"Bloody Harvest": #pdf report investigating the allegations of executions for organ transplants. “Hospitals throughout #China told the callers, in calls which were taped, transcribed and translated, that they had organs of #Falun-Gong practitioners for sale.” #human-rights
#Apple blocking #Spotify’s streaming music update on iOS, and according to Spitify, that’s because they want people to switch to Apple Music: “says Apple turned down a new version of the app while citing ‘business model rules’ and demanded that Spotify use Apple’s billing system if ‘Spotify wants to use the app to acquire new customers and sell subscriptions.’”
Pure Fishing’s Berkley brand’s Whiplash Orange fishing line is “100% PE #Dyneema” (i.e. #UHMWPE) fishing line. From their UK website, it costs £0.1166 per meter on a 300-meter reel in the diameter range 60μm to 200μm. They have some larger; 280μm, the thickest they offer, is rated at 44.9kg breaking strength, and they charge £42.99 for 220m, or £0.1954/m, or £279.99/2000m = £0.14/m. 44.9kg is 440 N, coming out to a stunning 7.15 GPa tensile strength, almost three times the rated strength of the 50kg 500μm “Whiplash Pro” of which I bought 100 meters for AR$100 the other day (AR$1/m ≈ £0.15/m). They no longer seem to carry “Whiplash Pro.” #materials
Idiot fishermen don’t realize fishing line’s strength is proportional to the square of its diameter rather than to its diameter. This may explain some of the anomalies I saw in the strength ratings in the fishing store. One fisherman correctly complains about its lack of elasticity. (I’m investigating #UHMWPE line.) #materials
Recommended #knots for #UHMWPE fishing line. A lot like a hangman’s knot.