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I find it interesting that I scrolled through this whole thread and there has been little if any discussion of excessively poor health care in the United States. Also, things like …

'I'm not sure if they expect you to slide into another dimension, but a loud, sharp c-word generally jolts them out of their idiocy.' Thanks for the entirely accurate and entertain…

you cite "very clear case of wrong doing like the George Floyd case," but the only reason that is clear is because of civilian video recording. Here is how the police described it …

Seems a bit extreme. Plenty of people (younger people especially) prefer living in a city regardless of where they work.

The posted article is hardly "data" (at most, one poorly defined data point) and most of the questions here are pointing to how little information the article offers from which to …

Sounds better than typical but not "cherry-picked" either, for the people treated-- of 125 patients: >She added: “Most of our patients are severe and most of them are leaving at si…

fair point, I did miss that further down in the section. It's still unfortunate to lead with a generalization that plays into a common trope/assumption about developers that does p…

Some good questions in here, with one exception: > Programmers are unique. They're one of the few professions where outside the boundaries of their working hours they choose to do …

This, precisely. Maybe we find better treatment (especially treatment that reduces the incidence of patients needing hospitalization or ventilators). Maybe we get testing technolog…

Yes exactly -- it's two different sources of information that one party is not likely to have access to. Severity from a technical-only perspective is important to have. The sense …

"Yes, but: Two days of 3-percent-plus losses in the market don't constitute a downturn, or even, in technical terms, a market "correction" (which is defined as a 10 percent drop). …

I'm sorry I gave this entitled drivel the benefit of a click. It's just a rant about how much more important his time is than everyone else's (flouncing on a dentist's office runni…

nicely explained!

It is true that if employers are offering RSUs selectively, the assumption would be that they would offer them to people they wanted to incentivize not to leave the company until a…

Fun fact, there is also a Vonnegut-themed restaurant in Indy named after Bluebeard.

Some companies use this kind of screen more as a way to filter out people who aren't adequately interested in the company/job to put in the effort on the testing -- so perhaps in s…

Definitely shades of Bowie's 'the mask' routine from his mime days https://vimeo.com/249177125

An interesting related question -- can refrigerator design help to address this issue? We have one of those side-by-side fridges with more shelf depth than shelf width. The design …

This average increase mark is obviously very useful and important, but there's another dimension to add on to that when it comes to temperature trends. In the Twin Cities, for inst…

There could be a few different things at play. I'd try a bit of sea (or himalayan etc) salt and see if that helps. Otherwise, perhaps you really are just hungry and need to eat. Ma…

Yes, I went a couple years doing a very easy 14:10 fast, which was easy to maintain and is what I credit for stabilizing my blood sugar, which used to crash all the time (especiall…

I've been doing IF since 2014 and still haven't managed to get much past 24 hours -- partly admittedly for lack of trying -- I can't imagine trying to do an extended fast (more tha…

I'm shocked by how often my "hunger" goes away after a cup of hot coffee or tea, or water with himalayan salt added. Part of it I'm sure is the action of getting up and getting mys…

Definitely agree with the dietary (lower carb, higher healthy fat) advice but it's also helpful to ease into it -- benefits of fasting start at just 12 hours, so if you stop eating…

Have you heard of POTS? I wonder if electrolyte imbalance was/is driving some of your symptoms. Doing low-ish carb (nowhere near keto) and IF 18 hours a day, I have to supplement e…