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by spondylosaurus 1y ago
Any plans for an Android version? I'd love to try it, but I'm on the other side of the Apple App Store wall :(
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by spondylosaurus 1y ago
I read it to mean that the rheumatological symptoms they had were the result of their unusual blood type. Hard to say without more info, but something about that particular blood type could be linked to an inflammatory disorder.
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by spondylosaurus 1y ago
When I learned about tetrachromacy as a kid I remember being devastated for like a week afterwards that I wasn't one too. It felt like discovering that superpowers are real but that you'll never have any :P
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by spondylosaurus 1y ago
IIRC the birth control and migraine relationship is twofold: (1) unlike traditional BC pills, mini-pills don't contain estrogen, which is beneficial because of the link between estrogen and migraine frequency; and (2) unlike most tradi
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by spondylosaurus 1y ago
IIRC it's mentioned that James is also unusually tan-skinned for a white guy, but I don't think that disproves the insinuation so much as it provides a convenient excuse for Avril, lol.
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by spondylosaurus 1y ago
Perhaps you'll also believe me when I say I've read Infinite Jest too many times to warrant another reread right now, but best of luck on yours and the nascent book club, lol. I think there are some less blink-and-you'll-miss
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by spondylosaurus 1y ago
Well this was gonna bother me until I figured it out, so, drumroll... Hal Incandenza is... a white boy! Or at least he says he is. Who would've thunk. > "I’m a privileged white seventeen-year-old U.S. male." I think it has
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by spondylosaurus 1y ago
I am curious... what's up with your "What race is Hal?" questions throughout this thread? Unless I'm super unobservant I legitimately don't remember it being made explicit in the novel. Avril is obviously French-Can
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by spondylosaurus 1y ago
I've definitely noticed some of those odd one-off typos, like misspelling the NIKKEI stock exchange as NIKEI, but I had always just assumed some of those were bound to slip through in such a long, dense novel, even with an astute edito
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by spondylosaurus 1y ago
Would Pemulis be Polonius though? If he were the advisor to the king, then the king would more likely be Tavis, not Hal. I do like the idea of Mario as a court jester though.
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by spondylosaurus 1y ago
Bleeding Edge is another fun, (relatively) short read if you want to go back for more Pynchon.
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by spondylosaurus 1y ago
Plus... I thought on HN we liked when innovative companies made money from those innovations :P I would prefer if pharmaceutical companies made lifesaving drugs out of the good of their hearts vs. out of their love of profit, but if &quot
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by spondylosaurus 1y ago
Yeah, I thought it was ironic (and a little funny) that people promote it as an SSRI alternative even though it's just a less precise, less regulated SSRI. It's like telling someone to skip their quinine pills and chug a bunch of
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by spondylosaurus 1y ago
https://www.thecut.com/article/supplements-made-me-lose-my-m... A recent cautionary tale about someone who took St. John's Wort because they didn't want to take antidepressants, then quit the SJW too quickly.
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by spondylosaurus 1y ago
I'm not sure that "can't be patented / manufacture is no secret" is necessarily the research bottleneck here, because you can make a lot of money selling analogs or derivatives of old, boring drugs. There was an int
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by spondylosaurus 1y ago
Assuming perfect conditions and perfect technology... let's say you do manage to intercept a nuclear ICBM by shooting it down. But then what happens? Wouldn't you risk triggering the nuclear warhead wherever the shot-down missil
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by spondylosaurus 1y ago
Being married also offers legal protections that might be more valuable in environments where you anticipate needing any protections you can get.
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by spondylosaurus 1y ago
> I've met zero people who use pronouns. Unless any of your peers are cartoon cavemen who always use people's names in place of words like "I" or "him" or "us," I'm going to wager that 100% of
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by spondylosaurus 1y ago
Yeah I was wondering about desyncs too, because that's a case where replicating "authentic" cartridge behavior doesn't really add any value from a player perspective. Invulnerability exploits are fun if you're the o
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by spondylosaurus 1y ago
It's certainly not a bad idea, but I'm not sure Pokemon (especially the first generation, like this current implementation) is the best base model to do so—this is a game notorious for its dominant strategies in PvP competitive co
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by spondylosaurus 1y ago
As an avid Pokemon Showdown player, this caught my eye: > In the case of Pokémon Showdown, only bugs which stem from a misimplementation of specific effects are reproduced in the engine, bugs which are the result of a misunderstanding of
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by spondylosaurus 1y ago
How did I know I was gonna get a "soy = estrogen = bad" comment? :P I have yet to see any credible evidence that tofu is bad for your endocrine system.
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by spondylosaurus 1y ago
You're correct; they definitely make you less inclined to crave "junk," and more likely to feel a bit ill after eating it.
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by spondylosaurus 1y ago
Agreed, it really depends because "processing" can mean so many different things. A Twinkie is processed, but so is a brick of ultra-firm tofu.
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by spondylosaurus 1y ago
I'm surprised (but maybe shouldn't be) that one of the students in the article had to prove her humanity for a written assignment in a comp sci class. You'd hope a comp sci professor of all people would know how unreliable th
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by spondylosaurus 1y ago
> Bark places calls to law enforcement when it receives an alert about a kid threatening to harm themselves or others, he told me, but those alerts are reviewed by a human first. “We’re not swatting kids,” he said. So any messages your k
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by spondylosaurus 1y ago
First declension! Never would've guessed. Also smart to dig up a deal to look for Latin inscriptions :)
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by spondylosaurus 1y ago
I haven't Latin'd in forever, but here's an attempt: Harvardis alumnis corpus non habent sed quidem corpus de "habeas corpus" habent. (Let's just say "Harvard" is a third declension noun because why
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by spondylosaurus 1y ago
My Daylight tablet runs at 60fps but I know that it's "e-paper" and not "e-ink," although I couldn't tell you what the difference is :P
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by spondylosaurus 1y ago
I tested positive for Lyme once because it was one of those "first line" inaccurate tests that can get thrown off by the presence of unrelated inflammation. I knew it was a false positive because I'd never stepped foot in ter

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