We were just discussing that there's no evidence that annual dental x-rays provide any benefit at all! Apparently, Europe doesn't do that? But studies show that they provide no benefit and certainly aim a lot of radiation at one's brain. So ... there's that.
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6:08pm
ultradamno:
That's how you get superpowers.
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6:08pm
Spikey BXL:
I remember the February episode!
Cue "Runaway collisional cascade" as a prog song or band name again.
Hi Mark, hi Sam!
I turn down x-rays at the dentist every time, until there's a fight. then I allow an x-ray a year or so later than that
6:11pm
Sam:
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Handy Haversack @6:07
No no no! X-rays are absolutely essential. I lived in France for 9 years, never had dental x-rays, and when I moved back I had to get 4 implants and a couple root canals.
6:12pm
MarciB:
I get dental xrays every few years - maybe every 4-5, so that doesn't seem excessive. But it's never confortable or the process fast enough!
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6:12pm
Mark Hurst:
ultra, DiL, Hugo, Bas, StringOP, Handy, WtSG, Marci, Spikey, webham, Sam, Butterman, joe, joe_r - welcome to all of you!
Those Dental X-Rays find out a lot! However, I'm looking forward to when they can be replaced (can they? I dunno) with Terahertz imagery, non ionizing, and in many senses a great diagnostic!
that$ what the denti$t$ will tell you. even the implants and root canals have a radical and conservative side when it comes to when they need to be done
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6:13pm
ultradamno:
How about the lead blankets they put over you when they do it...that's got to be a good one.
I don't really have a dog in the fight, but my scientist friend was citing studies that there's no proof of benefits to annual x-rays from peer-reviewed studies. Make dental care free, and I'll come up with an opinion on x-rays.
6:15pm
HCF:
So happy to able to listen live...usually I listen to the podcast due to the time-zone difference in my normal location. Hi Mark and all!
Every time I went to my French dentist he’d take a quick peek and say everything was fine and send me on my way. No cleanings, no x-rays, I thought my teeth were perfect and it was the exact opposite.
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6:16pm
Ciggy:
Every day I get a Space X notification for a new satellite launch.
I mean doing what Starlink's supposed to do while putting less material into orbit than Starlink.
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6:19pm
StringOFperils:
A tandem issue with Star Link is Elon has you surrounded, and you can't get out. They're implemented today as representing super-fast internet, but do I trust Elon (Mr. F you) Musk? What might this comprehensive satellite net be used for tomorrow?
Play the game long enough and you'll get multiball!
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6:27pm
coelacanth∅:
to say a single collision doesn't exponentially increase the chances of more collisions is like saying 2 cars crashing on an icy road doesn't increase the chances of more crashes.
... but i'm sure this guy's a "genius" so...
I've noticed - but no crisis or danger is immediate enough to address if it's left up to our politicians.
And Musk only mucks up anything that will address it. I doubt 'sustainable solutions' is in the Tesla/SpaceX vocabulary.
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6:29pm
ultradamno:
It starts with space junk in your yard, then your crops are extra big but inedible...
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6:37pm
ultradamno:
One has to wonder if Musk will make it all the way to being confirmed for heading up his made up government efficiency post before Trump sacks him for stealing focus
6:38pm
wenzo:
Let me be the 848,467,443rd person to say… Musk is a piece of dog shit
6:38pm
Hugo:
Perhaps muks will fly to Mars and won't come back?
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6:39pm
Franco Twinkie:
I saw it with my own eyes - SpaceX uses plywood as one of the ingredients in their rocket cockpits.
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6:39pm
ultradamno:
I'm starting to like Grok as an answer for the best tech question, I've never used it, but it keeps doing things to dig at Musk fortune.com...
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6:42pm
Spikey BXL:
Jordan's satellite would probably have perpetual hang time
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6:43pm
Handy Haversack:
Sam should have a show! She has a great radio voice. I'm thinking ...
WORDS IN SPACE ... !
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6:43pm
Handy Haversack:
Rubenstein is a good writer. We published a book she wrote on the multiverse.
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6:44pm
Fishman:
But at the root of this is that Elon Musk is right, and we are all stupid. At least in his sick mind
6:44pm
Hugo:
She sounds like a surfer girl, very cool
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6:45pm
Deano de los Muertos:
“Ask the government for help” is not a very encouraging answer
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Panther:
Am I the only one who thinks this woman is not very knowledgeable? She just gives anecdotal information.
