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2791.
by tomp 7y ago
Non-anecdotally, keto diet is used to manage epilepsy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epilepsy#Diet
2792.
by tomp 7y ago
This blog post describes some incredibly complex old cultural practices, including making corn and manioc edible/non-poisonous ("nixtamalization" is the name of the corn-specific process), and describes the hypothesis that di
2793.
by tomp 7y ago
Is this a "combustion engine" achievement or a "road legal wheel-powered" achievement (i.e. not "reactive engine powered car")? In other words, are there any electric cars that are faster? Wikipedia suggests &q
2794.
by tomp 7y ago
Proximity can go both ways... You might as well develop a strong liking of girls/women because of proximity. I've been bombarded from young age (by pop culture, TV, magazines, porn) by thin women wearing make-up. I have a strong
2795.
by tomp 7y ago
I cannot understand how "born this way" could ever possibly not be true. Sure, today people can "decide" (or whatever) but why would anyone in their right mind decide to be gay like 200 years ago, and risk being ostrac
2796.
by tomp 7y ago
The issue is, there’s so many other things in the “faster internet” story than 5G that it really seems like a bit of a scam... Personally, I’d much appreciate full-coverage, limitless, unthrottled, can-be-tethered, cross-border, always avai
2797.
by tomp 7y ago
Employer NI is a scam anyways - some government or another needed more money, but didn't want to piss off the populace by raising taxes, so they increased taxes "invisibly" - you still get paid the same (as specified in your
2798.
by tomp 7y ago
> Note that the data he used here is cherry picked from a 90's study that used the Big5 method, which has since been debunked for use in biological differentiation. Can you expand on this please, cite some references or something?
2799.
by tomp 7y ago
No stranger than religion, when you think about it. Both are completely arbitrary (a personal choice), people get very emotional and defensive about them, and they seem irrational if you don't share the beliefs.
2800.
by tomp 7y ago
No, I don’t think that’s correct. “Selling” data is typically enough to make it “public” (i.e. it’s dissemination), after all most financial data isn’t available for free (e.g. stock prices).
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by tomp 7y ago
I don’t know any good ones... AFAIK value, size signals, merger arbitrage, and other kinds of predictionsused to work well in context of statistical arbitrage... but yeah their existence is evidenced by successful companies / hedge f
2802.
by tomp 7y ago
No, there are trading strategies that do work, over multiple years, and can then be adjusted and refined to work even longer. But obviously nobody is going to publish such strategies. You’re looking at a negative selection of papers.
2803.
by tomp 7y ago
It seems perfectly reasonable to set a (somewhat subjective) threshold and start treating companies that exceed it (in some way - e.g. number of users, % of coverage, revenue) as "public services" and controlling them more tightly
2804.
by tomp 7y ago
How would that work in practice? The Mainstream Media is obviously partisan and serves to protect the strong (e.g. Iraq WMD, Epstein). The government (and associated institutions, e.g. jails, court, FBI, NSA.) as well (e.g. Epstein, Snowden
2805.
by tomp 7y ago
It's much easier to avoid and/or remove the camera if it's shining.
2806.
by tomp 7y ago
I agree with both your reasoning and your sentiment, but I just want to point out, that it's not quite that obvious... https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/02/14/277058739... > 1 I
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by tomp 7y ago
I've gotten my last two jobs through LinkedIn (and likely otherwise wouldn't even know about the companies). Yes, the signal/noise ratio is very very EXTREMELY low, but the variance (all on the upside, there's really n
2808.
by tomp 7y ago
> I think it's safe to say though that neither Tumblr nor WordPress, even combined, would ever have more posts than atoms on Earth =) If my math is correct, you're a wee bit off. 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 is 2^63, which is roug
2809.
by tomp 7y ago
> their dofollow / nofollow ratio is a staggering 10:1, Wouldn't this simply be a result of them having tons of (presumably trustworthy) references? > They have 210 referring pages linking to their curcumin page with the exa
2810.
by tomp 7y ago
Well, it's pretty obvious why they do it (more exports, therefore more money, for the US), but I find it extremely hypocritical that they do it... "let's make a free trade deal where we can sell you food that our govern
2811.
by tomp 7y ago
There's no free market in China. The government is pretty strict in banning foreign enterprises (that can only operate in China if they're co-owned 50% by Chinese) in order to develop local companies. So basically restricting the
2812.
by tomp 7y ago
Wait, are you seriously complaining about executing code you downloaded from the internet, that installs a package manager - i.e. a piece of software that downloads executable code from the internet?!
2813.
by tomp 7y ago
This is probably wrong. You’re basically saying that a statically compiled LISP isn’t homoiconic.
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by tomp 7y ago
Sure, but not 0-60 acceleration. The joy of driving a Porsche is that you can kick donw th pedal at 130 km/h and still feel the force of acceleration pushing your body into the seat.
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by tomp 7y ago
What's more, by targeting the effects, not the cause, you're helping create a better, free-er world, where governments aren't dictating how people live their lives. If the desired effect is "less global warming" (an
2816.
by tomp 7y ago
Could be as easy as a friend of yours uploading their whole address book (ostensibly “to find friends”)
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by tomp 7y ago
I want to accuse you that "you don't live in London" but your comment admits as much. London has a huge sprawl so walking doesn't really make sense. A few biking lanes but not really relevant for most commutes. Public tr
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by tomp 7y ago
The current top comment. IIRC it was fluctuating wildly while it was on the front page. After it's gone, comments can get reshuffled, because some people might keep replying/reading/up&downvoting (arguably those with mo
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by tomp 7y ago
The idea isn't that political discussions are unwelcome, or worthless... Rather, it's that people (and comments) are much more emotional, knee-jerk, irrational, etc. - there is barely any actual discussion going on, it's mo
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by tomp 7y ago
What do you use instead? In London, cabs are so expensive, even just looking at one is more expensive than 30mins Uber trip... In addition, unless you're in a very touristy area, your wait time for a black cab will be inversely proport

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