inglor_cz

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by inglor_cz 2mo ago
Doesn't it make sense to run a small trial before running a big trial? Also, peppermint oil is unpatentable. Neither Merck nor Novo Nordisk can hope to make billions from it, and without the profit motive, the list of institutions with
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by inglor_cz 2mo ago
The Slovaks ultimately got federalization of Czechoslovakia from the crisis (1969), which both distracted them and made their memories less negative. As far as Hungary goes, I asked my friend who studied Hungarian history. He explained to m
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by inglor_cz 2mo ago
Absolutely. I write a lot, and I realized that without being a voracious reader since I was a kid, I would be a Neanderthal.
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Like English, but Without the Words(komando1.substack.com)
2 points by inglor_cz 2mo ago|1 comments
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My introduction to the Babel of Central Europe for English speakers.
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by inglor_cz 2mo ago
She is equally pleasant to everyone, including her kids, her friends and her neighbors. We have known each other for 10 years as amateur singers before I even employed her. Your cynical view of reality is also extremely narrow and misleadin
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The Anniversary of the 1968 Invasion of Czechoslovakia(komando1.substack.com)
12 points by inglor_cz 2mo ago|1 comments
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by inglor_cz 2mo ago
My own article for English-speaking public.
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by inglor_cz 2mo ago
Didn't already Feynman criticize this?
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by inglor_cz 2mo ago
Oh, that would be nice! Thank you.
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by inglor_cz 2mo ago
I was in Prado and it felt overwhelming to me. Like trying to eat an entire cake. I think it must be taken in in measured doses. Goya's museum in Zaragoza was the one I could take in during one visit.
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by inglor_cz 2mo ago
It is true that K. is an open and inquisitive person.
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My secretary is absolutely clueless about maths and yet every interaction with her improves my mood, she is a lovely motherly 50something person who cheers you up every day. Her being my colleague definitely makes me happier.
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by inglor_cz 2mo ago
While my intelligence is ~ constant, my levels of happiness fluctuated during my life and now, at 48, I am maybe twice as happy as I was at 24. There is definitely an upward trend with me... During the same period, I also absorbed a lot of
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A city, divided for hundred years(komando1.substack.com)
1 points by inglor_cz 2mo ago|1 comments
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by inglor_cz 2mo ago
A piece from my new English-language Substack which focuses on Central European issues and history. This time about the uneasy history of Těšín/Cieszyn. Expect a Czech-Polish brawl in the comments (if it gains any traction). This is th
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by inglor_cz 2mo ago
IIRC you can analyze dental calculus found on teeth and detect the proportions of various protein sources in the diet of that individual, but IDK how far back in time you can do this. Several hundred years is certainly possible, Medieval ce
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by inglor_cz 2mo ago
Making food healthier is something categorically different (and better) than shaming people about their behavior. It is also much harder, because it can't be simply done over a keyboard. If you really did something material to improve
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by inglor_cz 2mo ago
The Inuit don't really have any choice, nothing of nutritional value grows up there. They also prefer fat to lean meat, no surprise in conditions of the Far North. Also, during the Polar Night, they didn't move that much. I agree
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by inglor_cz 2mo ago
The claim that fat is inherently unhealthy is probably too broad. From what I have heard from doctors, there is a clear sequence: intra-organ fat (really bad) > visceral fat (quite bad) > subcutaneous fat (relatively harmless). The na
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by inglor_cz 2mo ago
People in certain regions always ate a lot of meat. For example, the Inuit don't really have anything else to eat. Nothing edible grows that far North. And they are neither obese nor suffer from classical diseases of civilization, unti
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by inglor_cz 2mo ago
There are some effects of GLP-1s which definitely cannot be explained by weight loss. For example, some patients report that they lost their compulsive habits - gambling, shopping etc. In some, the effect is so extreme that it flips into ou
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by inglor_cz 2mo ago
Frankly, a "solution" to a human problem that does not work with most humans, does not deserve to be called a solution. Mental issues is a broad category as well. Are food cravings a "mental issue", or a "physiologi
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by inglor_cz 2mo ago
Funnily enough, I also grew up in Communist Czechoslovakia and I have a Bulgarian father. Wouldn't expect anyone else here to fit into the same narrow box, but here we are, two of us.
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"I don't think the human brain/body evolved much since then so surely there is another problem." What really changed is the foodscape. And quite thoroughly so. Even basic agricultural products like wheat, corn or fruit a
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by inglor_cz 2mo ago
In practice, huge container ships can't sail that much inland - not enough water in rivers. I used to live in lower Vltava valley, and for a single ship that would pass (mostly carrying sand or stone; I don't remember any single c
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by inglor_cz 2mo ago
Only in a world where people act logically and also honestly... The college may have an ulterior motive, as others in this discussion say: to select for scions of richer families and increase the likelihood of gaining an alumn that they can
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by inglor_cz 2mo ago
As of now, our worst problem in Central Europe seems to be drought. Some of the mightiest rivers of the continent are barely there. You can walk across the Danube, the Rhine or the Wisla in some places, drenching yourself a bit, but never l
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by inglor_cz 2mo ago
I just had one in Wisła, I also had żurek, rosól and pierogi. Always nice to sample the neighbors cuisine :)
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by inglor_cz 2mo ago
The Iranian government is also highly motivated to adapt in order to survive. In case of a lost war with the US, massive death toll among the current elite is highly likely, and the entire regime could be destabilized enough to fall. OTOH i

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