tldr; stop using antibacterial soap. It doesn't do any more good than plain soap, but it can increase your risk of infection, and it's helping to create antibiotic resistant genes in the bacterial population.
tldr; stop using antibacterial soap. It doesn't do any more good than plain soap, but it can increase your risk of infection, and it's helping to create antibiotic resistant genes in the bacterial population.
I never understood the whole idea of "antibacterial" soap in the first place. Isn't the purpose of all soap to kill bacteria? It sounds rather redundant.
I never understood the whole idea of "antibacterial" soap in the first place. Isn't the purpose of all soap to kill bacteria? It sounds rather redundant.
Soap is soap. What's the difference?
No, actually. The purpose of soap is not to kill bacteria. It is to remove them. And most people who wash with antibacterial soap don't wash long enough to maintain a contact time sufficient to kill bacteria, which is why these soaps are no better than regular soaps for hand washing.
The difference really comes into play with repeated exposure to the antibiotic chemicals, both in the people using the soap and in the environment at large. The chemicals accumulate and mess with your body's microbiological balance, as well as giving bacteria (both internal and external) an excellent environment for adapting to resist the antibiotic because of the insufficient contact time.
These people are basically doing the equivalent of starting a course of antibiotics and then not finishing it. But they're doing it multiple times a day, every day, for years. It doesn't help, and it makes things worse.
I'm of the mindset that unless your hands are just really gross or you touched something that will actually likely make you sick, don't bother. Let the germs in and get your immune system used to them.
Every Australian I've ever met has been super chill and awesome. How Rupert Murdoch and Mel Gibson ever came out of your country is beyond me. Maybe you guys produce a handful of fucking crazies every once in a while to concentrate all your anti-chill into.
For some reason, North Korean propaganda animation has been popping up in my queue. It is an interesting view just to observe styles of North Korea. The animation style is jarring, from highly fluid motion ending in minimalist still shots, to random zooming closeups.
Definitely skip around to check it out. My personal favorite is the drastic shift in tone at 22:35.
It appears my crazy board game idea is taking place on Saturday at MAGLabs. In which a board gaming competition will be held to find who is the best player of games.
An excellent YouTube channel run by a chap named Isaac Arthur. He does very meaty videos on space/sci-fi topics such as post scarcity economies, various megastructures, and black hole farming. He also has read the Culture series in its entirety, so that's a plus. ;-)
An excellent YouTube channel run by a chap named Isaac Arthur. He does very meaty videos on space/sci-fi topics such as post scarcity economies, various megastructures, and black hole farming. He also has read the Culture series in its entirety, so that's a plus. ;-)
I'd be all over watching those, had I more than 2.5gb for the next 6 days.
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tldr; stop using antibacterial soap. It doesn't do any more good than plain soap, but it can increase your risk of infection, and it's helping to create antibiotic resistant genes in the bacterial population.
Soap is soap. What's the difference?
The difference really comes into play with repeated exposure to the antibiotic chemicals, both in the people using the soap and in the environment at large. The chemicals accumulate and mess with your body's microbiological balance, as well as giving bacteria (both internal and external) an excellent environment for adapting to resist the antibiotic because of the insufficient contact time.
These people are basically doing the equivalent of starting a course of antibiotics and then not finishing it. But they're doing it multiple times a day, every day, for years. It doesn't help, and it makes things worse.
MIT experiment to help with machine moral decision making. Great way to see your own morals as well.
And plus, Gibson's not all bad - he's a cockhead, but putting him in the same company as Murdoch is a bit of a stretch.
It is an interesting view just to observe styles of North Korea. The animation style is jarring, from highly fluid motion ending in minimalist still shots, to random zooming closeups.
Definitely skip around to check it out. My personal favorite is the drastic shift in tone at 22:35.
I gotta say, I didn't think I'd expect something like this.
https://louisck.net/show/horace-and-pete
An excellent YouTube channel run by a chap named Isaac Arthur. He does very meaty videos on space/sci-fi topics such as post scarcity economies, various megastructures, and black hole farming. He also has read the Culture series in its entirety, so that's a plus. ;-)