Owned by the king, not the government. Well, I suppose the king is the government, just not the part that does all the other government stuff

Especially in Canada, there's going to be a large degree of hybridization. Coyotes have apparently also been shown to become more wolf-like (i.e., larger) in territories they have moved into since wolves were extirpated.

If you are speaking English the correct pronunciation is different than if you are speaking French.

Similar to Paris, information, service, raisin, journal, and many, many other words that are used in both languages.

The English word croissant is pronounced something like krə-sänt, though I'm sure there's plenty of regional variation.

It's actually pretty easy to tell that its the cars, not the phones. The fatality statistics all record the vehicle involved, so you can use the rates with smaller/older cars to adjust for any changes in infrastructure or phone usage.

It's especially hard because the harder you try, the more tense your mouth is, so you are less likely to do it.

"Trans-atlantic" is a forced/learned accent that used to be more popular ~100 years ago. It was basically meant to represent people that were born in the US, but educated in the UK (or vice versa). Essentially, it was supposed to signify that you were wealthy enough to have connections on both sides of the Atlantic.

People intentionally learned to speak that way, though, and it became common on radio broadcasts (so you could also hear it referred to as an "old-timey announcer voice" or something similar).

Yeah, but I would argue that when I say "pass me a tortilla" I'm saying "tortilla" in English, which has mostly the same pronunciation as the Spanish (though I think the "t" is pronounced differently).

The fact that "coup d'etat" is pronounced mostly the same might just be happenstance.

Exactly! Rapidly changing accent for single words leads to poor understanding, which is the whole point of speech.

A loanword is not a word randomly spoken in another language, it's a word taken from one language into another, which often involves a change in pronunciation.

If you dont acknowledge that, you'd have to acknowledge that the entire French language is just poorly pronounced Latin, which is insane.

"Burrito" is a Spanish word for a little donkey, but it's also an English word for a food item, and they are not typically pronounced the same. Someone fluent in both languages will pronounce them differently depending on which language they are speaking.

The link you posted literally says "kwa-son"

Hopefully I can cunningham's law a more intelligent response, but libel and defamation aren't "illegal" as in the police will arrest you for it, it's a civil violation, so the target of that libel would have to sue you for it.

Different countries have different bars for proving defamation. Famously, British media avoids calling drunk people drunk, and instead uses "tired and emotional" or similar, because if you say someone was drunk, but you can't prove it, you are liable if they sue. Contrast that to the US, where if you sue someone for calling you drunk, you have to prove that they would know that they are lying.

Both methods are subject to abuse, but since suing costs money, it's more often a weapon of the privileged, so I prefer the US method.

Yeah, but I suppose even then, you probably wouldnt be hunted down by the police for slandering a random person, it would only be if you insulted someone wealthy/powerful?

The fake leather is polyurethane, which goes through hydrolysis. Basically humidity destroys the bonds.

Yeah, sales taxes is generally bad because it is regressive. The fact that it can capture revenue from non-locals is one of the main benefits.

The idea that we could accidentally create a superintelligence is a psy-op by the companies looking to boost their stocks.

Not just political

It depends on a lot of factors. It's less, but definitely not negligible. Especially if you have a fence running north/south with bifacial panels, you will generate most of your power in the morning and the evening when demand is highest. If you have some kind of net metering, the extra power in the evening could outpace panels in a normal configuration from a monetary perspective.

Many typical configurations also suffer from decreased efficiency due to heat, which is the worst around noon on a clear day. Vertical panels get the least direct light around then.

It's also better for dirt and snow like others have mentioned.

I'll hunt for an article with some actual numbers.

Edit: this paper does side by side comparisons with vertical monofacial, and traditional angled, but the objective was different (i.e., they were looking for peak energy production, not peak value of the energy), so they installed facing south. The difference between monofacial and bifacial is more important here because 1 row of panels will reflect some light at the back of the panels in front of it. As a fence, thats not a factor.

The TL;DR, is that the vertical panels actually produced more energy, which surprised me.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-68018-1

That's not a recycling symbol, it's a "resin identification code". They just make it looks like the recycling symbol to trick people.

There's also not evidence that cooking meat over a fire affects cancer risk. It does create compounds that have been shown to increase risk in mice fed 1000x what you or I would eat.

You could do the same thing for practically any compound. Fruit juice will naturally contain a small percentage of ethyl alcohol, a known carcinogen, and we know from many studies that over consumption of ethyl alcohol greatly increases the risk of many cancers.

Way way more than would be necessary to supply all of our energy needs.

During peak pollen season, there are a few things that really help me. One is rinsing my face after I've been outside for a bit, particularly if I've been sweaty and/or moving quickly (like running or biking).

The other has been having an air purifier in my bedroom.