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  1. Re:Nuclear on The Health Benefits of Wind and Solar Exceed the Cost of All Subsidies (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The so called Liquidators alone are more or less all dead:

    At the peak of the cleanup, an estimated 600,000 workers were involved in tasks such as building waste repositories, water filtration systems, and the "sarcophagus" that entombs the rubble of Chernobyl

    One advocacy group, the Chernobyl Union, says 90,000 of the 200,000 surviving liquidators have major long-term health problems.

    http://news.nationalgeographic...

    Sorry, no idea where you have your numbers from, but I saw several thousand dead bodies myself.

    Keep in mind: the Liquidators where 17 - 19 year old recruits of the soviet army, they should be about 50 now, more than 2/3rds are dead.

    And that does not even include the civil persons that died in the area around the plant.

  2. Re:I'm pretty sure nuclear beats them all on The Health Benefits of Wind and Solar Exceed the Cost of All Subsidies (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 0

    More people died from windmill and solar accidents per energy produced than nuclear.
    Please show me the windmill and solar power death statistics you are referring too.

  3. why isn't this story about the trillions of lives
    Assuming you mean humans, there are only billions on the planet, not trillions.
    The live cost of Chernobyl is estimated to be up to a million.

    and quintillions of dollars saved by nuclear over the last 50 years?
    Because nuclear power is the most expensive power we have? And always was?

  4. Re:sometimes the article just smells bad on The Health Benefits of Wind and Solar Exceed the Cost of All Subsidies (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    You probably can edit the HTML/CSS to remove the blur effect.

  5. Re:How insecure is a divine king? on Thai Activist Jailed For the Crime of Sharing an Article on Facebook (eff.org) · · Score: 1

    Erm, yes the current king is Rama X, hence I explicitly wrote Rama IX ... no idea what the misunderstanding is.

    A good overview about gods in Buddhism you can find here: https://www.thoughtco.com/gods...

  6. Re:Answer: Attractiveness on Why Does Hollywood Remain Out of Step With the Body-Positive Movement? (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    There's nothing about Sam that really requires him to be fat.
    He survives better in the cold :D

  7. Re:So Popular that you need to explain it. on In Defense of the Popular Framework Electron (dev.to) · · Score: 1

    It is a framework, not a tool.
    If you only listen for tools, obviously you don't hear the framework.

  8. Re:How insecure is a divine king? on Thai Activist Jailed For the Crime of Sharing an Article on Facebook (eff.org) · · Score: 1

    The king has no real power, that is true.
    However Thailand is formed by the will of King Rama the 9th.
    If not for him, the country would be a poor third world country drowned in corruption an a vassal to the USA, like the Philippines e.g.
    Buddhism has gods, I suggest to reread a bit ;) Everyone who waives nirvana and reincarnates as a human (like the Dalai Lhama) is considered a god. But perhaps that is just a playing with words.

  9. The easiest way to learn (research) eating healthy is simply to copy a diet and lifestyle in countries where people get old (and stay healthy and/or slim).
    However that might emphasize on lifestyle.
    Eating mediterranean or Japanese food without having a siesta, and probably none or only a mini breakfast might not work (for you).
    Regarding fat and carbs I have no real opinion, I eat low carb and don't like the fat in meat or fish. But I eat butter and lots of oil in salad or vegetables (mainly olive oil). I just eat stuff I like to taste, the rest I don't eat. Simple :)
    However fat and carbs should not be combined in most cases.

  10. Re:Screw the "body positive" movement on Why Does Hollywood Remain Out of Step With the Body-Positive Movement? (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    She is curvy because she has curves, like hips etc.
    There is actually no real fat on her (talking about that Jennifer).
    For my previous post I googled for them to see some pictures. They where slim on all of them, for many men: to slim.

  11. Re:Answer: Attractiveness on Why Does Hollywood Remain Out of Step With the Body-Positive Movement? (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Of course they are not 'bound' to the book version, but usually the main chars are kept like in the book.
    Would not make sense to replace an Elve by a Dwarf and vice versa.

  12. I'm sorry for your trouble.
    No, I'm 50.
    And no again: the body does not lose any control over weight when aging, except you get hormone problems like diabetes etc.
    If you want lose weight via excercising, then this already is the wrong approach. The body does not use much energy.
    Onky spending one hour is the second mistake, The first 45 minutes your body is excercising from the stored sugar in your liver. Only the last 15 minutes make him acess your fat reserves (if at all). The minimum reasonable amount of time to excercise for loosing weight is 90 minutes.
    If you have problems with your joints, then the best way is swimming or swimming related sports, or excercises in water (yes that is girlish and probably boring).
    And finally:
    weight lifting is for two reasons the worst excercise you can make. A) the amount of energy you burn lifing weights per hour is probably the lowest of all thinkable sports. B) it is really bad for your joints, especially at your age.
    Instead of trusting your 'doctor' get a professional aiding you to the right excercises, and probably an expert on nutrition.

