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There’s no conclusive evidence that giving blood lowers serum levels of microplastics. It may based on the assumption of seeing microplastics in donated blood but there’s not direct evidence yet that this lowers serum levels. Whether it would impact brain levels is also unknown as a result
There is conclusive evidence that donating blood does accelerate the removal of “forever chemicals” like PFAS though, in some cases fairly significantly (up to 10% blood level reduction and 30% serum reduction). Plus donating blood is nice
This got me intrigued so I looked it up a bit. Population reference bureau estimates there have been 117 billion humans ever. a rough estimate would place 80-85 billion of them from 0-2025 (when Abrahamic religions came about) thanks to explosive population growth
Granted this is all reallllly rough estimates but I still say it’s many more than a billion at this point. However as you said selecting for Christians is a big factor.
Over the years Christianity evolved from a niche to the largest religion in the world (though Islam is poised to overtake it)
100: ~7 million (about 1% of world population) 500: ~30 million (10%) 1000: ~50 million (10-12%) 1500: ~100 million (15-20%) 1900: ~560 million (35%) 2000: ~2 billion (33%) 2025: ~2.4 billion (31%)
So historically we can estimate the total number Christians who have died is about 23 billion based on 80-85 billion total born and roughly 25-30% historically, giving us roughly 25 billion born (2 billion remain alive as seen above).
That said this is based on wild estimates and is obviously not accurate in any meaningful way. I’m just bored and I have to watch my sick dog so I’m giving myself math homework
Way more than a billion, probably
Keep in mind that visa means you still need to self fund health care and in many countries like Canada and Australia if you are disabled you can be denied permanent residency for being a cost burden on their healthcare system.
Research where you go if you are disabled and leaving, especially if you’re leaving with permanent residency in mind
Should work. Are you using merged, split, non merged? I’m not really familiar with openemu and just looked at a basic guide really fast. Does version match matter with openemu? I assume so. It def can with mame and you want to ensure your rom and bios came from the proper version set (typically most recent which iirc is 0.274) though tbf this probably doesn’t impact a game like metal slug unless your rom is ancient, which is possible if you got it from a rom site
Note that if you do get them to run they run poorly. Mame emulates them accurately but they ran poorly on the original hardware. The frame rate counter will read 100% but it will be choppy. This is accurate behavior. You can overclock the emulated cpu which sometimes fixes this but also sometimes breaks the game
Is it teflon coated? If so you should be careful. Many of the suggestions here are for increasingly abrasive options which will scratch that coating and cause it to eventually flake off, which means it will get into your food, which definitely not something you want to eat
On one hand the grease itself is probably not a food safety issue anymore. Similar to a cast iron pan once oil/grease heats enough on a surface it polymerizes and essentially bonds to the surface. This is generally safe unless the oil is exposed to very high temps (beyond what is typically used for cooking) but it looks bad on stuff like sheet pans
However you do want to be a bit more diligent cleaning as a result. Unlike a cast iron pan where the polymerization layer (seasoning) is generally very smooth this is generally not; it is bumpy and has more nooks and crannies. This means there are more areas where filth and bacteria can be harbored. Not a huge issue, just make sure you clean well.
While others have pointed out it definitely can it also contains lecithin so it can technically create emulsions like mayonnaise and hollandaise
Eggs contain far more so I don’t know how well this would work but it should? It also contains albumin and globulins but in the white, which is traditionally not used for these. However they can further stabilize the emulsion. But blood also as fibrinogen which is part of what makes it gel when heated as part of coagulation and this would impact texture
Essentially like:
1 part blood 3-4 parts neutral oil Tsp vinegar or lemon juice Tsp Dijon Season to taste
Prepare the same as mayo
You could also boost lecithin content with additional lecithin from soy or sunflowers but that’s kind of against the spirit
I personally am vegan but find the food science of this interesting. I think eating animals is cruel but at the same time I would be interested to know if this actually could work or if you ended up with blood vinaigrette.
Add the bios to your library (neogeo.zip)
Well that certainly boosts my ego, thanks
Wrt pain response it varies. Some people do describe actually “feeling” the pain of others, read on “empathetic distress” for more on this. It’s less common but is interesting; in some people when they empathize with someone experiencing something like physical pain there is activation of areas of the brain that process physical pain (insula and anterior cingulate cortex) in addition to showing physiological response consistent with pain (tachycardia, perspiration, wincing, etc)
It could be performative but the neurological activation can’t really be faked and the physiological responses can be challenging to fake. Additionally there is variability in response and behavioral indicators like attempting to render aid which are somewhat inconsistent with performative acts (though not definitively so)