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we're essentially removing them from the gene pool

I don't think Downs works like that.

It's already being removed, since people choose abortion over downs and since people with Downs don't have children (normally).

It is not hereditary. It's an error or mutation that can occur for anyone. The chances are higher the older the parents are.

Someone stated that the communication speed is currently about 160 bits per second, so 20 bytes per second.

Voyager is now 1 light day away, so the signal is 86400 seconds long, since radio waves travel at the speed of light. The signal can then fit a backup of 1.7 megabytes.

20 bytes x 86400 seconds = 1.7 Mb (SI units)

This is enough to fit the entire memory bank of 26 Commodore 64s in a one way trip from the Earth to Voyager. If Voyager then returns the signal, you can simply double this.

So about 2 floppy discs. 💾 💾

Yes patterns, but also basic physical resonance.

Sounds in harmony creates more powerful standing waves which will affect your cochlea more than noise.

Whether that is also more pleasant will depend on context, but music will definitely get your attention more easily than random sounds due to this basic physical property.

Pretty much everything in the universe are frequencies. Things that resonate are simply more powerful better than things that don't.

McCockNugget

It would be interesting to follow them. Find out where they live or where they go in their off time. Then call the ICE on them.

It wonder when two of them will try to deport each other.

If you use 3 slices of ham in a regular sandwich, you will need 9 slices to create the scaled version of the pictured sandwich.

In comparison to an ordinary sandwich.

Ordinary sandwich: 2 bread 1 ham. Pictured trianglewich : 3 bread 3 ham.

I was in Rome last week and pleasantly surprised to see how many tiny cars they use.

There were plenty of Smart cars, but also many other ultra minis like Citroën AMI, XEV Yo-Yo and Renault Twizy.

They're not just concept cars or used as gimmicks like elsewhere. People actually use them for their daily business.

The traffic in Rome is insane though. The reason they use tiny cars isn't that the roads are small, but due to congestion and parking. It makes very little sense to own a car there at all.

The postal service in Denmark was opened in 1624.

It was privatized in 2009. It will shut down at the end of 2025.

It might be a cultural thing, but where I live, people usually don't talk about it at work until the pregnancy has been successfully confirmed, in order to avoid the uncomfortable talks that a potential unsuccessful pregnancy would result in.

The only ones who talk about trying are often the ones who have difficulties with it. They could be getting a baby through insemination or fertility treatment and need time off for that etc.

Probably more than that.

There's 50% more bread, but 200% more ham.