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pazimzadeh
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About pazimzadeh
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Comment #49152518
the farmed salmon were bred to reproduce and grow rapidly
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Comment #49130226
you lost me, you seem to keep trying to guess my intentions and you ignore the data you don't like you might want biology be really simple and describable by simple equations but i…
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Comment #49129618
For sure that contributes to their higher ceiling for exposure, and also makes it harder for them to get vitamin D, which is why they shouldn't avoid going to the beach until the s…
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Comment #49129535
> you are fishing for confirmation of your theory instead of answers that fit the data If you say so. > left arm truck driver risk Truck driver sunlight exposure is spectrally diff…
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Comment #49117721
Cool anecdote but as I said, in the middle of the day you should go for a shorter amount of time (starting with just a few minutes) to get ideal UVB exposure. Tourists are an espec…
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Comment #49117113
I like the idea of checking for that, but not sure the numbers add up. Anterior head + legs + arms = 31.5% Anterior + Posterior torsos = 36% > which would probably be similar to ho…
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Comment #49115636
Sure that’s a theory, but hasn’t been proven. If I recall, the study showed that heavy sunscreen use amongst sunscreen users was associated with higher cancer rates. Secondly, if s…
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Comment #49112008
I agree, but you can titrate your exposure. So at the beginning of the season, in the 12-3 window you can start by going 5 mins without sunscreen for a few days, then 10 mins, then…
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Comment #49111964
No, UVA is stronger and more harmful. UVA penetrates deeper in the skin, since it's stronger. UVB stimulates Vitamin D production, while UVA doesn't. So almost anything that is "UV…
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Comment #49111344
Which herbs
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Comment #49111341
Interestingly the best time to go out is at solar noon, when the UVB/UVA ratio is higher. Just go for a shorter amount of time to compensate for the higher overall intensity.
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Comment #49100589
viruses and transposons are a major source of creativity in life. the adaptive immune system of jawed vertebrates like us, which defends against viruses, only exists because the RA…
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Comment #49093356
actually, the 'little bit' one is probably correct, unless you are in a susceptible group like the elderly then probably vaccinate a lot we can also get better at predicting what e…
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Comment #49092368
Here’s a fun read on that arms race The acquired immune system: a vantage from beneath https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15539148/ Basically saying our immune systems ensure that mic…
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Comment #49091818
And every time you generate an immune response you are honing your natural receptors so although they are more specific to the specific virus at hand, they lose general response, s…
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Comment #49086370
spores are the reasons that labs use autoclaves instead of boiling to sterilize things. autoclaves are pressurized so can reach much higher temperatures
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Comment #49015830
Apparently Dvorak was against net neutrality. He had the worst takes https://us1.campaign-archive.com/?u=d0e55f319709994434570865...
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Comment #48726835
Sunlight does way more than just produce vitamin D: Photo-neuro-immuno-endocrinology: How the ultraviolet radiation regulates the body, brain, and immune system https://www.pnas.or…
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Comment #48724722
Same with UV radiation (sunlight).
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Comment #48535452
also his argument relies on consumers being in a stable situation. desperate people 'want' a lot of things which makes them easier to exploit
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Comment #48509439
LLM's are in fact very good at translation and transliteration.
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Comment #48300731
yeah stick blender = hand-held blender it's the same basic recipe
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Comment #48300715
in the case of stage 4 cancer, what is the swing?
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Comment #48290640
> the best shill-farm is run by the /r/Palestine subreddit you mean the best one that you know of