InSteady

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by InSteady 3y ago
>When your interoceptive signal fails to cohere with your overall computed sense of motion, you get the bad kind of "lurching sensation" — which, if it happens enough times, causes a unique kind of acute "body load" n
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by InSteady 3y ago
You can typically see their handiwork in every single internet discussion of related topics, including HN threads that get enough traction.
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by InSteady 3y ago
>Now, I think it's quite possible that the climate crisis is real Lol, how reasonable of you /s > it tells me that the people promoting the crisis... Just listen to scientists in relevant fields and ignore everyone else, sil
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by InSteady 3y ago
>Only one is a real science. Human psychology is a messy business, but when research is conducted earnestly and rigorously according to the scientific method then it is science by definition. You can find a discipline problematic and unw
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by InSteady 3y ago
While both practices are problematic, bribes are categorically worse. A flat fee only gatekeeps people who don't have enough money, whereas bribes gatekeep people who are ethical. Furthermore, an author who pays a fee will still have t
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by InSteady 3y ago
It would be neat if some of the money publishers are sucking up is instead given to the peer reviewers as compensation for their efforts. It is such an important facet of keeping published research to a minimum standard. The fact that revie
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by InSteady 3y ago
Probably just an incidental effect, but it also provides easy fodder for people who have a major incentive (political, economic) to undermine scientific research as an institution, and sow doubt about any and all research that is harmful to
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by InSteady 3y ago
In addition to the "every publisher" claim, he also states, "And don't get the idea that it's just Hindawi - how could it be? MDPI journals are mixed up in this, De Gruyter, IMR, AIMS Press and many others as well.&
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by InSteady 3y ago
Moka pot is more finnicky by far, but it also tastes way better than pour over (including Chemex) to me. I know all the tips to make good pour over. It even beats a crappy ($200-300 range) espresso machine, or at least the one I had. It&#x2
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by InSteady 3y ago
He is obsessive and meticulous about coffee, that's kind of the whole point of his channel. I came to mostly the same conclusions as him through trial and error while trying to get consistently rich coffee with it. It's actually q
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by InSteady 3y ago
It's really not that much of a stretch to imagine a further 14% are physically unhealthy while not meeting the criteria for obesity (realistically much more). Think of all the slim to slightly overweight people who drink excessively, u
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by InSteady 3y ago
What's with the low effort, mediocre joke posts today?
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by InSteady 3y ago
Kindly consider taking these mediocre jokes back to reddit, all of you.
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by InSteady 3y ago
I mean, population decline is a thing, and most 'developed' nations, or whatever you want to call us, are experiencing it. Demographic collapse sounds like a a scary term bandied about by people with an agenda (or those who want t
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by InSteady 3y ago
>Which came first, the Heart, Blood Vessels or Blood? Which ones were "selected for" before the others arrived? How would a random process, uncoordinated through time select for these things and keep them while they're &qu
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by InSteady 3y ago
You raise an interesting point, but you also seem to be conflating two things. Having children is more expensive than ever, and purchasing power has continued to drop for decades. Not to mention the drastic increase in specific "raisin
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by InSteady 3y ago
The article discusses many different techniques, applied to several different materials: >The people inhabiting the region had a remarkably advanced tool kit, with a range of innovative tools from the Upper Paleolithic, including end-scr
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by InSteady 3y ago
>Where else but hackernews? I have seen this sentiment on every single platform I have participated in. Where else? Everywhere that humans go. Find a more appropriate (or at least original) lamentation.
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by InSteady 3y ago
If this was reddit I would downvote you for that edit ;)
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by InSteady 3y ago
Green bananas have a nice balance of resistant starch and prebiotic fiber. They're great for your colon!
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by InSteady 3y ago
I have tasted unusual varietals of banana, mostly from SE Asian supermarkets, that taste very close to artificial banana when they are super-ripe. I have a sense for it too, because artificial banana used to be my favorite candy/popsic
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by InSteady 3y ago
Depending on your region, worth checking your local farmer's markets, food coops, and/or produce markets during fall-winter. There are multiple stalls in my town that have 15-20 apple varieties, only a few of which are "great
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by InSteady 3y ago
Creatine is produced endogenously and is believed to be a critical component of energy metabolism and expenditure, particularly in muscle tissue (including in the heart and skeletal muscle that keeps us alive). As a supplement, it is extrem
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by InSteady 3y ago
>The same logic applies to shutting down oil and gas production: if we are not certain, then why risk the downsides? You are conflating the cost of not extracting a fraction of a fraction of current production capacity with the risk endi
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by InSteady 3y ago
In my state this mechanism is being used to block expansion of inpatient mental health care services (in particular, we need many more beds for people recovering from TBI because they are drastically underserved). For the past 4 years the t
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by InSteady 3y ago
Based on what you have written, it kind of sounds like you are conflating the peer review process with scientific societies. Can you be specific about what kind of (productive) gatekeeping the society brings to the table that is not and can
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by InSteady 3y ago
Are we really going to pretend that America's "sworn enemies" can't get behind a $150 paywall for article access? This effectively only keeps poor people out and severely limits access for the struggling middle class sci
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by InSteady 3y ago
>Maybe the correct action is to see that how the Early Bronze Age worked has so little effect on your life, no testable hypothesis to confirm one way or the other, that it doesn't matter which one you believe, or if you believe both
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by InSteady 3y ago
A lot of viral infections impact cortisol in humans. Infection tends to ramp up cortisol levels, but prolonged or chronic infection can both deplete cortisol (so called adrenal fatigue) and/or make the body more resistant to the effect
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by InSteady 3y ago
Life may have been harder and crazier, but the challenges people faced were far more local and solvable. One's community truly needed the upcoming generation of children to step up and help out with their sweat, blood, and tears to kee

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