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What are some alternatives to trash wheels for cleaning rivers? Why are you guys better than the alternatives?

I hope this question doesn't seem rude.

Have you heard anything about 3-bromo-pyruvate for liver cancer treatment?

It was developed for cancer treatment by researchers at Johns Hopkins. Unfortunately, the chemical is too cheap, which means no prospects of making a profit, which means no way to afford the expense of FDA approval. The researchers had to move to Germany, where people are allowed to consent to experimental treatments if their disease is terminal.

In first year med-school (I'm not a doctor, just somebody who went to first year med school as part of my engineering program at Hopkins), we had the chance to speak with the researchers and a young patient from Germany who was recovering quite well from a cantaloupe sized liver tumour.

It seemed like a miracle cure, but I haven't heard anything about it since then (about 4 years ago). I'm curious if this is something people treating liver cancer are aware of? Or talk about? Or have opinions about? The patient was making a dramatic recovery, but I don't even know if he's still alive or not.

The wikipedia article has a few sources. Peter Pedersen is involved with the research on most of them. He was my lecturer at the time.

p.s. I'm looking through your website. I love your writing style.

How do you feel about people wearing leather, and in particular used leather, products?

How would you describe the relationship between leather and factory farming?

I've always loved super mario, and just went to play it a minute ago.

Near the beginning of world 1 level 1, there's a pipe you can duck into, and just past it is a secret 1-up. In the original version it was impossible to get both. Once you get the 1-up, the pipe is just just off the screen. You've got to pick one.

So due to the wide screen I finally just got both after 20 years. It felt great! I was absolutely euphoric. But then, I started to experience a sense of dirtiness. Like I've just done something taboo, unforgivable. I don't know what to think.

How do you feel about this type of thing?