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by ljf 2y ago
Look into the 'Slow Carb' diet - in simple terms you cut out sugar/processed carbs and replace bread/pasta/potato/rice with beans and extra veg. Then one day a week you eat what you want. I personally find it f
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by ljf 2y ago
Alt? https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=vikashkoushik
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What leaked US assessment of Israeli plans to strike Iran shows(bbc.co.uk)
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The Bungled Bird Flu Response, Where Profits Collide with Public Health(vanityfair.com)
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US investigates leaked documents alleging Israel plans to attack Iran(theguardian.com)
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by ljf 2y ago
Debunk Just means to show an assertation as false or expose to ridicule. The idea that the movement is not linked to the movement of the gimbal is shown as incorrect. It is still unidentified, but as I said, much of what is 'interestin
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by ljf 2y ago
Don't forget you are talking to the people who left and their reason for leaving, not the group that stayed and are happy. I loved London for nearly 2 decades, but moving out to the countryside was the best thing I've done - huge
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It is also one of the few public places to 'safely' do it. Would you feel comfortable wearing one and limiting your awareness of your surroundings on a public bus? In a coffee shop? Sitting outside a coffee shop? In a park? In a p
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Nut bans do little to help allergic air passengers(bbc.co.uk)
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by ljf 2y ago
Very true - I'll admit that while I knew that peanuts are legumes not nuts, I didn't know that the others you mentioned were not nuts. I learn something new every day (and my son has a severe allergy to many of them - though not a
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by ljf 2y ago
Interesting, as conkers are seeds (not a nut) - so shouldn't be an issue for someone with a nut allergy - though no doubt some people are allergic to them.
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The parent is making a joke as the grandparent missed the 'M' after 200. So it reads as 200 monthly active users. Rather than 200M (million) monthly active users.
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by ljf 2y ago
Totally agree - despite having most bike tools I might need, I'd watch friends time and again pay over £100 for a new chain fitted and maybe a minor 'service' if they were lucky in London. I'd offer to either loan them t
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by ljf 2y ago
Yeah I've only ever had to use my bottom bracket tool twice in 20 years of cycling, wasn't so hard to do (moving from a cracked frame to a new one once, and replacing a bottom bracket that had gone in a bmx) - but I doubt most peo
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by ljf 2y ago
Interesting Gimble is in there - much of what is 'interesting' about this video has been debunked by Mick West: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_West https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le7Fqbsr
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by ljf 2y ago
Very interesting - just made a fermented hot sauce, that looked quite like a salsa - but is ludicrously hot. People tried it and kept disliking it as it was so hot - but I think they were dosing too high. I then thinned it out and re-blende
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by ljf 2y ago
Ah the 'I was joking' defence - hope investors don't take his future claims too seriously...
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Pioneering aerial photographer's pictures show England of the 1930s(theguardian.com)
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Quote: Gliese 710 has the potential to perturb the Oort cloud in the outer Solar System, exerting enough force to send showers of comets into the inner Solar System for millions of years, triggering visibility of about ten naked-eye comets
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by ljf 2y ago
The (average) full moon occupies roughly 1/129,600 of the sky, or 0.00077% So this data set covers 6.6% of the night sky.
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by ljf 2y ago
I clearly remember when I first bought the house I live in now. We had a load of people staying for Xmas, and after a few glasses of wine I went to the kitchen to get another bottle - and I marvelled at the things I had running in that mome
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by ljf 2y ago
For others who hadn't heard of the Tongan Castaways: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongan_castaways - I need to find 10 mins today to watch the documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHO_RlJx
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by ljf 2y ago
Not in the UK - there is a crime of handling stolen goods - where you can be asked to prove the steps you took to ensure they aren't stolen, or risk forfiting the good and the money you made selling them. Hence why KYC is so important
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As someone who just vaguely knew that I wanted to work 'in the media' when I got a job, getting my own webpage felt all those things and more. I'd dreamt of a radio show or being a reporter, and here I was putting my content
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by ljf 2y ago
If you were born in the late 70s or early 80s you'll likely know him, otherwise yes, he's not the movie heart throb he once was.
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I'd guess there are still a subset of people with very limited data plans, or who don't have plans at all and use tablets or laptops. If you can offload an amount of those people from asking your staff questions about train times
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Back in 1999 I started a Geocites site just for fun, which led me to making various sites to either promote or sell things I found interesting (namely Fresnel lenses). From this I started and ran a few forums - just to see what would happen
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I hate to be the guy that posts XKCD - but: https://xkcd.com/1053/ I try to live by this, just because I know something/seems obvious to me, doesn't mean that the people I meet/work with/live with&#
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by ljf 2y ago
Not strictly true: https://www.dwi.gov.uk/consumers/learn-more-about-your-water... Quote: The water companies that are currently required by the Secretary of State to fluoridate some or all of their water supplies are:
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Stark before and after photographs reveal sharp decline of Norway's seabirds(theguardian.com)
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