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   by notadoc 10y ago

   I recall some years ago T Boone Pickens had a plan for a large scale wind project throughout the midwest, but it fell through for various reasons. At what point will solar efficient enough to lay out massive solar grids in Texas, Arizona, a
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   by notadoc 10y ago

   What sort of chronic pain do you have and how do you manage it? Pills are often necessary for chronic pain patients, as are opioids which are inappropriately demonized due to some recreational drug abusers.
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   by notadoc 10y ago

   I'm sorry to hear about that. Do you take magnesium supplements? There is some evidence it can be effective at reducing pain and frequency of migraine. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=magnesium+migraine
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   by notadoc 10y ago

   Regardless taking a pill masks the symptoms, it is not a cure. Pain is not like a bacteria and the pills are not like a targeted antibiotic. You do understand that, right?
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   by notadoc 10y ago

   Physical activity is good for health? Wow, that is amazing. It's almost as if we evolved to be physically active, and not sedentary.
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   by notadoc 10y ago

   Maybe they should vote to address the problem rather than wedge their collective heads further in the sand?
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   by notadoc 10y ago

   Be skeptical anytime you hear "cure" for any medical condition, especially with regard to something as enigmatic and complex as pain or the nervous system. And no, another pill a patient has to take every day is not a cure.
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   by notadoc 10y ago

   I can't think of a bull case for Snapchat, but admittedly I am not the target demographic.
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   by notadoc 10y ago

   You'd expect some virtual console on the Switch but that is still missing the point of the NES Classic, which is cheap enough to be an impulse buy or a gift, and cashes in on the nostalgia of an entire generation. I know a lot of peopl
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    by notadoc 10y ago

    Seems odd, there is still huge demand for this thing. Why discontinue it?
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    by notadoc 10y ago

    Good luck? There is no luck required assuming you have access to well-stocked grocery stores.
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    by notadoc 10y ago

    Eat organic food
13. 823.▲
    by notadoc 10y ago

    The primary reason most people I know who eat organic do so to avoid pesticides and herbicides.
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    by notadoc 10y ago

    Looks nice
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    by notadoc 10y ago

    I specifically bought a 2015 refurb pro instead of the touch bar model, I have negative interest in the touch bar. Who wants more friction in their deeply ingrained workflow? Why do I want to start looking at keys again? No thanks.
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    by notadoc 10y ago

    Is this some kind of fact based comment?
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    by notadoc 10y ago

    16% interest on student loans is basically usury
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    by notadoc 10y ago

    So you contacted marketing oriented sites and offered them free chapters to publish in exchange for the book publicity? I suppose that's often what you see in newspapers when you read a short excerpt or short story based on a book, mus
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    by notadoc 10y ago

    If you don't like the job, the culture, the company, the taste of the free coffee, the commute, the whatever, find a different one. You're fortunate to be employed in a field where job hopping generally does not matter due to high
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    by notadoc 10y ago

    Interesting story, good for you. Did you initially market the book through your network and by blasting it all over social media or did you pay for advertising?
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    by notadoc 10y ago

    Sounds like the Rocky mountain version of the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine
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    by notadoc 10y ago

    Sounds like corruption to me. Interestingly, the primary reason people I know who eat organic or non-GMO foods are doing so specifically to avoid glyphosate and other pesticide/herbicides.
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    by notadoc 10y ago

    If you go back far enough, immigrants or children of immigrants founded likely 99% of US companies. Is this really surprising given the US is a almost entirely a nation of immigrants?
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    by notadoc 10y ago

    Obesity is through the roof, people over eat like crazy and don't move around enough. How much of our nations skyrocketing health care costs are directly and indirectly related to obesity? Probably a stunningly high percentage.
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    by notadoc 10y ago

    Or Amazon
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    by notadoc 10y ago

    I can't help but remember this Frontline from 2002 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4TlmkhE3Mw Is Snapchat really worth more than CBS? More than Thomson Reuters? Intuit? HP? Nokia? Discover? EA? Why?
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    by notadoc 10y ago

    Do you let your students use cell phones in class?
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    by notadoc 10y ago

    I could see that, I thought Instagram and WhatsApp were popular with kids though.
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    by notadoc 10y ago

    I find this funny because that exact reason applies to multiple people I know as well.
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    by notadoc 10y ago

    I recall similar behavior with Google Glass, I think medicine remains one of the better immediate use cases of face cameras/wearables.