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I'm hardly the first to draw a comparison between the treatment of animals and the Holocaust [1]. Every year, 150 billion animals are born and slaughtered [2]. I think to compare t…

Rather than conjecture, why not educate yourself with free films such as Earthlings (available on YouTube) to learn what the experience of others really is like? Edit: your assumpt…

You are ignorant or dishonest if you think "killing" a plant and animal is in any way equatable. Edit: Even supposing plants have the ability to suffer and experience pain in the s…

No one is "meant" to be tortured and abused. I find you reply to be morally abhorrent and absolutely disgusting. Right now, at this very moment, on American highways, there are no …

How would you feel if the moment you were born someone else had already planned the day of your execution?

You are depriving yourself of a lot of information by avoiding files based solely on file extension (most academic papers are in PDF format, for example). Avoiding Flash, on the ot…

Not quite - a 401k could either lower your taxable income now by accepting pre-tax contributions, or offer you tax-free returns on your investment in the case of a Roth. This savin…

Please read the court document and evaluate PCRM's position on its own merit. Frankly, I find AHA and others' behavior outlined there to be morally abhorrent and worthy of discussi…

It isn't the American Medical Association which I'm referring to, but rather the American Heart Association. From the parent's source: > The DGAC used the 2013 American Heart Assoc…

Faster, but less comprehensive. Many web sites serve content and ads off the same domain. Personally, I like uBlock Origin in combination with uMatrix in the browser, with privoxy …

Exactly this. Check out http://nutritionfacts.org/ on this topic - there is a load of peer reviewed research for your purveying pleasure.

The China Study by T. Colin Campbell PhD.

Citation, please. Not from someone who sells products, either. A low-carb diet makes no sense, because cancer-fighting fruits and vegetables, for example, are mostly carbs, whereas…

Yes, of course. The World Health Organization and pretty much every other respectable, not-for-profit medical authority in the world recommends fewer than 10% of calories from prot…

Cholesterol and triglycerides will always drop in the short-term when weight is lost. 3 months is not a long enough time to make a sound judgement about your diet. With regards to …

Agreed - it would not defend against this presumed watering-hole attack. However, neither would have AV: https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/d1ac55a4e610380f0ab239fcc... Nevertheles…

Here's an analysis of the malware - http://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2016/03/new-os-x-...

> can anyone recommend a good antivirus for OSX? Common Sense 2016, see https://github.com/drduh/OS-X-Security-and-Privacy-Guide

The same BitDefender which was hacked a few months ago? http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/39028/cyber-crime/bitdef...

Check out this similar gpg-based password manager, which uses just one encrypted container for improved confidentiality - https://github.com/drduh/pwd.sh