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by gxs 14y ago
>>but I have found the truth in this book! Really? My comment pointed towards two books, and a follow up argument suggested Feinmans old well known article for kicks. What exactly is the point you are trying to make? By contrast, yo
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by gxs 14y ago
>>That's because most dietitians and nutrition researchers follow conventional wisdom Sadly, you hit the nail on the head, 100%. That is exactly the problem, most dietitians will still try to sell you on the CDCs protein intake reco
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by gxs 14y ago
If this is at all interesting to you, I highly recommend Gary Taubes' Why We Get Fat and What to Do About it ( http://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Get-Fat-About/dp/0307272702 ) which is a more accessible version of his more rigorous book Good Cal
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by gxs 14y ago
This is the kind of article that makes me love HN. While I'm not a mathematician, I was a math major. I always preferred algebra, and sure enough I eat my corn in rows - so one more data point!
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by gxs 14y ago
Furthermore, they are actually doing a great job of this. I've used all flavors of android out there, to be honest, I recently flashed Jellybean on my Evo and sorely miss Sense UI. Tons of subtle little things that Sense gets right that are
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by gxs 14y ago
Not to sound condescending, but use a little common sense here. Even people that work 40 hours a week aren't on task 100% of the time. In a given day I'll take a couple coffee breaks, maybe go outside for a couple breaths of fresh air, and
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by gxs 14y ago
To you it's a negative, to me it's an absolute positive. I can load HN from any device and can pretty much count on it loading quickly and rendering correctly. If you have an iPhone, I can see why you would want an app, however. I don't see
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by gxs 15y ago
I think if you take the time to see if something is actually an edge case or not, you'll see that we are arguing the same thing.
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by gxs 15y ago
>> I've come to expect hypocrisy from anyone with a strongly held value set. I think that succinctly sums it up. The problem with "values" is that they are an excuse to never have to think critically. Something comes up, you just ta
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by gxs 15y ago
Football players don't lift weights on the field - yet they lift weights to gain strength and conditioning to prepare for what occurs on the field. I was a math major in college. I don't use the actual math I learned, but 4 years of solving
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U.S. carriers to launch databases to ID stolen phones(computerworld.com)
1 points by gxs 15y ago|0 comments
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by gxs 15y ago
>>Dr McNay compared neuron growth in mice fed either normal food (containing 20% fat) or a high-fat diet (60% fat). It bothers me that they don't state whether or not the calories were the same. While I suspect the high fat diet was
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by gxs 15y ago
I completely agree with you on this topic. In a similar vein, I don't want to read the average Joe's take on why he loves the iPad 3 so much (I usually abstain from commenting, though lately I've said what the hey) - I want to hear what sma
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by gxs 15y ago
Agree. I never understand these dichotomies people set up. Why can't we just have both? The US system is a good balance, at least at the moment- you have an option to do either, with cards widely accepted except for a few ma and pa bars and
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by gxs 15y ago
What I'm curious about is Microsoft's position in all this. They are well known investors in Facebook and Yahoo search and Bing have been intertwined for some time now - must suck to be in the middle of this.
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House to pass bipartisan bill aimed at start-ups(money.cnn.com)
4 points by gxs 15y ago|0 comments
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by gxs 15y ago
This may work for you now, and I stand my ground the same way, the reason this is so alarming is because eventually, EVERY employer may ask this and then you simply won't have a choice. I am curious, however, what will happen to people who
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by gxs 15y ago
Yes, you can. In retrospect, I believe it was a good thing, but I remember in kindergarten my mom being pissed off that I'd have to wait until the next year to enroll (my bday is in dec)
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by gxs 15y ago
It's about par for the course around here. You'll similarly see headlines about patents that were won (that were really filed) and acquisitions that happened (that were merely discussed). This is all in addition to the usual link-baity head
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by gxs 15y ago
Yes, he meant birth date.
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by gxs 15y ago
Perhaps this isn't the correct forum, but quick question. For 2 months I've been doing 50 minutes of cardio M-F at 6AM before breakfast, before work. So far I've lost about 12 lbs, but most importantly my energy level and focus throughout t
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by gxs 15y ago
>>Why is it so bad to get old? Why do people try to avoid it so much? Personally, apart from having a slower metabolism and a back that aches a lot more than it used it, I don't mind being old. In fact, I like it. I was really stupi
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by gxs 15y ago
I've always viewed you/YC as a bit disingenuous in the way you evangelize startups over college. Even though I've read many of your essays and hangout on HN quite often, that was my overwhelming impression. I'm very glad to find out I've be
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by gxs 15y ago
I agree, I don't see how we went from the headline in the article of "Google FILES (emphasis mine) for slide-to-unlock patent" to the one submitted indicating that it has "won" the patent.
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Tesla Model X introduced in California(washingtonpost.com)
2 points by gxs 15y ago|0 comments
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by gxs 15y ago
Mathematics indeed. It can handle complex integrals quite well too.
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by gxs 15y ago
The thing is I don't think you really can kill piracy and Hollywood should realize that it doesn't need to. For me personally, piracy is a crime of opportunity - I do it because it's easy and available. However, me downloading movie doesn't
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by gxs 15y ago
This is exactly right. I completely detest knee-jerk reactions and blanket statements that crop up instead of some good old fashioned critical thinking. I went to a school, a good school, that was predominantly asian in my department. If ad
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by gxs 15y ago
I was raised by the internet. I've been downloading movies, music, and games for as long as I can remember. Other than the occasional trip to the theaters, in the past 5-7 years, the only time I've ever actually paid for a DVD was at a Redb
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by gxs 15y ago
Soon they will do away with the back button, the search button, and leave only the home button. Where have I seen this before?

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