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  1. Comment on SpaceX giant rocket explodes minutes after launch from Texas in ~space

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    That headline is certainly one way to turn a success, and a civilizational feat, into a failure. There a million and one ways they could have written it more honestly.

    That headline is certainly one way to turn a success, and a civilizational feat, into a failure. There a million and one ways they could have written it more honestly.

    8 votes

  2. Comment on Update to Kagi Search pricing in ~tech

    JakeTheDog
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    Follow up from Privacy Guides where they approve StartPage:

    Follow up from Privacy Guides where they approve StartPage:

    Startpage's majority shareholder is System1 who is an adtech company. We don't believe that to be an issue as they have a distinctly separate privacy policy. The Privacy Guides team reached out to Startpage back in 2020 to clear up any concerns with System1's sizeable investment into the service. We were satisfied with the answers we received.

    3 votes

  3. Comment on Update to Kagi Search pricing in ~tech

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    Sure, but that doesn't mean they aren't valid high quality options. I'm pretty sure Nord and Mullvad have been there for along time, and same with ProtonMail and that company....

    The top four out of five recommended VPNs are advertisements, really?

    Sure, but that doesn't mean they aren't valid high quality options. I'm pretty sure Nord and Mullvad have been there for along time, and same with ProtonMail and that company.

    https://www.privacytools.io/donate#finances

    1 vote

  4. Comment on Update to Kagi Search pricing in ~tech

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    Related to my other comment: Kagi is not listed on PrivacyTools, is it because they're not free? StartPage is on there despite the information @wervenyt shared here (being acquired by a data...

    Related to my other comment: Kagi is not listed on PrivacyTools, is it because they're not free? StartPage is on there despite the information @wervenyt shared here (being acquired by a data company).

    Any thoughts on this from anyone? I usually trust PrivacyTools recommendations.

    2 votes

  5. Comment on Update to Kagi Search pricing in ~tech

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    Does anyone use Startpage? To me it seems like the ideal choice: based on Google, which generally gives great results, but privacy oriented, anonymized and I don't see any ads, and, of course,...

    Does anyone use Startpage? To me it seems like the ideal choice: based on Google, which generally gives great results, but privacy oriented, anonymized and I don't see any ads, and, of course, free.

    I get that Kagi has some extra features, but I don't see it worth paying 10 bucks for.

    1 vote

  6. Comment on What’s something you’ve noticed about getting older? in ~talk

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    A few people have commented and speculated on how "time flies" as you get older, so I'd like to share a fun demonstration and insight from Veritasium: Why Life Seems to Speed Up as We Age (YouTube)

    A few people have commented and speculated on how "time flies" as you get older, so I'd like to share a fun demonstration and insight from Veritasium: Why Life Seems to Speed Up as We Age (YouTube)

    3 votes

  7. Comment on Experiences with extended fasting in ~food

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    Yes, I am in full agreement with you. Attia and Patrick are the only two that I follow and trust on this subject, namely because, as some with a PhD in molecular biology, I've fact checked them...

    Yes, I am in full agreement with you. Attia and Patrick are the only two that I follow and trust on this subject, namely because, as some with a PhD in molecular biology, I've fact checked them before and they check out. Heck, some of their episodes with guests go into even more detail than I would ever need or could follow. I would strongly suggest actually sitting down and going through their content. If you're sceptical of all experts, then you will never get an expert opinion. Even if you could come up with an "average consensus" I wouldn't trust it—because of all the noise out there, you need a critical mind (or team, as with Attia and Patrick) to make sense of it.

    But hey, I'm also just another Dr. asshole on the internet ;)

    1 vote

  8. Comment on Experiences with extended fasting in ~food

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    That is very likely your problem. According to sources cited by Healthline and MayoClinic, you're consuming barely half of what you need (daily intake including food as a source of water). As long...

    I am chronically semi-dehydrated

    That is very likely your problem. According to sources cited by Healthline and MayoClinic, you're consuming barely half of what you need (daily intake including food as a source of water). As long as you're not drinking pure water, it's really difficult to over-hydrate when fasting.

