benlambert

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by benlambert 9y ago
Are you saying that the article is wrong because empirical studies haven't been done on topic? Do you think programming productivity is possible to measure and if so how?
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by benlambert 10y ago
48-72 hours is not long enough to regenerate your immune system. Valter Longo has recommended at least 4-5 days to treat auto-immune disorders [1]. I've done 5 day fasts. For something serious I would try 7. [1] http://joshm
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by benlambert 10y ago
The question is how accurate are the estimates? Estimating in a complex system where one problem triggers another, cascading with feedback loops, is a messy business. So the outcome could be either far more or far less dire than we think. A
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by benlambert 10y ago
No doubt. The Republicans have always been anti-gay. It's just that Trump done more than anyone ever has to bring them around on this issue. I'll never forget the cheering and applause Thiel got from Republicans when he announced
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by benlambert 10y ago
Why would Trump go to all the effort of running for POTUS only to put his VP in charge? That doesn't make any sense.
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by benlambert 10y ago
Last time I checked Trump was running on a pro LGBT platform...
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by benlambert 10y ago
"Destroy" does not mean the same thing as "damage". Destroy = something big enough ruin your quality of life.
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by benlambert 10y ago
Dear down voters: it should be obvious that just because smoking is not literally guaranteed to destroy your lungs, and you can find plenty of counter examples, it's still a very good idea to warn people that "smoking will destroy
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by benlambert 10y ago
Maybe there is a lot of value in having lots of samples. People are more likely to give permission to get out of the fee than to get a discount. Personally I'd increase the discount to around 10% (raising the base price to compensate)
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by benlambert 10y ago
"Smoking will destroy your lungs" Gonna give me a counterexample there too?
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by benlambert 10y ago
"Your statement is unscientific because anecdotally I've had no problems with it" Where's your citation backing up your suggestion that it's safe?
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by benlambert 10y ago
You have it exactly backwards. Anyone suggesting Soylent is safe with arguments like "glucose is glucose" and "it has the right macronutrient ratios" is spouting pseudo-science. If you have insufficient evidence that som
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by benlambert 10y ago
Q. Big Mac meal $9.99. Can we snap a picture of you smiling for our Instagram? (Yes: -$3) (Burger King costs $9.99 with no offer.) And now you buy the Big Mac without making a scene.
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by benlambert 10y ago
Q. Price $120. Can we use this as a sample? (Yes: -$3) A. Happy to pay the full price! -- Q. Price $117. Can we use this as a sample? (No: +$3) A. No fucking way I'm paying $3 NOT appear in your gallery of samples!
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by benlambert 10y ago
There was another submission that was on the front page half an hour ago with only a few comments (so no flamewar) and appears to have been directly removed by a mod: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12724507
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by benlambert 10y ago
This story is now 7 hours old with 164 points, but on page 5. I count 6 stories on the front page that are older than this with less points, e.g: 9. Virus stole poison genes from black widow spider (bbc.com) 155 points by kawera 10
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by benlambert 10y ago
Great news!
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by benlambert 10y ago
Does this mean Stripe Japan users can now accept USD, or is it still only JPY?
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by benlambert 10y ago
The question is not whether or not the food picks up bacteria, but how likely the bacteria is to endanger our health (and how likely a deficiency of bacterial exposure caused by being too careful is to endanger our health).
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by benlambert 10y ago
He's talking about funding startups, not paying for the MOOC.
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by benlambert 10y ago
Seat belt laws are largely thanks to Ralph Nader: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Nader#Unsafe_at_Any_Spee...
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by benlambert 10y ago
Try making it yourself. I use a variety that ferments at room temperature (Caspian Sea): just add some left-over yogurt from the last batch to a fresh carton of milk, stir, and wait 12 hours.
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by benlambert 10y ago
Personal experimentation is great. Try and see instead of following bad science and dogma.
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by benlambert 10y ago
Agree but for clarity "people" = "people far from the equator". If your ancestors are from those sugar islands it's a bit different.
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by benlambert 10y ago
It can be a safety issue if you order fish you thought was caught in the wild but is actually fish farmed in some far-away place to god-knows-what health standard (perhaps fed large doses of antibiotics, etc). We need transparency or food c
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by benlambert 10y ago
Look at Valter Longo's research for a connection between fasting and cancer.