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by theprotocol 8y ago
I think there is free will, but like most things in life, it is a privilege not everyone has; many people are constrained by invisible shackles. I would wager that evil still exists, but it requires full awareness of what one is doing when
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by theprotocol 8y ago
Without S. Boulardii, I am a neurotic mess who can't digest anything at all nor think straight after eating anything, so I'm inclined to believe this hypothesis. I am also intrigued about what this means for criminality and how th
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by theprotocol 8y ago
Excellent examples. Minimalist OOP can be beautiful, but over-abstraction e.g. `FactoryObserverFactory` is absolutely disastrous.
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by theprotocol 8y ago
You're right about animal products like milk, eggs, etc, it slipped my mind because I've unfortunately been unable to eat those things for a long time (food intolerances). I'm skeptical about the B12 in fermented foods - whet
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by theprotocol 8y ago
I find it sad that we eat so many intelligent creatures, including octopus. Alas, B12 and certain other nutrients are only gotten from meat. I find it reasonable to limit meat consumption to animals that were bred for that purpose, and I am
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by theprotocol 8y ago
Well, that part is subjective.
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by theprotocol 8y ago
I speak 4 languages and Arabic is by far the worst in this regard.
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by theprotocol 8y ago
I am a native Arabic speaker. It is an awful language. As the article points out, the dialects are just too numerous for it to gain any kind of critical mass of adoption. But beyond that, I'd say the biggest problem with it is that the
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by theprotocol 8y ago
I had no idea this existed. Thanks!
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by theprotocol 8y ago
The only way I have ever known is to have the idea that every single decision is imperfect in some way, and to keep a low resolution idea in my mind of what kind of imperfection that might be and what consequences it may have. If one possib
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by theprotocol 8y ago
It's clear this was the author's intention here. He is using the term "virtual machine" broadly. Whether this makes for as effective or interesting a "twist" as he hopes it does is another matter.
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by theprotocol 8y ago
> they see that google clearly wants to privilege their own sites What happened to their very vocal concern over net neutrality from last year?
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by theprotocol 8y ago
>Any non-standard decision is risky. I disagree, there are many potential non-bog-standard decisions that are not risky and certainly better than mocking you and doing literally nothing (while still getting paid). Also: "we don&#x27
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by theprotocol 8y ago
I don't think those are analogous. People make suggestions about their own health, for their own perceived benefit. That, I get every single day, 24/7 - and so does every professional in every field. If it was THEIR app, they woul
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by theprotocol 8y ago
Incidentally, my mother was recently taken to the ICU due to an acute heart condition (she's perfectly fine now), and she was very impressed with the cardiologist there. He was very experienced, yet he told her "we are always lear
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by theprotocol 8y ago
>Who said anything about not believing you (or believing you)? Why jump to conclusions about my mind-state, like that? >Can't I just be curious to see what it is you mean, and perhaps learn something I don't know? Fair enoug
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by theprotocol 8y ago
I don't have them handy. It's ok if you don't believe me. It's certainly dangerous with regard to cognitive bias, but I have backing from an excellent doctor who has noted my results experimentally, so I am convinced of
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by theprotocol 8y ago
No single study in isolation would vindicate me. I mentioned above that numerous studies over a span of years continue to paint a picture that increasingly vindicates me, in the sense that what I reported to some arrogant doctors was not
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by theprotocol 8y ago
1. Expert mocks client 2. Poster remarks "Poor expert" 3. I make a retaliatory post highlighting how ludicrous it is to say that the expert who mocked the client is also the victim somehow Your "OMG look who's aggressive
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by theprotocol 8y ago
>I guess the best way is to force an analytical approach on your treatment. Ask your doctor a list of all possible causes of your symptoms. Ask them to assign probabilities to each of them, and a score of 1-10 that indicates difficulty o
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by theprotocol 8y ago
>I'm absolutely not trying to belittle your experience I understand, I didn't think that you were. I agree with the point you made that maybe doctors who are trying to work might be impeded by a patient who disagrees. But I thi
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by theprotocol 8y ago
>In their position, wouldn't you act the same way? Doctors have a finite amount of energy and time to spend on their job. Almost everything I hear from clients I consider to be wrong. And I politely explain to them why that is, I ge
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by theprotocol 8y ago
That assumes the expert has actually given an answer to my questions, in which case, you'd be 100% right. Even a "we don't know why this happens yet, here's what we know about it: ..." would be more than satisfactor
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by theprotocol 8y ago
> upset that they didn't jump up and down in amazement There's that aggression again. No, I'm upset about paying someone who mocked me and decided not to do any work because I was too pathetic for someone of his/her
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I've literally seen more than 50 doctors for this over the years. I would estimate about 4 or 5 were great people who actually made a real effort to help me. The rest were both arrogant and incompetent, and some have even caused me sev
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> It is effective at showing how little we know, but so are the lectures we have everyday that have unknowns in them. I really appreciate this being taught, and from what little you wrote, I appreciate the humility shown. Please don&#x27
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by theprotocol 8y ago
>1. You pay to see a doctor. You weren't forced to. You chose to. Yes, that they couldn't help me is not the problem. The problem is that they behaved unprofessionally and mocked me. >2. You tell them you read about your
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I agree. I think it's OK to be flawed, and it's even OK not to know your limitations. But what's not acceptable is the attitude. Many of the doctors I've seen act like "pshhh, get a load of this rube!" whenever
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by theprotocol 8y ago
I've had very similar symptoms. After 15 years I've managed to reduce my symptoms by doing an elimination diet (apparently my intestines are sensitive to many kinds of food) and taking the FODMAP diet to its natural conclusion: re
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Dozens of doctors over the years have rolled their eyes at me whenever I reported that my excruciating migraines were connected with flare ups in intestinal pain. Many would make passive aggressive remarks like "What?... Maybe you shou

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