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throwaway_tech

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    Comment #22529999

    >The unit economics of most of these companies just don't add up. VCs have been playing the loss leader game...thats why the metrics always go to growth. Hey we grew x% this week/m…

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    Comment #22529817

    >They're holing people up in hospital beds and providing supportive care if needed. That is pretty important for people at risk. Consider lack of supportive care is what leads to m…

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    Comment #22528987

    >Part of the reason their numbers are so low is because they're testing, which is revealing the stacks upon stacks of asymptomatic cases or cases which lead to the sniffles. I don'…

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    Comment #22528224

    Why use S.Korea's numbers? Haven't they lead the best response in terms of testing and don't they have universal healthcare? It seems to me fatality rates would likely be higher in…

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    Comment #22507151

    >Note that this contradicts your statements that GNG will kick you out of ketosis. It absolutely will not. Its really simple, eat nothing but chicken and/or turkey (high protein, l…

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    Comment #22506602

    >Yes, athletes do suffer an adaptation You admit and acknowledge an "adaptation" in this comment, but in another reply to me where I talk out the keto adaptation, you replied: >eve…

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    Comment #22506379

    >excess protein is not converted to fat via GNG, but is used for protein synthesis, and increases lean body mass. >In conclusion, after a high-protein diet, GNG was increased... ht…

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    Comment #22506010

    >Yes, everything you're saying is a complete myth. Define what it means for the cells to adapt for "running on ketones". >A ketogenic diet (KD) involves using fat, a high-density s…

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    Comment #22505841

    >GNG is an on-demand production of glucose, and absolutely does NOT kick the body out of ketosis, or cause the brain to run on glucose. I never said GNG kicks people out of ketosis…

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    Comment #22505395

    >Also most people are in ketosis before eating breakfast in the morning, because the liver's glycogen is partially depleted overnight This is true...but it gets to my point, just b…

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    Comment #22504869

    I run marathons and prefer running in ketosis. In ketosis I will follow a long run with some protein for muscle recovery with fats just to maintain ratios rather than carbs to refi…

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    Comment #22504203

    It is possible, I have done it myself eating a lot of eggs and fatty red meat. Also, in my case I was also already in ketosis for an extended period of time, meaning my microbiome …

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    Comment #22503808

    >Eating normal ammounts of carbs isn't going to kill you, it's literally our main energy source. Its only the main energy source because its the main dietary intake. If you change …

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    Comment #22503758

    The title is terrible, it should read ketosis/ketones may prevent, reverse age-related effects within the brain. "Low carb" as the title currently reads does not necessarily result…

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    Comment #22496991

    >There's no need to invent violations. I think the deceased and their family would disagree. Sure there are existing regulations, but the idea is that as this new technology evolve…

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    Comment #22494120

    As I replied to the first comment asking the same thing, the sentence preceding the statement you quoted explains what needs to be done: >so perhaps these states that allow self-dr…

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    Comment #22494093

    As I said right before the statement you quoted: >so perhaps these states that allow self-driving cars need to think about adopting traffic laws specific to self-driving cars and f…

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    Comment #22493530

    >nobody was held liable and in fact no charges were pressed and no civil lawsuits were filed As noted below Uber settled (that typically means their insurer settled) so there is no…

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    Comment #22484215

    >Getting into an incubator or getting money from investors is zero measure of business success. That is sort of like saying money doesn't buy happiness...true, but financial stress…

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    Comment #22446786

    Maybe Twitter did this for the free publicity.

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    Comment #22446320

    I think even more interesting is when I wake up before my alarm and actually get up/out of bed I feel like I had proper sleep. However, if I decide to go back to sleep for the shor…

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    Comment #22433243

    >there exist frames in which an event and the detection of light from it are simultaneous. At the distance from Earth to Betelgeuse?

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    Comment #22428559

    If you ever see it go supernova, just remember it went supernova 642.5 years ago...or if it actually does go supernova in your lifetime, you unfortunately not see it.

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    Comment #22425722

    >the idea of potentially walking among clones made me sick Well for sure you are walking among "test tube babies" (IVF) where an egg is fertilized by donor sperm and transferred in…