xherberta

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by xherberta 10y ago
Islam does allow you to lie to advance the cause. I don't know if it would allow you to eat a ham sandwich. (PS: I'm not serious)
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by xherberta 10y ago
I am not sure what that purpose would be if not to spread life into a cold, empty universe. In my view, sending our physical bodies elsewhere is irresponsible unless they are a container for a store of meaning and magnanimity that we&#x27
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I dispute that we're chopping down the last trees. I think it's tough to argue that the earth isn't still the option that's most hospitable to life. In the Easter Island metaphor, space migration strikes me as the isla
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by xherberta 10y ago
Thanks, I do appreciate the quote, and the clarification on LE. Why are you against increased intelligence? I'm not against increased intelligence per se, but I think it's a wrongheaded goal for the times. We don't seem to
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by xherberta 10y ago
Amen to that. I don't like to see the elites making a break for the life raft.
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Have you considered hunting with sticks? I think you're right to categorize discontent or 'hireath' as pretty universal.
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I guess the paleo and Weston Price crowds would argue that Alzheimers and other degenerative diseases were unknown during the hunting-with-sticks days. (I mention it for the fun irony.)
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"... In the 1980s, [Leary's] vision could be summed up in one word: SMI2LE. A neat summary of Leary’s vision of the future of the human species, SMI2LE stands for Space Migration, Intelligence Increase, and Life Extension. (Firs
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I know someone who asked to go from salaried to hourly for this reason - he didn't want to sit there and ride the clock if he wasn't actually able to be productive during that time. The (engineering) company operated based on bill
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Right. Maybe it's federal employees' way of retaliating for the fact that all their data got taken.
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I suppose it depends whether six hours is a hard maximum. If you're being kicked out of the building in six hours, that could be stressful. But if six hours from now you have the option of leaving with no one looking askance, that&#x27
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by xherberta 10y ago
Or, one of your friends had previously been targeted for Campari ads; FB knew you were with your friend, and now serves you some ads it knows would be appropriate for your friend.
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Many apps do have access to microphone, don't they? Voice recognition may not be good enough to transcribe the whole convo, but it would be sufficient to pick up repeated instances of "campari." op: Is it possible something w
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by xherberta 10y ago
Well said! An economist once argued that it would be worthwhile for museums to sell the bottom 1% of their collections (stuff that's destined to moulder in the archives and would never be displayed anyway) and set up trusts that would
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by xherberta 10y ago
An unmentioned corollary: freelancing's finest hour is when you don't really need the money.
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"drunk enough" because alcohol served to lower inhibitions. Westerners really don't know what it's like when speaking too freely could land you in trouble.
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How cool that they actually don't need implants! The existing hardware can be hacked to provide sonar capabilities.
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UK press has been covering this, and the EU has frequently shown itself ready to push back: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/10/whatsapp-...
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by xherberta 10y ago
Vaccines are life-saving and necessary. There is no evidence linking them to autism. But, WHY do children in the US need nearly 4x as many doses by age two as compared with children in Germany and Finland? Since childhood diseases aren&#x27
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He sure as shootin named the hizzy out of that game.
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Summary: ... we need more research... existing studies have flaws... guidelines for kids aren't even based on research... what gov't agency should regulate games? ... some agency should regulate brain-training games. Here's t
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by xherberta 10y ago
All carbohydrates break down into sugars, so that may explain why if you're not getting hoped-for benefits. My doctor told me to try cutting carbs to a level where I don't crave carbs. At that level, supposedly you're not wha
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by xherberta 10y ago
In an older discussion on this issue, travisp shared this article: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1199154 >Effects of Dietary Composition on Energy Expenditure During Weight-Loss Maintenance > &quo
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The composition of one's microbiome is also a major factor in metabolism (and is interrelated with activity level, too.) https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Firmicutes_and_Obes... The article didn't trea
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by xherberta 10y ago
OK, but do think through how you might be better off with a little less in your account and the people around you having jobs, as opposed to having more in your account while unemployed grocery workers throw rocks at your shuttle service an
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A meat thermometer is great for quantitatively confirming that your food has achieved a germ-killing temperature. Other than that, be paranoid about raw meat and its juices. Use disinfecting spray and paper towels to clean up any drips or s
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My favorite chain breaker service has to do with kidney transplants: Some economists noticed a few cases where would-be kidney donors who weren't compatible with their family member who needed a kidney were able to find another incompa
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Trulia seems to be using such info to create color-coded crime maps.
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Obviously they wouldn't move to WV and say they didn't.
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Because unskilled workers (and their children) fare better when uprooted and transplanted into cities??? Farm Bill subsidies have incentivized modes of agriculture that minimize labor inputs, so subsidies have already largely depopulated fl

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