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by spraak 7y ago
HN hivemind is triggered! Thanks for spreading awareness (I'm vegan btw)
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by spraak 7y ago
> Being an athletic vegan is borderline impossible in my opinion. There are a great number of vegan athletes that disagree. E.g. Patrik Baboumian, one of the strongest people alive, is vegan. America's best Olympic weight lifter (ma
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by spraak 8y ago
The predominant attitude is cynical
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by spraak 8y ago
Tack!
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by spraak 8y ago
Can you share which startup you work for? I've been wanting to work for a company like that
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Aid in reverse: how poor countries develop rich countries (2017)(theguardian.com)
1 points by spraak 8y ago|0 comments
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by spraak 8y ago
Aha. Thanks for sharing your experience!
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Ask HN: What timeline should I expect for a whole genome sequencing service?
3 points by spraak 8y ago|3 comments
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by spraak 8y ago
Kids do things all the time that they're not ready for, or are above their maturity. They lack full control, context and understanding of their environment and direction, so they shouldn't be seen as adults just because they'
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by spraak 8y ago
But they're not talking about keto if they're eating fries etc. Added oil is not good - in excess fat builds up in the cells and is responsible for insulin resistance. With ketosis this is temporarily staved off, but you will stil
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by spraak 8y ago
That study is problematic: https://www.cebm.net/2016/06/cebm-response-lack-association-... And just one? Lots of studies showing the opposite.
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by spraak 8y ago
Processed carbohydrates will by definition hit you hard. Added oil is also hard. Try intact grains, e.g. rice, quinoa, millet, barley, etc. Even whole wheat bread or pasta will hit harder than boiled wheat grains.
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by spraak 8y ago
Super helpful advice, thank you
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by spraak 8y ago
> For older people higher LDL is actually protective, for women there seems to be nearly no effect whatsoever. Don't be fooled by simple answers. Your last statement is in direct contradiction with all of your previous simple answer
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by spraak 8y ago
> If you want to lower your LDL I'll advice you to eat nothing but white bread with slices of highly processed meat for a week. That sounds like dubious advice. On what basis would you recommend that? There are healthier ways to hav
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by spraak 8y ago
It's not just antibiotics, but some types of vaccines are creating evolutionary pressure and new strains of the pathogen. E.g. for pertussis > it is thought that B. pertussis is adapting under acellular vaccine mediated immune selec
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by spraak 8y ago
No subtitles, just lots of patience and repetition. The visual context is the key. It wouldn't work with audio only.
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by spraak 8y ago
> Watching TV and movies with subtitles is a great way for intermediate language learners (B1 and above) to progress. If they have patience, it's good for anyone. My children have been able to learn many languages this way from scra
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by spraak 8y ago
Aha, thank you for the etymological details!
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by spraak 8y ago
How could I better ask the question? I'm genuinely confused since they poster talks about not eating "meat" but eats fish, which culturally for me (Buddhist and Hindu) are non-veg
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by spraak 8y ago
Why don't you think that fish is meat?
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by spraak 8y ago
Hm interesting, thanks for sharing your thoughts. I hope HN can learn to accommodate these kinds of articles - it feels important to talk about.
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by spraak 8y ago
You would fear for your life when someone is running /away/ from you? > While the driver was being handcuffed, Rose and the third occupant, Zaijuan Hester, attempted to evade arrest by running from the car. Rosfeld fired three
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by spraak 8y ago
Also related: "Police release body-cam video of Willie McCoy killing, showing him asleep in car" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/29/willie-mccoy... I submitted that here to HN [1]
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by spraak 8y ago
Tangentially related, there is a clip of the Brady Bunch [1] that anti-vaxxers like to share that shows how the attitude towards measles has changed. Is anyone here old enough to verify how true it is? It makes me wonder about the recent in
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by spraak 8y ago
> Preclinical models have shown that umbilical cord blood contains effector cells that, through paracrine signaling, suppress inflammation and alter brain connectivity 32, 33. We have reported significant improvements in behavior, includ
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by spraak 8y ago
Pluto as a planet was established science for a long time. Textbooks are probably the biggest examples of "settled science" that is out of date.
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by spraak 8y ago
Thank you for your insightful summary. I have heard very often lately that "the science is settled about X" and that this sentiment is exactly anti science is not observed. I agree, it troubles me. I don't advocate for the fa
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by spraak 8y ago
Dr Christopher Exley of Keele University believes in part that Alzheimer's is caused by accumulation of aluminum - https://youtu.be/mPX9Xseot2U
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by spraak 8y ago
Have you ever done solo though? From reading your responses here I get the feeling no. Not that your views would be invalid if you haven't, but it does give a different weight to them vs someone who has been doing it a long time, espec

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