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scotteric
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Comment · 1 year ago
That would be the logistic curve then
Comment · 2 years ago
I think insulin resistance from excess calorie and carbohydrate consumption has a lot to do with it. One of the symptoms of hyperglycemia is increased hunger, since glucose is staying in your blood stream instead of getting into your cells. 1/3 Americans have prediabetes, and more than that are probably developing insulin resistance.
Comment · 2 years ago
According to the wikipedia article, it was a Russian child that fell while riding a bike and his glasses broke and sent pieces of glass into both eyes. The doctor made radial cuts to remove the glass, and discovered that his vision improved afterward.
Comment · 2 years ago
As an aside, methamphetamine is also a prescribed drug in the US, called Desoxyn.
Comment · 2 years ago
You should be washing your hands immediately after handling raw meat.
Comment · 2 years ago
He was alive and conscious for the 15 minutes of the attack. He may have screamed about his arm to his girlfriend.
Comment · 2 years ago
People with alcohol use disorder are many times more likely to commit suicide. Alcohol makes depression worse in the long run, even if someone finds some temporary comfort from a bottle.
Comment · 2 years ago
$247,686 over 7 years is around $35,000 per year. After traveling expenses, hotel rooms, and equipment, how much of that is left over?
Comment · 2 years ago
And now, Minix is sadly abandoned.
Comment · 2 years ago
It goes even deeper than just English. No descends from the Indo-European negation phoneme *ne. You see similar 'n' sound negative words in pretty much every IE language group.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Eur...
Comment · 2 years ago
I've always heard ephedra called Mormon tea.
Comment · 2 years ago
You literally feel lighter on your feet, like there's a spring in your step when you lose a good amount of weight. Imagine carrying around a 10kg weight with you all day.
Comment · 3 years ago
How would one distinguish legal traffic from illegal? If encrypted communications were to be allowed, what is stopping people using the amateur bands for commercial use? This is the main concern of hams, not that it's good that you can't have privacy.
Comment · 3 years ago
Pharmaceuticals and other manufactured goods are sometimes referred to in 'lots' meaning a batch.
Comment · 3 years ago
You know a personal license is only $149 USD right? You could then run your old code. Toolkits for home are $49.