(Part 3) Top products from r/belgium

Whether it is actually better or not, that's highly debatable and according to taste. But the cuisine in London/ UK is not neglectable and has a very rich background.

One of the most influential chefs in the world such as Heston Blumenthal (which is largely inspired by Harold McGee, an American), Marco Pierre White (he partly wrote modern cuisine, also an awesome person to hear) and Michel Roux (both senior as junior) have worked their careers in the UK. Each of them have defined a part of cooking/ cuisine in their way.

Not to forget the Commonwealth as well indeed, which brought a lot to the UK.

Really been watching too much MasterChef UK/ Australia and to one of my cooking teachers who really loves to read about history/ science of food. Then again, it's awesome to hear and to know as food is a way of sharing love, express your creativity and bonds and is such an important aspect of our lives/ society/ culture.

Some books which are awesome and I also have in my collection are:

• The Fat Duck Cookbook (don't imagine creating a dish of it, it's more about the insight and the science behind the dishes as they are easily a couple of pages)
  
• On food and cooking
  
• The Devil in the Kitchen
  
• Kitchen Confidential
  
  Honestly, couldn't forget the latter of course.

Not sure if you've played then, but haven't: Kerbal Space Program is the best way to get an intuitive understanding of orbital mechanics. If you like to play God you should also try the Universe Sandbox, and if you want a really really hardcore space sim you should play (or wait, it's still in alpha) for Rogue System.


As for actual books, OpenStax recently published their free astronomy book, and it's quite good for an introduction. From there, it depends entirely on what you're interested in, there's literally a universe's worth of information about
Astrophysics,
Astrochemistry,
Astrobiology,
Astrometry and
Orbital mechanics (for the aspiring galactic navigator),
Cosmology,
Planetary geology and
Cosmochemistry (careful, these last two lead to geology and meteorology which are equally disastrously addictive fields!)


Also, feel free to follow NASA's, ESA's, and JAXA's blogs. And spend a minute each morning checking the astronomy picture of the day.


Just don't end up llike me and annoy all your friends.

> I know that every piece a lot of legislation they pushed through was in the interest of the diamant sector not in the public interest. So why?

Got me there, better?

Let's be clear, the diamond sector is a mafia organisation that deals in blood money.

Do you need more sources, read this: https://www.amazon.com/Mazzel-Ritual-Culture-Customs-Diamond/dp/0387959599

Another source:
http://www.gva.be/cnt/dmf20170329_02806092/positie-van-antwerpen-in-diamantwereld-bedreigd-banken-weigeren-diamantairs

If all the streets in a city are wet it has rained. You either accept that or you go running around that the sky has been clear all day and that it's your neighbours fault. Have fun with that.

Best book on physics ever

https://www.amazon.com/fly-cathedral-small-Cambridge-scientists/dp/0670883212/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Fly+in+the+cathedral&qid=1558041793&s=gateway&sr=8-2

Thanks for the tip! Added to my "Summer reading" list. :-)

I love how they leave out the part where the Ottoman empire were one of the biggest slave traders ever known to mankind.

And the part where they declared Jihad, no longer allowed pilgrims to Jersulem and the systemic oppression and mistreatment of Christians in their lands that led to the first crusades.

Sources, the first on is by a Belgian author I sadly never learned about in school. Second one is a rebuttal years later and third one a rebuttal of that.(1 2 3 )

Have the book as a .pdf if you want should be public domain

> "Quality" means nothing without privacy and comfort.
>
> This just feels like separating the rich from the poor even further.

Indeed, just take a standard dystopian sci-fi book and you will notice the poor people living in a container.

Have a little ambition, please.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wisdom-Crowds-Many-Smarter-Than/dp/0349116059

Well, I tried to take a course on transportation economics and the exam question for 2013 was on the Oosterweel. During the first class the professor mentioned the Oosterweelverbinding would not be worth it, but that the government never listens to experts in the field. I ended up choosing another class because it seemed too hard and I expected something else from it.

Here's the book that was used:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Economics-Transport-THEORETICAL-APPLIED-PERSPECTIVE/dp/0415419808/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1425627933&sr=8-1&keywords=the+economics+of+urban+transport

>My Friends all got children last year and this year... They practically gonna live in underground caves by the time they're 30. And we could be with 10 billion people by then.

Such ridiculous hyperbole. If nothing changes Belgium will have the climate of Southern France. How will we ever survive this?!!?

You're right that changing peoples behavior isn't the answer. Startups focused on carbon removal, otherwise known as carbon sequestration, are working on technologies that range from biology to geology:

• Swiss startup ClimeWorks uses something called “Direct Air Capture” to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere with what is, essentially, a large air filter that bonds to carbon dioxide.
  
• Newlight and Carbicrete manufacture building materials—bioplastics and cement-free concrete, respectively—that are carbon negative, meaning the process to manufacture them removes carbon from the atmosphere.
  
• Large-scale environmental initiatives are also underway. Project Vesta aims to cover shelf seas with volcanic rock, the weathering of which will, in theory, remove carbon from the atmosphere.
  
  Just a small sample of companies working on the problem.
  
  Stop being a prophet and start thinking like a wizard.

Proof:

Intelligence
http://www.amazon.com/The-Factor-Evolution-Behavior-Intelligence/dp/0275961036
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160289610001340

Genetics
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18212819
https://www.soc.umn.edu/~uggen/Caspi_SCI_02.pdf
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25082653
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4369574/
http://www.antoniocasella.eu/archipsy/Beaver_2013.pdf
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16801953
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoamine_oxidase_A#Aggression_and_the_.22Warrior_gene.22
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2756753

Tool to study crime in the US
http://www.ucrdatatool.gov/

Also I never claimed inferiority of peoples. Don't try to strawman me. I claim big genetic differences lead to violent conflicts.