  13. Well, with arthritis in knees, ankles or hips, stairs are to avoided.
    Instead of walking I would consider cycling.

    On top of that a diet change, meat e.g. is bad and a small amount of Alcohol, like 2 beers per day (about 5% about 500ml) should help.

    My theory is that it's better to be able to walk 1000m and sleep for 5+ hours than to take an extra flight of stairs.
    Sounds plausible :D

  14. Re:"Average-Sized"? on Why Does Hollywood Remain Out of Step With the Body-Positive Movement? (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    My GF is Thai. And I try to be as often in Thailand as possible.
    Most people there are slim (not because of lack of food, but because of GOOOOOD FOOD).
    OTOH the occasional fat woman/guy is around. Probably one of 100 is fat (and in Asia being fat is considered a sign of good luck, but not really of being sexy ;D )

  15. Re:Screw the "body positive" movement on Why Does Hollywood Remain Out of Step With the Body-Positive Movement? (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually both are super slim, I don't get your point (big titts?)

  16. Re:"Body Positive" on Why Does Hollywood Remain Out of Step With the Body-Positive Movement? (nytimes.com) · · Score: 0

    Actually men, don't suffer from this issue.

    They only suffer if they are grossly out of normal space.

    And women would not suffer so much either if they simply would stop to masquerade the short comings. The shock is not that the person weights more than you guessed but the fact that he/she shows it in the bed room the first time.

  17. Re:What would be because 'Body Positivity' is a sh on Why Does Hollywood Remain Out of Step With the Body-Positive Movement? (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Being fat has nothing to do with smell.
    If one smells bad he has bad hygiene, bad nutrition, bad digestion or all of that.

    Hey, I used to weight 370 pounds. Worked my literally ass off to get down to about 290. It's hard, it sucks, but it's what you have to do if you intend to make it past about 40.
    Consult a doctor. Check your gut microbes. Working your ass off is not the way to lose weight. Better food is!

  18. Re:Answer: Attractiveness on Why Does Hollywood Remain Out of Step With the Body-Positive Movement? (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    However you miss the point that they are depicted like that in the books already.
    It would not really fit if Snow would be fat and Sam would be a slim super fighter (in the movie).
    Oh ... no one here read the books?

  19. Re:Mandarin vs. Cantonese on Why Does Hollywood Remain Out of Step With the Body-Positive Movement? (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Welllll ...
    define "physical shortcomings"
    As far as I can tell, guys compete with each other a little bit, very little bit. The times I see a guy who I would say he is more attractive than my self is very rare.
    OTOH I have the impression girls compete with each other all the time, or try to "improve each others style" all the time if they are "friends".

    A normal body has not much short comings. I think someone who has no overweight is attractive enough, no need for fancy muscles. On the other hand if you find muscles super attractive, go for it.

  20. That He-Man looks much happier than the girl in pink :D

  21. Hollywood movie culture is usually around action and youth and making most of the revenue in the first 2 or 3 weeks.

    Funnily cinemas are forced/required to run them for longer. Often for a fixed price. So after 4 weeks you sit sometimes in an empty cinema with 400 empty seats and 5 people.

    When I was young prices for movies dropped the longer they stayed in cinema. Now they don't. Half of the movies are 3D and cost extra.

    The next movies I will watch are Bladerunner II and if that movie really comes out: Neuromancer. The rest seems not interesting to me (I don't watch movie versions of Marvel comics ....)

  22. You don't need a gym or sports for ideal weight.
    Just eat healthy (Oh, yes I know, most people don't know what that means).
    And use the stairs instead of the elevator.

  23. Voluptuous is actually ok, unless you have a weird definition of the word (or do I ave one? Well, dictionary defines it like I had it in mind ;D )

  24. The definition of a conservative is that he wants to conserve the status quo. Hence the word: "conservative".

  25. Re:non-hispanic white??? on Energy Drinks May Trigger Future Substance Use, Says Study (medscape.com) · · Score: 1

    Some people distinguish between white and hispanics.
    I guess the guy you refer to, wanted to be explicit that he is excluding hispanics.

    How are the genes from a white person that grew up in Montevideo Uruguay any different than the ones of a white person that grew up in Minnesota?
    If one of both is a hispanic, yes :D but it is only marginally ... no idea if it could be considered a racial difference.