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6:45pm
Handy Haversack:
So if government treated high-speed internet as a basic utility and delivered it everywhere just like electricity, that would take away all justification Musk might gin up ...
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Edward:
If anything hits you there's nothing you can do.
It's llegal to sue them.
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6:53pm
VantuckyEd:
umm how many of these satellite have radioactive isotopes in them?
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6:54pm
PaulRobeson1924:
The internet, so far, is a bigger flop than the moving image!
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6:54pm
StringOFperils:
We have moons. Many many moons. We have more moons than anybody ever had in history ever. I'm the father of moons actually. Really great moons. The best moons you're gonna love 'em.
Listener comments!
: Mark! Techtonsmonauts!
David (in London): Evening Mark and all Technoids.
Hugo (NL): Hi mark, fellow stardust beings
Bas NL: Hi Mark! Hi space junkies!
StringOFperils: Oh great! This subject really needs to become front and centre!
Handy Haversack: Welcome back, Mark! Evening Techyons!
Will thee SG OCNY: Hi Mark Hurst and all!!!
ultradamno: Dental x-rays seem helpful
MarciB: I'm afraid of what Sam will share with us-I doubt anything can be done ;(
Handy Haversack:
↳ ultradamno @6:05
We were just discussing that there's no evidence that annual dental x-rays provide any benefit at all! Apparently, Europe doesn't do that? But studies show that they provide no benefit and certainly aim a lot of radiation at one's brain. So ... there's that.ultradamno: That's how you get superpowers.
Spikey BXL: I remember the February episode!
Cue "Runaway collisional cascade" as a prog song or band name again.
Hi Mark, hi Sam!
Webhamster Henry: SKYLAB!!!
Sam: “Once the rockets go up, who cares where they come down?
That’s not my department” says Werner von Braun.
The Butterman: Just saw the ISS!
ultradamno: meetmydentist.com...
ultradamno: But to get on less divisive territory: fluoride in the drinking water
Handy Haversack:
↳ ultradamno @6:08
This was also part of the discussion!joe mulligan:
↳ Handy Haversack @6:07
I turn down x-rays at the dentist every time, until there's a fight. then I allow an x-ray a year or so later than thatSam:
↳ Handy Haversack @6:07
No no no! X-rays are absolutely essential. I lived in France for 9 years, never had dental x-rays, and when I moved back I had to get 4 implants and a couple root canals.joe_rosevear: Hey, howdie!
MarciB: I get dental xrays every few years - maybe every 4-5, so that doesn't seem excessive. But it's never confortable or the process fast enough!
Mark Hurst: ultra, DiL, Hugo, Bas, StringOP, Handy, WtSG, Marci, Spikey, webham, Sam, Butterman, joe, joe_r - welcome to all of you!
Webhamster Henry:
↳ Sam @6:11
Those Dental X-Rays find out a lot! However, I'm looking forward to when they can be replaced (can they? I dunno) with Terahertz imagery, non ionizing, and in many senses a great diagnostic!joe mulligan:
↳ Sam @6:11
that$ what the denti$t$ will tell you. even the implants and root canals have a radical and conservative side when it comes to when they need to be doneultradamno: How about the lead blankets they put over you when they do it...that's got to be a good one.
Webhamster Henry:
↳ Webhamster Henry @6:12
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov... << I'm the kind of guy who gives references!HCF:
↳ Handy Haversack @6:07
My dentist in Germany does annual X-rays, targeting those areas in my mouth with old fillings that are poised to fail at some time.PaulRobeson1924: Hi Hi Hi
Handy Haversack:
↳ Sam @6:11
I don't really have a dog in the fight, but my scientist friend was citing studies that there's no proof of benefits to annual x-rays from peer-reviewed studies. Make dental care free, and I'll come up with an opinion on x-rays.HCF: So happy to able to listen live...usually I listen to the podcast due to the time-zone difference in my normal location. Hi Mark and all!
Deano de los Muertos: Howdy Mark and Sam and folx
Sam:
↳ Handy Haversack @6:14
Every time I went to my French dentist he’d take a quick peek and say everything was fine and send me on my way. No cleanings, no x-rays, I thought my teeth were perfect and it was the exact opposite.Ciggy: Every day I get a Space X notification for a new satellite launch.
PaulRobeson1924: www.f150online.com...
Listener Robert: I hope we're going to hear about alternative ways to do it.
