Well-said - the brain isn't made of trans and saturated fats. There are ZERO nutritional requirements for either of these, and they're contributing to heart disease. Keeps fats relatively low, and make sure you're getting plenty of Omega 3's & 6's, and you'll do quite well if not over-eating.
Actually, whole food, high-carb vegan diets are not only working, people are losing weight and giving up medications, including insulin. No joke, many people are actually *reversing* Type 2 diabetes this way.
Obesity leads to diabetes (not sugar consumption), once diabetic, sure, *sugar* (without fiber to slow down absorption) can be an issue, but it's the excessive and fatty food that contribute to metabolic syndrome which then leads to diabetes.
Sounds unlikely this could do much to power a phone, but how about something much smaller, like bluetooth (and now wifi?) headphones? Or other small devices?
Yes, but then why isn't the planet one homogenized climate? Why are there deserts in the first place? If there's an area that already is exceptionally dry, I think it's fair to ask 'what if we draw even more moisture from it?' Sure, in hundreds or thousands or millions of years it'll have balanced out, but we're affecting change on a much bigger scale now. Are you a climate change denier as well?
I doubt it's quite that simple.. If they're using a sewage system, the water will be effectively 'gone' in a pit or tank. (Sure, it'll get back 'eventually', but that might take decades.) Agree with the previous post that drawing even more moisture from a dry zone may have unknown consequences and ought to be studied before technology like this is deployed.
Same here, was looking at the Samsung S7, almost $800 here in Canada at Costco, went with the Moto G4 Plus for $400, am very happy I saved that cash and the phone is still much more than I generally need.
"About 99 percent of animals raised for slaughter in the U.S. come from factory farms, and about a third of the land mass of the Earth is used in raising livestock."
Surprised this isn't being discussed more.
Also surprised I'm not seeing a prevalence of 'well, I eat free-range/organic' remarks. Considering that free-range/organic requires MUCH MORE space, where are we going to keep these animals? Let's assume the space for free-range/organic is just a factor of 10 more...we're already using 1/3rd of the land in the US for the existing, efficiently-raised factory-farmed animals. If they need 10x more space, where will that be? The moon isn't even big enough for all the land that'd be required.
haha.. "Only." Much less worrisome given the 100 million or so cattle in the US. Luckily there's no areas of the US filled with cattle that's drought-prone.
It depends on where you raise the cattle. 2,500 gallons is a pretty common number, I believe it comes from averaging out a bunch of areas in the US.
Exactly... I don't think this counts as 'meat', it is more of a collection of certain cells at this point, and I think it's over-hyped and we're still quite a ways from having a lab-grown 'meat'. Sort of like giving someone a pile of lentils and saying 'here's your veggie burger'. Sure, lentils can be part of a veggie burger, but it's just one part of the whole..
I might be an old fuddy-duddy, but is it odd that I'm still irked when people email more than 1-2mb? Especially given how many file-share options exist? Until a few years ago I'd be fine with uploading a larger file to my own FTP site and sending a link to a URL, and it's so much easier now with GoogleDocs, Dropbox, etc...maybe I'm just old.
This. And no, I don't really care if someone snoops and sees that we've ordered x vegan food product, or are short on y vegan food product and need to order more, or checks out the business card design draft I've posted. Slack is easy for our staff to use, which is why we go to it, but we're under no delusion that it's particularly 'secure'. Mundane conversations abound!
It's being debunked and torn apart left, right and center. The Obama plan it 'copies' only affected Iraqi refugees (not green card holders, etc) for example. This is just a really, really weak attempt to shift blame away from Trump and at others (like Obama), and you got suckered in. I'm sure there's a "You've been manipulated!" gold star button in the mail for you though. Those who can't actually substantiate their 'fake news everywhere else' pleas are very likely fake news themselves.
Has no one else tried to click on the second link in the summary? It directs to "https://news.slashdot.org/story/17/01/29/068214/gizmodo.com/all-corn-diet-turns-hamsters-into-cannibals-who-eat-the-1791736449" - shouldn't Slashdot editors know how to set up a URL (in addition to preview/edit)? : \
Take a look at the comments in that article; while he's calling out CNN and others for reporting 'fake news', he's the one that's actually making conclusions that aren't based on fact. Scan through the comments, it's not quite the story he claims.
Was going to post something similar...plus, the planet is trying to kill you. They don't have to worry about their suits or habitats failing.
We're never going to be able to test the actual psychological toll of these factors, and they're pretty significant ones, and who knows how they'd affect behaviour over time -- even in the 'right' people. Funnily, the submarine comments above are probably more relevant than people give them credit for. It would add a bit more weight and realism to what they're doing. Or sniper robots set up around the perimeter that might go off at any time.;)
This is not to discount the simulation, there's still a lot more to prep and plan for, but there's an extreme psychological pressure that we won't know the effect of.
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Well-said - the brain isn't made of trans and saturated fats. There are ZERO nutritional requirements for either of these, and they're contributing to heart disease. Keeps fats relatively low, and make sure you're getting plenty of Omega 3's & 6's, and you'll do quite well if not over-eating.
Actually, whole food, high-carb vegan diets are not only working, people are losing weight and giving up medications, including insulin. No joke, many people are actually *reversing* Type 2 diabetes this way.
