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QuietGanache t1_jeefuap wrote
Reply to comment by ahfoo in Sublingual Spray With THC And CBD Can Control Blood Sugar, Lowers Cholesterol In Type 2 Diabetes Patients by Defiant_Race_7544
Unlike adults, adolescents have a decent chance of remission for T2DM:
https://doi.org/10.3390/children8010037
That's not to say strategies like weight loss in affected adults shouldn't be considered too but, as far as I've read, that's more of a management strategy for the broad adult population.
QuietGanache t1_jec08li wrote
Reply to comment by Former_Maybe_8437 in Face masks have a negative impact in our ability to read other people's mental states, and positive emotions were found to be the most affected. by MrWaliah
As part of my job, I do risk analysis and mitigation. I agree that it's not terribly useful to stack up the potential harms, hand wave and say that the advice to wear masks was wrong at the time (indeed, the paper reiterates this multiple times). However, going forwards, it's useful to have data that explores exactly what is being impacted and, where possible, to quantify the extent to which it's being impacted.
As they state in the discussion, this doesn't just have to be making a decision between masks and no masks; strategies could be adopted (particularly when caring for the mentally vulnerable) to reduce the impact. Not that I'm attributing this to you but it's disappointing generally when people skim a headline and laugh at the temerity of a researcher to explore something that, on the surface, is common sense.
QuietGanache t1_jebxzss wrote
Reply to comment by firedmyass in Face masks have a negative impact in our ability to read other people's mental states, and positive emotions were found to be the most affected. by MrWaliah
That isn't terribly helpful. Just saying that someone doesn't understand something doesn't really demonstrate anything.
QuietGanache t1_jeavfw6 wrote
Reply to comment by Zuggtmoy_Comes in Face masks have a negative impact in our ability to read other people's mental states, and positive emotions were found to be the most affected. by MrWaliah
Please do help me out, what point do you believe I've missed?
QuietGanache t1_jeal4zo wrote
Reply to comment by ataeil in Face masks have a negative impact in our ability to read other people's mental states, and positive emotions were found to be the most affected. by MrWaliah
If the hazmat suit isn't appropriate PPE, that's part of several good reasons to dispense with it. That's why the IAEA PRTM-5 makes specific recommendations for considering both the use and non-use of PPE in a way that considers both the capabilities of specific PPE and their relation to the specific hazard.
For example, an individual who had to work quickly in an environment with pure neutron radiation would not wear a leaded apron. I'm happy to go into more detail if the topic interests you.
QuietGanache t1_je13e8l wrote
Reply to comment by FadedPoster in Study: CBD Decreases Daytime Drowsiness And Is Associated With A Lower Prevalence Of Low Testosterone Levels In Men by Defiant_Race_7544
>Why even publish at that point
To get the headline out there so that it can be shared by people unwilling to critically explore something that confirms their existing biases.
QuietGanache t1_jdo70m2 wrote
Reply to Mindfulness has positive effects on body image, sexual self-esteem, and reduces sexual shame and anxiety by ludwig_scientist
This is great research because mindfulness is something that doesn't require a great deal of direct support to practice (naturally, there are exceptions and some individuals need more hands-on guidance).
QuietGanache t1_jdh4eez wrote
Reply to comment by Sol33t303 in The Framework Laptop 16 promises the “holy grail” of upgradable graphics. by SUPRVLLAN
That's reasonable, I hadn't considered where the textures and geometries are coming from.
QuietGanache t1_jdf3ixa wrote
Reply to comment by nipsen in The Framework Laptop 16 promises the “holy grail” of upgradable graphics. by SUPRVLLAN
I think you're mixing and matching your bits and bytes.
QuietGanache t1_jdf3f1y wrote
Reply to comment by dryingsocks in The Framework Laptop 16 promises the “holy grail” of upgradable graphics. by SUPRVLLAN
Thunderbolt tops out at 40Gb/s, PCIe gen 4 x16 tops out at 32GB/s. This means that things like textures and new geometries will load much more slowly so while it might be fine for CAD, you'll encounter issues with gaming, especially with modern engines that use much more refined levels of detail.
QuietGanache t1_jd8opve wrote
Reply to comment by tms102 in Virgin Orbit raising $200 million from investor Matthew Brown, closing deal as soon as Thursday by cnbc_official
It strikes me as a solution in need of a problem. The cost to orbit is almost 30x per kg of that offered by Spacex. The supposed selling point is that the relatively small throw weight offers mid-size customers the orbital parameters of their choosing (taxi vs bus) but it's hard to imagine who would find that worth the added cost.
QuietGanache t1_jc9jlos wrote
Reply to Radon is a monatomic gas, but its decay products are solids. After a decay, what happens to the individual atoms of the daughter elements? Do they stay suspended in the atmosphere or slowly rain out? by foodtower
The decay process leads the daughter isotope to be charged. This causes it to become affixed to dust in the air. This is also where the real hazard from radon comes from: the decay products becoming trapped in your lungs and irradiating them through several decay cycles.
