pretzellogician

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by pretzellogician 11mo ago
Totally true! But also, there users like Tao don't feed trolls, and everyone has the option to block them.
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by pretzellogician 11mo ago
Thanks! The mention that it was solved in under a second must have thrown me :-)
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by pretzellogician 11mo ago
37 is prime. Are you sure this problem statement is correct?
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by pretzellogician 11mo ago
True, but also still absurdly high. Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly cost roughly $500 monthly... but the price is almost the same regardless of the dosage (from say 0.5mg to 2.4mg).
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by pretzellogician 11mo ago
There are already GLP-1 generics available like liraglutide; they're just not as effective as the newer ones. (This refers to the U.S. Some other countries have more generics available.)
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by pretzellogician 11mo ago
It depends on the person, but for some (including me) a low dose is enough. Conversely, for some (including me) a moderate dose has intolerable side effects.
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by pretzellogician 1y ago
Totally agree! Probably not as much a generational thing ("old people", versus "Millennials" or really, Gen X at that time), as just a tone-deaf shaming attempt by our corporate overlords.
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by pretzellogician 1y ago
Living in Boston 30-something years ago, I found this was required as a pedestrian, because drivers would try to intimidate you from entering a crosswalk by accelerating at you. So... you had to explicitly look away and still be aware of th
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by pretzellogician 1y ago
I visited it last year for the first time. Indescribably stunning, I can't recommend it enough.
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by pretzellogician 1y ago
I hadn't heard that! I'll have to take good fish oil religiously. Blepharitis is just the worst.
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by pretzellogician 1y ago
This is true. At least in the past, they've been pretty protective about the "pong" name. Example: https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/21161/does-a-pon...
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by pretzellogician 1y ago
Interesting! Not really that surprising, since another dimension (rows/columns/piece size) is O(n). But pretty cool.
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by pretzellogician 1y ago
All that's missing is an analogue to the pets.com Superbowl ad!
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by pretzellogician 1y ago
So we agree; you aren't claiming the award was accepted in a dishonest manner, and I never claimed anything about honesty being an issue. I simply found the idea of Hinton rejecting the award for the "honour of the Nobel [choice o
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by pretzellogician 1y ago
I said nothing of the sort. Being "honest" does not mean you have to give a middle finger to a panel that nominated you. The point of that Nobel was clearly recognition for their achievement; the category choice was mainly irrelev
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by pretzellogician 1y ago
That's a joke, right? Turning down community recognition and a million dollars to make an unclear statement about which category the prize was awarded in?
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by pretzellogician 1y ago
Read a little further... it's specifically called ascorbic acid and vitamin C. He probably just wanted to save space within the table.
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by pretzellogician 1y ago
This seems like an interesting counterpoint to the common testimonials saying "I stopped excess sugar for a few days, and now even an apple is too sweet!"
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Curbing sugar won't curb your sweet tooth, scientists say(sciencedaily.com)
3 points by pretzellogician 1y ago|4 comments
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by pretzellogician 1y ago
How is Indiana 3rd in addition of utility-scale solar (only behind Texas and Arizona)? Did some giant solar installation come online? As a relocated Hoosier, this is fascinating.
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by pretzellogician 1y ago
Swimming pools (for children's swim lessons). This isn't useful for adults, but it's a start.
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by pretzellogician 1y ago
Perhaps I'm mis-stating something then, because I agree with you. (Just clarified my post in case that was the issue.)
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by pretzellogician 1y ago
Yep, totally agree with your points. >What would it even mean for lifestyle choices to directly cause some condition? The glib answer would be something like woodworking and missing fingers :-) But there are plenty of people (not me!)
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by pretzellogician 1y ago
Actually, it is. It's just not the most effective method. This Planned Parenthood link says in theory 96% effective, in reality 78% effective. (Caveat: their definition of "effective" is not quite clear.) https://w
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by pretzellogician 1y ago
>So it's not correct to wave it all away and say that it's all random bacterial infections That is not what I said (per my comment "Yes, sure, lifestyle has something to do with any or all of these.") But it seems lik
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by pretzellogician 1y ago
"another shocking finding: atherosclerosis was ubiquitous"... yikes, can't wait till this inhibitor makes it to market. Anyway, fascinating. As time goes on, more "lifestyle diseases" will be root-caused like this,
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by pretzellogician 1y ago
I used to agree with you. But there's a slippery slope. At what point is a word "bullshit"? What if you simply have a better vocabulary than other players? Our family compromise has always been, if it's valid and you k
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by pretzellogician 2y ago
This is what Matrix Bio wants to do, in fact! https://mitrix.bio/ "The goal is to produce bioreactor-grown mitochondria on an industrial scale, sufficient to supplement every person over the age of 55" Although i
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by pretzellogician 2y ago
I've often wondered if there's a supported way to have a honeypot passcode, i.e., a secondary passcode that leads to a relatively empty account. (Although as per the article, a fully wiped account looks suspicious -- it would need
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by pretzellogician 2y ago
And obesity.. there are several adenoviruses associated with it. Example: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-021-00805-6 (Although the article takes pains to say that obesity is multifactorial, conflicting evidence

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