Obesity leads to diabetes (not sugar consumption), once diabetic, sure, *sugar* (without fiber to slow down absorption) can be an issue, but it's the excessive and fatty food that contribute to metabolic syndrome which then leads to diabetes.
Sounds unlikely this could do much to power a phone, but how about something much smaller, like bluetooth (and now wifi?) headphones? Or other small devices?
....I work from home....d'oh! Good thing I try to bike lots otherwise. ;)
Touche! =)
Not a 'great' movie, but for sure one of my favourites. =)
Yes, but then why isn't the planet one homogenized climate? Why are there deserts in the first place? If there's an area that already is exceptionally dry, I think it's fair to ask 'what if we draw even more moisture from it?' Sure, in hundreds or thousands or millions of years it'll have balanced out, but we're affecting change on a much bigger scale now. Are you a climate change denier as well?
I doubt it's quite that simple.. If they're using a sewage system, the water will be effectively 'gone' in a pit or tank. (Sure, it'll get back 'eventually', but that might take decades.) Agree with the previous post that drawing even more moisture from a dry zone may have unknown consequences and ought to be studied before technology like this is deployed.
Same here, was looking at the Samsung S7, almost $800 here in Canada at Costco, went with the Moto G4 Plus for $400, am very happy I saved that cash and the phone is still much more than I generally need.
+1
I was going to post the same thing.. Although I guess we have to be happy they didn't mix metric and imperial as is apt to happen here.
"About 99 percent of animals raised for slaughter in the U.S. come from factory farms, and about a third of the land mass of the Earth is used in raising livestock."
Surprised this isn't being discussed more.
Also surprised I'm not seeing a prevalence of 'well, I eat free-range/organic' remarks. Considering that free-range/organic requires MUCH MORE space, where are we going to keep these animals? Let's assume the space for free-range/organic is just a factor of 10 more...we're already using 1/3rd of the land in the US for the existing, efficiently-raised factory-farmed animals. If they need 10x more space, where will that be? The moon isn't even big enough for all the land that'd be required.
haha.. "Only." Much less worrisome given the 100 million or so cattle in the US. Luckily there's no areas of the US filled with cattle that's drought-prone.
It depends on where you raise the cattle. 2,500 gallons is a pretty common number, I believe it comes from averaging out a bunch of areas in the US.
Exactly... I don't think this counts as 'meat', it is more of a collection of certain cells at this point, and I think it's over-hyped and we're still quite a ways from having a lab-grown 'meat'. Sort of like giving someone a pile of lentils and saying 'here's your veggie burger'. Sure, lentils can be part of a veggie burger, but it's just one part of the whole..
I might be an old fuddy-duddy, but is it odd that I'm still irked when people email more than 1-2mb? Especially given how many file-share options exist? Until a few years ago I'd be fine with uploading a larger file to my own FTP site and sending a link to a URL, and it's so much easier now with GoogleDocs, Dropbox, etc...maybe I'm just old.
This. And no, I don't really care if someone snoops and sees that we've ordered x vegan food product, or are short on y vegan food product and need to order more, or checks out the business card design draft I've posted. Slack is easy for our staff to use, which is why we go to it, but we're under no delusion that it's particularly 'secure'. Mundane conversations abound!
...and does the new app have a Search feature? Hangouts may be the only Google app without a search feature (last I checked)...ridiculous.
There were humans 5,000 years ago? And they ate CARBS too? #falsenews
It's probably the same 8 people who made all those transactions. Surprised that they even had that many sales! ;)
It's being debunked and torn apart left, right and center. The Obama plan it 'copies' only affected Iraqi refugees (not green card holders, etc) for example. This is just a really, really weak attempt to shift blame away from Trump and at others (like Obama), and you got suckered in. I'm sure there's a "You've been manipulated!" gold star button in the mail for you though. Those who can't actually substantiate their 'fake news everywhere else' pleas are very likely fake news themselves.
Has no one else tried to click on the second link in the summary? It directs to "https://news.slashdot.org/story/17/01/29/068214/gizmodo.com/all-corn-diet-turns-hamsters-into-cannibals-who-eat-the-1791736449" - shouldn't Slashdot editors know how to set up a URL (in addition to preview/edit)? : \
I'm guessing you're just making a joke, but corn is actually not too bad at 7% protein: http://nutritiondata.self.com/...
Not to mention how important fiber is to gut flora, which they're finding also influences many systems, from immune system to mood.
Take a look at the comments in that article; while he's calling out CNN and others for reporting 'fake news', he's the one that's actually making conclusions that aren't based on fact. Scan through the comments, it's not quite the story he claims.
Not yet anyway! And that's PRESIDENT Zuckerberg. ;)
Was going to post something similar...plus, the planet is trying to kill you. They don't have to worry about their suits or habitats failing.
We're never going to be able to test the actual psychological toll of these factors, and they're pretty significant ones, and who knows how they'd affect behaviour over time -- even in the 'right' people. Funnily, the submarine comments above are probably more relevant than people give them credit for. It would add a bit more weight and realism to what they're doing. Or sniper robots set up around the perimeter that might go off at any time. ;)
This is not to discount the simulation, there's still a lot more to prep and plan for, but there's an extreme psychological pressure that we won't know the effect of.