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The article mentions Metformin's use in preventing Long Covid. More info on that from Eric Topol's blog: https://erictopol.substack.com/p/preventing-long-covid The original study: …

What officials actually say doesn't make a difference anymore. People do not get bamboozled because of lack of facts. People who get bamboozled are past facts.

Does your task need great code? Not a rhetorical question. Often the goal is the functional minimum. If that's your gig, it's hard to appreciate code quality maximization, and vice…

People breathe, so you need outdoor air to replenish the oxygen and get rid of the carbon dioxide. That's "fresh" air. Unfortunately, outdoor air has particulate and ozone pollutio…

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Not sure if SJ was to blame, but your sentiment about the commoditization of software engineering is right on target. It was industry-wide. It's true that teams had to grow in size…

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> you'd be an idiot to not have a pile of BTC right now I do agree with your overall take that there is a recent trend towards de-democratization of investment opportunities. The i…

The point of the market is not for you to do better than anyone else. The point is to price things right so that the market as a whole makes money. By picking stocks, you're either…

Would love to watch a Park Chan Wook biopic of this (if he did biopics.)

In 2016/2017 there was much more awareness of Russian interference than there is now. The protests were more about legitimacy than about disagreement or dislike. By 2021 the Putin/…

Some 2004 highlights for the nostalgic: - MySpace was surging, Facebook was launched. - Iraq counterinsurgency. Eventually Iraq fared better than Syria, while Afghanistan fared wor…

Just for reference, in the US there were protests after protests in late 2016 and early 2017. The only difference they made is tiring out the participants.

You're assuming they're not gonna go the way of Cheney and Romney. Around the world, most of this stuff is dry runs for other stuff.

Might want to check back in a month or two.

One of the problems with a 10-month preannouncement is that the competition is ready to trash the actual announcement. Half an hour in, I already see half a dozen barely-concealed …