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USGS uses machine learning to show large lithium potential in Arkansas

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280 points antidnan | 1 comments | 22 Oct 24 17:05 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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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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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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dyauspitr ◴[22 Oct 24 19:43 UTC] No.41917947{4}[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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1. atq2119 ◴[23 Oct 24 05:57 UTC] No.41922223{5}[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.)