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Agreed that alcohol is Bad. Not related to sleep, but there is also lots of science stacking up now on the connection between alcohol and cancer.

If examine.com's metaanalsyses are based on legitimate research papers -- and you've read some of the papers yourself and find that they indeed provide support for the article citi…

Thanks for noting this. Their web site design (as well as the use of a dotcom domain) gives a misleading impression

Both of those sites appear to be money-making ventures that sell vitamins; I wouldn't consider them reliable sources. Here is a university page with information: http://www.umm.edu…

" If this were any other manufacturer, they would be burnt at the stake." Nah. Look at Samsung: you can make a TV that spies on you, a washing machine that explodes, and a smartpho…

in employment negotations, the only time you should start signing anything is when you have a job offer letter in hand with the salary you want, and the name of your manager, both …

Putting an unknown substance into another person's beverage at a bar is a good way to get yourself arrested.

I was looking at a course and noticed this: "This course material is only available in the iTunes U app on iPhone or iPad." That's lame. For years, iTunes U materials used to be av…

Thank you for sharing that link. I am not familiar with Russakoff's work and it looks very thought-provoking.

The proper way to improve education in a community is to get involved with the existing school systems -- the schools are already there. Be wary of ideologues possessing way too mu…

"It's not your place to tell people what to do with their own bodies." Come on, that's ridiculous. E.g., if a loved one is abusing alcohol, it is definitely your place to intervene…

When you have to threaten someone on your team, you've reached rock-bottom as a manager; all you're really accomplishing is convincing your team to leave for greener pastures.

Wasn't entirely sure if this was a sincere post, or some sort of unfunny burlesque of some kind. Assuming it's sincere, then the author of this blog post couldn't be more wrong abo…

If you're going to go with a functional approach (which he introduces in the section "How to avoid 'this'"), instead of creating a brand-new function for each particular piece of d…

fyi, the company Functional Works is basically a tech recruiting agency.

"the HTTPS and IPv6 anti-vaxxer crowd " What does this mean?

sounds like the latest predatory scam in for-profit 'education': step 1: name your for-profit entity such that it sounds like an actual university, even though it isn't. step 2: ta…

Not OP, but in the United States, Americans' right to privacy is protected by the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

i did not downvote you. asking for a source is not a bad thing. in addition to what i posted above, this paper is a good summary of what we know at this point: doi:10.1038/nrc3725

"as far as we can all tell he is avoiding the horrible health effects" No. Nicotine is a carcinogen. Forgive my surprise, but I'm absolutely blown away that this isn't common knowl…

Smokers infringe on my health by exposing me to second-hand smoke and forcing me to ingest nicotine, a known carcinogen. This absolutely needs to be made illegal as far as I'm conc…

As far as I know, there is no way to sync contacts/calendar over-the-wire (USB) using Android. That's a major ding if one is trying to avoid all things cloud. (edit: i should add i…

> "About 10 SoFi executives met to discuss the situation; it was then that some of them learned Mr. Cagney had not actually secured the $90 million for the loan product, according …

It's interesting you ask. iCal had the option of 2-, 3-, or 4-day view, which I liked a lot. Also, I think iCal did much better job visually distinguishing the current day. But I'm…