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   by d--b 2y ago

   I have a friend who really got into studying people who buy into conspiracy theories. His conclusion mostly is that cleverness does not shield you from believing falsehoods. These are 2 distincts properties of the mind. In fact, it's q
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   by d--b 2y ago

   Thanks for your comment, and sorry for your brother. That some doctor discouraged your brother to take a last vacation with his kids is beyond my comprehension. It's great that he did it anyways.
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   by d--b 2y ago

   And yet: People who care too much are angry. People who care too much fight over stupid things. People who care too much self-righteous. People who care too much are intolerant. People who care too much are not adaptable. People who care to
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   by d--b 2y ago

   I think in most of Europe background checks are illegal, so you could also try and move there.
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   by d--b 2y ago

   People who say it's not possible are idiots. Wealth is currently taxed at death, so it's totally doable while people are living. Plus, regulations are fairly heavy in terms of disclosing one's wealth, so it shouldn't be
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   by d--b 2y ago

   Yeah and you can do this with very young children. My child just turned 2 and has very good balance on the bike when he goes downhill. He still has not enough strength to pedal though. My older kid started a little later (like 3) but after
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   by d--b 2y ago

   You're quite upset. It doesn't help. Ok, yes you're right : medical stuff never yields zero risk nor side effects, I should have been more nuanced. And yes, Zika infection probably doesn't cure GBM either. There. Happy?
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   by d--b 2y ago

   Wow, such a bad vibe here! It's foldable. It's light. It's made of recycled material. It's cheap enough. Seems pretty smart to me.
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   by d--b 2y ago

   I have been toying with that idea for years. Game engines are the only truly-cross-platform UIs out there. They're fast, extremely flexible. The two main downsides are that they can be resource-intensive, and that they won't look
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    by d--b 2y ago

    WHAT? TAB COMPLETION? YOU CANT BE SERIOUS. Just joking. But yeah, Space completion is definitely a thing. Also triggering suggestions is often Ctrl+Space
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    by d--b 2y ago

    What's difficult is the tension betwen compact code and verbose code. Compact code makes the higher levels of abstraction easier to read, while more verbose code makes lower levels of abstraction easier to read. In large codebases, if
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    by d--b 2y ago

    Didn’t you mean to name it Spacey?
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    by d--b 2y ago

    I get what you’re saying, but I think there is too big a cultural difference for your advice to make sense for us. Sorry for what you went through though, sounds like it was really painful.
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    by d--b 2y ago

    Nope
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    by d--b 2y ago

    Yeah all GBM
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    by d--b 2y ago

    The text below the title says stage 4 GBM, that is the specific form of brain cancer. So that’s that… I don’t deny that smart people are trying to cure cancer. And I don’t pretend to be above them. My point mostly is that I am reading about
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    by d--b 2y ago

    Agreed
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    by d--b 2y ago

    Thanks a lot for sharing. Yes, going up and down the frequency range is what they seem to be doing in the experiments as well. By 500lb, you mean its pulling force, right? Thought it was the weight of the magnet for one second. And just mak
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    by d--b 2y ago

    I'm not looking for alternative medicine, I'm looking for things that haven't been approved for general use yet.
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    by d--b 2y ago

    See the problem with this disease is that the general treatment is shit. With two inoperable tumors the chances that chemo and radiation alone do anything more than giving him a week or two are zero. So in that respect, going to a first-cla
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    by d--b 2y ago

    Zika virus is in the wild and in virus banks. Since no virus banks will hand you out a live virus strain, your best shot is to fly to the rain forest, and get bitten by mosquitoes. At worst, it gives you an excuse for one last trip to Thail
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    by d--b 2y ago

    Errr. So your point is I should be reassuring my friend, by telling him he’s getting fantastic healthcare. I don’t get it. My friend doesn’t need reassurance. He doesn’t need to take comfort in the fact that France has good healthcare. He’s
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    by d--b 2y ago

    Sure this is the right place for a good word
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    by d--b 2y ago

    Thanks a lot
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    by d--b 2y ago

    This fucking pisses me off. The current treatments ARE essential oils, and EVERY FUCKING ONE is recommending my friend he goes through chemo, radiation therapy and risky surgery, all of which are proved to be extremely debilitating, in the
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    by d--b 2y ago

    Thanks a lot. I am in France though (should have said in the main text), and I don't think there's any fancy trial going on in France currently. Hopefully your comment can help someone else !
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    by d--b 2y ago

    Thanks, worth a shot, it can't hurt
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    by d--b 2y ago

    These look good, thanks much.
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    by d--b 2y ago

    it looks like research is way underfunded. My guess is that it is too rare, and people die quickly so clinical trials really suck.
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    by d--b 2y ago

    It is indeed very strange, none of these people lived in the same place or got diagnosed at the same time (some 20 years ago). Most are fairly remote to me though... Like : a good friend's mom, or my wife's cousin's husband,