QuietGanache t1_jc2h9y9 wrote
Reply to comment by Ill_Marsupial8785 in Natural Behaviour Is Not Enough: Farm Animal Welfare Needs Modern Answers to Tinbergen’s Four Questions by Meatrition
I'm sorry but to compare the modern methods used to slaughter animals to the raw barbarism of the Holocaust betrays a grotesque ignorance. There are centres for Holocaust education around the globe with plenty of free resources, I highly recommend that you educate yourself so that you can effectively contribute to ensuring such an outrage against humanity never happens again (you don't even have to be active but you can still help by not making such diminishing comparisons).
QuietGanache t1_jc2duto wrote
Reply to comment by Ill_Marsupial8785 in Natural Behaviour Is Not Enough: Farm Animal Welfare Needs Modern Answers to Tinbergen’s Four Questions by Meatrition
>Humans will look back on animal agriculture with the same disgust that we look back on the slave trade.
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I hope not, because I believe it will represent a loss of understanding of the horrors of slavery. I'm reminded of the ADL reaction to PETA trying to compare the consumption of meat to the Holocaust:
>Rather than deepen our revulsion against what the Nazis did to the Jews, the project will undermine the struggle to understand the Holocaust and to find ways to make sure such catastrophes never happen again.
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>Abusive treatment of animals should be opposed, but cannot and must not be compared to the Holocaust. The uniqueness of human life is the moral underpinning for those who resisted the hatred of Nazis and others ready to commit genocide even today.
QuietGanache t1_jc1zuio wrote
Reply to comment by FranksRedWorkAccount in Researchers say derelict objects left in orbit and other disintegrating space junk may cause a catastrophic collision above our atmosphere. They warn that they would destroy communication systems, setting modern society back decades. by Wagamaga
The only planet? Is Saturn a joke to you?
QuietGanache t1_ja9wq3p wrote
Reply to comment by UnfinishedProjects in TIL In Approximately 241,000 years, Nanga Parbat #9 tallest mountain in the world located in Pakistan will overtake Everest and will become the tallest mountain in the world. by AdClemson
I prefer the idea of warning cats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_nuclear_waste_warning_messages#Fran%C3%A7oise_Bastide_and_Paolo_Fabbri
QuietGanache OP t1_j9eybld wrote
Reply to comment by xX609s-hartXx in TIL that East Germany is believed to have made around 3.5B DM off West Germany by ransoming political prisoners by QuietGanache
Thanks. My impression is that Strauss viewed East Germans as fellow countrymen collectively imprisoned but that may well be incorrect.
QuietGanache OP t1_j9e4fto wrote
Reply to comment by xX609s-hartXx in TIL that East Germany is believed to have made around 3.5B DM off West Germany by ransoming political prisoners by QuietGanache
Could I ask who you're referring to?
QuietGanache OP t1_j99b9iy wrote
Reply to comment by poormansnormal in TIL that East Germany is believed to have made around 3.5B DM off West Germany by ransoming political prisoners by QuietGanache
The exchange rate changed by quite a bit in the 70s and 80s but between $1B and $2B.
QuietGanache OP t1_j97o153 wrote
Reply to comment by AnthillOmbudsman in TIL that East Germany is believed to have made around 3.5B DM off West Germany by ransoming political prisoners by QuietGanache
Through the 80s, the amount of debt owed by the DDR to the West grew rapidly so it was probably quite convenient to find some extra 'criminals' to sell.
QuietGanache t1_j93t09q wrote
Reply to Why are fevers cyclical? by Key-Marionberry-9854
In addition to the answers regarding pathogenic loading, the circadian rhythm of the body plays a role in both temperature regulation and, it's suspected, may interact with the pathogen: https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2019.00425
I'd also add that, for the malarias, they tend to fall into cycles of synchronisation in their reproduction with points where they're more exposed to the immune system (free in the blood) coinciding with the most severe portion of the fever (made worse by the preceding hemolysis).
QuietGanache t1_j6defb3 wrote
Reply to comment by Thaddeauz in Eli5 why aren't gas only vehicles far more fuel efficient than before by Live_Strongerrr
I'd add that there's also limitations placed on absolute efficiency caused by other emissions restrictions; doi: 10.1109/TVT.2015.2405918
A long time ago, this is what ultimately killed gas turbine cars. They were pretty damn efficient for the time but the high combustion temperatures led to greater NOx emissions. The same issue is holding up the development of more efficient high compression ratio piston ICEs.
QuietGanache t1_j6ag5ke wrote
Reply to comment by Friendly-Pressure-62 in Technology hasn't made things easier, it's made us work longer, harder, and for less money. by [deleted]
It was a monumental transformation: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/06/26/the-amount-of-work-that-once-bought-an-hour-of-light-now-buys-51-years-of-it/
QuietGanache t1_jef4ud2 wrote
Reply to comment by dadydaycare in This old doll uses a vinyl like record to talk and sing by Eigenurin
Using a laser on vinyl is pretty dangerous, you get all sorts of chlorine compounds so you need an external vent that's definitely not going to blow back in. If you're considerate, a scrubber is even better.