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by r0h1n 13y ago
You neglected to mention the very next line after the one you quote: >> Therefore, the intake of MSG as a food additive and the natural level of glutamic acid in foods do not represent a toxicological concern in humans.
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by r0h1n 13y ago
> Massive overpopulation, caused in part by over-aggressive family planning measures Eh?? How does over-aggressive family planning lead to massive overpopulation? > Rampant Regionalism -- India is less like the USA (a collection of
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by r0h1n 13y ago
> your body is actually better at processing MSG than salt A citation or source would be much appreciated.
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Yes, quite possibly the truth. I'd have said so myself, except I've been moderating my Google conspiracy theories to some extent in HN comments.
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by r0h1n 13y ago
FWIW, so did I in 2010. But what benefit - strategic or tactical - does that hold for Google today ? Ask most people today if Google "does no evil", and you'll get a sense of what happened to that moral halo. In the same vei
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by r0h1n 13y ago
This isn't "the west" cowing down before China, but a private, profit-seeking news organization deciding on a more pragmatic (albeit cowardly) option after what must have been a big cost-benefit analysis. Sadly, this is the f
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by r0h1n 13y ago
In light of the fire at the Internet Archive's offices this week, I found this Medium post strangely prescient, and in particular the following comments: >> "The decision to put the servers on display is an aesthetic one, cl
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The Experience Design of Server Farms(medium.com)
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US loses Unesco voting rights after failing to pay its dues(bbc.co.uk)
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Frank Shaw is arguably one of the most outspoken, take-no-prisoners, pugnacious PR heads of any large software company. Examples: http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/23/4975448/microsoft-frank-s... http:&#x
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by r0h1n 13y ago
This is a very unusual kind of planted leak in the context of a candidate who is in the reckoning for being CEO. There are only two possible motives behind this story - either to scuttle or to aid Elop's chances of becoming CEO. Given
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by r0h1n 13y ago
No. Things can be hated if someone is forcing to know them.
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An open letter to the media, by Anonymous(pastebin.com)
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The Surveillance State Puts U.S. Elections at Risk of Manipulation(theatlantic.com)
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by r0h1n 13y ago
In many ways India, due to its population and the strength of its generic industry, is the key battlefield for global pharma in their war against cheaper generics. Which is why the Obama administration is trying to arm twist India into bloc
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Privacy on the Internet today is so riddled with conflicts of interests and doublespeak that it's hard to know where anyone stands on anything. Microsoft implemented a Do-Not-Track by default in IE 10 [0], only to later reveal it was p
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by r0h1n 13y ago
I can't understand why we're bothered about Internet.org - a Facebook-backed effort launched in Aug 2013 - being down? http://gigaom.com/2013/08/20/facebook-launches-internet-org-... Unless some of
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Leakers and governments should work together(edition.cnn.com)
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Think digital distractions have killed our attention spans? Think again(theguardian.com)
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Is CrossFit Killing Us? (outsideonline.com)
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Antrix is ISRO's commercial arm. The engineers who work for ISRO have no connect with it.
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Thank you! I'd think India has one of the most diverse range of cuisines in the world, much of which is lip-smacking good!
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by r0h1n 13y ago
If it was debunked, it's news to me. What sources are you referring to? Edit: I did a few more web searches but am yet to come across any article that "debunks" the narrative that Van Riper "defeated" the US naval f
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Indian hospitals show how to save money without cutting quality(washingtonpost.com)
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by r0h1n 13y ago
You're absolutely right. Billion-dollar fighter jets may be a gravy train for the Pentagon and defense contractors, but they may not be all that useful in most war arenas the US is likely to encounter today. Arguably the best illustrat
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Coconut Crisis Looms as Postwar Palm Trees Age(bloomberg.com)
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Why Hire an MBA When You Can Rent One?(businessweek.com)
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Bringing up baby bilingual (economist.com)
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by r0h1n 13y ago
This is where it makes sense to point out that the US, the source of these troubles, still has a much higher standard of freedom (including of the press) than countries like the UK. Ironic.
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Why there will be no more Walt Mossbergs(gigaom.com)
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