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A us based inflation calculator tells me 13c in say June 1939 is 2.86 now.. that's not unachievable but where I am in Australia about double that at $5.72ish USD (abt $9 aud) is probably more reasonable (at least for a healthy diet without too many heavily processed foods: they are not as unhealthy as some claim but are not great either). Then add another dollar for cat food (aud, inc wet, dry and treats). I spend about $10 a day (aud) on food. (I am a -sustainably sourced- pescatarian diabetic and eat well and fairly healthily)
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If you're going to post the claim you need to post the response too. From your own linked story: "On Threads, Meta spokesperson Andy Stone posted that "no one on the Threads engineering team is a former Twitter employee - that's just not a thing"."
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There's also the fact that in shows like Star Trek people can talk in those other languages when they want (eg: say something in Klingon). So can the translator tell if you want it to translate it? Then every time someone doesn't want to admit something it should turn up in their native language? Or swears.. etc... very "plot convenient" functioning. Magic
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It is utterly irresponsible of you to suggest that tap water is not safe to drink (or brush your teeth with/rinse mouth). The CDC does NOT say that it is not safe except in very specific conditions> https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/drinking/drinking-water-faq.html and for the most part (outside areas with known problems) only woonatics say otherwise. ADMIN! ADMIN! (I also note your lack of sources, relying upon VERY SPECIFIC - in case of health warning on water supply - notice to suggest GENERAL advice. BAD ARTICLE)
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Turns out he probably wasn't making Roman concrete (just a bad modern imitation) as recent discovery suggests a vital component of their mix was hot mixing/using quicklime - https://news.mit.edu/2023/roman-concrete-durability-lime-casts-0106 - which results in self-healing/protective lumps which react to water ingress to protect the whole structure. In my understanding this is kind of like what he did in the initial (prep of ingredients) steps but actually during the mixing (which he did cold). Interestingly this results in a much less consistently mixed result -which had been written off as bad mixing.
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