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by zenon 8mo ago
Possibly a non-Jungian explanation for John Sarno's hypothesis that chronic pain could be caused by emotional issues triggering interruption of blood supply to painful areas.
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by zenon 1y ago
It's surprising to me that these things are so hard to use well. If you asked me before ChatGPT to guess how the user experience with this kind of technology would be, I would have said I expect it to be as intuitive as talking, almost
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by zenon 2y ago
You frantically tab away from reddit as the white and black-clad med storm into your office and zip-tie you to your Steelcase faster than you can shout what the hell. They calmly explain that an expert will soon enter and quiz you. You must
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by zenon 2y ago
Maybe worth noting that you have to eat a pretty large dose of fructose for it to make it all the way to the liver. More than in a few pieces of fruit. The small intestine converts up to 1g/kg (of bodyweight) fructose to glucose and ot
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by zenon 2y ago
The presenter in this video claims there is evidence of a desire for "fairness" in many species: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meiU6TxysCg . Maybe it's a different concept than "Inequality aversion&quo
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by zenon 3y ago
We usually make miso soup when we make sushi. We use the fish bits and pieces to make the dashi. This adds some nice flavor abd mouthfeel to the finished soup.
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by zenon 3y ago
I suppose the lady usually has an umbrella in this kind of situation, so it felt the umbrella should be included in some way: https://youtu.be/492tGcBP568
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by zenon 3y ago
Someone formatted the story like a Wikipedia article: https://i.imgur.com/i0sze4U.jpg
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by zenon 4y ago
My friend had a chemistry set that included a lead bar. We liked to chew on it -- imagine, a metal soft enough that you could easily dent it with your teeth!
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by zenon 4y ago
Joules can be converted to Bitcoin.
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by zenon 4y ago
Life within the current means of humanity is not good.
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by zenon 4y ago
A in-depth review/summary of the book: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-how-asia-w...
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by zenon 4y ago
I love the animation of the bike unfolding on the landing page.
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Estimating the tax incidence of corporate taxes(taxfoundation.org)
1 points by zenon 5y ago|0 comments
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by zenon 5y ago
https://flowingdata.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Sandwich-...
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by zenon 5y ago
When I passed 40 I started to get regular lower back muscle pain when sitting or standing for some time. I understand that hamstrings tend to shorten with age and pull on the back muscles, which can irritate the muscles and tendons there. S
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by zenon 5y ago
The ideas in Permutation City still bother me now and then (in a good way), 20 years after I read it. If you like idea- or philosophy-based hard SF, you can hardly do better I think.
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by zenon 5y ago
In this survey, most "Philosophers of mathematics" endorsed Platonism: https://philpapers.org/surveys/results.pl?affil=Target+facul...
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by zenon 6y ago
Everyone does stupid things sometimes. Maybe from tiredness, inattentiveness, excessive emotional influence, drugs, whatever. Maybe there's just a small chance at any point in time that a brain will malfunction slightly and direct a st
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by zenon 6y ago
Wow, thank you, I've finally found a name for the rash I used to get on my hands. It showed up when I ate wheat several days in a row, when I played with Play-doh, and when I used latex dishwashing gloves. Took years to figure it out.
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by zenon 6y ago
Also The Quantum Thief trilogy by Hannu Rajaniemi. Excellent sci-fi, horrifying universe.
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by zenon 7y ago
Here's a patent for a system like that: https://patents.google.com/patent/US20100107627
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by zenon 7y ago
I hereby declare that I will expose everyone that gives in to Pascal's mugger to a negative utility so great compared to whatever the mugger promises that it is always best to keep the wallet. I cold be telling the truth. You're w
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by zenon 7y ago
Tubers and root vegetables and are about equivalent to bananas in potassium content. Some fruits have a bit less, and some a bit more. Leafy greens have about the same level of potassium per unit of weight, much more per calorie. 11 bananas
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by zenon 7y ago
Yes. If you're not in a real hurry, move left and let somebody else prompt the less observant driver to change lanes.
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by zenon 8y ago
Not advocating anything, only pointing out that fatty and grain-based/sugar-based foods are low in Lithium (per calorie).
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by zenon 8y ago
Meat, seafood, eggs, milk, nuts, legumes and high water content plant foods (fruits and vegetables) are a generally good dietary sources of Lithium. Fats, grain-based and sugary foods are poor sources. If you're not lucky enough to liv
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by zenon 8y ago
Mynewsdesk Norway | Oslo, Norway | Experienced backend developer | Full time | ONSITE Mynewsdesk is the leading PR and communications platform in Scandinavia. We are growing our Oslo development team so we can deliver modern media search an
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by zenon 9y ago
The Coinhive script mines Monero: https://coinhive.com/ . It's been a while since JavaScript Bitcoin mining was feasible :)
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by zenon 9y ago
Aspirin is metabolised to salicylic acid (SA) in the body. SA is a plant hormone found in many common food plants. I wonder if some of the health benefit of a plant-heavy diet can come from the SA. Maybe we are adapted to a certain level of

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