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by jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 4y ago
Like every Gore-Tex product.
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by jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 4y ago
> some of those folks are just technically overweight - BMI at 25 - and aren't going to get as much help Citation needed. They are absolutely going to be benefited from weight loss. "What is becoming increasingly clear is that
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by jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 4y ago
Congrats I guess? Your wife is an exception to a very well established norm. Losing weight is a treatment so good (as in, effective, safe, cheap) that most doctors will recommend it as the number 1 step in treating sleep apnea. "What
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by jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 4y ago
"Some 60–90% of adults with OSA are overweight" https://diabetesjournals.org/care/article/31/Supplement_2/S3...
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by jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 4y ago
Maybe billionaires should be forced to realize a fraction of those unrealized gains from time to time, and pay taxes on them.
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by jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 4y ago
Losing weight.
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by jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 4y ago
> what's causing this vast increase in myopia is not spending enough time in bright environments (i.e. outside) during one's formative years. I'd like a source on that. AFAIK the leading factor is so called "near acti
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by jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 4y ago
> Parents nowadays blame screens for short-sightedness, but the truth is back then my classmates are almost all doing reading and writing all the time, and nobody was using screens (Symbian Nokia only took off years later). Classic (i.e.
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by jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 4y ago
> Are you implying that cell phones could be a factor? And books, too.
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by jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 4y ago
IMHO Matthew Green often makes bold yet unsubstantiated claims. He also creates and promotes FUD. He may be technically good, but I don't trust his personal opinion, not even on subjects he presumably knows very well.
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by jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 4y ago
> if there was anything to remember from your dreams, you'll lose it by doing this. Dream memories are extremely fragile I've always had a natural ability to remember my dreams. And one of the most curious things about my dream
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by jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 4y ago
Are these algorithms even capable of generating noise images? And I don't mean asking them to generate "an image of tv static".
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by jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 5y ago
It's fascinating how my (our?) opinion on Google has changed since 2004.
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by jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 5y ago
> I think the real problem is consumer perception/treatment of cinemas as expensive rare treats comparable (in price) to going to a theatre. My happiest relationship with film was when I was able to go to the movies every week (some
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by jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 5y ago
>but they're still picking from the menu of options the studio makes available. They're often not, just choosing whatever gets more promoted.
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by jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 5y ago
> just about every new movie that comes out is predictable and boring. Complaining about the lack of good new "x" (be it movies, music, books, etc.) is more a reflection of the complainer than of reality. Assuming you live in t
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by jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 5y ago
> Every day, I curl up in front of my PC, look through some Reddit threads about movies and find a handful of incredible movies that I'm thankful for that people pointed out. What should the title of my article be? Probably "hu
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by jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 5y ago
> What I do think is manifestly different now is that we don’t have nearly as accessible good film criticism. But we do have instantaneous access to good films from everywhere in the world, and good tools to discover them.
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by jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 5y ago
> The one thing I agree with is that scrolling through Amazon Prime / Netflix is a draining & dissatisfying experience But not (only) because they lack a good catalog. It's mainly because they don't (want you to) have
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by jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 5y ago
People often don't want to wait 200 years to see the results.
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by jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 5y ago
That has the risk of assuming an invasive species that has adapted well is native, further propagating the problem. A mixed approach would be ideal.
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by jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 5y ago
As of today, the audience is "people trying to get rich fast".
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by jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 5y ago
So chorizo is a local American ingredient? Americans expect chorizo on their paellas because that's one of the few things they know about Spanish cuisine. It's just like them expecting Italians to only eat pizza and pasta, when th
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by jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 5y ago
> Paella actually has a lot of variations all over spain, and it was a very "what do we have on-hand" kind of food! I'm sorry but that's not true at all. Paella allows for some variations, but there's a clear lin
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by jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 5y ago
> Personal computing is completely dead except for enthusiasts So you're saying only enthusiasts have smartphones?
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by jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 5y ago
> In most cases, you can guess these are probably aircraft from other countries. From the report: "We currently lack data to indicate any UAP are part of a foreign collection program or indicative of a major technological advanceme
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by jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 5y ago
Thanks, glad to see you're on Spotify. I'll definitely check it out!
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by jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 5y ago
Very interesting. I enjoy both astronomy and history, do you know any books/materials you would recommend to someone who is just an enthusiast? Also, would you share the title of your podcast?
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by jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 5y ago
It's alt right propaganda. On the frontpage of HN.
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by jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 5y ago
This whole "Youtube deletes dislikes on White House videos" has been part of the alt right narrative for some weeks now, right next to "if masks work then why do we need to stay at home".

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