Links for 2022-08-28
A new paper confirms that repeated plasma dilution has lasting age-reversal effects in humans. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11357-022-00645-w
Nine out of ten samples were mistakenly switched by The Orang-utan Genome Consortium https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01602-0
The Future of Speech Recognition: Where Will We Be in 2030? https://thegradient.pub/the-future-of-speech-recognition/
The Suicide of the American Historical Association: "Incensed at...the mildest suggestion that politicization is undermining the integrity of historical scholarship, the activist wing of the history profession showed up on the AHA’s thread and began demanding Sweet’s cancellation." https://www.aier.org/article/the-suicide-of-the-american-historical-association/
The Godfather of South Korea’s Chip Industry https://spectrum.ieee.org/kim-choong-ki
Scenario planning for a Taiwan invasion and defense. https://asiatimes.com/2022/08/chinas-drills-to-change-us-military-assumptions/
Renewable Energy Storage: No Wind, No Sun, Now What? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8xsg9iK5yo
Some other pitfalls when translating between English and German:
1. skrupelos means unscrupoulus
2. billion means trillion
3. Thousands are separated by dots in German. For decimal places, on the other hand, no point is used, but a comma.
4. Aktuell means current, not actual.
5. Eventuell means possible, not eventually.
6. Prägnant means concise, not pregnant