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by kaitai 10y ago
Even in apartment buildings in Finland, each apartment is assigned sauna hours in the building's sauna. Sauna is truly a standard part of basic hygiene in Finland for most people. Living in a house/apartment without a sauna would
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by kaitai 10y ago
From $1000 to $5000 depending on size, luxury, and how much you do yourself vs hire out. There are a few things you want to be knowledgeable about if you do it yourself: moisture barriers and management, what kinds of woods to choose and wh
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by kaitai 10y ago
My sauna last night was 84 C, 183 F. I personally don't like much hotter. The higher the temperature, the more you have to modulate the steam that you produce by throwing water on the stove. At a lower temperature I like lots of steam,
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by kaitai 10y ago
Can you give any references to this idea? Never heard of fungus & aluminum interacting. Sauna is definitely anecdotally good for many skin conditions including fungal infections (my cite is only my own life).
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by kaitai 10y ago
When I sauna, we usually like the sauna at about 180 degrees Fahrenheit, and that's usual for Finns. The heat difference is enough that even when it's 90-100 degrees F in the summer (and humid) where I live, it's nice to take
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by kaitai 10y ago
Another difficulty with this question (socialize or meditate?) is caused by the Finnish approach to socializing. Is sitting silently together meditating or socializing? Since Finns can only communicate by text message, this is a valid quest
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by kaitai 10y ago
You can find out with a less accusatory attitude, as well, if there has never been questionable behavior before. "Tell me about your process. Can you show me any notes or drafts? Discuss this paragraph with me. Without looking at the p
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by kaitai 10y ago
1) Polite people try to cover up their racism; it's not socially acceptable in the US. This is not the case in all countries -- I've been in other countries where certain levels are racism are really still A-OK. For instance, in s
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by kaitai 10y ago
Race is not just a proxy for education. Racism affects Asian-Americans, despite their good educational track record as a broad group; African immigrants, despite the fact that Nigerian immigrants and Nigerian-Americans make up the immigrant
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by kaitai 10y ago
We no longer think of people whose ancestors showed up in the 19th century as immigrants, unless we're trying to make a point about indigenous peoples' rights. In 2005, 22% of immigrants to the US came in on an employment-related
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by kaitai 10y ago
People below are saying their poor Scottish ancestors didn't seem that unusually smart. Immigration restrictions have changed who comes to the US. Pre-migration parental socioeconomic status/educational achievement is one of the b
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by kaitai 10y ago
In the US, rules are not so strict. In 2007-08, 71.6 percent of secondary math teachers had been math majors. An additional 16.2 percent were certified in math but did not do a math major. 12.2 percent of secondary math teachers had neither
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by kaitai 10y ago
But doing twice as many problems is not the same as drilling. When people say "drilling" in American education, they generally mean doing simple and mechanical problems for speed. For instance, the multiplication drills at some sc
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by kaitai 10y ago
Not quite true. Antimicrobial doesn't mean quite what you think; it means anti-some-microbes. Honey, for instance, has several antimicrobial or antibiotic aspects. Some honey is so because enzymes in it produce hydrogen peroxide, while
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by kaitai 10y ago
SlimFast is designed to "supplement" food in that they suggest you replace two meals a day with it. The difference is that SlimFast doesn't suggest replacing three meals.
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by kaitai 10y ago
I think you're right -- Soylent is for meals you don't care about but need, and it's marketed with a message that appeals to men, unlike SlimFast. You gotta admit that all the folks responding who are talking about how Soylen
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by kaitai 10y ago
Total parenteral nutrition (TPN) has been used in medicine for a while; it feeds people directly, bypassing the digestive tract and delivering nutrients via an IV. Enteral nutrition (feeding tubes) have been used for a long time as well. Me
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by kaitai 10y ago
A lot of our digestive flora actually uses "non-digestible" components for sustenance, we're finding. There can be surprising and unexpected side effects to eliminating food components we thought we just excreted. Fiber, for
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by kaitai 10y ago
I'm sitting here eating my scrambled-eggs breakfast taco. Fry eggs, fry taco (for decadence), add veggie condiments that are already prepared, eat. I even use a cast-iron skillet so I don't have to wash it, just rinse & leave
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by kaitai 10y ago
The comparison between skilled and more unskilled labor is intentional; the article was about training in science. Many posters seem to argue below that science training does not lead to better-paying jobs, and thus it is not important that
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by kaitai 10y ago
It's definitely true that getting the manager at pharma company type jobs are hard to get, and lab managers are not paid super well. But: a clinical research manager has an average salary of about $94k in the US, while web developer no
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by kaitai 10y ago
Full disclosure: I'm an academic, pursuing the "advancement of the human species"...
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As I write this, there are just a small number of comments, all saying "there's no money in research" and "scientists are paid less than McDonald's burger flipper". It's like a whole section of disgruntled
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by kaitai 10y ago
I don't think this is the right metric for weighing these claims. As a mathematician, I do not do primary research in calculus or linear algebra... ...but teaching those classes pays the bills.
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Exactly.
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Sometimes it is liberating to embrace the awkward :)
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That's too bad. Maybe there is nothing you can do, since your nod and "mmhmmm" was not noticed. Maybe you have to mention a girlfriend to maintain symmetry, or something. It is uncomfortable to be misunderstood in this way; i
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by kaitai 10y ago
If you're going to take it that way, don't interact with humans ever. You do you, my friend. But that's black-and-white illogical thinking. "Once I asked a woman to discuss a tech thing and then she mentioned her boyfrie
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You should do it and I hope it would be hilarious.
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by kaitai 10y ago
Have to answer as a mathematician, but 1) No, women think I am batshit insane too. Most people in America are prejudiced against mathematicians, worrying that liking mathematics says things about our mental stability and sexual desirability

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