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by wdewind 11y ago
Do you have any specific questions? I don't feel like a source is necessary here because this is generally accepted as fact and has been reproduced countless times. There is no science showing caloric timing being significant (physic
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by wdewind 11y ago
This book is kind of a joke among people who are seriously interested in nutrition. There is some decent information in there, and the research Taubes is doing now actually seems like it might be pretty good, but the book has some really b
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by wdewind 11y ago
> Low-fat milk for example is still on sale with health claims, even though it's a well known fact that it's much more unhealthy than normal milk. I take issue with this claim. Neither is more healthy than the other. Whole mi
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by wdewind 11y ago
It really really doesn't matter how you time your calories.
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by wdewind 11y ago
It's basically the lack of fiber, but it can also be the lack of micronutrients. That being said, you can absolutely have a healthy diet that has a fair amount of processed food in it. Edit: as a side note I love your username :)
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by wdewind 11y ago
Not OP but I think the burden of proof is on the people saying an entire macronutrient group is bad.
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by wdewind 11y ago
For "primitives" yes, for objects no. What would be primitives in Ruby extend Object, because everything in ruby does, but (sigh) they redefine == so they act more like primitives in other languages. At least there is a clear cu
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by wdewind 11y ago
> That's because you are among the people who don't like abstractions. That's not the issue at all. Abstractions are great. Redefining operators is not abstraction, it's practically obfuscation.
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by wdewind 11y ago
> Operator overloading is a self-indulgent trick. The only one to benefit is the author. That's a great way to put it.
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by wdewind 11y ago
Right, this seems like exactly why we shouldn't be allowed to redefine it. As a reader of your code that redefines ==, I think == means we are talking identity until I find your function that redefines ==. It has made it so I need to
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by wdewind 11y ago
It's a complaint about the ability to redefine many things that shouldn't be redefine-able, operators included.
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by wdewind 11y ago
Can you give me an example of where redefining equality makes sense?
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by wdewind 11y ago
Cool article about the craziness of Ruby. Ruby is a frustrating language. The oauth gem, for instance, redefines '==(val)' on the AccessToken to 'Base64.encode(self.signature) == Base64.encode(val).' This stuff feels r
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by wdewind 11y ago
I'll tell you one of many, this one is a bit of mindfulness/meditation: one of the best ways I learned to deal with anxiety or depression is to commit wholeheartedly to feeling that feeling. I use the analogy to strength training
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by wdewind 11y ago
So check out this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10384020 Freudian theory is the basis of pyschodynamic therapy. I'd encourage you to try a different type, as I don't think all are equal.
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by wdewind 11y ago
I think my main point is that therapy can be thought of as a performance enhancement, not just a repair. I know a ton of people who get along just fine without it, but could be a lot more effective both in their relationships and their wor
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by wdewind 11y ago
Here is my impression of a lot of the problem, but I am certainly not an expert: In the 80s and 90s the kind of therapy you see in movies where you lie on a couch and talk about your childhood became very popular. That is called pyschodyna
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by wdewind 11y ago
> It’s taken me a few weeks to write this post. Not that I was really afraid of putting myself out there, but that I needed to write it in such a way that it wouldn't scare people or make them worried. This really is a major part, i
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by wdewind 11y ago
Growing up is a pretty metabolically stressful activity. It's not uncommon to be able to eat huge amounts and not get fat while you are growing. There are certainly fully matured people who can eat more than other fully matured people
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by wdewind 11y ago
I agree that the average American consumes more than the recommended daily intake, but the recommended daily intake is complete bullshit. It's 50g, it should be more than double that. It's a class issue: protein is expensive. Th
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by wdewind 11y ago
Sorry, but it's pretty unlikely this is true. The biggest TDEE difference seen in studies is about a 300 calorie difference for people of the same weight (so not enough to have 150lbs people recklessly eating thousands of calories and
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by wdewind 11y ago
> We also eat very healthy in general as a family. Lots of pasta with clam sauce, red sauce, alfredo sauce. Lots of vegetables. Avocados. Clementines. I'd urge you to change your frame of reference from "certain foods are healt
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by wdewind 11y ago
Eh, I'm not sure I totally agree with what you are saying: a) As you mentioned, smoking is a huge confounder in your example b) A lot of congenital heart disease is not preventable via dietary intervention. For people who do require d
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by wdewind 11y ago
Why would the language being untyped have anything to do with whether or not there is global state? I think I'm missing something.
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by wdewind 11y ago
It's not only that, once you know whether or not something has changed you then need to know what tests need to be run.
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by wdewind 11y ago
Sorry I didn't mean flakey in the sense of the tests themselves, but the algorithm that selects which tests need to be run.
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by wdewind 11y ago
I remember reading the original article that inspired it and thinking "huh, that's a cool idea." In practice I wonder if they'll ever really sort this out: > Test selection algorithm is not perfect yet (it may produc
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by wdewind 11y ago
Sure, but I want to be totally clear that I am totally not a scientist or anyone who knows what he is talking about before I do so. I just read a lot of nutritional science because I'm interested in it and so I've strung together
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by wdewind 11y ago
If you don't mind me asking, what is your diagnosis? I don't ask to be nosey, insulin sensitivity is something I'm extremely interested in and would just like to read more about this. The diabetes/inflammation connecti
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by wdewind 11y ago
What do you mean by sugar tolerant? I'd expect insulin sensitivity to be higher in someone on an anti-inflammatory diet.

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