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by waterheater 3y ago
Based on a Mayo Clinic article [1], it's possible that Ozempic affects ghrelin uptake [2]. [1] https://diet.mayoclinic.org/us/blog/2024/how-does-ozempic-af... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org&#x2F
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by waterheater 3y ago
I don't mean to be overly repetitive, but the answer is leptin. I just wrote a post about it and quoted some of your comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38942521
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by waterheater 3y ago
The answer is: leptin. I just wrote a post about it, which you may find intriguing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38942521
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by waterheater 3y ago
A shift in understanding the metabolism has been gradually occurring since the 1990s with the isolation of leptin. What is leptin? Discovered in 1994, leptin is a hormone that signals the availability of energy reserves in the body. "H
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by waterheater 3y ago
For a ten year old article, it holds up remarkably well. Grant writing and academic research are typically divergent skill sets. Since research grants (the vast majority from DHHS, NSF, and DoD) have become a major source of revenue for uni
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by waterheater 3y ago
Compared to ICE vehicles, EVs are expensive and heavy (according to Slate, an F-150 Lightning weighs 35% more than its ICE sibling). Cost and weight reduction are both important factors for any EV maker to optimize. Why do you assume the 12
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by waterheater 3y ago
You're not going to achieve an over-unity system. Assuming no other losses, you'll be using 100% of heat energy from the stove. The equation is missing a -1% term somewhere.
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by waterheater 3y ago
I completely agree, and computing has flipped the table on our understanding of the Fourth Amendment. In fact, our technological development and privacy concerns are proportional, which says something quite profound. Are you familiar with K
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by waterheater 3y ago
Ever seen Rubber?
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by waterheater 3y ago
The Fourth Amendment protects the physical, yet other amendments also address privacy in different ways. The First Amendment protects the mind and arguably one's spirit, the Third Amendment is a specific type of physical protection, th
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by waterheater 3y ago
>The Paradox of Tolerance means if you want a tolerant society, you must recognize intolerance as a tyranny and eliminate it. If you recognize a tyranny but do nothing, you stand to receive further oppression. Yes, and the recognition of
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by waterheater 3y ago
>Look at the numbers of who is willing to disagree with their professor publicly on controversial topics. It's those on the left. Those numbers aren't in OP's article. However, even if that statistic is true, all it says i
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by waterheater 3y ago
No, that's exactly what the survey shows, and it's simple to demonstrate this fact. Let's consider the table in the article titled: "What percentage of college students would allow a controversial speaker on campus?&quot
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>Absolute free speech has never been accepted in mainstream venues and I would argue the only thing that has changed over time is what type of speech is considered fashionable. Fighting words have almost always been unacceptable, though
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by waterheater 3y ago
>Speech is violence. Why do you believe that "the communication or expression of thoughts in spoken words" is "injury by or as if by distortion, infringement, or profanation"? Speech is violence. Speech is calm. Speec
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by waterheater 3y ago
>If you let bigots talk, you will get more bigotry and in the end a less free society. By definition, a bigot is "a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices" [1]. There are big
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by waterheater 3y ago
The multicultural element of American universities is a major background element and will shape the long-term outlook on free speech in academia. In aggregate, I've seen and heard far more clearly racist comments from foreign students
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by waterheater 3y ago
Hmm. That's not inaccurate, though it's too pessimistic to be constructive. Certain Americans are convinced that living in a dense urban environment is a necessary way to live, and they're quite vocal about increasing populat
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by waterheater 3y ago
All your points are true, yet remember that China has over 4x the US population and a higher overall population density. Also, if your wife is from the PRC, you obviously know how the CCP will ram through any project they deem necessary, re
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by waterheater 3y ago
As far as I'm aware, that's true. In relation to the previous comments, the water will be classified as a byproduct, not an emission.
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by waterheater 3y ago
Not quite. According to the EPA [1], "Emissions is the term used to describe the gases and particles which are put into the air or emitted by various sources." That includes anything, not only CO2. For example, while CO2 is a comm
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by waterheater 3y ago
Interested folks should check out the Allam cycle [1] and NET Power [2], which has successfully built and operated a carbon-dioxide turbine test facility and is now building a full-scale plant in Texas. NET Power's approach has some si
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by waterheater 3y ago
>anyone whose livelihood depends solely on the good opinion of others is likely to have low moral standards Highly insightful.
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by waterheater 3y ago
If you're taking about sustaining a culture change, the doctoral students must be selected such that they will both seek academic research and avoid grant-seeking behaviors. That's why I think it's a solution, but I suppose i
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by waterheater 3y ago
What is your definition of "academic research"? Not all research is academic, so take a moment to think about what that means for you. I'll give you what I think it is in the next paragraph. A HN commenter once wisely stated:
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by waterheater 3y ago
Look into the difficulties faced by the University of Austin [1] (not the University of Texas at Austin). This is a project which explicitly seems to be pushing back against the current toxic academic environment, yet a major issue they are
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Yes, and from a purely economic standpoint, we're betting that the handful that do stay are worth the investment of capital and resources.
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by waterheater 3y ago
You're talking about shifting a culture, and the culture is defined by the people. The current doctoral student mentality will define the future of academia, and most doctoral students are disheartened by the idea of writing grants for
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by waterheater 3y ago
I suspect myriad. Academic politics is messier than real-world politics. In the Dark Triad personality classification, Machiavellianism should be a job requirement for professors if they are to succeed in such a twisted climate (and, as it
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by waterheater 3y ago
On this subject, I recommend the book "Vitamin C and Cancer: Medicine or Politics?" by Evelleen Richards. Pharmaceutical companies have no intrinsic motivation to provide (1) cures at (2) a price one could purchase without health

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