sachdevap | 4 years ago | on: Some Days I Can’t Do Life – When everyday life becomes a struggle (2020)
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sachdevap | 4 years ago | on: Amazon knew seller data was used to boost company sales
The 40% in a vacuum does not really complete the picture for me. Is it possible to get the same book at a lower price somewhere else? If it were the case why would there not be other retailers undercutting Amazon?
Maybe I am missing some monopoly related issue here, but I would love to know more.
sachdevap | 4 years ago | on: Sugar-sweetened beverage intake and serum testosterone levels in adult males (2018)
Sugar is not fundamentally toxic. This is a very poor conclusion to draw, and even more so when, as someone else suggested, expanding this to all carbs.
Glucose is used in IV drips, and in emergency conditions, providing someone with glucose and electrolytes can prevent them from passing out.
sachdevap | 5 years ago | on: 533M Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have been leaked online
Can someone please guide me on how to check this leak to verify if my info was leaked?
sachdevap | 5 years ago | on: 533M Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have been leaked online
But parent is not talking about calling out people for having social media accounts. He/She is talking about those having a social media account judging those not having one as paranoid. You've just propped up a straw man here without addressing the point the parent comment made.
sachdevap | 5 years ago | on: Emacs Symbolic Integration
One amazing use of symbolic integration: https://github.com/johnbcoughlin/calctex
Create latex equations in calc! :D
sachdevap | 5 years ago | on: Vitamin D Supplementation Improves Cognitive Function: 12-month RCT
I have not looked at the underlying study, but that article definitely does a terrible job of being clear on the caveats of the study. E.g. this nugget was left for the last paragraph of the article:
"Our exercise intervention was a simple home strength exercise program, which likely was not challenging enough in our unexpectedly active study population, where over 80% already engaged moderate to high intensity exercise," she said.
I would take anything from this study with a pinch of salt. I doubt if it was a well controlled study.
sachdevap | 5 years ago | on: A Brief History of Surgeons
You're very right. I am guilty of not being familiar with Middle-Eastern contributions to Science, although I am familiar with extensive mathematics contributions. I'll look through this. Thank you!
sachdevap | 5 years ago | on: A Brief History of Surgeons
Thanks for the sources. I'll be sure to go through them.
I am quite familiar with how Western history tends to misrepresent contributions of the East. It is rather unfortunate, and certainly extends beyond the realm of science.
sachdevap | 5 years ago | on: A Brief History of Surgeons
This article really short-sells Sushruta: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushruta
The Sushruta-Samhita covers hernia surgery, C-sections, prostrate removal ... a huge range of topics.
sachdevap | 5 years ago | on: Chewing Food More Thoroughly Results in Reduced Insulin Output (2013)
FYI, typo: you wrote "insulation" instead of "insulin".
sachdevap | 5 years ago | on: Vitamin D deficiency and Covid-19 mortality [pdf]
FYI, that is the wife/doctor's account you replied to.
sachdevap | 5 years ago | on: India, Jio, and the Four Internets
I asked straightforward questions. I wasn't aggressive in what I said. I did call him out on his self-professed disappointment with the state of affairs which seems to be blaming the tech talent out of India for not working on solving fundamental issues. This sort of punting of responsibility for building India is common among Indian youth. The thought being - someone else is supposed to sacrifice their career and life to create a better India to solve my disappointment.
And no my work doesn't, but I'm not the one professing disappointment with Indian entrepreneurs.
sachdevap | 5 years ago | on: India, Jio, and the Four Internets
Is someone else supposed to work on solving the local issues while you personally reap the rewards of working in the tech domain? Is your work pushing against the status quo of any of these fundamentals you talk about?
sachdevap | 5 years ago | on: The Inheritance Tax Is Far Too Low
This is a big myth. Wealthy people are not going to just get up and leave America. Where do you think they would go?
sachdevap | 5 years ago | on: The Inheritance Tax Is Far Too Low
And how many steps is your reasoning removed from "Taxation is thievery"?
sachdevap | 5 years ago | on: Andrew Ng: The suspension of H1B is bad for the US and bad for innovation
If there are large spreadsheets documenting this, I would be interested in seeing some sources on this. Could you please provide some?
sachdevap | 5 years ago | on: Boeing cutting more than 12,000 U.S. jobs with thousands more planned
Says who? If history is any proof, I highly doubt this will happen.
sachdevap | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps?
I am running Emacs on macOS, and it only takes 43 MB barebones, and my regular setup takes about 81 MB. Both opening the same org-mode file. Point being that it really depends on what you choose to run on Emacs, and it does not have to be about 100 MB.
Just to add to that, I don't think anyone should be concerned about their text editor taking 200 MB anymore. I doubt it is worth worrying about.
sachdevap | 5 years ago | on: Making Emacs Popular Again
>>What makes you say that? I don't think this is true.
>the same thing that probably made you say this :
>>I can't imagine greybeards programming in rust.
Guilty. I clearly had a blind spot there.
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Who are you to judge what a person's mind is feeling like? You have no way to know someone else's demons. So the bad taste in your mouth is no one else's doing.