RPLong

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by RPLong 8y ago
That's Google in a nutshell: Develop something great and then just... let it... die.
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by RPLong 8y ago
Inhalable insulin was a total failure, even though it worked. I don't expect this to succeed where inhalable insulin failed.
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by RPLong 8y ago
Jesus man. Novo has invented and produced more insulin in the last 30 years than any other company or organization. I get that you're disgruntled about the price of insulin; I am, too. But put the blame where it belongs, not on the peo
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by RPLong 8y ago
What doctors and researchers get wrong about diabetes is that pin-pricks and injections are not even remotely bad. I don't know a single diabetic who cares about injections and blood sugar tests. You get used to that within the first w
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by RPLong 8y ago
You need to read more carefully. There are a series of "if" statements in the above comment, along with some statements expressing my unwillingness to argue some points. Only you can say whether the "if" statements apply
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by RPLong 8y ago
There is no objective measure of quality of life. It might well be that you personally would rather be poor there than here, but it's not an objective and verifiable statement, and it could easily go the other way. It depends on which
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by RPLong 8y ago
The exact funding numbers, and the exact extent to which airports are controlled by the FAA, are supplied in the two links above. There is no point arguing. If you're under the impression that airports are an example of private enterpr
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by RPLong 8y ago
Gee, folks... https://www.faa.gov/airports/ https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-14-658T
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by RPLong 8y ago
1) I didn't say anything about a "magic bullet." 2) Private enterprise is a different concept from privatization. 3) I don't believe it's mere coincidence that everything the author likes about US infrastructure is
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by RPLong 8y ago
The author of this article can't seem to acknowledge the evidence staring him in the face. First, he criticizes public transportation initiatives in the United States, such as mass transit and airports. Then he says infrastructure isn&
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by RPLong 8y ago
You can get a good pair of Champion-brand running shoes for $20 at Payless. I've run in them, and I've run in $150 Nikes and Mizunos. There's nothing wrong with the $20 Champions for most recreational runners.
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by RPLong 8y ago
This author began with a hypothesis, and then engaged in motivated reasoning in order to confirm it. All we need to do is look at who the best distance runners in the world are: Kenyans, Ethiopians, Moroccans -- these are not people with ab
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by RPLong 8y ago
What are you talking about? Cardiovascular endurance is the only kind of physical fitness consistently correlated with longevity. Getting into endurance sports is a wise way to extend your lifespan.
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by RPLong 8y ago
Band 2 was a phenomenal piece of software contained in an atrocious piece of hardware, as evidenced by all the people whose Bands broke at the bracelet. I thought it was a tragedy. Band 2 was my favorite smart watch by a country mile, when
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by RPLong 8y ago
Cool concept.
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by RPLong 8y ago
How many TSA employees do you think this describes? 5%? 10%? 85%?
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by RPLong 8y ago
Let's suppose I want to "blame them [the TSA]." Okay, who should I be complaining about? Which TSA employees is it okay to hold responsible for forcing my daughter to have a nude photo of herself taken? Supposing that every p
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by RPLong 8y ago
Can we at least agree that "just tend to" is much different from "has no ethical obligation to"?
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by RPLong 8y ago
Just so I understand you right, you're saying it's okay to violate people's rights, so long as the pay is good, your family really needs the money, and you hold some kind of internal objection to your own work?
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by RPLong 8y ago
You surely aren't suggesting that these employees have no say in which job they get, right? I mean, I personally don't have a job that requires me to grope and/or detain people. I personally wouldn't seek such a job. Tha
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by RPLong 8y ago
"Every insulin spike is a notch towards metabolic syndrome." Completely disagree with this. The best available evidence suggests that it is visceral fat, not insulin itself, that causes insulin resistance. There is an underlying
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by RPLong 8y ago
I'm not making the strongest claim about obesity, I'm making the weakest. That is, my claim is merely that some people choose to be fat, not that all people do. It seems altogether unreasonable to suggest that there are no fat
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by RPLong 8y ago
I actually intended to write a blog post about having a more expansive concept of success than just career success; but I found that I had so much to say about career success specifically, that I didn't bother to write anything about o
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by RPLong 8y ago
People don't have glycemic indices. Foods have glycemic indices. In a normal person with a functional pancreas, no amount of sugar or high-glycemic foods will cause hunger. It's just not possible. This is because the body natu
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by RPLong 8y ago
Some people definitely do choose to be poor. Others don't. But both kinds of people certainly exist. I have been physically fit my whole life. The comments people make to me in casual conversation might raise your eyebrows. They don&#x
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by RPLong 8y ago
All that does is attach a ritual to the fasting process. People start to think that it's the ritual doing the work, but really it's the calorie restriction. Again and again, study after study proves that restricting calories to 70