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Are you saying that the article is wrong because empirical studies haven't been done on topic? Do you think programming productivity is possible to measure and if so how?

48-72 hours is not long enough to regenerate your immune system. Valter Longo has recommended at least 4-5 days to treat auto-immune disorders [1]. I've done 5 day fasts. For somet…

The question is how accurate are the estimates? Estimating in a complex system where one problem triggers another, cascading with feedback loops, is a messy business. So the outcom…

No doubt. The Republicans have always been anti-gay. It's just that Trump done more than anyone ever has to bring them around on this issue. I'll never forget the cheering and appl…

Why would Trump go to all the effort of running for POTUS only to put his VP in charge? That doesn't make any sense.

Last time I checked Trump was running on a pro LGBT platform...

"Destroy" does not mean the same thing as "damage". Destroy = something big enough ruin your quality of life.

Dear down voters: it should be obvious that just because smoking is not literally guaranteed to destroy your lungs, and you can find plenty of counter examples, it's still a very g…

Maybe there is a lot of value in having lots of samples. People are more likely to give permission to get out of the fee than to get a discount. Personally I'd increase the discoun…

"Smoking will destroy your lungs" Gonna give me a counterexample there too?

"Your statement is unscientific because anecdotally I've had no problems with it" Where's your citation backing up your suggestion that it's safe?

You have it exactly backwards. Anyone suggesting Soylent is safe with arguments like "glucose is glucose" and "it has the right macronutrient ratios" is spouting pseudo-science. If…

Q. Big Mac meal $9.99. Can we snap a picture of you smiling for our Instagram? (Yes: -$3) (Burger King costs $9.99 with no offer.) And now you buy the Big Mac without making a scen…

Q. Price $120. Can we use this as a sample? (Yes: -$3) A. Happy to pay the full price! -- Q. Price $117. Can we use this as a sample? (No: +$3) A. No fucking way I'm paying $3 NOT …

There was another submission that was on the front page half an hour ago with only a few comments (so no flamewar) and appears to have been directly removed by a mod: https://news.…

This story is now 7 hours old with 164 points, but on page 5. I count 6 stories on the front page that are older than this with less points, e.g: 9. Virus stole poison genes from b…

Great news!

Does this mean Stripe Japan users can now accept USD, or is it still only JPY?

The question is not whether or not the food picks up bacteria, but how likely the bacteria is to endanger our health (and how likely a deficiency of bacterial exposure caused by be…

He's talking about funding startups, not paying for the MOOC.

Seat belt laws are largely thanks to Ralph Nader: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Nader#Unsafe_at_Any_Spee...

Try making it yourself. I use a variety that ferments at room temperature (Caspian Sea): just add some left-over yogurt from the last batch to a fresh carton of milk, stir, and wai…

Personal experimentation is great. Try and see instead of following bad science and dogma.