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9 WEIRD BREWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD: FROM BABY MICE WINE TO BEER MADE FROM DUNG-SMOKED WHALE TESTICLES https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/terrifying-booze-camel-milk-scorpion-vodka-snake-wine-a7543101.html Baby mice wine, China China’s renowned for its interesting (read: challenging) foods, but this one takes the biscuit: wine infused with dead mice – only babies, though, because ones with fur would be disgusting. It’s not common, but can still be found in southern China, where it’s usually used as a health tonic rather than straight up booze. (For straight up booze, try snake wine.)

Vietnamese village selling snake wine online Snakes alive, the venomous vino that comes with added bite https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1348906/Vietnamese-snake-scorpion-rice-wines-leave-biting-headache.html But don't worry, the alcohol cancels out the poison Forget eating the worm after downing your tequila - with these bottles of unusual wine produced in Vietnam, a tasty tipple comes with a far more potent bite. A village there is producing snake and scorpion wine and shipping it worldwide, with the rare beverage available to order online. The venomous cobra snake is used to make the snake wine but the poison is cancelled out by the alcoholic content of the drink, meaning you'll avoid a pounding hangover.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/natashaumer/9-animals-that-could-teach-us-something-about-drugs-and-alco Dolphins are extremely intelligent creatures who will one day take over the world, so it's no surprise that they figured out a way to pass around a 'joint'. Their narcotic of choice? The intoxicating pufferfish, whose poison is, according to Discover magazine, 50 million times more deadly than marijuana, 40,000 times more dangerous than meth, and more fatal than poison from the black widow. One dose of the poison, known as tetrodotoxin, can kill dolphins and humans. It will make you feel numb, tingly and light-headed before causing full-body paralysis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But rough-toothed dolphins live life on the edge. Rob Pilley, a zoologist and producer of the BBC documentary, Dolphins – Spy In the Pod, told the Sunday Times that they filmed the dolphins "acting peculiar" after the mammals had chewed and passed around a pufferfish. Christie Wilcox of Discover magazine is skeptical that the dolphins got high intentionally, considering tetrodotoxin doesn't seem like a "happy high." There's only one way to find out if it's worth it...

@nukecadThe Bottom line is that your brain would have aged much more than your actual age.and alcohol speeds up aging , it;s rate depending on the consumption.

@pondus In a report published in the year 2017, World Health Organization stated that Labeling of alcoholic product can be considered as one of the important component of public health strategy in order to reduce the harm caused by alcohol. In order to establish a better social understanding it is very important to state the health related issues in the form of labels on the alcohol beverages. Statutory Warnings : In Australia, the manufacturers of alcohol are required to put warning labels with respect to drinking alcohol during the period of pregnancy 2. In Ireland due to the influence of Irish Cancer Society the government is required to put warning labels describing the alcohol's carcinogenic properties 3. Since 1989, USA has laid several emphasis on the warning labels on alcohol beverages 4. The alcohol manufacturers in USA are required to warn about the risk of drinking and driving, operating some kind of machinery while drinking, and the harms of drinking when pregnant. In Thailand, under Section 32 of the law, the alcohol beverages are not required to be advertised in such a manner that it directly or indirectly claims the benefits arising from having alcohol. According to their law, the declaration which is issued as per the order of the act needs to be accompanied by at least one out of five predefined statutory warning5. 2 "Mandatory warning labels to be introduced on alcohol". Food & Drink Business. 15 October 2018. 3 Finn, Christina. "Irish Cancer Society urges minister not to drop proposed cancer warning labels on alcohol products". TheJournal.ie. 4 Boyle, Peter; Boffetta, Paolo; Lowenfels, Albert B.; Burns, Harry; Brawley, Otis (2013). Alcohol: Science, Policy and Public Health. Oxford University Press. p. 391. ISBN 9780199655786. 5 Alcohol Control Act B.E. 2551 (2008)" (PDF). The Office of Alcohol Control Committee. Government of Thailand. Retrieved 12 September 2017.

temptation irresistible

Here i got it. https://www.thedrive.com/tech/31816/key-volkswagen-exec-admits-level-5-autonomous-cars-may-never-happen

@Pierre75 I even cane across some manufacturer stating that fully autonomous cars not possible, but can't recollect the manufacturer.

Security risks for e-scooters and riders exposed https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/01/28/e-scooters-risks/ According to the review, hackers can cause a series of attacks, including eavesdropping on users and even spoof GPS systems to direct riders to unintended locations. Vendors of e-scooters can suffer DoS attacks and data leaks. “We’ve identified and outlined a variety of weak points or attack surfaces in the current ride-sharing, or micromobility, ecosystem that could potentially be exploited by malicious adversaries right from inferring the riders’ private data to causing economic losses to service providers and remotely controlling the vehicles’ behavior and operation,” said Jadliwala. Personal data remains at risk Some e-scooter models communicate with the rider’s smartphone over a Bluetooth Low Energy channel. Someone with malicious intent could eavesdrop on these wireless channels and listen to data exchanges between the scooter and riders’ smartphone app by means of easily and cheaply accessible hardware and software tools such as Ubertooth and WireShark. Those who sign up to use e-scooters also offer up a great deal of personal and sensitive data beyond just billing information. According to the study, providers automatically collect other analytics, such as location and individual vehicle information. This data can be pieced together to generate an individual profile that can even include a rider’s preferred route, personal interests, and home and work locations.