    Again about the numbers: it's best to try a few different things and see how you react. Make sure the day or two before you're in tip top osmotic and hydrated shape. Those numbers, I assume, are just central values found in the population, but "normal" people don't actually exist and you may need more of something, especially depending on your diet the days before. For me, I simply go with 1.5-2 electrolyte tabs a day, whereas previously I tried only 1 and it wasn't enough.

    1 vote

  9. Comment on Experiences with extended fasting in ~food

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    I'd recommend anything from Peter Attia: https://peterattiamd.com/category/nutritional-biochemistry/fasting/ And Rhonda Patrick: https://www.foundmyfitness.com/topics/fasting They have articles,...

    I'd recommend anything from Peter Attia: https://peterattiamd.com/category/nutritional-biochemistry/fasting/
    And Rhonda Patrick: https://www.foundmyfitness.com/topics/fasting

    They have articles, podcasts and youtube videos, both solo (via their research teams) and interviews with other scientists and docs.

    1 vote

  10. Comment on Experiences with extended fasting in ~food

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    I do a ~90hr (~3.5 days) fast about every three months, I used to do ~4.5 day fasts but they were a bit too much of an investment. When I first got into it I definitely made mistakes, namely not...

    I do a ~90hr (~3.5 days) fast about every three months, I used to do ~4.5 day fasts but they were a bit too much of an investment. When I first got into it I definitely made mistakes, namely not enough electrolytes and resulting fogginess and overall weakness. Now I can do it basically no problem, aside from just some physical weakness in the last 18hrs or so.

    I have some suggestions that helped me which will hopefully help you:

    • Don't aim too hard for specific amounts of specific electrolytes, because your needs also depends on your diet prior and how active you are when you're fasting.
    • I'm not sure what your electrolyte water is like, buy some electrolyte tabs, which will let you also make more/less concentrated electrolyte water. They're designed with the appropriately balanced electrolyte and nutrient profiles, and it just makes it easy if you're drinking enough throughout the day. Some might have a little bit of carbohydrate in the form of a sweetner, but a couple of grams in a day won't knock you out of fasting.
    • Don't underestimate how much water you need to drink, it's a lot. Normally, you get a lot of water from the solid food you eat, so take that into consideration when you're thinking if you're drinking enough. If you're exclusively drinking the balanced electrolyte water, you won't run into the issue of hypotonicity.
    • As an alternative, you can also have one 'water meal' based on boullion. This is a nice satisfying treat because you have something warm, savoury and also full of electrolytes. This helps me a lot with the psychological exhaustion of just having the same mildly-flavored cold/room-temp water all day everyday.
    • Eat well the days prior, ideally with low carbs and high fat ("keto" meals). This can make a big difference.
    5 votes

  11. Comment on Megathread for news/updates/discussion about Musk's takeover of Twitter – Part 1 in ~tech

  12. Comment on Hey Elon: Let me help you speed run the content moderation learning curve in ~tech

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    Once we reach that point, why is it a 'problem' to solve? This doesn't seem like a viable technical objective, outside of marketing PR, precisely because of the inherent ambiguity. Who decides...

    what then remains is just somebody's opinion which, however toxic, however insensitive, however partisan is still highly subjective and hence a very difficult problem to solve.

    Once we reach that point, why is it a 'problem' to solve? This doesn't seem like a viable technical objective, outside of marketing PR, precisely because of the inherent ambiguity. Who decides what is "toxic, insensitive, partisan". Partisan is easy, but I'm troubled by why that is worthy of censorship (beyond just being a poor choice of mindset to hold). Good faith conversations sometimes require detours into the badlands.

    At worst, I think this framing misrepresents discourse or promotes an unsustainable top-down approach to public discourse. I'm all for content moderation, but at what point do our increasingly sophisticated censorship tools impede legitimate albeit difficult conversations? We already have built-in mechanisms of e.g. shame, which on the societal level has led to resignations and cancellations, and continues to do so.

