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Whenever I take the first bite into an energy or protein bar I pause with surprise because of how sweet it is. Then I ask myself, "how is this not a candy bar?"

Two weeks ago I was an excited entrepreneur/engineer and looked forward to building new products that improved peoples lives. But with an inability to estimate my product COGS and …

Why is this getting downvoted ? Past grants for this type of research at URI, for example, are in the $4M - $8M /yr range. [0] https://rochesterbeacon.com/2024/04/17/new-microplast…

Your repeated comment is only half right. This has moved from win-win to lose-lose.

I did talk to a doctor. He quoted me $12,000 for a surgery that sounded excessive and had a long recovery time. I try to get second opinions, but doctors are so busy that I never g…

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My small business produces a niche consumer electronic device. Anyone watching us operate would say that our product is Made in the USA. But the components of our product are sourc…

You are right. Accepting $200k for one prisoner is not worth risking all future contracts from this temperamental US administration.

If the El Salvadorian gov't is corrupt enough to run an international pay-based prison, couldn't they also accept a payment, from anyone, for releasing an international prisoner? T…

US citizens may not want to travel internationally because they don't trust US customs and border agents upon their return. About 20 years ago a customs agent asked me, "are you th…

Farenheit set 100F to be his wife's internal temperature. 0F was the freezing point of brine and humans are mostly brine. F is human centric.[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F…

He seems to have solved a mindset issue that eludes others like myself. I reduced to 24hr billable hours a week thinking that it would help with burnout. Instead my ego is constant…

No, this isn't about oligarchs. This is about sadists some of whom happen to be oligarchs whose singular goal is to make the non-MAGA sad. It is working.

It's not enough to have personal optimism you need a community/culture of optimists. ~10 years ago that was there in a big way for tech. It was peak YC prestige. HBO's Silicon Vall…

That's my point. It reminds me of when the greatest smart contract writers in the world got "hacked" by what was in the retrospect, a rookie error. We now have ETH and ETC which no…

Imagine if Fort Knox had a magic key allowing the bearer to walk in and out of it, at will, with as much riches as they wanted. Now imagine that bearer is a politician who blames t…

I assume this Tesla Takedown link is for organizing law abiding protests. But if you plan on burning something, be courteous and leave a comment in advance. Thanks! https://actionn…

"These are external taxes paid by the exporting countries. Beautiful tariffs will allow the US to eliminate the IRS and replace it with an ERS". Basically no point in even having a…

Of all the coins why choose the one that is not regulated in anyway. At least the others like BTC, ETH, SOL are regulated by the unaffiliated miners and stakeholders. What prevents…

Do you realize that this cult has marinated their brain in propaganda, like Fox News, for years/decades and their politic beliefs are now their identity. There is no possible conve…

Not ADHD specifically, but about 12 years ago, the media was hyping Provigil as a "secret weapon" of the ultra-productive. Despite having a prescription, CVS told me that my insura…

The above describes me but it is the consequence of my behaviors/habits. Being a workaholic, I learned long ago to ignore the leash that pulls me to the refrigerator. It seems by b…

Definitely not everyone. For many of us, checks and balances are a feature not a bug.

dilution is the solution to the pollution

>>environmental exposure concentrations ultimately determining the internal body burden. As another commenter asked "How did the amount of brain microplastic manage to double betwe…