generic_White_Guy
GMO are not a recent thing.
Horizontal gene transfer occurs naturally, probably frequently, and is equivalent to transgenic mutations commonly referred to as GMO.
Bacteria and plants have had an unimaginable amount of time to coevolve. Aliens not required.
DocPeacock t1_jczglzf wrote
Beautiful place.
I was just reading about its namesake, George A. Smith, of the LDS, who orchestrated the massacre of over a hundred emigrants passing through the Utah territory in 1857.
DocPeacock t1_ja8lnq1 wrote
Reply to comment by Humanius in Didn't fear and rescued by M178music
This guy never watched GI Joe obviously
DocPeacock t1_j9d0cdm wrote
Reply to comment by czechczich in TikTok video saves struggling Vietnamese pho restaurant by ssigea
There's only a couple places for pho and they're fine, I guess. A place called Simmer that I thought was pretty good. But according to the Vietnamese women at my wife's nail salon, none of the places in town are any good. I'm pretty sure they're comparing it to their home recipes. Maybe next time we're in the mood for it we'll drive up and check out Lee's.
DocPeacock t1_j9cz692 wrote
Reply to comment by czechczich in TikTok video saves struggling Vietnamese pho restaurant by ssigea
Is it worth driving over from Petaluma for? I saw the story about the this locally.
DocPeacock t1_j6k65xl wrote
Reply to comment by danceswithtree in Walking parrots by FrankieGS
This video might be fake, but I just last week had friends of mine saying they saw someone walking a couple macaws like this. Like the birds were flying and the owner was walking along. It sounded insane to me but I don't know why they would have lied about it.
DocPeacock t1_j5fontj wrote
Reply to comment by fistedtaco in 1st small modular nuclear reactor certified for use in US by sunflowerastronaut
And I was a nuclear reactor safety analyst for commercial pwrs. So what. I worked with many ex Navy people. I think they would all agree there's a big difference in operating requirements and environments that make their safety strategies quite different. Are navy nukes subject to NRC regulations? Is a nuclear sub required to have an exclusion zone, or any of the other site conditions that a commercial plant does? A ship or sub doesn't have to worry about loss of offsite power, staging FLEX equipment, store spent fuel. So you could argue that naval reactors are more safe, but they don't have the safety requirements to protect a nearby civilian population.
DocPeacock t1_j5fedbz wrote
Reply to comment by fistedtaco in 1st small modular nuclear reactor certified for use in US by sunflowerastronaut
I'm not saying they're less safe. I'm saying they would not have the type of safety requirements that a stationary civilian power plant must have.
DocPeacock t1_j5dtkf1 wrote
Reply to comment by evilgenius29 in 1st small modular nuclear reactor certified for use in US by sunflowerastronaut
Naval reactors use uranium that is much more highly refined and presumably they are allowed to be much less safe because you're not usually within many miles of civilians. NuScale smrs are made to be built in a factory and then shipped to site via train and truck. They are also designed to be installed in groups at a site. The design is, allegedly, inherently safe meaning the mechanical design prevents meltdown or the release of radiation.
Fundamentally they are the same in that they are pressurized water reactors that use fuel rods.
DocPeacock t1_j511qoa wrote
Reply to comment by Alan-Smythe in Another of my favorite stupid movie lines by thejeffreystube
Thank you
DocPeacock t1_j3mnu8o wrote
Reply to comment by firebat45 in Raspberry Pi launches higher resolution camera module, now with autofocus | Alongside the company’s Camera Module 3, it’s also releasing a new module for use with M12-mount lenses. by chrisdh79
They are producing plenty of R Pi boards, just not for the consumer market. Commercial and military are using more RPi than ever before. I believe that is their primary income stream now. The hobbyists and hackers will get the leftovers if available. The shortage causes scalpers, not the other way around.
DocPeacock t1_j1tpup0 wrote
Reply to [i ate] An octupus by tinyblackberry-
It is delicious but after watching My Octopu Teacher and learning how intelligent they are I don't feel right eating them anymore.
DocPeacock t1_izvsky4 wrote
Reply to comment by HaikusAreMyKink in The Eel River in Humboldt County, California is filling up slowly but surely; drop by drop. [OC] [3937x5512] by kevinlomiglio
The Sierras are supposed to be getting a couple feet of snow this week
DocPeacock t1_izvs9et wrote
Reply to The Eel River in Humboldt County, California is filling up slowly but surely; drop by drop. [OC] [3937x5512] by kevinlomiglio
Every time I've been out and been bothered by the rain, I quickly stop myself and remember we need all the rain we can get.
DocPeacock t1_izvrb7w wrote
Reply to comment by Amationary in How dogs scoop up water. by ooMEAToo
That's how always assumed dogs did it too but now I feel dumb.
DocPeacock t1_izvr8tn wrote
Reply to comment by XColdLogicX in How dogs scoop up water. by ooMEAToo
Sometimes, when he's drinking water at the dog park, my dog dunks his entire head underwater. So, no straw necessary.
DocPeacock t1_iy4i3ko wrote
Reply to comment by TrippTrappTrinn in LG Display’s ‘invisible’ speaker brings sound to any surface in your car by MicroSofty88
But I want miracles!
DocPeacock t1_ixbxgq4 wrote
Reply to comment by cinemachick in Helicopter view of LA sunset by pritidope
Where's Nakatomi Plaza?
DocPeacock t1_ix550dm wrote
Reply to comment by MachiavelliSJ in [OC] Qatar's Migrant Deaths During FIFA World Cup Stadium Construction by Metalytiq
The US population is about 150x times larger and foreign workers are 88 percent of qatars population.
DocPeacock t1_iwshd11 wrote
Good for those 10k. Get that Google money and do good enough.
DocPeacock t1_iwsh5w8 wrote
Reply to comment by randomways in 10,000 Google Employees Could Be Rated as Low Performers by ThisIsNotCorn
It kind of does. When they get fired, like coaches, they get an awesome severance to be released from their contract, then they will bounce around to another company/team and make even more money.
DocPeacock t1_iulip0e wrote
I have never heard of these Annabelle movies.
DocPeacock t1_ittbj6b wrote
The Hobbit is so great. A perfect book to read aloud.
Also when I most recently reread it I realized how much of a badass Bilbo is and how lame the dwarves are, for most of it.
DocPeacock t1_is7uk49 wrote
Reply to comment by GoodGoodGoody in TIL the first confirmed victim of Takata airbags was 18y/o Parham. As she drove around a car park, she lightly bumped another vehicle making the airbag inflate, sending metal pieces at such tremendous force that one hit the teen’s neck slicing open her carotid artery. She bled to death in her seat by ahm713
https://www.nhtsa.gov/equipment/takata-recall-spotlight
It includes some VW, so not just Japanese. If you aren't sure if your vehicle is included, you need to check.
DocPeacock t1_je20xg0 wrote
Reply to TIFU by accidentally giving my nephew a book about a little girl killing her family members by AustinLVII
How old is this nephew?
I think it depends on the kid if this is appropriate for them or not. Plenty of kids stories and fairy tales have people getting boiled alive or cut up or eaten. Some young kids can handle horror movies. Some won't sleep well for months afterward.
Not too bad of a FU.