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by matznerd 12y ago
Why desalination isn't the answer... http://blogs.kqed.org/science/audio/why-isnt-desalination-th...
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Eating green leafy vegetables keeps mental abilities sharp (Vitamin K)(sciencedaily.com)
1 points by matznerd 12y ago|0 comments
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by matznerd 12y ago
Serious cliff hanger on this article, with the second part of how it actually made the mistake held off until tomorrow. Reminds me of one of those old tv shows...
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by matznerd 12y ago
Just want to make a note for you guys on allicin and garlic. Allicin doesn't exist in garlic, but is created when alliin and a heat-sensitive enzyme called alliinase come in contact with each other. They do not mix until you slice, che
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by matznerd 12y ago
The story was more about the combination of the ingredients called "eye salve." Which includes more than just garlic, but also wine and cow bile.
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Is It Time to Get Rid of Human Pilots?(futuri.st)
4 points by matznerd 12y ago|0 comments
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Nootropics and the Human Lab Rats of Reddit(gizmodo.com)
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by matznerd 12y ago
I am aware of that, this is more to switch between the individual windows without bringing up all of the other windows of that program. Make sense?
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by matznerd 12y ago
One thing that took me a while to get up to speed on was the different in alt+tab here switching between entire apps vs individual windows as on a PC. To be able to get that functionality back, install Witch http://manytricks.com
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by matznerd 12y ago
There are a lot of other interesting food facts out there, especially how our food has changed dramatically in the last few thousand years. People consider vegetables and fruits as healthy because they fall under those categories, yet we ha
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by matznerd 12y ago
Here is a video demonstration of pCell. It essentially works by creating a personal cell or "pCell" around your device. Whereas other cell technologies degrade as the number of devices increases, pCell claims to solve that major p
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by matznerd 12y ago
The quality is very high.
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by matznerd 12y ago
Not true, Product Hunt delivers quality traffic, with high-level people who are hungry for products and convert very well.
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by matznerd 12y ago
I frown upon it because I prefer the PDF :P
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by matznerd 12y ago
When are they touring SF?
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by matznerd 12y ago
You've got to hand it to the Slidemail guy. He posts a few days ago with a Show HN for his launch page and gets criticized that it is against the rules of Show HN to post to a sign-up form. So now he posts an unrelated, but available a
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by matznerd 12y ago
Why not just measure the water in your cup first, then pour it into the kettle? Seems to solve the problem for me...
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by matznerd 12y ago
I really like the Spritz-style technology, which allows me to read with high retention at 750+ WPM and skim casually at 900+ WPM, up from around 575 WPM and 700 WPM respectively, with other technologies. I don't like to see them stoppi
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by matznerd 12y ago
Everything on HN looks so square after playing that game...
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by matznerd 12y ago
Yes I imagine that VR video and associated games will have to have a lot more data associated with them because of the video content being available/required for 360 degrees.
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by matznerd 12y ago
This was my next guess, apps with huge databases that are mean to be queried offline etc.
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by matznerd 12y ago
What vertical will this benefit most, aside from gaming?
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by matznerd 12y ago
This was from a few weeks ago, was on HN already, and it has now expired. It was in response to Uber bringing their Uber Pool (ride-sharing) down to $5 "anywhere" in SF. Lyft has since ended this offer, but made any ride in the sa
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by matznerd 12y ago
I'm not so sure about this, I have done some research on the topic for a book I am working on and it appears that in some cities at certain times, safe water was hard to come by and for that and other reasons people consumed beer/
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by matznerd 12y ago
Is it that surprising that inhibiting choline would be a bad idea? Choline's positive effects on memory and the brain are very well known and increases in acetylcholine are one of the main methods of actions of nootropics in the raceta
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Are smart drugs driving Silicon Valley?(money.cnn.com)
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by matznerd 12y ago
The uber announcement notes that "Partner Drivers will receive fares based on time and distance, the same as they normally do." So it appears they aren't taking the hit. Lyft doesn't comment on it...
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by matznerd 12y ago
A potentially shared ride. It spends a minute searching to see if someone is heading in the same direction as you and then you share the ride. As a passenger, you also only have 1 minute to get downstairs when the car arrives or you have to
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by matznerd 12y ago
Modafinil has actually been shown to have negative effects in high performers. It is a wakefulness agent that promotes alertness and not necessary memory formation. For the ladies out there regarding modafinil, provigil, and adrafinil (an u
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by matznerd 12y ago
They wouldn't run the botnet from their servers. Most botnets are slave machines that have been exploited with malware...

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