Mark Hurst: Hi HCF :)
Noir Lover: Let's just hand the planet over to the next apex predator already. We can probably stream the ceremony on Netflix.
Edward: I'm looking up right now.
I can't see 1 satellite.
I don't get it...
joe mulligan:
↳ Song: "Interview with Sam Lawler"
stare at the night sky for a minute and you'll see these LEO/Starlink trains like watching planes arrive to the overcrowded landing strips at SFOMark Hurst:
↳ joe mulligan @6:17
Yep... Starlink trains coming up later in the interview!Listener Robert:
↳ Listener Robert @6:16
I mean doing what Starlink's supposed to do while putting less material into orbit than Starlink.StringOFperils: A tandem issue with Star Link is Elon has you surrounded, and you can't get out. They're implemented today as representing super-fast internet, but do I trust Elon (Mr. F you) Musk? What might this comprehensive satellite net be used for tomorrow?
chresti: Hi Mark and Sam! Techtonians!
Edward: However, I do see cell towers all day every day.
Cancer sticks.
StringOFperils: ...Star Link also makes Earth-based astronomy much less viable, if not impossible
Sam:
↳ Edward @6:20
Nothing ruins the night sky like the scourge of ultrabright LED lights.Webhamster Henry: "Because WE CAN!"
Bas NL: Think of all the rocket fuel spent on launching these satellites! I think it's about a ton per pound.
Handy Haversack:
↳ Bas NL @6:22
Some sort of government-level efficiency group should really look into that.Spikey BXL:
↳ Spikey BXL @6:08
BOOM!StringOFperils:
↳ Handy Haversack @6:23
Wahhhhh.....auugggggggggggghhHandy Haversack:
↳ Spikey BXL @6:23
Instant request!Bas NL: Satellite pinball! :)
Dano59: oh, well - Saskatchewan. Let it happen in Ohio and see them talk about regulation.
Spikey BXL: If you love earth, put a ring on it
cbunny: that’s kinda what happens to
me when i drink too much Kessler.
ultradamno: Ultra-bright LED lights in my rear view mirror are worse, never mind the sky
Mark Hurst:
↳ Dano59 @6:23
We've had space junk fall in both North Carolina and Florida, where the junk fell into someone's house.Mark Hurst:
↳ Bas NL @6:23
Play the game long enough and you'll get multiball!coelacanth∅: to say a single collision doesn't exponentially increase the chances of more collisions is like saying 2 cars crashing on an icy road doesn't increase the chances of more crashes.
... but i'm sure this guy's a "genius" so...
Mark Hurst:
↳ Handy Haversack @6:23
Yep - you called it, SpikeyDano59:
↳ Mark Hurst @6:24
I've noticed - but no crisis or danger is immediate enough to address if it's left up to our politicians.And Musk only mucks up anything that will address it. I doubt 'sustainable solutions' is in the Tesla/SpaceX vocabulary.
ultradamno: It starts with space junk in your yard, then your crops are extra big but inedible...
Spikey BXL: Call the Space Cowboy?
Mark Hurst:
↳ Dano59 @6:28
True, sadlyBas NL: Hit by a Musk satellite? Free internet for life!
Sam:
↳ ultradamno @6:29
We need to build a wall! In the sky!Sam: Oh, they don’t send the men in black to erase your memory?
StringOFperils: Earth X is bad enough.
wenzo: They wouldn’t even say what kind of donuts they liked.
Franco Twinkie: She's funny!
coelacanth∅:
↳ Franco Twinkie @6:32
interesting pronunciation of "virginia"StringOFperils: A piano falling on someone always gets a laugh.
Webhamster Henry: That satellite removal story is so "Close Encounters" -y.
Mark Hurst:
↳ coelacanth∅ @6:33
Sam is based at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, Canada.Dano59: wow. just wow. That interaction. with the cleanup crew reminded me of 'Endangered Species'
chresti: That stuffin space link is cool!
Webhamster Henry: Deorbiting the ISS: www.nasa.gov...
StringOFperils: The RCMP. Probably a good way to get your name on a 'list'
coelacanth∅:
↳ Mark Hurst @6:34
oh, "regina"! haha...i even backed up and re-listened to itStringOFperils: Elon needs to stoop and scoop.
Handy Haversack:
↳ coelacanth∅ @6:35
" ... Mulva?"wenzo: If any space junk lands in my yard I’m keeping it.
