austinjp

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by austinjp 5y ago
A lot of people in Europe and the UK are already struggling to pay bills. It's been described as "eat or heat", since some can't afford to do both. Rising cost of living, reduced job security, and lower wages are all kil
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by austinjp 5y ago
Several years ago, I decided to quit coffee as an experiment. This was provoked by hearing from various people that they'd quit and felt better, in particular that they no longer experienced sluggishness in the mornings. I was drinking
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by austinjp 5y ago
"The Paleolithic diet is well known in the literature to be a clear replicate of our ancestors' diet." I notice you've not provided any references for this statement. The so-called palaeolithic diet is hotly debated, reg
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by austinjp 5y ago
I think it's poetic license + humour. I doubt they were literally pumping/injecting, just dousing his arm generously.
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Also: it wasn't a murder, the apparent foul play is illusory. Bonus points for any combination of the possibilities.
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You've leapt from 2 years to 15 years, I notice. And "blood tests" vs tests of capillary blood is a big difference.
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by austinjp 5y ago
Hehehe :) Nope.
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Okay, wow. So, we're very much not going to achieve anything like what you describe, and Elon certainly isn't going to get there before you and welcome you in with open arms. And honestly, I don't know why you believe any o
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by austinjp 5y ago
Thanks for the reply, very much appreciate your sharing your personal perspective.
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One reason work like neuralink can be unhelpful is that it can distract from other (often more promising) work. Medical experimental and academic work is (ideally) conducted in public at every stage, and is announced via peer-review. Privat
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That seems like an odd comparison. And anyway, cochlear implants were developed with human volunteers in the 60s and 70s. Some modern cochlear implant experiments use animals that have been deliberately deafened, and this most certainly rai
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by austinjp 5y ago
Out of genuine curiosity, without wishing to seem challenging, and appreciating that engaging in lengthy conversation online might be difficult for you... I wonder if other technologies might come to market quicker. Frankly, I wonder if neu
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Yikes. Nope. The more we learn about other species, the more we realise that they are thinking and emotional creatures. I would no more want to see these experiments done on a human than on a chimp. Do the ends justify the means? That'
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by austinjp 5y ago
Exactly what I thought of too. Very similar to the article's virtues. I wonder where they're not appropriate? Anything centered around human interaction, probably, but otherwise similar attitudes seem useful in most forms of eng
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> Population size and distinctive identity are two factors that matter in that regard. Identity, yes. Population size, no. Vatican City? Monaco? Ireland? > In some conversations the most recognizable name will be the city. In others i
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by austinjp 5y ago
> When someone asks where you're from, you're likely to reach for the most specific unit that you think that they will recognize. Agreed. Considering this thread was international in scope, I've been disappointed by the ap
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Since when does the population size of a nation (especially in comparison to a region in another country) have anything to do with its status as a nation? Should Andorra be on this list, or just merged into France, perhaps?
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Yeah so I'm just going to say it: some perspectives expressed here about valid home identities are really disappointing. All the way from "it's not as big as my country so I'll decide if it gets to be considered a countr
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by austinjp 5y ago
This isn't an experience unique to people from the US (see other comments). Would you consider saying "State Name, USA"?
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When someone says they're from America I'm occasionally tempted to ask, "which, north or south?"
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by austinjp 5y ago
If you asked someone where they were from and without context they said "Molise", that would be a bit odd, no?
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If you asked someone where they're from, would you expect them to say, for example, Almaty instead of Kazakhstan?
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by austinjp 5y ago
I agree. It's very jarring to me, coming across as insincere and faux-friendly. The sort of thing Mark Zuckerberg says in every product PR vid. Another content here says that they'd say "great question" genuinely, which
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by austinjp 5y ago
Have you written this full story in detail? Sounds genuinely fascinating. I hope you're doing okay now?
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by austinjp 5y ago
Indeed. Probably the most pertinent quote is this: "The main messages for nutritional advice have not changed: follow a healthy dietary pattern that includes abundant amounts of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, and nuts; mode
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For me, 49 minutes after parent comment was posted, searching Google for the quoted phrase "expecting you - this is what you have been searching for - this place" yields exactly two results: the linked story, and _this HN page_.
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Part of the job, as stipulated by medical regulators around the world, is keeping up-to-date with evidence. This can be achieved by reading journals and attending conferences, in theory. But.... journal publishers exploit their monopolies,
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by austinjp 5y ago
Just to further complicate things.... native English speakers often use "dice" as the singular i.e. instead of "die". While technically incorrect, it's very common, probably more common than the "correct'
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I agree with sibling comment; parent comment may be terse, but I didn't find it shallow.
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Dementia is in the future for many of us. If not you then your parents or children, or friends, colleagues, whatever. You'll see someone with it, one day, and it's truly horrible. Donate to your nation's dementia or Alzheimer

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