Comment by hansmayer
11 hours ago
> But some of the figures from the lab report don't seem that terrible
> just above the lab’s reporting limit of 0.01 mg/L.
> just barely above the California drinking water standard
I ... just can't even say anything to this.
Are we doing "i just cant even" posting in 2026? Wastewater is not expected to be safe as drinking water, so it meeting the standards for drinking water shows how safe it is. If you have a reasonable argument to the contrary then please post it.
This is what social media and LLMs have done to the average member of the society - one has to explain to folks like you everything literally, because you're not able to infer anything on your own any more. Where do you think the wastewater goes eventually genius? Do you think Elon Musk transports it safely into outer space? Or does it have a chance of eventually polluting your own drinking water too? It does not even have to pollute the drinking water directly, as the stuff maybe filtered out by the processing plants, but it will land in the ground, pollute the plants, the food that you eat etc. Is that a bit clearer now? Or do you need more words ?
This is a discussion forum. Putting things into words is the purpose of commenting. If you can’t, then maybe you shouldn’t.
I guess you need to understand the deeper meaning implied by that comment. It's OK if you don't - unfortunately social media and now LLMs have strongly impacted the average Joe's or average Teddy's ability to understand something like this.
Nearly as much as they have impacted the ability of some to articulate clearly?
Perhaps it'd be best for all to drop the snide and review the HN comment guidelines.
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