    I'm being triggered here only by your proposition of this 'final hard problem', particularly the censorship of subjectively indecent content, which can suffocate discourse. And no, I'm not a free speech absolutist, I bring this up because there is a distinction to be made for the effective guidance of productive content/thought exploration, and I don't see this being discussed.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on Leaked documents outline DHS’s plans to police disinformation in ~tech

  15. Comment on OSTP issues guidance to make Federally funded research freely available without delay in ~science

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    This is pretty big. Only downside is how far away the due date is. I expect there will be lots of pushback from publication corporations. From the memorandum:

    This is pretty big. Only downside is how far away the due date is. I expect there will be lots of pushback from publication corporations.

    From the memorandum:

    This memorandum provides policy guidance to federal agencies with research and development
    expenditures on updating their public access policies. In accordance with this memorandum,
    OSTP recommends that federal agencies, to the extent consistent with applicable law:

    1. Update their public access policies as soon as possible, and no later than December 31 st ,
      2025, to make publications and their supporting data resulting from federally funded
      research publicly accessible without an embargo on their free and public release;
    2. Establish transparent procedures that ensure scientific and research integrity is
      maintained in public access policies; and,
    3. Coordinate with OSTP to ensure equitable delivery of federally funded research results
      and data.
    2 votes

  17. Comment on Gross games about flesh and stuff in ~games

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    Yeah, even if the game sucks I'm still going to play it just to be in the world of HR Geiger.

    Yeah, even if the game sucks I'm still going to play it just to be in the world of HR Geiger.

    1 vote

  18. Comment on Porn use and men's and women's sexual performance: Evidence from a large longitudinal sample in ~health

    JakeTheDog
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    What is unclear? They define sexual performance as: And then in the methods section they specify: I hope you weren't expecting an "objective" measure via a panel of judges :P

    when they measured sexual performance, it's not entirely clear to me what data they used?

    What is unclear?

    They define sexual performance as:

    sexual self-competence, sexual functioning, and partner-reported sexual satisfaction

    And then in the methods section they specify:

    RQ1. Sexual self-competence. We used the sexual self-competence measure from the Multidimensional Sexual Self-Concept Questionnaire (MSSCQ; Snell, Reference Snell, Fisher, Davis, Yarber and Davis1998; five items, e.g. ‘I am a pretty good sexual partner’).
    RQ2. Sexual functioning. We adapted the items of the Sexual Function Index (Isidori et al., Reference Isidori, Pozza, Esposito, Ciotola, Giugliano, Morano and Jannini2010), a six-item clinical tool that assesses sexual desire, sexual arousal, biological functioning (erection/lubrication), sexual climax, sexual satisfaction, and vaginal discomfort (for women) during sexual activities (for the exact wording of the items for men and women, see online Supplementary Table S3).
    RQ3. Partner-reported sexual satisfaction. We used the sexual satisfaction measure from the MSSCQ (five items, e.g. ‘I am very satisfied with my sexual relationship’). For each wave, this variable was attached to the participating partner to create the partner-reported sexual satisfaction measure.

    I hope you weren't expecting an "objective" measure via a panel of judges :P

    1 vote

  19. Comment on Gross games about flesh and stuff in ~games

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    Personally, I can't wait for Scorn. Hopefully it won't be a flop, as some people are getting the feeling it might be given their recent videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVrfvIbJkqg

    Personally, I can't wait for Scorn. Hopefully it won't be a flop, as some people are getting the feeling it might be given their recent videos.

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

    1 vote

  20. Comment on Porn use and men's and women's sexual performance: Evidence from a large longitudinal sample in ~health

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    I don't disagree, but I want to add nuance. This is firstly a very fuzzy threshold, it would be more correct to say in the mid-twenties, but can be at anytime in the 20's. Though 21 is on the...

    Full brain development happens at around 25.

    I don't disagree, but I want to add nuance.
    This is firstly a very fuzzy threshold, it would be more correct to say in the mid-twenties, but can be at anytime in the 20's. Though 21 is on the extreme end, so this point probably stands here.
    Second, that "development" is about rational cognition, which doesn't apply so much here. Maybe a little, but self-image and sexuality is rarely a rational thought process.

    I wonder how much different the results would be in a study of adults (physically rather than legally).

    So, while you have a point, I would predict that the effects in the paper would be upheld throughout life. I would also predict that the effects might dwindle at later ages when individuals become more confident and more experienced, both with their self-image and sexuality.

    4 votes