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louprado

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About louprado

Lou Prado Maker of GarageMate and developer of .NET SaaS Applications

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    "but as long as we all believe it has value, it does". Would one argue that an airplane is a _story_ ? If no one believed in the technology and lost faith in all pilots no one woul…

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    From personal observation, many Christians see oil as a unlimited natural gift from God and view alternative energy sources with disdain. Not sure if that was a deliberate strategy…

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    Agreed that initially referring to it as "brain tumor" would have been fine. Thanks for sharing your story too, perhaps this condition isn't rare. Coincidentally I once went into b…

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    Regarding a comment the author made in passing: For the increasing number of people who have cataract surgery, the eye’s lenses have ben replaced with plastic, which usually have a…

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    Off topic, but can anyone comment on their experience renting a portable internet satellite receiver or provide a recommendation. Thanks.

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    I initially thought the same but he did write "All signs point to another Teledesic or Iridium" and I can't argue to the contrary.

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    In addition to those consultants, Cynthia Stine of egrowthpartners.com was recently interviewed in The Week's Jan 25, 2019 "The Last Word" column and her firm helps Amazon Sellers …

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    This article implies that if you can't change your diet then you could achieve similar results with chewing exercises. The comments below mention mewing , but I suspect greater for…

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    A bit of a tangent, but does anyone know if a "paper PhD" is still and option ? The first and only time I ever heard of it was during a lecture by Nobel laureate Dr. Shuji Nakamura…

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    Perhaps skin samples from different parts of the body would yield different age predictions. The actual study makes no mention which seems like a significant omission if someone we…

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    Yes when China does it, we call it "currency manipulation". But when the U.S. does it, we call it "quantitative easing".

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    "It's time to invest and avidly pursue a new wave of technological solutions to this problem - including those that are risky, unproven, even unlikely to work". I had a recent crac…

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    Then forget exercise for now, just take a contemplative walk around the block. Perhaps do it right before breakfast and/or after dinner. It's easy and takes less than 10 minutes. D…

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    "I could get hit by a bus and die tomorrow" Ironically, when I am sleep deprived I am more accident prone and more likely to get hit by a bus. But what's almost certain, if I sleep…

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    How is calculation of health insurance premiums not #1 on this list ? Recently I purchased a DIY mole removal product from Amazon. An expansive actuary table would show a "concern …

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    I am not an expert on psychology, but your goal "losing more (fat) and gaining more(muscle) as fast as humanly possible", might be detrimental to your success. It probably took dec…

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    Given that poor sleep quality exacerbates insulin resistance, it is possible that by not eating late into the day, the research subjects in the article's fasting study may have als…