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It's important to build on solid foundations, rather than on faulty assumptions. My experience is the standard medical approach to lung problems is basically wrong. There was a sub…

John Gatto's books and talks are all very insightful. His old website had the full text of The Underground History of American Education for free. Archive.org crawled the site: htt…

My understanding is the bleeding risk associated with aspirin can be addressed by taking Vitamin K.

I was looking at used video cards to use with Davinci Resolve, then I noticed that Intel's latest GPU was a good value. Last week I bought an Intel Arc B580 card. What's the proble…

Years ago I read a comment here sharing how they'd taken to wearing amber glasses when walking at night, so they could be protected against the excessively-blue LED streetlights in…

Halogen bulbs do dim out as they age. The most common problem with modern headlights is the plastic covers get oxidized (cloudy) due to sun exposure. The cloudyness blocks some of …

Human eyes are hypersensitive to blue-white light, but the old lighting science found that orange-yellow light is best for humans in a low-light environment.

I saw a car with terrible headlights, so I started a recording to see if there was flicker (which sometimes indicates that they're aftermarket). The light turned green, the car pul…

My theory is the manufacturers' marketing departments went to the engineers and said "we can't sell cars with safe headlights anymore, please make the next model's headlights seem …

I think if you look for "New Zealand artisanal turpentine" you could find a supplier for rosin. For example: https://www.ribbonrose.co.nz/product/65514/langridge-distill...

I’m not sure what you mean. This submission had fallen to the second page, without any substantial comments. Are the HN comments cautioning about Tylenol now invalid because Presid…

According to the article: “There are other rosins made from paper mills, where they grind pulp and extract it with sulphuric acid. That rosin, you don’t want to use for potatoes,” …

> there's no reason to punish the vastly outnumbering population who can follow directions and take it safely. If you take two pills of extra strength Tylenol (2x500mg) every six h…

There is no row over Tylenol: there are comments on HN going back for at least 13 years how this drug would probably not be approved if an application was submitted today. I've jok…

When I was helping my dad with various windows 10 problems, he was constantly touching the screen in exasperation. These touches only created more problems. I deactivated his touch…

The switch to high-blue light sources is a tragedy.

Soy becomes edible when it's fermented into soysauce. Soybeans that aren't fermented are potent sources of phytoestrogens, which are plant chemicals that cause our tissues to swell…

Iirc the mild poisons in nightshades trigger the learned helplessness response in people who are on the jagged edge of sobriety. I think I remember where I read this - check your p…

Nightshades are problematic for stressed and old people because the plants have mild poisons. Old people and addicts tend to not be able to handle the poisons in tomatoes, potatoes…

At least he gave credit to HN, so the diaspora could find the source. The article is interesting. I think more needs to be said about how our eyes perceive color w.r.t. led lightin…

I agree that there are lots of useless things in cars, but the tire pressure sensors on my base trim 2013 Honda recently saved me a big headache. I recently pulled out of a busines…

Apparently the low light performance of the full-frame Sonys is a combination of IBIS (mechanical in-body image stabilization) and Back-Side Illuminated (BSI) sensors. The Sony A66…

Saccharin was the first artificial sweetener, discovered in 1879. It was popular in the early 20th century, and is available today as Sweet'n'Low or "the pink packet" (generics). T…

Aspartame (1965) was approved by the US FDA in 1974/1981. This is commonly paired with acesulfame-K (1967) to provide sweetness in low-calorie drinks and sodas. Saccharin (1879) wa…