ravi_m

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by ravi_m 2y ago
Yeah, homeopathy works due to the placebo effect and further boosted by people that subscribe to the anti-allopathic or Western medicine religion. I think it should be studied similar to how people go to Godmen for healing and report succes
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by ravi_m 2y ago
Infinite Jest seems excessively long and I haven't worked up the motivation to read it yet, but his short stories / essays in Consider the Lobster are excellent, including the titular story which is about a lobster festival in Mai
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by ravi_m 2y ago
People on IG and TikTok are creating shows of their every day life. While they may want to be stars, those around them brought in to create the clip, surprised / accosted into reacting at home or on the streets, etc., are exactly like
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by ravi_m 4y ago
Most likely the real reason is that articles with "experts say" in the headline performs much better than "some experts say" or "some experts wonder if". The underlying reason for the higher CTR is that most re
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by ravi_m 4y ago
but that doesn't change the fact that meat is a rich source of protein which is beneficial for physical development
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by ravi_m 4y ago
I am surprised they emphasize "development of the cognitive functions required to excel in soccer" but not physical development from meat (and hence higher protein) consumption
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by ravi_m 14y ago
Some sign-on feedback -> You have a lot of features listed I might want so I thought I'll check it out. I stopped once you said I need to "register" or "login". If I could have tried it out, I might have if it had seemed worth it.
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by ravi_m 14y ago
Yep - Craigslist does not allow scraping and blocks IPs sucking up content. Even AirBnB created their initial listings by scraping Craigslist though. Guess you can do it until they notice - and hopefully by then you have enough traffic of y