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'...its insane how they can, for example, eat a tub of ice cream on a whim and not be blasted into the 400s.' No such thing as a free lunch, they are just building up insulin resistance with, eventually, Type 2 Diabetes a near cer
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The best way to become homeless is to not ask for help when you need it. Your notion that asking for money from strangers would be a natural response suggests you are unlikely to ever become homeless.
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As someone who's experienced homelessness, I am where I am now through the kindness of strangers and doubt I would have made it otherwise. Another homeless person went out of his way to get me a sleeping bag, someone else would stop an
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It doesn't cost that much to have a nice office. A better way of judging is how much stuff your dentist places on 'watch' rather than recommending expensive treatments. As we get older our teeth become less perfect and there
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'But how can I prevent googlebot from crawling all user profiles to avoid database hits..' If user profiles are noindexed then why should you care if google are crawling, when almost every other crawler out there does not obey rob
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2y ago
I used to be cynical about the existence of ghosts until I saw one. I didn't realise there was such a simple explanation and have wasted the past 15 years of my life thinking otherwise.
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2y ago
USE X-Robots-Tag: noindex to prevent files being indexed and let google determine how they crawl your site for themselves. A nightmare scenario can result, otherwise, where you have content indexed but don't allow googlebot to crawl it
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2y ago
A side effect of negative seo is that some stuff that hasn't worked on Google for a long time still does on Bing (They, Bing, obviously, not being the real target of the attack). I've seen a few sites become de-indexed and the &#x
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2y ago
'...sacrificing it and losing readers for the sake of his other business interests, i.e., government contracts.' Sound point unless you figure Bezos is accepting government may be about to change?
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One way to lose weight, I suppose?
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No doctor is going to lose their job as a result of following established guidelines.
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In the UK, a continuous monitor costs around £100 a month and isn't available on prescription for type 2 patients. This can be a major problem for many people who may already be suffering a drop in income due to ill health. I agree the
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You cite Facebook as an example of no meaningful content yet put all the blame upon Google? Maybe content creators are just incentivised into giving 90 percent of the public what they want.
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The other problem being the availability of healthy food. Those without the time or facility to cook are dependent upon stores selling convenience foods which are anything but healthy, those foods labelled as such being some of the worst ex
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If wordpress.com offered a good product then the likes of wpengine, kinsta, etc would never have gotten off the ground.
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You may have more control how that kid behaves though, rather than leaving it to the whim of its parent/s?
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If having my children sit next to me is important then I expect to have to pay extra for this since this is mostly how airline pricing works. In other words, it isn't perfect in all use cases, like not every seat is next to a window an
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Because charging for specific seating allows them to sell un-specific seats to cheapsters, who still manage to complain about it.
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I'm no expert either but I do know that we have been importing significant amounts of energy from France for quite some time. This suggests to me that France has a huge surplus rather than just matching their own need.
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People insisting on subscribing to Spotify instead of being subjected to constant ads and propaganda may have significantly disrupted this business model already?
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I don't know for sure but I'm guessing a significant source of revenue for Ford is the supply of replacement parts for existing vehicles. They can likely survive on this source of income for at least the next 20 years.
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Some people are willing to pay inflated prices for concert tickets so the market has adapted accordingly. The performers must benefit from this indirectly otherwise, as you say, why would a set price not work? I can see the argument for sec
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I believe the purpose of these safety warnings is more about mitigating liability for accidents rather than any true concern for traveller's well being.
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For bulky furniture that can not be easily transported in one piece you are correct.
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I have always used a generous amount of wood glue to the joints of any self-assembly furniture with the result being the furniture stays in one piece long after the finishing material has become worn and shabby. The fixings supplied and the
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The office furniture market is incredibly competitive and, as a result, a lot of budget level stuff is far superior in quality (in terms of durability) than you'll find at ikea. Of course, the downside being that it does look like util
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Regardless of the actual legislation, the widespread implementation of cookie banners has resulted in default acceptance by the general public who have no idea what it is they are actually consenting to.
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'...diabetes healthcare in the UK is effectively non-existent past diagnosis.' I was referred to a dedicated team with a specialist nurse who checks in with me regularly. Maybe I am fortunate not to live in a big city where most N
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Given more time, the may well do so.
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None of the doors I was able to open here in the US would have been opened if I were in the UK or Germany... The UK recently had a Prime Minister of Indian descent, that he was able to breakthrough the glass ceiling of racism is quite remar
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