idDriven

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by idDriven 7y ago
Ring has 'partnered' and gives access to videos taken of you and your neighbors to police departments without a warrant, just ad hoc access. Amazon has also been working on a facial recognition program, and the combination has wor
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by idDriven 7y ago
The dude said 'unintentionally' overdose on opium. This article covering Laudanum (opium + alcohol tincture) deaths in the 1800s sounds like the overdoses were largely intentional or one where an adult dose was given to a child.
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by idDriven 7y ago
Thank you so much this is so cool and necessary. If you need a visual to pitch it to investors and you haven't seen it there was a great south park episode (looked it up S15E01, the human centipad) mingled with one of the best-est gros
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by idDriven 7y ago
Would you tell people that are on SSRI antidepressants that they are addicted to antidepressant medication?
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by idDriven 7y ago
Being fat or excessive weightgain whilst pregnant increases the liklihood of your children being obese... Can I please see your sources?
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by idDriven 7y ago
More complex question would be if I vape my dessert flavor with or without nicotine is that better for me than eating said dessert? I have had so many people tell me how they 'cant resist' sweets, and I'd rather vape my cake.
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by idDriven 7y ago
Before I switched from smoking 12-ish years ago my lungs would physically hurt in the morning and I would cough when I woke up. To me, and other people who legitimately view vaping as something that was life-changing in a very positive way
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by idDriven 7y ago
From EPA "Propylene glycol and dipropylene glycol were first registered in 1950 and 1959, respectively, by the FDA for use in hospitals as air disinfectants. At one point, there were approximately 190 pesticide chemical companies havi
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by idDriven 7y ago
The only instances I could find of respiratory irritation requiring medical intervention related to fog machine use where involving oil based fog machines, or mixed-use but have so far been unable to find case reports of Glycol or Glycerin
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by idDriven 7y ago
100% agree with the VG (Vegetable Glycerin) recommendation, you will have to add a small 20-30% percentage of PG Propylene Glycol to decrease the viscocity (or alternately use pure VG and cut with small amount of normal saline but it won&#x
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by idDriven 7y ago
In Ancient Rome, where your namesake hails from, wouldn't a superwealthy individual(corporation) be considered obligated to use that accumulated wealth in part to provide for the public infrastructure?
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by idDriven 7y ago
I just had to point out that a similar idea was incorporated in the second episode of Black Mirror . It's one of my favorite shows, don't know if you're a fan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifteen_Milli
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by idDriven 7y ago
I think you forgot funding. That's kinda important.
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by idDriven 7y ago
From the healthcare delivery standpoint there are so many rotten, inefficient and corrupt practices that many days it feels like you are delivering good care despite the system. Certainly not because of it. It's kafa-esque and there is
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by idDriven 7y ago
Thank you for replying. In terms of ideology v reality this would be similar to the ideology that led to the Iran Contra scandal. Source: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/reagan-...
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by idDriven 7y ago
Im really impressed at the number of downvotes, despite the lack of subsequent replies. Here's another source: "The first UN rapporteur to visit Venezuela for 21 years has told The Independent the US sanctions on the country are i
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by idDriven 7y ago
From what I have read it sounded like the US government has been working to undermine Venezuela economically for some time. Socialism was working too well, it brought huge swathes of the population out of poverty. A working less-capitalist
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by idDriven 7y ago
If you're open to Windows consider checking out the Razer Blade 15" laptop. I'm biased because I play video games but it's as nicely made as any computer apple ever made, with great hardware.
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by idDriven 7y ago
I would argue its a combination of miserable life circumstances and lack of availability of better options. Have you ever heard of the drug Krocodile? It's most prevalent in Russia, a cocktail of horrible chemicals cooked down with a l
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by idDriven 7y ago
Right? If you could just do a national sampling as part of routine autopsies or something it would give so much valuable data. Sadly there is a lot of politics and money even in scientific research now. I would really value this data, I don
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by idDriven 7y ago
The key here is that as soon as you can afford a real attorney the prosecution often won't go forward. If you take public counsel, poor people in the system call them 'public pretenders' because the vast majority of the time
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by idDriven 7y ago
It's likely a result of the manufacturing process, at least partially. I found the journal article the WHO pulled data from. Heres the abstract (I italicized for emphasis): Eleven globally sourced brands of bottled water, purchased in
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by idDriven 7y ago
I couldn't access the article because paywall, however 'a)... synthetic textiles' would make more sense for inhalation vs ingestion. Also American Chemical Society may be biased, despite the lovable name https://w
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by idDriven 7y ago
> The article says a "microplastic particle" is any peice of plastic smaller than 5mm I double checked the article and you are right, this is why the use of the apothocary symbols are not used in medicine any more it should be
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by idDriven 7y ago
Phone maker Xiaomi's Miui version of Android has a feature much like this called Second Space where you can create a clean copy of the OS and only import what data you choose from your primary account. Call and SMS history is shared bu
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by idDriven 7y ago
Yeah I've seen a breakdown similar to this for a couple with kids making about 450k in NY. I see it as the whole 'keeping up with the Jonses'' kinda middle class lifestyle that was more commonplace through the 50's
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by idDriven 7y ago
Organic is a separate category and doesn't just mean fruits and vegetables, you can have organic meat as well. Also its not as easy for fruit and veg to say organic is always better, look at the 'dirty dozen' lists and there
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by idDriven 7y ago
Ive tried to get a plethora of acquaintances and coworkers to try vape, the upfront cost of a good quality reliable one-device system can easily exceed a couple hundred dollars. The majority of people who I discuss this with are upfront-cos
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by idDriven 7y ago
Alternate title: 'I Enraged 11,584 online customers..'
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by idDriven 7y ago
Look at net neutrality, the official corporate statement is of course they support and free and open internet. However "According to lobbying disclosures filed with the U.S. Senate and reviewed by Sludge, Comcast, Verizon, AT&T and

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