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by getpost 5y ago
>the key take away is that insulin is produced in response to excess carbohydrates, Citation? My experience is consistent with yours. However, my understanding is that insulin is mainly a signal to cells to take on nutrients, and it is n
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This reminds me of Wallace Neff's Airform houses, which were built using pneumatic forms and spray-on concrete. https://www.laconservancy.org/locations/airform-bubble-house https://www.mortarsprayer.com
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There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell 'em. — Yogi Berra
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No, even 5000iu/day is too much for some people, as previously discussed on HN at length. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24261948
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"You must log in to continue." Is this posted elsewhere with no login requirement?
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I always watch logged-out. (Occasionally on iOS I will be unknowingly logged-in, not sure how that happens. I log out if I notice I am logged-in.) YouTube seems to maintain an identity for me, and auto-constructs playlists using past items
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"Chemical imbalance" is not only a marketing phrase. Lots of people are willing to receive treatment for a "chemical imbalance," but aren't willing to engage in therapy, or admit they're depressed. This was ver
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Not what you're asking, but my ideal phd workflow is to complete an open research problem as a homework assignment, then turn it in as a thesis. "In 1939, a misunderstanding brought about surprising results. Near the beginning of
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Bestselling author, neuroscientist, and computer engineer Jeff Hawkins joins computational neuroscience researcher and software technologist Subutai Ahmad to discuss the recent book "A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence&quot
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Jeff Hawkins and Subutai Ahmad, a Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence(youtube.com)
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In Settings | General, there is an option, "Ask before displaying external images - This option also disables dynamic email." AFAIK this doesn't pertain to links, just images.
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My money (and my dietary choices) are on excess PUFA as a key contributor to obesity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHnPinYI2Yc https://fireinabottle.net/torpor-sloth-and-gluttony-scd1-cau...
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The title doesn't quite fit, it's more like hundreds of thousands, as explained in this recent podcast interview. Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People https://guykawasaki.com/jeff-hawkins/
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Cool! And Jeff Hawkins has a new book out, in which he explains aspects of the neocortex and provides a roadmap for ongoing research. https://www.amazon.com/Thousand-Brains-New-Theory-Intelligen...
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If by "anecdotal," you mean personal stories, not medical studies, that's no longer true. There are many studies comparing psychedelics with conventional treatments for depression and PTSD (eg below). Psychedelics have been r
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Picospan by Marcus Watts https://handwiki.org/wiki/Software:PicoSpan
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I was inspired by the transparent 3D displays. It looked like exactly what I'd want. I can't think which episodes, but there's are a couple scenes where detective Miller is looking at his phone in 2D mode, and he says, "
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> how expense it would be Apparently the insider moniker for the show is, “The Expense.”
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In practice, a lot of bad choices aren't truly volitional; they are mainly the result of conditioning. Repeated bad choices reflect a reduced capacity to learn, which is a kind of disability. It's annoying and costly that so many
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I agree on the practical level, which is pertinent here. It is possible to experience non-dual consciousness in high concentration states. [EDIT: For many, this experience is a milestone in psychospiritual development, which undermines the
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Clarity is about seeing how things are, not how you've chosen to divide things up. (I added this as an edit to my other reply, but it seems the edit is lost.)
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This is a deep topic worthy of an essay, the kind of essay pg might write! The concise reply is, when you catch yourself in dichotomous thinking, you should assume you have misunderstood or oversimplified. Sometimes you have to go with your
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Since pg's essay is of a psychoanalytic nature, I'll reply in a psychoanalytic frame, for the sake of conversation, not criticism. [Protip: never psychoanalyze anyone! This likely applies even to psychoanalysts.] During the last y
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Two obscure features of the Lisa that weren't retained on the Mac (IIRC): Pixels on the Lisa were not square. Tall rectangular pixels made for better font rendering. The Lisa had virtual memory? Not sure about that, but there was a nea
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It's much worse than the article suggests. The article doesn't explain why people don't marry. People who marry before middle-age often have secure attachment styles. The dating pool from middle age on consists primarily of p
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by getpost 6y ago
Assuming the facts are as stated, Google's handling of this issue is inept. When there is a substantive conflict between employees, the employer needs to take immediate action, within 24 hours or less. For example, the complainant or t
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The tattoos in the photo that caught my attention. Aren't tattoos a source of toxic exposure? https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/think-you-ink...
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> I wonder if it's the equivalent of making trauma victims describe the traumatic event in detail; an attempt to give higher weight to the raw experience pathway compared to the prior pathway. > The other promising source of hope
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Even though Google is being investigated or sued in several jurisdictions regarding its data collection practices, I think this change is down to Apple. Google can fight governments using the legal system indefinitely, but Apple can and did
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This reminds me, when I had my 3rd class medical exam at age 16, the examiner didn't have equipment to test hearing. So, he went into the adjacent room and whispered, "Can you hear this?" Then loudly, "OK, cover your lef

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