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Ok so of all crackpots who have medical related hallucinations, one got it right. This is hardly newsworthy.

What you saw might have been ball lightning. A friend and I saw one when we were kids. I only came to find out what it was many years later. From the distance it looked no differen…

I also don't want certain things in my browser autocomplete history so every time I have a question I think is dumb I open an incognito window.

Heavy on allegations, very light on proof, as usual.

No better time for countries that antagonize China to go on the offensive given all the anti-Chinese sentiment due to Coronavirus, Uyghur internment allegations and US sanctions.

I don't think "black-box" algorithms are the problem per se. In this case the system was doomed from the get-go by using biased and flawed input attributes. What I find very proble…

Why can't those people with dark traits be open and honest in a setting where they are anonymous? Unless you are arguing they are so good at covering their tracks that they end up …

Not an expert but I don't think this is a great paper for a few reasons: - there's quite a lot of variation in carbohydrate intake in LCD and fat intake in LFD group (even though t…

> There are compounds in almonds that bind to testosterone Source?

Yeah they are both rooted in the music brought by the African diaspora. You will find this all throughout Central and Latin America, although with some variations in rhythms and in…

Brazilian Candomblé ritual music may have the same effect. For those who want to try: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0ZBZI5pSOg

There's also a company called Rainforest Connection using machine learning to detect deforestation: https://blog.google/technology/ai/fight-against-illegal-defo...

You are probably not exercising property. You either have poor execution, use too much weight, use exercises that don't agree if your body mechanics or a combination of the three. …

+1 to choosing a routine you can stick to. Routines like 5x5 can be ok for some but I'm not sure it is a good idea to put most beginners in low rep range workouts before they can l…

What you said is probably 80% of the way. I would also be interested in more research about individual responses to food. There's some evidence blood glucose levels vary considerab…

Also this additional stress could elicit some kind of supercompensation by the body via hormesis.

I haven't delved into any specific papers about caffeine but I would assume they would control for at least some of those factors you mentioned.

> For local communities, selling timber and clearing land for cultivation is an income stream of last resort. There's also another problem that affects places like Brazil: deforest…

I think it's much more likely Wei Dai is Satoshi.

Just your periodic reminder that a vegan diet is deficient and not sustainable.

Doesn't sending the exception as tags increase metrics cardinality slowing down other queries?

What I read between the lines here is that the company hired someone with no experience and gave them more responsibility than they should have at the beginning of their careers.

It is already happening in the US.

Thanks for sharing your story. At some point I might embark on a similar journey but with Elixir. Side projects are always an option, I guess.

One way of looking at it is your_impact = your_contribution * number_of_users. If you work for a mega corp chances are your contribution is small so you would be better off in a sm…