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this is worth checking out. helps to have someone explain what is going on. youtube is a good place to start. guy also has a twitch channel with a phenomenal amount of viewers.

not sure why this would get downvoted

I have heard folks say one of the best ways to absorb magnesium is an empsom salt bath. Not sure if there is "science" on this, but hear it is one of the great benefits of a float …

lol the hacker news relationship advice this spawned

There's definitely stuff in there that is dusty for sure. Thanks for this.

I have kept around and distributed multiple copies of The Elements of Style, by Strunk and White, for the past few years (lots of revisions of this out there, 4th might be most rec…

guaranteed lending == bad idea

Great book. He's also making the podcast rounds. I enjoyed the term 8 hour sleep "opportunity", that he uses. Much more relatable for me.

Some tricks I like: - Magnesium bath (aka epsom salts) - Orally supplemented liquid magnesium (though I have heard folks say that absorbing magnesium through the skin is actually a…

this should be like, pinned, to the top of HN

well yeah. if you have an actual diagnosis such as that, a treatment protocol known to be effective makes perfect sense.

> It suggests that we are incapable of feeling anything physically real in our bodies. It makes me sad that this is the representation the word has to you. I think the book is an h…

the book is what you make it. most of the beginning of the book is actual cases of folks taking their health into their own hands, which I find empowering. certainly dont condone t…

I certainly understand

There's a fantastic book called "The Body Keeps the Score" that touches on some of your observations here.

the narrative of 'chronic' illness is a shame edit: I always get beat up on the internet when I make comments like this. Not sure why I keep doing it. Slow learner. In this case, I…

this should be at the top, dammit

> developer named all the variables for things from Norse Mythologies. this is hilarious.

>Is saturated fat bad for your health? only if you are conducting or reading a study commissioned by the sugar lobby ;)

As the other commenter noted, I think there are several folks at Mason who are Austrian leaning. Don Boudreaux was someone whose writing I followed back in the late 20-aughts, I'm …

Once took a History of Economic Theory course that completely ignored the Austrians. Nice to see them included