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gabemart
13y ago
> Quinoa is 14% complete protein, and chia is almost 17% Quinoa provides 3.8 grams of protein per 100kcal of energy [1]. Boneless skinless chicken breast provides 18.8 grams of protein per 100kcal of energy [2]. A weightlifter who wished
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gabemart
13y ago
If this approach actually worked, then it would work for any patented technology, no? This seems less a method to protect against patent trolls, and more a method to protect against all patent infringement suits, no matter how substantial.
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gabemart
13y ago
For someone living in a city with reasonably clean air and no smog problem, does filtering the air in their living space provide any long-term health benefits?
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gabemart
13y ago
Not really. A username of 8 characters and a password of 8 characters ensures no more entropy than a password of 16 characters and not bothering with a username. It might even provide less, given that the user is more likely to share their
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gabemart
13y ago
> The Surface Pro 2 is a really nice machine if you are looking for a tablet/laptop hybrid Is there a similar convertible that comes with a real, physical keyboard that tucks behind the screen when not in use? I remember a few being
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gabemart
13y ago
previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6645469
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Mysterious Google barge is a massive showroom, “party deck”
(arstechnica.com)
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13y ago
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13y ago
> I deleted the post before it got locked in so that I could repost with the same link another day. Is this generally OK to do, within reason?
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Microgravity aboard ISS triggers oxidative stress
(ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
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13y ago
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gabemart
13y ago
I describe an alternate widget that uses a single link instead of the typical javascript. Loading such a widget sends nothing at all to Facebook, and is untrackable unless clicked by the user.
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gabemart
13y ago
The confirmation of the USB vector also makes the title of the article redundant. Any malware spread by USB will "jump airgaps". The possibility that compromised machines communicate via audio is interesting in its own right, but
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Non-publication of large randomized clinical trials
(bmj.com)
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13y ago
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13y ago
Webmasters can create static sharing "widgets" that are nothing more than an href to a url which encodes the page to be shared. This doesn't use any javascript and can't be used to track anyone (unless they actually shar
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gabemart
13y ago
After a long period of meaning to, I'm currently about half-way through Dune , and enjoying it.
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gabemart
13y ago
> Different planets, with different atmospheres, geologies and ecosystems, would lead to comparative advantages in production though, which is the primary incentive behind trade relations. Not just advantages - some organisms rely on ext
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gabemart
13y ago
> Also, it's a great way for an employer to lower your salary by actually increasing it, by doing it at a lower rate than inflation. This is extremely valuable for an economy. This is just about the only way people will accept a pay
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gabemart
13y ago
I'm confused by the reference towards the Mediterranean diet being protective against heart disease, because it seems tangential to the argument presented in the rest of the article. The clinical Mediterranean diet is low in saturate
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gabemart
13y ago
> I have a blog (no I'm not telling you the address, I like to post anonymously!), it gets about 300-500 hits a day, I'm 299,749th on alexa btw. For the sake of comparison with the original commenter, I have a small site that g
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13y ago
What percentage of attackers port scan a broad range of ports vs. just trying port 22?
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13y ago
> You know, leaving your current program and starting up a new program is horrible for maintaining flow I don't "leave" my current program to open a new one. I can have more than one program open at the same time. Many (mo
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gabemart
13y ago
> When you have a keyboard / mouse, then TYPE on the start screen. You know, the auto-search feature? The Start Screen is one of the best keyboard-interfaces I've ever used. For me, the problem is that, on the desktop or laptop
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gabemart
13y ago
That's strange. Even without an ad blocker, I see 0 ads on that SERP.
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gabemart
13y ago
Wow. That's incredibly lazy, even for a company that makes its living selling fake reviews. It would take literally ten minutes to whip up some spintax [1] that would generate thousands of unique-ish review iterations. Shoddy work, e
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gabemart
13y ago
>Copyright is, as in many things, a "use it or lose it" kind of situation. Unfortunate, but true. I don't believe this is true to any degree. True for trademarks [1] but not for copyright. The copyright holder is completel
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13y ago
> That story also shows what you can and cannot do without copyright holder's permission. If you don't have a permission, you cannot profit from your cover. If you have a permission, you have to pay royalties for your cover to
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gabemart
13y ago
Sorry about that, and thanks for pointing it out. I made a silly mailchimp error that somehow worked fine in testing. It should be working now.
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gabemart
13y ago
Hunting for neat .orgs is a little hobby of mine. I find many that I like but don't have a use for. This is a test to see if anyone else is interested in them.
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Show HN: hand-picked unregistered domains for your side project or non-profit
(ortiga.org)
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gabemart
13y ago
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gabemart
13y ago
I don't make a hobby out of editing, but when I'm reading an article in a field I know a little about and I come across an egregious error, I usually edit it, or leave an edit request if the page is protected. I do the same thing
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13y ago
This article misrepresents the underlying research and seems to invent some facts from whole cloth. > Sweden has become the first Western nation to develop national dietary guidelines that reject the popular low-fat diet dogma in favor o
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