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> Out of the 10,000 news stories you may have read in the last 12 months, did even one allow you to make a better decision about a serious matter in your life,

> Out of the 10,000 news stories you may have read in the last 12 months, did even one allow you to make a better decision about a serious matter in your life, Yes, there was an article on HN a couple weeks ago. Pork treated with nitrates increases the chance of colon cancer as much as smoking increases the chance of lung cancer (but pork treated with salt is ok).

gowan 9y ago
interesting... can you provide a link?
- avtar 9y ago
  Possibly https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16499149 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16499149
- Symbiote 9y ago
  I think it's reasonable to make at least some attempt before asking… http://lmgtfy.com/?q=pork+nitrates+hacker+news http://lmgtfy.com/?q=pork+nitrates+hacker+news
rossdavidh 9y ago
Hacker News definitely seems to work better than conventional news sources, as far as filtering to what is actually informative.

> Out of the ­10,000 news stories you may have read in the last 12 months, did even one allow you to make a better decision about a serious matter in your life,

> Out of the ­10,000 news stories you may have read in the last 12 months, did even one allow you to make a better decision about a serious matter in your life,

> Out of the 10,000 news stories you may have read in the last 12 months, did even one allow you to make a better decision about a serious matter in your life,

> Out of the 10,000 news stories you may have read in the last 12 months, did even one allow you to make a better decision about a serious matter in your life,