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fishywiki t1_je9c799 wrote

Reply to AMA Session: Polar week Q&A!! We're the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), let’s talk about life and science in the polar regions. Ask Us Anything! by APECS_Polarscience

When fishing in Arctic Norway the authorities have banned the taking of halibut larger than 1m because of the risk of biological magnification of heavy metals. Is the Arctic really that polluted with mercury, etc.? If so, what's the source of these metals?

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fishywiki t1_jb94f1h wrote

Reply to comment by daneshpastry in All the streaming boxes suck now - There are no good streaming boxes, and I blame everybody. by speckz

I use one in an old TV in the bedroom and have just gotten another for another aging not-so-smart TV. They are better than the streaming boxes, but they all (boxes and Chromecast) suffer from the dreadfully poor performance - I don't know what processors they use but for a few cents more they could just as easily have something that is reasonably nippy.

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fishywiki t1_ivxhbo6 wrote

Reply to TIFU ... by Drinking Alcohol Two Hours After Donating Blood, then Passing Out in a Tex-Mex Restaurant Bathroom by [deleted]

When I first started donating in College, many moons ago, it was normal to be given a Guinness afterwards. I never heard of that causing any negative episodes, although I suppose it's possible. It sounds like you had plenty to eat and had only a single beer, so I suspect this is a good example of conflating correlation with causation.

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