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HardlyCognizant | 2 years ago | on: FDA approves first medication to reduce allergic reactions to multiple foods

Not even gluten, one of the peptides it is composed of. Prolamins like gliadin, horadin, etc. depending on the grain. This is why gluten denaturing proteases aren't sufficient to protect a celiac, and thus some technically GF foods aren't necessarily safe.

HardlyCognizant | 2 years ago | on: You have to be educated to be educated (1997)

I feel the greatest difference is that in science, you are to assume the negative. You are to prove yourself wrong, not right. Being right is a matter of accomplishment by exclusion. It is the pursuit of facts/truth, but with the understanding that you are cutting away the incorrect or irrelevant to leave a predictive remnant, not starting with an answer.

HardlyCognizant | 2 years ago | on: Unity’s new pricing: A wake-up call on the importance of open source

They are liable and there is precedent, as I understand it.

eBay v Newmark

https://h2o.law.harvard.edu/cases/3472

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/basr.12108

HardlyCognizant | 2 years ago | on: Theory X and Theory Y management

As I understand it C2 (command and control) is technically separate, and traditionally resembles Theory X , though current thinking seems to have aspirations towards Theory Y for various roles and scenarios in Mission Command.

HardlyCognizant | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: How to do that you need to do but not motivated at all?

Others have have covered most of these, but I'll chime in to agree:

1. Break down required activities into emotionally manageable tasks. (Sometimes this necessitates rendering it down to a level where it seems trivial.)

2. Cut deals with yourself. Permit yourself to procrastinate on one thing, but only if you work on this other priority task. (This works well within a task even, if you have done #1.)

3. Build momentum by completiing easier things first. (This is especially effective if you find satisfaction in checking items off a todo list.)

HardlyCognizant | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: Why are today's consumers not discerning what is ad and what is not?

Unfortunately, with the advent of things like Badge Engineering, brand has now become a prisoner's dilemma problem. Eventually, the brand will sell out and people will fall victim to the switch. There are obviously exceptions, but it happens frequently enough these days that trusting a brand anymore is unreliable.