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USGS uses machine learning to show large lithium potential in Arkansas

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280 points antidnan | 12 comments | 22 Oct 24 17:05 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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chromatin ◴[22 Oct 24 17:30 UTC] No.41916576[source]▶
Serious question:

Given the mood alerting properties of lithium, are people living here chiller than would be expected (controlling for instance for poverty / SES) ?

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janice1999 ◴[22 Oct 24 18:08 UTC] No.41916981[source]▶
Potentially. See "Lithium in drinking water linked with lower suicide rates" [1].

[1] https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/lithium-in-drinking-water-linked-...

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thesuitonym ◴[22 Oct 24 18:31 UTC] No.41917239[source]▶
I would assume any positive effects are balanced out by living in Arkansas.
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1. hinkley ◴[22 Oct 24 18:40 UTC] No.41917330{3}[source]▶
My only experience with Arkansas was waking up to a speeding ticket at 3 in the morning. Who puts out a speed trap at 3 in the fucking morning?

But if it’s anything like Oklahoma…

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2. elpakal ◴[22 Oct 24 18:58 UTC] No.41917498[source]▶
Um, why were you waking up while driving at 3 in the morning?
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3. hinkley ◴[22 Oct 24 19:11 UTC] No.41917605[source]▶
Some cars have seats for up to seven people, including the driver.
4. rootusrootus ◴[22 Oct 24 19:16 UTC] No.41917658[source]▶
I would have guessed better results in the 1am to 2am time slot, but 3am is not totally out of line. I bet the fraction of drivers at 3am that are drunk is much higher than at, say, 3pm.
5. andrewinardeer ◴[22 Oct 24 19:20 UTC] No.41917719[source]▶
Happened to me on Ambien.
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6. dyauspitr ◴[22 Oct 24 19:43 UTC] No.41917947[source]▶
Towns that make a living by ticketing people passing through.

The worst place in the world for this is Italy. Every time I go there they find some esoteric rule to ticket me for. This time in Padova, apparently I drove in an area where only locals are allowed to drive. Bunch of swindlers.

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7. hinkley ◴[22 Oct 24 19:56 UTC] No.41918065{3}[source]▶
Hah! No I did my turn behind the wheel from 10-1 so nobody died on my watch. I was in the back.
8. thinkindie ◴[22 Oct 24 20:29 UTC] No.41918389[source]▶
Indeed in Italy there are area (mostly historical centres) where cities limit the influx of cars to keep it liveable and walkable, therefore only residents are allowed to bring their car in.
9. tomrod ◴[22 Oct 24 20:37 UTC] No.41918452[source]▶
Both areas can be great.
10. Eumenes ◴[23 Oct 24 00:21 UTC] No.41920175[source]▶
> waking up

you were sleeping and driving? lol

11. atq2119 ◴[23 Oct 24 05:57 UTC] No.41922223[source]▶
This is the kind of story that may say more about the story teller than the place it's about.

(I have driven in Italy as a foreigner several times without ever receiving a ticket.)

12. lightedman ◴[23 Oct 24 06:04 UTC] No.41922258[source]▶
"Who puts out a speed trap at 3 in the fucking morning?"

Cops trying to catch drunks speeding home after the bars have closed. In the south, last call was 2:45AM where I served as a freshly-turned 21 year old.