Deano de los Muertos: Let me be the first to say it: this Elon guy is a piece of crap
Dano59: "SpaceX has not admitted it" -- unsurprising.
Spikey BXL: Fly tipping across the universe
PaulRobeson1924: Power only has to answer to power
Hugo: You're not the first
ultradamno: One has to wonder if Musk will make it all the way to being confirmed for heading up his made up government efficiency post before Trump sacks him for stealing focus
Peter from Saranac Lake NY: Not surprising Elon doesn't answer questions / take responsibility.
chresti: Call Satellite Busters!
wenzo: Let me be the 848,467,443rd person to say… Musk is a piece of dog shit
Hugo: Perhaps muks will fly to Mars and won't come back?
Franco Twinkie: I saw it with my own eyes - SpaceX uses plywood as one of the ingredients in their rocket cockpits.
ultradamno: I'm starting to like Grok as an answer for the best tech question, I've never used it, but it keeps doing things to dig at Musk fortune.com...
Will thee SG OCNY: Yet to comment, what a company.. lol
Spikey BXL: Jordan's satellite would probably have perpetual hang time
Handy Haversack: Sam should have a show! She has a great radio voice. I'm thinking ...
WORDS IN SPACE ... !
Handy Haversack: Rubenstein is a good writer. We published a book she wrote on the multiverse.
Fishman: But at the root of this is that Elon Musk is right, and we are all stupid. At least in his sick mind
Hugo: She sounds like a surfer girl, very cool
Deano de los Muertos: “Ask the government for help” is not a very encouraging answer
Panther: Am I the only one who thinks this woman is not very knowledgeable? She just gives anecdotal information.
Handy Haversack: So if government treated high-speed internet as a basic utility and delivered it everywhere just like electricity, that would take away all justification Musk might gin up ...
Hugo: Very,very smart surfer girl
Franco Twinkie:
↳ Handy Haversack @6:43
I second that! I could listen to Doctor Samantha to all day.PaulRobeson1924: The traffic lights turn blue tomorrow
ultradamno: mastodon.social...
Spikey BXL: Thx for the update, Sam.
Merci Mark
Edward: The sky is falling!!
Look out.
It sucks being victimized
ultradamno: Once we get to Mars we will be one step closer to moving to Ganymede
Webhamster Henry: It's supposed to be a good night for Leonids in case you want to see some natural skyfall.
Handy Haversack: I'm going to start cooking. Thanks, Mark! Thanks, Dr. Sam! This was great.
StuartR: Catchy tune.
Bas NL: Thanks Mark! Thanks Sam!
DjLorraine:
↳ Franco Twinkie @6:39
Well breathing formeldehyde is not good eitherEdward: If anything hits you there's nothing you can do.
It's llegal to sue them.
VantuckyEd: umm how many of these satellite have radioactive isotopes in them?
PaulRobeson1924: The internet, so far, is a bigger flop than the moving image!
StringOFperils: We have moons. Many many moons. We have more moons than anybody ever had in history ever. I'm the father of moons actually. Really great moons. The best moons you're gonna love 'em.
Toothgrinder Tom: Kessler syndrome = Keppler’s syndrome?
Toothgrinder Tom: I’m pouring myself another whisky.
Franco Twinkie:
↳ DjLorraine @6:52
No it's not. But I'm sure Elroy isn't concerned with anyone's health. Someone should ask RFK Jr. what he thinks about space junk.ultradamno: Whatever it is, Kennedy will change it if he has too a57.foxnews.com...
PaulRobeson1924: Thank you Mr.Mark
greg g: Thank you Mark Hurst and Sam Lawler! Scary yet engaging and glad for the humor. Keep up the good work!
ultradamno: ...err, *to
bleubombersune: Thanks Mark
HCF: Thanks for another great show.
Bryan: I had to tune in for Sam Lawler. I'll be sharing the archive link with others.
Franco Twinkie: Thank you Mark. I for one, don't want space junk to fall on my cats.
Mark Hurst: Thanks, everyone, good comments!
StringOFperils: Thanks Mark and SL. Keep looking up!
james the gann: Great show!
Mark Hurst:
↳ james the gann @6:59
Thanks, james the gannWill thee SG OCNY: Thank you Mark and Sam!
DjLorraine: With may farady catsuit, thanks Mark!
Fishman: OMG! One of the most annoying Yes tunes ever
Roberta: What’s the name of that book again by Mary someone?
Bryan: Roberta: see the links above the playlist