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by dpatru 7y ago
There’s also the question of cost: A world-class teacher for (almost) free online vs a non-world-class, very expensive teacher in person.
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by dpatru 7y ago
Learning is a physical process. The brain needs time to form connections. Like building muscle, the best we can do is stimulate and then give time to grow.
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by dpatru 8y ago
I am mostly familiar with McDougall because of his extensive, high-quality, free youtube lectures. I have exactly the opposite impression of him than you. Instead of advocating a fad diet, he advocates a low fat, whole food, starch-based di
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by dpatru 8y ago
yes
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by dpatru 8y ago
I googled "diabetes in thin people" and found the term "skinny fat", slim but with a high percentage of body fat. These are people who may appear to their body to have enough fat stored to survive a tough winter. (This w
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by dpatru 8y ago
McDougall points out at one point that it's common for people to gain weight after their doctor tells them to lose weight and puts them on insulin. Insulin promotes weight gain.
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by dpatru 8y ago
> How would this be reconciled with significant weight loss often being a symptom of type 2 diabetes? I don't know, but here is my guess: At the beginning of the lecture McDougall talks about there being three kinds of diabetes: typ
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by dpatru 8y ago
I just watched a lecture on diabetes by Dr John McDougall last night. He described type 2 diabetes as the body's natural way to limit weight gain. He points out that morbidly obese people are often not diabetic: lack of insulin resista
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by dpatru 8y ago
You don't have to be rude... > What's the utility of "EKG" [sic] … What’s the Difference Between ECG and EKG? The fact of the matter is that an ECG and an EKG are the exact same thing. That’s right, the most surprisin
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by dpatru 8y ago
Other comments here indicate that Uber scams are not as bad as taxi scams.
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Dr. J. Leroy Hulsey of the University of Alaska Fairbanks has a study on the collapse of just World Trade Center Building 7, which fell even though it was not hit by a plane. So far he has concluded that: "The findings thus far are tha
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by dpatru 8y ago
My wife makes cooking videos with my three-year-old. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_suiznE4hpPUaR0UJci6eA
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by dpatru 8y ago
If you want to build with concrete, look into ICF (insulated concrete forms). These are foam panels that easily fasten together make the forms. After the concrete is poured, the forms stay in place to form the insulation. If you are handy,
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by dpatru 8y ago
The parent post was arguing that it would be hard to prosecute marijuana possession under federal law because federal law allows possession in DC. The link argues that state laws against marijuana are not affected by federal law. So in
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by dpatru 8y ago
Are you saying that individual Swiss banks are currently free to make up their own reserve requirements? In the American system, as I understand it, the Federal Reserve (the US central bank) sets reserve requirements which the banks must fo
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by dpatru 8y ago
I'm not a finance expert, but my intuition is that the market is already good at smoothing out this kind of instability. This is what market makers [1] do and there is no requirement that a market maker needs the ability to make money.
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by dpatru 8y ago
Inflation of the money supply allows governments to finance war[1]. Reducing inflation would have the opposite effect. It would lead to greater savings, which would lead to lower interest rates, which would lead to more investment, which wo
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by dpatru 8y ago
Tom Woods and Bob Murphy address this on their Contra Krugman podcast.[1] Basically the scheme would ban fractional reserve banking.[2] So banks could still loan money, but they would have to use money sources other than checking accounts.
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Our American Pravda(theamericanconservative.com)
3 points by dpatru 8y ago|0 comments
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by dpatru 8y ago
> what about the employees?! Presumably the employees were paid salaries.
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US Government Is Building a 'Media Influence Database' to Track Journalists(gizmodo.com)
36 points by dpatru 8y ago|10 comments
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by dpatru 8y ago
I recall that Cal Newport suggests three ways of scheduling deep work. 1) dedicate a portion of the day: Writer John Grisham regularly writes from 7 to 10 every morning. 2) dedicate a portion of the year: Cal gives the example of a professo
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Laws of Tech: Commoditize Your Complement(gwern.net)
1 points by dpatru 8y ago|0 comments
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by dpatru 9y ago
> There have been a few studies that show accessible public transit is a huge factor in benefiting the poor. No doubt being able to travel is a huge benefit. But this does not require public transport. The poor could be given Uber-vouche
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by dpatru 9y ago
Uber's network of drivers is way of providing transportation services. This network doesn't just spring into existence. It must be created and it costs money. A traditional bus service also costs money; the buses must be purchased
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by dpatru 9y ago
Productivity in any market requires investment. Here Uber needs to build a network of drivers and passengers, so they spend money subsidizing rides until the network grows to a sustainable size. How is this different than what any other com
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by dpatru 9y ago
> What annoys me the most is that, as a small company, I can't evade from my country tax system. I pay the taxes. All of them, at full rate. You're like the farmer whose cow has died and is upset that his neighbor's cow ha
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Segment’s Systematic Quest for Depth(calnewport.com)
2 points by dpatru 9y ago|0 comments
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by dpatru 9y ago
If farmer renting land can decide year-to-year whether it is worth it to him to farm the land. If the renter determines that a particular lease is not profitable, he is free to do something else. The landowner has no such option; he's
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by dpatru 9y ago
> The crux of the problem seems to be that the State allows guardians to profit from their arrangement. It's ludicrous that courts enforce guardian's financial claims against people who are presumed to be incapable of independe

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