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by meursault334 11y ago
I think this is likely the explanation. There isn't a food that "flips it on" it's always been on in some people and in others they are either highly resistant to this process or it is age-dependent. Fortunately the solu
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by meursault334 11y ago
Massively obese people have "slow metabolisms" after losing large amounts of weight. This change in their metabolism is independent of changes in lean mass or body composition[0]. This makes reaching a normal weight much much hard
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by meursault334 11y ago
The argument that we could end artificial trans fat with tons of sugar is a straw man. The most sensible replacement which in most cases only affects the cost and shelf-life of food is either healthy or less-damaging fats. Banning trans fat
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by meursault334 12y ago
It's pretty well documented that over the counter pain killers such as acetaminophen, aspirin, and ibuprofen can have long term negative consequences with long term use. Allergy meds appear to be joining this group. In many cases the t
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by meursault334 12y ago
This explains a lot. Every time I use my car stereo to play music from my iPhone I wonder if any decision maker at Ford tried to use the entertainment system for its intended purpose.
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by meursault334 12y ago
Do you know the source of this? I tried and failed to locate it. I would be really interested to watch this talk.
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by meursault334 12y ago
As the other poster indicated this sense of being detached can occur in other settings where drugs are not present. When I walked the Camino de Santiago, I felt a major difference in interaction with other people and detached from the rest
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by meursault334 12y ago
I'm really glad to hear this. I have been loving Firebase for the app I'm making but one of the components has to run in C# and talking to Firebase from the C# app was much more painful than the other Firebase portions of the appl
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by meursault334 12y ago
This is amazing! I wonder how well distance accuracy would compare to something like the structure.io sensor attachment (same as in project ATAP). I wonder if there are other applications to this more coarse/less accurate depth informa
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by meursault334 13y ago
The worst aspect of this change for me is the knowledge that because of my sub-500 status I am not even allowed to see pending comments. I am cut off from the full discourse. PG indicated that he might add show pending/dead comment but
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by meursault334 13y ago
I was driving back from meeting with my co-founder so came late to the party. I posted then deleted this in the old thread. As a long time lurker and reader of HN I really hope that you reconsider this change. I made an account just to expl