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by codexjourneys 10y ago
What happens to you if you move and then get in a terrible accident? Does your former province cover you during this in-between residency establishment phase? Do you need to move back to your old province (or be moved back) before the waiti
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by codexjourneys 10y ago
The worst part is that for 20 years (until about 10-15 years ago), anyone stating that maybe saturated fat wasn't so bad was demonized and called anti-science. There seemed to be very little opportunity for reasoned discussion or actua
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by codexjourneys 11y ago
This is definitely a consequence of charging ridiculous tuition prices. £9,000 is not much compared with US tuition prices, either. Students have become customers, and I think it's absolutely driving grade inflation. If I were paying $
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by codexjourneys 11y ago
I also loved the Mathematical Thinking course, it was the first MOOC I completed and still one of my favorites!
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by codexjourneys 11y ago
Along these lines, here's an interesting quote about Steve Jobs' focus from a documentary photographer who had access to NeXT: "...it seems to me that, in general terms for Steve, he was so passionate about the goal and tryin
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by codexjourneys 11y ago
If they lay off the right people, it's more likely good people would want to go work there. Those good people would be able to make more progress with less unnecessary pushback from people experiencing cognitive dissonance, and the lay
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by codexjourneys 11y ago
Not so sure about this. My understanding is that Steve Jobs would walk around the company and personally fire anyone he believed wasn't doing a valuable job. (EDIT: He didn't hire McKinsey to do this.) He wanted true believers who
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by codexjourneys 11y ago
Watercress is about $2.49 to $2.99 for a bag with four servings in it. That's not prohibitive. A real problem is it's hard to find watercress, and anecdotally I see it more in upscale stores than in regular supermarkets in poor ar
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Greenland just opened up a major new ‘floodgate’ of ice into the ocean(washingtonpost.com)
2 points by codexjourneys 11y ago|0 comments
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by codexjourneys 11y ago
I suspect the answer has to do with the microbiome and its cumulative response over decades to antibiotics and tiny changes introduced in food (shifts in cooking oils, dairy product additives, even animal feed that then indirectly impacts o
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by codexjourneys 11y ago
Hypothesis: People will lie on internal surveys more often if they feel either nothing will be done or an honest response could be used against them. I wouldn't put too much stock in the results of those surveys. Anecdotal support for
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by codexjourneys 11y ago
It probably also depends on who your manager is - often the biggest determinant of the work environment. A great manager will defend you from corporate b.s., bureaucracy and politics without you even knowing they are doing it.
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by codexjourneys 11y ago
Let’s be clear: You’re telling me that because I don’t simply accept the results of a clearly biased study at face value, I am biased. You’re right: I already said my default position is suspicion when dealing with companies that have lied
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by codexjourneys 11y ago
All three authors work for DuPont. What do you expect they will find? "FRANKLIN D. GRIFFITHa, SUSAN S. STEPHENSa & FIGEN O. TAYFUNa" "Author affiliations" Footnote a: "a Haskell Laboratory for Toxicology and Ind
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by codexjourneys 11y ago
Feel free to use Teflon if you like it. I don't like it and don't trust DuPont in general. I'll cook with high-smoke-point oils using cookware I prefer, and take my chances.
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by codexjourneys 11y ago
I've tried both and like the result from stainless steel and Corningware better. Granted, I was using older-style pans made a decade or so ago. YMMV, though the Teflon is not healthy for high-heat cooking. I avoid it, why bother?
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by codexjourneys 11y ago
Yes, precursors are toxic. But it's also easy to overheat a Teflon pan when preparing to fry something up, and it's not healthy: "Use low or medium heat with Teflon skillets and pans. When Teflon-coated cookware is overheated
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by codexjourneys 11y ago
Teflon has been known to be toxic for years. I'm not sure why "default trust" is a good position when dealing with companies like DuPont and Monsanto that have been caught lying to the public before. "Default suspicion&q
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by codexjourneys 11y ago
Extra virgin olive oil isn't good to cook with at high temperatures. I like to put it on food after it's cooked, such as drizzling it over pasta or salad. Light olive oil has a higher smoke point, I think. I usually cook with sesa
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Why Is Programming So Hard? Learn to Code with Pseudocode [pdf](shortandsweetcourses.com)
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by codexjourneys 11y ago
The problem is that you aren't considering second-order effects. Is it better for Greece to give up the euro and return to the drachma? Quite possibly. Iceland successfully rebooted its economy after the financial crisis (with a lot of
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by codexjourneys 11y ago
I've seen this claim several times in connection with different studies. I believe the hugest benefits apply to organisms that eat a restricted number of calories for all or most of their lifespan. And it's probably not only the n
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by codexjourneys 11y ago
Although I can't speak to learning two spoken languages simultaneously, learning a language similar to one I already knew (I knew Spanish, tried to learn Italian) was insanely difficult, because my brain couldn't distinguish them
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by codexjourneys 11y ago
It's quite possibly a waste if they were not refrigerated along the path from manufacturer to storage facility to store. iHerb ships refrigerated for good probiotics. Not sure about specific strains; I use Garden of Life Raw Probiotics
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Mass deaths of endangered antelope stumps scientists(thestar.com)
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by codexjourneys 11y ago
I've noticed a decline in memorization capability in my 30s too, and it sometimes takes a little while to remember small details like what I just ate. It's offset by an increase in my ability to make connections between different
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US-Bangladesh blogger Avijit Roy hacked to death(bbc.com)
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by codexjourneys 12y ago
I think I'm more likely to walk to the store a mile or so away, though, whereas I'd drive if I had rented a car. Same thing for using the metro -- I've done it several times, whereas I think I'd have driven if I'd r
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I Have No Car in L.A. And It's Awesome(medium.com)
5 points by codexjourneys 12y ago|2 comments
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by codexjourneys 12y ago
So this formula seems to boil down to: - The lack of typical Western stress - The physical activity of walking on the island - The diet Stress is the demon. If Ikarians don't face the typical Western job/money/schedule-associ

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