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Aside from the food, I love Canada, and while cold, at least the days are longer in Quebec than in Norway. but could not live anywhere without good Mexican food But why is it the French in Louisiana developed this great cuisine and all they ever did in Canada is fries in gravy?

Its all good, but think the Italian versions of Austrian food are better, like Cotoletta (or parm) vs Schnitzel or Veal Marsala vs Jagerschnitzel At least they use chiles in Spain and Hungary

It must take near the whole bottle to make the dish below look appetizing but this is what life could be

Ok, so enjoy

I call BS on Finland and Scandinavia - How can people in a crappy climate with crappy food be happy? Italy I could believe

Well if Das Ministerium für Glück und Wohlbefinden says so, it must be. One must follow orders And one dares not contradict Das Oberanführer des Ministerium für Glück und Wohlbefinden, the happiest person in the world Curious what Das Ministerium für Schádenfreude thinks is the least happy...

That was everywhere until infant mortality improved in the 20th century

So now you just need to figure out S = ∫ L dt

Realized I am a genius. I completely understood the forum rules about posting personal theories the first time I read them, but evidently they are so fiendishly difficult to understand that they regularly stump the world's greatest independent researchers - people capable of mastering physics...

And Ian Bank’s Excession is also one of the most massive, over-the-top space battle stories

have you read Alastair Reynolds? Dark space opera with no FTL

pregnancy is the real quandary - we don’t know the impact of microgravity on a developing fetus and it’s unethical to attempt

you do realize your intuition is worthless? Intuition comes from past learning and experiences. I am sure trained physicists develop a good intuition over the years, but raw untrained human intuition about physics simply sucks

There is a large body of research on the negative health impact of prolonged exposure to microgravity - including bone loss, muscle loss, vision problems, inability to heal wounds - the list is large enough to put doubt on the viability of long-term human settlement on Mars or the Moon...

Another hip early PF cover