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Re: Just putting it out there

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If anyone is in (or knows anyone in) agronomy, please fund/start studies on the viability of using bacillus subtilis, the bacteria behind natto, to ferment animal feeds, thus increasing the latent levels of vitamin K2 in their diets.

Notionally, this would lead to conventional livestock (and the people that consume them) receiving adequate levels of vitamin K2, which would likely lower incidents of osteoporosis, dental caries, and heart disease throughout the population at a marginal cost without altering any consumer patterns.

Secondarily, food scientists: please work on making natto-derived non-soy legume products fashionable amongst Westerners to directly increase their K2 consumption.

With the rise of legume consumption and high-protein bean pasta products, finding ways to use non-soy fermented legumes as a base would increase their nutrition substantially without the externalities associated with contained feedlot operations.

Also, if anyone is in (or knows anyone in) criminology or criminal justice reform, please advocate for continuous glucose monitors for LEOs and judges. Reactive hypoglycemia is positively correlated with aggression and punitive judgments. Time of day when court is held has a documented impact on severity of sentencing. This is almost certainly caused by varying degrees of reactive hypoglycemia.

Notionally, legislating that judges and LEOs formally monitor and regulate their blood sugar levels should lead to fewer incidents of systemic abuse of power.

Re: Just putting it out there

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post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Looks like you've since been upvoted, but try not to read too much into stuff like this. HN is usually decent on upvoted/downvotes, but honestly sometimes your comment just gets read first by that one random person who doesn't like it, or touches on something that a couple people disagree with. All you can do is move on. As long as you try to keep your commentary constructive, the stray randomly downvotes comment won…

I can’t speak for OP but when I get unexplained/unexpected downvotes I don’t care about it affecting me eg in terms of karma. I care that I’ve contributed something I think is either helpful or at worst innocuous and people haven’t explained what they found wrong with it. I can’t learn anything from that. Usually with a similar appeal for feedback I get what OP has apparently experienced: my original comment levels o…

I have another comment about Lord of the Flies downvotes (on the post about the HN parody). I suspect either no one wants to do anything about it, or else they think it's a feature, not a bug. They're dreaming of a world that's long gone.

The received wisdom of the rest of the social network Web is: up/down vote the comment, not the commenter. That doesn't quite solve your problem, but it's a good start.

Re: Just putting it out there

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post #7

There's a range of reasons why sharing ideas help foster a positive culture of creativity so if you don't already have a time and place to do so I strongly suggest brainstorming, 10xing, or whichever other method makes this process easy on groups of individuals. It's a lot of fun and we get a lot out of it. - you never know who might be interested in your idea - putting your ideas out there helps you to get feedback…

What do you mean by "10xing"?

I tried googling, and all the hits were variations of "How to 10X Your Life", or "Become 10X Awesome", but nobody using it as a verb.

Re: Just putting it out there

#47
Posting that you are willing to pay double the price of an existing product for a bit of custom features isn’t exactly Manifesting Your Vision Board.

“Just post that you have money to burn on [x thing] and maybe somebody will accept your money” is kind of… obvious advice?

Re: Just putting it out there

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post #7

There's a range of reasons why sharing ideas help foster a positive culture of creativity so if you don't already have a time and place to do so I strongly suggest brainstorming, 10xing, or whichever other method makes this process easy on groups of individuals. It's a lot of fun and we get a lot out of it. - you never know who might be interested in your idea - putting your ideas out there helps you to get feedback…

What do you mean by "10xing"? I tried googling, and all the hits were variations of "How to 10X Your Life", or "Become 10X Awesome", but nobody using it as a verb.

In English, famously any noun can be verbed!

Re: Just putting it out there

#49

If anyone is in (or knows anyone in) agronomy, please fund/start studies on the viability of using bacillus subtilis, the bacteria behind natto, to ferment animal feeds, thus increasing the latent levels of vitamin K2 in their diets. Notionally, this would lead to conventional livestock (and the people that consume them) receiving adequate levels of vitamin K2, which would likely lower incidents of osteoporosis, dent…

> Also, if anyone is in (or knows anyone in) criminology or criminal justice reform, please advocate for continuous glucose monitors for LEOs and judges. Reactive hypoglycemia is positively correlated with aggression and punitive judgments. Time of day when court is held has a documented impact on severity of sentencing. This is almost certainly caused by varying degrees of reactive hypoglycemia.

All I have to say this is equally logical, fascinating, and terrifying. Thank you for this comment - exactly my kind of mind-opening aha moment.

Re: Just putting it out there

#50

If anyone is in (or knows anyone in) agronomy, please fund/start studies on the viability of using bacillus subtilis, the bacteria behind natto, to ferment animal feeds, thus increasing the latent levels of vitamin K2 in their diets. Notionally, this would lead to conventional livestock (and the people that consume them) receiving adequate levels of vitamin K2, which would likely lower incidents of osteoporosis, dent…

> Also, if anyone is in (or knows anyone in) criminology or criminal justice reform, please advocate for continuous glucose monitors for LEOs and judges. Reactive hypoglycemia is positively correlated with aggression and punitive judgments. Time of day when court is held has a documented impact on severity of sentencing. This is almost certainly caused by varying degrees of reactive hypoglycemia. All I have to say th…

Logical, fascinating, and terrifying, yes. Actually real? Maybe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungry_judge_effect

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