DonPiano

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[–] DonPiano@feddit.org 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

No, pollen is actually more like a separate generation of the plant, a (micro)gametophyte. They are whole organisms that produce sperm when certain conditions are met.

So it's a whole bunch of organisms just waiting to get sperm out, hanging out in your nose

[–] DonPiano@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well, in Germany the cyclists would have the law 100% on their side and win every case.

Law on their side: probably Winning cases: aus Mangel öffentlichen Interesses eingestellt..

[–] DonPiano@feddit.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

Or you could pour river water down your socks, it's quick, it's easy, and it's free!

[–] DonPiano@feddit.org 23 points 1 month ago

Correct, some contracts cannot be done. Depending on the specifics, the illegal parts of the contract are unenforceable, or the entire thing is null and void. Employers often hate this, because it limits the exploitation they can enact upon employees.

[–] DonPiano@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago

No, it's not. Standard error of the mean estimate is SD/sqrt(n-1), so it depends on the signal/effect to noise ratio how much you can learn from it. SE of the mean difference for a between subjects design is slightly different but not miles off from that. You can squeeze even more info out of it by using within subjects designs.

What makes you think a sample size of 50 is irrelevant?

[–] DonPiano@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Mint's a native plant.

[–] DonPiano@feddit.org 25 points 2 months ago (3 children)

It's a pain perceiver where capsaicin activates it.

Our senses run on chemicals, and that means sometimes chemicals activate these senses. Capsaicin is similar to a different chemical that our bodies use as signal, and binds to the receptor instead.

You could imagine it like a vending machine that's supposed to dispense soda if you put Euro coins in, but it'll equally dispense soda if you put other flat pieces of metal in it.

[–] DonPiano@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago

Antiemetics prevent you from puking. It's the antimemetics division which doesn't exist.

Good author, too, iirc. I think this story's also by them: https://qntm.org/mmacevedo

[–] DonPiano@feddit.org 1 points 3 months ago

Please don't.

 
 
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