throwawaylaptop

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by throwawaylaptop 9mo ago
Real world experience doesn't count on HN health articles. If it wasn't documented by a researcher paid via funding from his industry leaders, or a government official trying to fast track his hiring in the public sector for $800k
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by throwawaylaptop 9mo ago
I default to statistics a lot more now, even if ballparked and made up in my head.. and it all stemmed from a different gf asking me "how dangerous do you think that was???!!?!" while giggling and high off adrenaline after taking
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by throwawaylaptop 9mo ago
Sorry, yes, I've had colds and a cough or two for sure. I don't think I've thrown up in 35 years though since I was a child. When I meant sick, I meant like a longer sustained thing that needs treatment of some kind. I didn&#
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by throwawaylaptop 9mo ago
That's how I see it. Ive always felt a lot worse for the daughter too.
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by throwawaylaptop 9mo ago
I don't worry too much about the butterfly effect because it goes both ways. Sure one stoplight here makes a guy die, but another stoplight over there saves a guys life. But in this case, when it's a clear "either I put off c
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by throwawaylaptop 9mo ago
Ha. That was more a play off the fact that most times "busy" is just relative. I wasn't THAT busy, maybe I just had things to do that I wanted to get done more than go on a hike.
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by throwawaylaptop 9mo ago
Its obviously not my 'fault'. But it's pretty close to a death I could have prevented for a while if I wasnt pretending to be busy probably. I remember when she said her dad was going to go instead and I thought "uhh, I
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by throwawaylaptop 9mo ago
Not everyone.
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by throwawaylaptop 9mo ago
I don't think most people worry about the huge amounts of time after they have died. They worry about the 1-120 seconds while they are really dying and aware. My college gfs dad died after trying to accompany her on a hike, because I w
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by throwawaylaptop 9mo ago
Regarding Steve Jobs, that's unfortunate for him because even my grandmother in Poland used to say "sugar causes/feeds cancer" when she tried to get us to stop sweetening our tea back in the 80s before we left. Somehow s
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by throwawaylaptop 9mo ago
Oh great, another expert. Except without the 30 years of research and experience. One guy wins the nobel prize for detailing a function of fasting and its effects on the immune system and cell repair/death... But fasting doesn't h
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by throwawaylaptop 9mo ago
Op seemed to be freaked out about unknowns. So my solution would be to look at historical data for earth quakes in his area so he knows basically what to expect.. that way when it starts shaking, he doesn't think "omg how big will
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by throwawaylaptop 9mo ago
My father has a high rate PSA change a few years ago so I learned everything I could about prostate cancer for about 4 weeks. I then talked to several doctors I know (family practice and two internal medicine). It was embarrassing how littl
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by throwawaylaptop 9mo ago
99% of your problem can be solved by studying statistics for your area, and having a plan... So that you aren't just at the whims of the moment when it's actually happening.
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by throwawaylaptop 9mo ago
I hope this is satire.
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by throwawaylaptop 9mo ago
I personally think you were given antibiotics needlessly just for the sake of it.. But yes, I think you should have developed some kind of infection, and being showing trouble of fighting it off, before you're given antibiotics.
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by throwawaylaptop 9mo ago
I know people that have more skin lost than you'd care to look at from semi serious motorcycle crashes, and no they don't just take antibiotics for fun. I can't believe someone gave you anti biotics for poison ivy. At this po
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by throwawaylaptop 9mo ago
Maybe it's a herd immunity thing or something and others are keeping me safe, but I'm 41 and Ive never taken an antibiotic and neither has anyone else in my family to my knowledge. I still can't figure out if it's the c
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by throwawaylaptop 9mo ago
Why don't you just go join your family and make a living where they live? I'm sure many people could increase their salary and career prospects if they chose to abandon their kids and mother of their kids, but to them being toget
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by throwawaylaptop 10mo ago
Im 41 and haven't been to a doctor since I was 10. I have had insurance coverage my whole life. So technically I (my employer on my behalf I guess) have paid for many other people's services. I have been a huge net positive for i
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by throwawaylaptop 10mo ago
People don't buy 1 tons to feel quick. But they want their 1 tons to feel quick. The examples you gave show that turbos are nice additions to a specific displacement size. Op said turbos are a replacement for displacement. My example i
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by throwawaylaptop 10mo ago
Unless they were driving very very low miles per year, they are simply incorrect. A car isn't making it over 100k miles without an oil change IMO, even a Toyota. Similar to how this person went most of a lifetime without noticing and w
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by throwawaylaptop 10mo ago
No but several women that came to buy cars (some with male coworkers, or so they told me) eventually did over the years. Tbh this wasn't some crazy brag post, as making $250-300k a year working 80 hours a week isn't all that impre
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by throwawaylaptop 10mo ago
I was on some kind of local BBS in 1995 from my local ISP. I found a guy selling a gamepad of some kind. Agreed to buy it. Talked to him for a decent amount of time. Finally set time to meet at local Kmart near my house. The look on his fa
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by throwawaylaptop 10mo ago
I worked car sales for years. The same large dealership can have a person anyone would call a decent salesperson, and they made $4k a month. There was also two people at that dealership making $25k+ a month each. If your organization is fil
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by throwawaylaptop 10mo ago
You're ignoring that the people that are effective at getting things done are more likely to do the crazy things required to begin their plans. Just because the average person cant add fractions together or stop eating donuts doesn&#x2
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by throwawaylaptop 10mo ago
These are random little examples that might work in theory. Sure, a car can idle for an hour without coolant probably in the winter, possibly. I can't be driven on the street in any meaningful way anywhere but a Minnesota winter. If yo
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by throwawaylaptop 10mo ago
Is it specific heat that we care about, or rate of heat transfer? Specific heat matters a bit, but if you make your coolant take twice the energy to change 1 degree, the same thing happens on the radiator side and you must release twice th
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by throwawaylaptop 10mo ago
I find that a bit hard to believe. Someone in that family knew and took care of it sometimes. The longest I've seen a used car go without an oil change was 40k miles and it was changed when it started making noise instantly on startup.
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by throwawaylaptop 10mo ago
Ok, stick a huge turbo on a 100cc engine and power my 1 ton pickup please. Id like it to feel quick in traffic but also tow a few thousand lbs uphill without really noticing it.

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