This iteration of China doesn’t like anything that messes with stability, but I doubt Xi was so offended on our behalf he feels the need to come to the rescue.

My best theory is that it’s a way to win over Canada without putting anything economic or political on the line.

This is why PMs get annoyed with provinces.

The infrastructure and contractors in Canada aren’t going anywhere, and the know-how might not think going south looks too hot.

We better watch out for Jim Toyota, then.

Better two assholes we can play off of each other than just one. Mongolia has made it work, somehow.

And of course as much trade and ties with Europe as possible.

Wow, I didn’t expect that. They waited a really long time to use it, and then shut it back down in a few days.

The precedent here is you basically can’t use it until the government is about to be overthrown.

Wat.

It actually is in the press release, albeit briefly. That’s unexpected.

Who does?

You would think so, wouldn’t you.

From a health perspective, I mean. If wine and beer and vodka all cause cancer, well wine is closer to a rotting pear than to the other two.

(Maybe you mistook me for OP)

Yeah, how memories are actually stored, and the actual input-output functions of neurons, are very much up in the air. Once the brain has sizeable holes in it I’m guessing a lot is just gone, but something might be retained.

Theoretically possible has very little to do with practically and recently solved, though.

How dare you break the jerk! /s

Huh, neat! I guess it makes sense, light can make all kinds of other chemical things happen.

And why would it be any different from binging on a variety of other substances containing the same ingredient in common?

TBF ingesting anything that’s not what the orifice in question is intended for might be harmless, but probably isn’t. Don’t breath smoke, don’t drink a concentrated light organic compound.

X to doubt.

You can find single studies claiming all kinds of crazy things. It keeps the popsci sites in business and apparently looks good to whoever is employing the yahoo researchers in question.

If there’s a credible medical breakthrough you’ll know because all kinds of scientists won’t shut up about it. After CRISPR was discovered back in 2016, it was absolutely everywhere for months.

High chance it was a “friend” ordering it for them.

I’d make a comment about autism, but we’re both on Lemmy.

Come to think of it, I’m not sure if any multiplayer game stays that rich at high levels. Opponents are too unpredictable and do too much stuff; it’s usually more about keeping up with the meta.

Edit: Hell, real life is kind of like that. Maybe fictional chess is just unrealistic the same way as the story.

Ah. I see.

I feel the need to point out memey doesn’t necessarily mean stupid, though. The all-spears phalanx and Roman all-shields formations were definitely kind of memey, but they dominated their era. In modern combat, cyber warfare is basically cute tricks used en mass. Aircraft carriers turn naval battles into air battles.