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  1. Stay away from grains... on 46% of Americans Now Have High Blood Pressure (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Vegetables sure, but grains? No way. Try looking into Keto; it virtually guarantees lower blood pressure.

  2. Re:wrong diet on 46% of Americans Now Have High Blood Pressure (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    There is actually a ton of science behind it. I don't have time to dig much up, but a quick Google search returns, for example:

    https://www.ruled.me/can-low-c...

  3. Re:How do they figure it's cheaper than Rail on Tesla Unveils 500-Mile Range Semi Truck, 620-Mile Range Roadster 2.0 · · Score: 1

    In the not so distant future, convoys of trucks will be able to drive with just one or possibly zero drivers.

  4. Re:Cue the Musk haters in ... on Tesla Unveils 500-Mile Range Semi Truck, 620-Mile Range Roadster 2.0 · · Score: 1

    And it really cuts down on brake pad wear, which is also a decent cost and hassle savings.

  5. Why not let the free market handle this? on Phone Companies Get New Tools To Block Spam Calls (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Google solved my email SPAM problem years ago and now I never get unwanted emails. No regulations were involved, which is why it worked so well.

    For phone calls, we get the Do Not Call Registry which was an utter failure and cost who knows how much money, and now we get more regulations that might help out. But as of today I get 100 times more spam phone calls than spam email.

    Thanks FCC.

  6. Where are all the Elon haters? on Study Finds SpaceX Investment Saved NASA Hundreds of Millions (popularmechanics.com) · · Score: 0

    I get so sick of all of the Elon haters here, where are you now?

  7. Not surprising on Doctors To Breathalyse Smokers Before Allowing Them NHS Surgery (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Healthcare is a product with infinite demand and limited supply. There must always be a rationing system. In the US it can cost an absurd amount of money. In the UK it is "free" and therefore there will need to be another rationing method.

  8. It seems pretty obvious to me. I can get new-release movies from the Blu-ray system. And the quality is much better than streaming.

  9. Re:We need more guns on Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    There are situations where a good guy with a gun can help, would help, and have helped. This is not one of them.

    Conversely, I don't think fewer guns would have stopped this either. I mean he had 20, but he only needed one. And even if he had zero, he could have used explosives which likely would have caused more casualties.

    And I don't think more laws would have helped. It was highly illegal to modify a weapon to make it fully auto. It was illegal to break the glass in his hotel room. It was illegal to discharge a firearm in city limits. And it was illegal to murder 50+ people. What's the law this guy would have actually followed and avoided this?

    As much as people from "both sides" are going to try to use this to push their agenda, it was just a crazy guy who wanted to kill people for some unknown reason. There are not realistic changes that would have avoided this incident.

  10. Re: Flawed article and/or study on Large-Scale Dietary Study: Fats Good, Carbs Bad (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't think the precentage of carbs matter as much as the total intake of carbs. If you are eating 50% too much and 50% is carbs, that's way too many carbs.

  11. Re: Makes sense. on Large-Scale Dietary Study: Fats Good, Carbs Bad (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    I've done Keto for years and it feels great. It can take months of serious commitment to get used to it though.

  12. Re: Makes sense. on Large-Scale Dietary Study: Fats Good, Carbs Bad (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    http://www.mensfitness.com/training/endurance/zach-bitter-100-mile-american-record-holder-he-also-eats-almost-no-carbs

  13. Unfortunately federal laws designed to protect the masses prevent Kickstarter and similar companies from allowing equity as a reward for backing, thus ensuring the real gains go to the rich.

  14. The oil industry gets more subsidies than Tesla. I agree neither should get them.

    SpaceX doesn't get any subsidies.

  15. Re:This is the sort of testing the Feds should do. on The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates (propublica.org) · · Score: 1

    There is something I want data on and I just can't find it, and that is the percentage of medical research does our country fund. My theory is that we are basically subsidizing the rest of the world through our high health care costs and if we reduced our health care costs to match many other countries there would be a big reduction in R&D funding for health care.

  16. Re:This is the sort of testing the Feds should do. on The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates (propublica.org) · · Score: 1

    This is all very accurate. But the government involvement goes one step further. During WW2 the government froze wages so companies had to come up with a way to attract and retain top talent. That's when they started offering health insurance as a benefit.

  17. Re: Most people need something better on Tesla Says Its Model 3 Car Will Go On Sale On Friday (apnews.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Range starts at 215 miles with the base battery, but can be more. For long-distance trips you use Superchargers which are usually very convenient.

    I find the people who obsess over range to be non-Tesla owners who just don't understand that having a full "tank of gas" every morning with no effort more than makes up for the occasional road trip when you need to use Superchargers.

  18. Re: Typical... on Seattle's $15 Minimum Wage May Be Hurting Workers, Report Finds (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    It depends on the worker. I'd suspect that most minimum wage workers have more time than money, so working 9% less for 6% less money isn't a good thing for them. For me it would probably be just fine.

  19. Re: Typical... on Seattle's $15 Minimum Wage May Be Hurting Workers, Report Finds (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Do you have a source for any or all of this?

  20. Re: Typical... on Seattle's $15 Minimum Wage May Be Hurting Workers, Report Finds (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Bernie Sanders pays interns $12/hr (http://www.snopes.com/sanders-interns-minimum-wage/). Many interns get paid nothing. These people want to work at less than a "living wage".

  21. Re:Purely selfish intentions on Elon Musk's Boring Machine Completes the First Section of An LA Tunnel (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5V_VzRrSBI

  22. The car will respond if you don't put your hands on the wheels when prompted. It will first show a small alert, then a big alert, then an audible alert, then start slowing down, then turn on emergency flashers and stop. It isn't able to pull over though.

  23. AutoPilot doesn't require your hands to be on the wheel except when it asks you to do so. When it asks, you put you hands on the wheel, and then you can take them off again. It is normal to drive for 37.5 minutes with your hands on the wheel for only 30 seconds.

    With that being said, the car will respond if you don't put your hands on the wheels when prompted. It will first show a small alert, then a big alert, then an audible alert, then start slowing down, then turn on emergency flashers and stop. It isn't able to pull over though.

  24. Re: That's great if you can work 70-80 hours a wee on 'Quit Your Day Job Is Garbage Advice' (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Americans in manufacturing used to work an average of nearly 70 hours per week. So I'd say that it isn't an unrealistic number for most people.

    Source: https://eh.net/encyclopedia/hours-of-work-in-u-s-history/

  25. If there was UBI the demand curve would change allowing for higher prices.