@pondus hahahaha.. it's a scientific study (imaging of the brain) so, can't be discounted just like that. Whatever pep one gets is temporary, it's after effects is what matters. I would rather some psychologists opine on this would be apt. Alcohol changes your brain. Your brain physically adapts to your environment so you perform better at whatever you’re doing, explains Brad Lander, PhD, clinical director of addiction medicine at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus. But when you consistently drink alcohol, your brain may interpret this as a new environment and change nerve cells and brain connections to help you function better with alcohol in your system. “Once the brain adapts to the alcohol, it does not ‘unadapt,’” he says. “When alcoholics stop drinking, some of these changes continue to be a problem throughout their lives.” https://www.everydayhealth.com/news/essential-facts-about-alcohol-abuse/ Oxidative stress. When our liver tries to break down alcohol, the resulting chemical reaction can damage its cells. This damage can lead to inflammation and scarring as the liver tries to repair itself. Toxins in gut bacteria. Alcohol can damage our intestine which lets toxins from our gut bacteria get into the liver. These toxins can also lead to inflammation and scarring. Drinking alcohol can increase your risk of developing liver disease https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/alcohol-facts/health-effects-of-alcohol/effects-on-the-body/alcohol-related-liver-disease/

Not being a gamer, all at sea on the GPU thing. So, would take note of the progression of GPU for use, if any, later.

NVIDIA and AMD Play the GPU Game: Who Will Win? https://marketrealist.com/2019/07/nvidia-and-amd-play-the-gpu-game-who-will-win/ AMD and NVIDIA get into mid-range GPU Price War https://hardforum.com/threads/amd-and-nvidia-get-into-mid-range-gpu-price-war.1991888/

AMD Claims It Bluffed Nvidia Into Cutting GPU Prices https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/295510-amd-claims-it-bluffed-nvidia-into-cutting-gpu-prices It’s no secret that upper-end GPU prices have come down recently, thanks to AMD’s recent launch of its RX 5700 and RX 5700 XT. AMD has now stirred the pot a bit, claiming that it successfully bluffed Nvidia into cutting costs, only to yank the rug out from under them and cut prices even more. This bit of data is embedded in Hot Hardware’s 2.5 Geeks podcast/interview with Scott Herkelman, AMD’s VP of Radeon. Scott goes on to detail how AMD laid its plans carefully, with evaluations of what the RTX cards were capable of in terms of clock speeds, die sizes, Nvidia’s expected revenue and margin targets, and much more. AMD’s initial prices for the RX 5700 and 5700 XT were $500 and $379, but after Nvidia unveiled its Super family, the company cut them back to $350 and $400. According to AMD, this was always the plan.

Drinking alcohol every day can speed up brain aging by one week per session, according to a study of more than 17,000 people https://www.insider.com/alcohol-every-day-ages-your-brain-quicker-17000-brain-scans-2020-1 Researchers at the University of Southern California looked at more than 17,000 brain scans to see if daily smoking and drinking advanced brain age. The study found that every gram of alcohol consumed a day aged the brain by 11 days. Smoking a pack of cigarettes a day for a year aged the brain by 11 days. It is one of the largest studies ever done on brain aging and alcohol, making the findings quite robust.

AMD reckons it can win the high-end GPU battle – and dethrone Nvidia just like it did with Intel https://www.techradar.com/news/amd-reckons-it-can-win-the-high-end-gpu-battle-and-dethrone-nvidia-just-like-it-did-with-intel Exec claims that Big Navi will disrupt 4K gaming, similarly to how Ryzen now dominates desktop CPUs AMD is aiming to disrupt 4K gaming, and build a Radeon GPU line-up to take on Nvidia in a similar way to how the firm has ramped up Ryzen processors to beat out Intel (at least in desktop CPUs). That’s the scoop according to AMD’s Mithun Chandrasekhar, who is head of product management at Radeon Graphics, as reported by PC GamesN. At a briefing for the freshly launched RX 5600 XT, Chandrasekhar observed that AMD was currently tackling the mainstream market, but would move to assault the high-end GPU arena with the much-rumored Big Navi graphics card soon enough.

Linux gaming https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/software/linux-gaming Canonical Gets Into Cloud Gaming & More With Anbox Cloud For Cloud-Based Android Apps/Gaming https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Canonical-Anbox-Cloud