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by dwj 14y ago
Actually, the evidence does show that many (most?) antidepressants have little effect over and above placebo. Look at the meta-analyses and you'll see that. I'm not sure why it's ludicrous - that's precisely what the science says. Now certa
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by dwj 14y ago
I have been in a similar situation to you. In my case the depression was so bad I simply HAD to do something about it, and it involved significant changes to my lifestyle (changing job, moving away from the city, etc). My wife also went thr
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by dwj 14y ago
Actually, stress does seem to be a significant cause of stomach ulcers. It seems to be a common myth that H.Pylori entirely causes ulcers, but in fact 50% of the world population are infected by H.Pylori and it generally doesn't cause ulcer
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by dwj 14y ago
No, I can assure you I do not have more supportive circumstances than most folks (certainly less than HN). Having zero known bugs is just a decision that anyone can make (but few choose to). Large companies like google and facebook (with th
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by dwj 14y ago
Actually I've been coming to HN on and off for years...I eventually get put off by the bugs. I just chose to register a different username yesterday. I also wouldn't say I'm hypercritical in pointing out serious flaws that have been there f
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by dwj 14y ago
That's not obvious or useful (and neither is notifo). Really it should email you about replies if you enter your email address in the 'email address' field. To be honest HN is sucky in many ways (very buggy with crappy UX). Kind of ironic r
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by dwj 14y ago
Agreed. To be honest I don't see why he left...from his description it would almost make me want to work there. Java and C++ have their problems, but in general they work very well. If I was in charge of software development at Google I wou