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I gotta stop supporting this racist site. I will not pretend being actively discriminated against is ok.

I thought the same thing, but my guess is the author is from Europe. Maybe it's completely different there?

maybe the rise of internet "mob justice" is in part due to the masses losing faith in traditional forms of justice. Doesn't make it right or wrong, just a reflection.

I think the reason diaspora hasn't caught on is because micropayments aren't easy for the average user yet. If you want me to use bandwidth and keep a machine running in my house connected to some decentralized p2p facebook thingee, sure some might do it for free but if everyone who used your node tossed you 1/10th of penny or something like that per use maybe it would have a lower barrier to entry.

Not to mention that it needs to be much easier to setup a server securely for the average person, and have a digital wallet to store their micropayments. (I love bitcoin but asking your average facebook user to setup a wallet securely is still too difficult)

This article correctly called out the advertising incentive of today's big companies as not being in the average users' best interest. I wish it had also talked more about what kind of incentives that are missing to get people to become a part of p2p networks. Great article though, I like how the author tied in the slowing rate of discoveries/progress into the problem.

When I switched to a keto diet I researched what kinds of oil to cook with and came to similar conclusions. I ditched all of the veggy oils in my pantry except olive oil. I buy a small tub of grass fed beef tallow that lasts about 3 months. A teaspoon for sautéing goes a long way.

Typically I combine an animal fat like the tallow, or butter with some olive oil when cooking. Occasionally I'll get fancy and buy goose or duck fat. Sometimes it's a pat of butter, or a scoop of coconut oil.

The food tastes better, and I feel better. It was hard to unlearn all of the bad science that came out of the last few decades about saturated fats, but hopefully I'll end up being better off for it.

maybe life is common enough, but doesn't typically overlap in time. Maybe life on mars or venus died out a billion years ago.

We'll have a better picture when we study our solar system in more detail. Maybe 100 years? I agree that speculation this early in the game isn't enough to get excited over.

I think the revolution that will allow unfettered exchange of ideas will be peer-to-peer microtransactions. Maybe some combination of bitcoin + tor + some yet to be created tech.

All of the corporate sites are going to devolve into corporate friendly zones soon enough.

The earth similarity index for venus is 0.44, and for mars is 0.70

After reading that article it did not answer the question of how he made his job redundant.

It did tell me to hyper multi task and be more efficient (wow ground breaking /s).

Am I being obtuse? Was there an answer in there that I missed? I was really curious how he quit his day job...

freudian typo, is there such a thing?

wow that's super interesting! Align is the only other probiotic I've tried because they actually did some clinical trials with it. I'm ordering some of your product now, gotta support companies that are willing do to actual science, thanks for posting!

I've been doing a strict ketogenic diet for almost six months. Very low carb from veggies mostly, 25% of my diet is protein, and about %70 healthy fats.

My allergies were terrible before, now they are barely there and manageable taking the occasional zyrtec. My gastrointestinal issues are mostly gone, although I've read that could be from a reduction in inflammation in the gut lining, but might be related to changes in my gut microbes too. Hard to tell.

My energy levels are more sustained and even (no more crashes), and my moods are generally better. Who knows if my changing gut flora is the reason, it might be. I know not feeding those little buggers tons of sugar really changes things up! :)

Or it's all placebo and I'm just healthier in general. Either way I'm feeling better. I'm sure science will eventually figure out if the link is causal or not, but in the meantime don't let my anecdotal story sway you too much.

edit: oops I forgot to mention I also take a probiotic every now and then. Align is the name, I like it but I don't take probiotics regularly.

over the next 100 years was my posit

This story reminds me about trying to choose the companies I buy products from more carefully. I'm doing much better this year. My rule of thumb is happy employees are a pretty good sign the company isn't evil. Like costco, or whole foods.

Amazon is tough because I don't actually interact with any employees, but if half the stuff I read online is even partially true, they have a lot of progress to make.

One of their recruiters contacted me a few weeks ago, and a quick search about what it's like to be a web developer there helped me decide not to respond.

I should really find a replacement for amazon prime... not the best feeling knowing I'm supporting the lawyers on imo the wrong side of this article.

another area ripe for disruption. Imagine in 100 years when 3d printing is a mature technology, and most goods are produced locally and delivered by drone. Maybe only raw materials will be transported this way?