seasonalgrit

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by seasonalgrit 9y ago
Agreed that alcohol is Bad. Not related to sleep, but there is also lots of science stacking up now on the connection between alcohol and cancer.
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by seasonalgrit 9y ago
If examine.com's metaanalsyses are based on legitimate research papers -- and you've read some of the papers yourself and find that they indeed provide support for the article citing them -- then i'd say yeah, use the site. i
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by seasonalgrit 9y ago
Thanks for noting this. Their web site design (as well as the use of a dotcom domain) gives a misleading impression
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by seasonalgrit 9y ago
Both of those sites appear to be money-making ventures that sell vitamins; I wouldn't consider them reliable sources. Here is a university page with information: http://www.umm.edu/health/medical/altmed/s
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by seasonalgrit 9y ago
" If this were any other manufacturer, they would be burnt at the stake." Nah. Look at Samsung: you can make a TV that spies on you, a washing machine that explodes, and a smartphone that spontaneously catches on fire . And then
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by seasonalgrit 9y ago
in employment negotations, the only time you should start signing anything is when you have a job offer letter in hand with the salary you want, and the name of your manager, both in writing on that letter. (rare exception: sometimes you mi
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by seasonalgrit 9y ago
Putting an unknown substance into another person's beverage at a bar is a good way to get yourself arrested.
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by seasonalgrit 9y ago
I was looking at a course and noticed this: "This course material is only available in the iTunes U app on iPhone or iPad." That's lame. For years, iTunes U materials used to be available in iTunes store, accessible via macOS
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by seasonalgrit 9y ago
Thank you for sharing that link. I am not familiar with Russakoff's work and it looks very thought-provoking.
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by seasonalgrit 9y ago
The proper way to improve education in a community is to get involved with the existing school systems -- the schools are already there. Be wary of ideologues possessing way too much money combined with an impoverished sense of ethics (e.g.
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by seasonalgrit 9y ago
"It's not your place to tell people what to do with their own bodies." Come on, that's ridiculous. E.g., if a loved one is abusing alcohol, it is definitely your place to intervene.
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by seasonalgrit 9y ago
When you have to threaten someone on your team, you've reached rock-bottom as a manager; all you're really accomplishing is convincing your team to leave for greener pastures.
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by seasonalgrit 9y ago
Wasn't entirely sure if this was a sincere post, or some sort of unfunny burlesque of some kind. Assuming it's sincere, then the author of this blog post couldn't be more wrong about how to manage a software team. If a manage
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by seasonalgrit 9y ago
If you're going to go with a functional approach (which he introduces in the section "How to avoid 'this'"), instead of creating a brand-new function for each particular piece of data (e.g., setName, setGreeting) --
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by seasonalgrit 9y ago
fyi, the company Functional Works is basically a tech recruiting agency.
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by seasonalgrit 9y ago
"the HTTPS and IPv6 anti-vaxxer crowd " What does this mean?
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by seasonalgrit 9y ago
sounds like the latest predatory scam in for-profit 'education': step 1: name your for-profit entity such that it sounds like an actual university, even though it isn't. step 2: talk about how much you want to help out poor s
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by seasonalgrit 9y ago
Not OP, but in the United States, Americans' right to privacy is protected by the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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by seasonalgrit 9y ago
i did not downvote you. asking for a source is not a bad thing. in addition to what i posted above, this paper is a good summary of what we know at this point: doi:10.1038/nrc3725
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by seasonalgrit 9y ago
"as far as we can all tell he is avoiding the horrible health effects" No. Nicotine is a carcinogen. Forgive my surprise, but I'm absolutely blown away that this isn't common knowledge in 2017. Edit: I appreciate the dis
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by seasonalgrit 9y ago
Smokers infringe on my health by exposing me to second-hand smoke and forcing me to ingest nicotine, a known carcinogen. This absolutely needs to be made illegal as far as I'm concerned.
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by seasonalgrit 9y ago
As far as I know, there is no way to sync contacts/calendar over-the-wire (USB) using Android. That's a major ding if one is trying to avoid all things cloud. (edit: i should add i'm referring to macos)
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by seasonalgrit 9y ago
> "About 10 SoFi executives met to discuss the situation; it was then that some of them learned Mr. Cagney had not actually secured the $90 million for the loan product, according to people who were at the meeting. Some attendees sa
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by seasonalgrit 9y ago
It's interesting you ask. iCal had the option of 2-, 3-, or 4-day view, which I liked a lot. Also, I think iCal did much better job visually distinguishing the current day. But I'm also talking about the task management aspects th
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by seasonalgrit 9y ago
I really miss iCal, which Apple killed off several years ago.
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by seasonalgrit 9y ago
I'm confused -- i thought Snapchat was for sending pictures that get auto-deleted. I'm honestly not sure how to even keep up with this stuff anymore, other than installing everything and using it, which i don't have the time
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by seasonalgrit 9y ago
"a nicer UI" ok, I feel a little bad adding to the dogpile here, but . . . one of the great things about email is that it's an open standard -- you can use whatever software you want, or even write your own. the very article
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by seasonalgrit 9y ago
there are no dates on glassdoor data; is a figure from a year ago or 10 years ago? hard to say.
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by seasonalgrit 9y ago
Backgound: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14559267 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39300270 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40246754
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by seasonalgrit 9y ago
You're misinformed when it comes to secondhand smoke. From the NIH: "The U.S. Surgeon General estimates that living with a smoker increases a nonsmoker’s chances of developing lung cancer by 20 to 30 percent." "There is

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