If it gets too hot, we can always opt for a nuclear winter to cool things back down.

Considering that LIBOR was discontinued in 2023 after a scandal of manipulation and fraud, YES! It's back to the future.

TIL thanks -- always seemed pretty obvious

猫の舌

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8C%AB%E8%88%8C

There's an identical expression in Spanish, someone has a "cat's tongue" when they don't tolerate hot food.

https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/lengua-de-gato.32275... (Spanish discussion)

But why does Japan write different "cat's tongue" (the body part) than "cat's tongue" ラング・ド・シャ (the pastry)?

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3...

Katakana (the above character set representing syllables) is used for words of foreign origin, which this pastry is. In turn it stems from French « langue de chat ».

Ireland doesn't offer the political roadblocks that the US currently faces. Until that changes, progress will continue to be slow in this country.

https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2025/02/28/intel-...

Does this mean that no U.S. privacy oriented data will be stored in Finland. No traceable HIPAA data or financial data and no national security data. ... or is it stored in Finland but encoded.

Not sure of their business split, but maybe it makes financial sense purely supporting their European customers.

Surely it makes more sense for European data to be stored in the more local datacentre?

One advanced civilization has tens of thousand of free public toilets.

https://lazyholidayplanner.com/essential-tools/japan-toilet-...

https://www.cnn.com/travel/gallery/japanese-public-toilet-ph...

https://www.toilet-map-jp.com/en

https://toiletrix.org/toilets/japan

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Public_toilets_i...

Plus, virtually every convenience store in Japan has a clean and ready-to-use bathroom. And there is a very high density of convenience stores. Bathrooms everywhere!

The ARSENIC CONTENT may not alter the taste, fluffyness, shape or other observable qualities, but you might want to consider it.

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/arsenic-in-rice

Yes, definitely, but there is a lot you can do about as the article explains. Rice is great with some foods.

PARDON ME!

Point your Duck at "VOA Special English"

Is there any way to buy guns online and have them shipped directly to your doorstep?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bKu4c2Y405E