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by Octokiddie 3y ago
At face value, it's far from clear how this molecule was discovered. Nothing about the structure indicates that it would taste sweet. Wikipedia offers this account: > Aspartame was discovered in 1965 by James M. Schlatter, a chemist
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by Octokiddie 3y ago
> What are you excessively curious about — curious to a degree that would bore most other people? That's what you're looking for. This is a great article, but there are many, many people for whom this advice is going to lead no
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Wilhelm Scream(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by Octokiddie 3y ago|0 comments
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Supreme Court blocks Biden student loan forgiveness(reuters.com)
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Concord bank offers a 100-year CD(concordmonitor.com)
94 points by Octokiddie 3y ago|127 comments
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by Octokiddie 3y ago
The article is misleading, making it seem as if methyl cation, the species observed, were an essential component of life. It's not. > Astronomers wielding the James Webb Space Telescope have detected methyl cations – important precu
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by Octokiddie 3y ago
> A study published in 2019 analyzed a decade of data about the eating habits of 10,000 people, which was collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention between 2003 and 2014. Blood samples from the study participants were a
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by Octokiddie 3y ago
Clicked on Kennedy's website because the screenshot looked like he was winking on the homepage. I wanted to check. He's not, but there's no https, which breaks the link used in the article.
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by Octokiddie 3y ago
Benzene's wide-ranging negative health effects have been known for a long time. It's far from clear why this article reporting the results of a mouse study with rather unremarkable findings is on the front page.
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Planets Beyond Neptune(en.wikipedia.org)
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by Octokiddie 3y ago
Zero specific claims. Zero evidence examined by the person making the allegations. All hearsay. To top it off, the focus of the story, David Charles Grusch, is a "a former intelligence official." Pardom me for disregarding this as
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by Octokiddie 3y ago
Two things: 1. Consider the source, and its history of misinforming the US public to advance its objectives. 2. Lots of boring explanation can't be ruled out.
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by Octokiddie 3y ago
He just says amazing things will happen with a bunch of technologies.
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by Octokiddie 3y ago
This was a mouse study with a molecule whose human effects are largely unknown. Interesting research, but likely far away from anything that will treat humans. That said, the bar for human glioblastoma trials is very low. There is no cure a
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by Octokiddie 3y ago
The article does not support the claim made in the title. Similar claims have been made many, many times. They never come to pass. A better approach to this topic would be to acknowledge the failure of earlier prophets and explain what&#x27
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by Octokiddie 3y ago
To recap: - "weirdness" means what others will think is weird - many options feel right Therefore, following the advice in the title leads to the selection of the path that works personally, and which is most likely to be true to
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by Octokiddie 3y ago
Parents have not idea whatsoever of the destruction that phones have wrought on the education system, both in the large and in the small. Students who claim otherwise are gaslighting their parents. Parents are unfortunately all too willing
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by Octokiddie 3y ago
I'm surprised this article doesn't mention "Urgent Care," which appears to serve the exact role implied by the title: seeing a doctor without waiting a long time.
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by Octokiddie 4y ago
It's far from clear what this buy/bailout does to "end" the crisis. Was the crisis caused by Credit Suisse being too small? > The plan, negotiated in hastily arranged crisis talks over the weekend, seeks to address a
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Long-awaited Fed digital payment system to launch in July(cnbc.com)
28 points by Octokiddie 4y ago|3 comments
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First Republic Bank cut to Junk by S&P, stock plummets(finance.yahoo.com)
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Language Transfer(languagetransfer.org)
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Cox–Zucker Machine(en.wikipedia.org)
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by Octokiddie 4y ago
> Based on laboratory studies, Rutgers scientists say one of the most likely chemical candidates that kickstarted life was a simple peptide with two nickel atoms they are calling “Nickelback,” not because it has anything to do with the C
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Apple expands hiring freeze, delays bonuses for some employees(macrumors.com)
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Credit Suisse finds ‘material weakness’ in reporting, scraps exec bonuses(cnn.com)
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by Octokiddie 4y ago
The word "efficiency" appears 20 times in this article. Yet not once does the author explain where all of the inefficiency - the layers, the fat, and the lethargy - came from. Nor does he explain the logic of culling employees now
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by Octokiddie 4y ago
Translation: the Fed is done raising interest rates. Period. Forget all of the tough talk by the team over the last few months. We raise until we break something. Now that we broke it, that's that. As for that inflation problem... It w
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Vinyl overtakes CD sales for the first time since 1987(theverge.com)
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by Octokiddie 4y ago
> “This isn’t a systemic event. This is a midsize bank that was badly managed,” he said “It may be a little messy. But that’s different than if you have somebody at the core of the financial system stop making payments to somebody else a

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