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Comment #48645716
"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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Comment #47417672
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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Comment #19884214
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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Comment #19679313
Off topic, but can anyone comment on their experience renting a portable internet satellite receiver or provide a recommendation. Thanks.
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Comment #19679302
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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Comment #19557177
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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Comment #18759590
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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Comment #18360796
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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Comment #18288636
"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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Comment #18266315
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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Comment #18242610
"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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Comment #18210071
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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Comment #18204618
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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Comment #18204236
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…