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  1. Comment on What are your favourite things to mix with natural yogurt? in ~food

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    In my experience they always have way more added sugar.

    but a lot of flavored yogurts are pretty similar to the plain ones.

    In my experience they always have way more added sugar.

    7 votes

  2. Comment on What are your favourite things to mix with natural yogurt? in ~food

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    Green grapes, the crispier the better. I've tried red grapes, but they are never quite crispy enough.

    Green grapes, the crispier the better. I've tried red grapes, but they are never quite crispy enough.

    2 votes

  3. Comment on Austin Butler to star as Patrick Bateman in Luca Guadagnino’s ‘American Psycho’ in ~movies

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    Made me think of Gus van Sant's 1998 remake of Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) and his remarks on it years later. Gus van Sant The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2044056/

    Made me think of Gus van Sant's 1998 remake of Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) and his remarks on it years later.

    The intentions of the movie was to see what would happen if you tried to, you know, literally do the same thing. What did happen and what I learned from it was that even though your camera angles are actually the same, the performances are close, but the kind of intentions of the filmmaker and the soul of the filmmaker is different. My 'Psycho' became devoid of, like, some of the most important things that were in the original. Which were these sort of dark underlying tensions. You know in mine, it's... the dark underlying tensions are kind of, like, not there. There's something else there that doesn't really fit with what 'Psycho' is. So it kind of became a, er... you know, an example of how you can't really copy something. I think that it's just the way that I've been, you know, creating and relating to film...structurally, as um, being a language all its own and being...basically the language itself being what the film is about, you know - what films are generally about. They can have subjects, but in the end it's the language that's the true subject.

    7 votes

  4. Comment on TV in 2024 in ~tech

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    https://www.rtings.com/ They do more these days, but TVs are what they started with and, in my opinion, their specialty. I say this because they have a section for "Soundbars" and "Speakers"...

    https://www.rtings.com/

    They do more these days, but TVs are what they started with and, in my opinion, their specialty. I say this because they have a section for "Soundbars" and "Speakers" (among others). The "speakers" section only includes Bluetooth / Portable type speakers. Any actual audio enthusiast will tell you to avoid Soundbars and Bluetooth speakers. I guess that's what sells these days.

    11 votes

  5. Comment on Top US senator calls Salt Typhoon ‘worst telecom hack in our nation’s history’ in ~tech

  6. Comment on Scientists find humans age dramatically in two bursts – at 44, then 60 in ~science

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    The study and abstract: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43587-024-00692-2

    The study and abstract: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43587-024-00692-2

    Aging is a complex process associated with nearly all diseases. Understanding the molecular changes underlying aging and identifying therapeutic targets for aging-related diseases are crucial for increasing healthspan. Although many studies have explored linear changes during aging, the prevalence of aging-related diseases and mortality risk accelerates after specific time points, indicating the importance of studying nonlinear molecular changes. In this study, we performed comprehensive multi-omics profiling on a longitudinal human cohort of 108 participants, aged between 25 years and 75 years. The participants resided in California, United States, and were tracked for a median period of 1.7 years, with a maximum follow-up duration of 6.8 years. The analysis revealed consistent nonlinear patterns in molecular markers of aging, with substantial dysregulation occurring at two major periods occurring at approximately 44 years and 60 years of chronological age. Distinct molecules and functional pathways associated with these periods were also identified, such as immune regulation and carbohydrate metabolism that shifted during the 60-year transition and cardiovascular disease, lipid and alcohol metabolism changes at the 40-year transition. Overall, this research demonstrates that functions and risks of aging-related diseases change nonlinearly across the human lifespan and provides insights into the molecular and biological pathways involved in these changes.

    11 votes

  8. Comment on Meditation and mindfulness have a dark side that we don't talk about in ~health.mental