As for the definition of 'important,' tonsils are like bouncers at the party that is your body - they keep an eye out for troublemakers and do their best to toss out any pathogens that try to crash the scene. Tonsils help activate the immune system and condition white blood cells for pathogens in the environment.
If you want an actual study, here is one example:
>Conclusion: Overall, according to these findings, CD10 as a marker of B lymphocytes in children undergoing tonsillectomy was significantly less than those healthy children. This may indicate a decrease in B cells and further reduced antibody production in these patients.
I'm not sure I can begin to answer that question given the immune system's complexity... How many percent smarter does your frontal lobe's top left corner make you?
If you have to leave in most of an organ for it to function, then it's a lot more important than an organ where you can chop out the whole thing with minimal consequences.
I don't understand why you are so invested in this argument, but I'll tell you this much: This is something I have witnessed personally, and the effects are pretty bad.
> I don't understand why you are so invested in this argument
I have so far typed four sentences, so I have no idea what you mean by that.
> This is something I have witnessed personally, and the effects are pretty bad.
Are you talking about tonsilectomy or brain damage?
Because I'm saying that losing a corner of your brain is more important than losing your tonsils. If you have evidence otherwise I'm open to hearing it..
And you need to enter all of the information that you're trying to protect into one central location that is probably heavily targeted. These types of services never made sense to me.
No, they found organic fuorine in the products. FTA:
> CR tested products for their total organic fluorine content, which is considered the simplest way to assess a material’s total PFAS content."
Totally different, and so completely misleading that it's mind-boggling. Do you know how many things have organic fluorine that have nothing to do with PFAS? Here:
They repeatedly say in the article that it's basically impossible to reduce organic fluorine content to zero, because it's everywhere. You cannot leap to the conclusion that "finding organic fluorine" has any relationship to Teflon in food wrapping (especially at the 20ppm threshold they used), and you also can't jump to the conclusion that this means that there's a specific health risk.
They do test for a few specific PFAS compounds "in a subset" of the wrappers later in the article. This is more compelling -- but again, you don't know where it comes from.
Per the article there are few sources of that substance other than PFAS. What makes you believe that there are many sources for it?
"That’s because all PFAS contain organic fluorine, and there are few other sources of the compound, says Graham Peaslee, PhD, a professor of physics, chemistry, and biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, who has studied PFAS in food packaging.
Another complication: PFAS is used so widely—found in ink on food containers, recycled paper, machines that make packaging, and more—that it often shows up in products unintentionally."
They're big and heavy and have a lot of wear parts that are expensive to maintain. Standing in one spot not blinking isn't great. I can play pinball in VR and have about an equally good experience these days.
My father had several of these mechanical machines during my early adulthood. It was one of the few things we "did" at family reunions, and was always worth a few hours playtime...
but damn if they didn't require a "first name basis" with the repairman, and they were absolutely not able to be transported without a team of helpers. When we sold the house most of them were "given" to the new owner [sort of white elephant?].
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I could never get in to the virtual pinball machines [it's been about a decade], but I guess they "play" identical to a "theoretically perfectly-operating" mechanical type?
Where did you get that 100GB/mo number from? 4K streaming eats up data transfer quickly. Comcrap & friends knew what they were doing making arbitrary data caps that sounded like a big number at the time. Wireline data caps should be illegal.
This 100% - plastic clothing is sadly just a bad idea. Also, smells gross very quickly. Wool, silk, cotton and other natural fibers are great and not hideously more expensive in most cases.
With profit margins on existing internet customers being so obscene, to me this program seems like a massive subsidy to the big ISPs who were still making additional profit from what the "discounted" rate was. The minimum plan for just cable internet should not be $50+ per month
Without it, those consumers would pay more. I use the ACP and it's not like Spectrum is going to give me $30/mo off my bill simply because the program is ending.
I agree with you that pricing is outrageous but no one is doing anything to address it and the ACP is one of the better programs the government has created lately.
I'm on xfinity $35 a month for 75mb down. Video meetings are the most demanding part and it's not an issue at all when working from home. The lowest tier Internet these days is more than fast enough. Having lower priced tiers would be nice. Greater Seattle area if anyone is wondering.
Instead of discounts they should set soft price caps; internet service under $X or your exclusive service provider deals with the local government are void. Or they should just outlaw those deals entirely.
Exclusive franchise agreements have been void for decades now. The biggest barrier to entry is that it is extremely uneconomical to run cables as the third provider. There's also issues with pole access and what not, that don't help.
