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Jacky4Chanon You are not dumb, you just lack the prerequisites

That's one of L. Ron Hubbard's barriers to learning, described in his "basic study manual" book.

-Another one is not fully understanding the words or concepts being used.

-Another is not having an appropriate example or visualization of what is being explained.

Jacky4Chanon Autism can be reversed, scientists discover

You have statistics even if 2 people. The probability of the result matters, if you have n=1 and cure cancer it would be incredibly stupid of you to claim it proves nothing.

Jacky4Chanon Insulin resistance after a 3-day fast

IF != TRF

> IF: He stopped doing 3-day fasts once per month and 7-day fasts once per quarter.

> TRF/TRE: restricting the daily eating window.

Jacky4Chanon Gut–brain axis study shows autism-associated molecular, microbial profiles

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8192250/

Maybe they play a role in insulin resistance which causes higher androgen production in women with PCOS, that impacts brain development.

Jacky4Chanon Gut–brain axis study shows autism-associated molecular, microbial profiles

Generally speaking, lesbians are more affected by PCOS than Heterosexual women.[1] PCOS is associated with higher androgen production due to insulin resistance.

Do you know what decreases insulin resistance and changes gut microbiome composition? intermitent fasting.

A review published in Frontiers in Microbiology in 2020 suggested that women with PCOS tend to have less diverse gut bacteria, and the balance of different types of bacteria might also be altered. The causal relationship is obviously not clear.

1. https://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282%2804%2902227-7/...

Jacky4Chanon Gut–brain axis study shows autism-associated molecular, microbial profiles

Yeah, researchers are so dumb they haven't thought of this possibility. Thank you for being a genius.

Jacky4Chanon New study gives clues on why exercise helps with inflammation

You seem to have very low reading comprehension, nowhere did I say low-dose naltrexone cures cancer. There is a youtube video about someone whose cancer was cured using low-dose naltrexone.

Jacky4Chanon New study gives clues on why exercise helps with inflammation

First time I see someone talking about low-dose naltrexone on HN. There is a video on youtube about someone whose oral cancer was gone after taking it.

Jacky4Chanon Does the microbiome hold the key to chronic fatigue syndrome?

Source?

Jacky4Chanon Gitless: A simple VCS built on top of Git

BIG PROBLEM with git is that it works in terms of editor lines and not in language constructs. It should instead track changes in terms of language constructs. For example, tracking the history of a class individually, an interface, etc... changes could be logged automatically. For this to work it would, of course, require to be adapted for each language.

Furthermore, it could work in architecture terms, such as an MVC files that could be tracked as an individual unit. The architecture for a file system could be defined and enforced in a git file, it could spot missing pieces.

Also, it needs dependency management for these units.

Jacky4Chanon Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

what do you mean by "in danger"?

Jacky4Chanon Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace

A terrible email experience that doesn't allow you create tabs such as school, bills, shipping orders with status, etc...

Jacky4Chanon Microsoft is bringing GPT-4 to US Government agencies

GPT answers are dynamic not constant like wikipedia, scientific articles, information records. It's also individualized, thus others can't help spot it is wrong. Answers are subject to be filtered or manipulated according to a hidden set of rules by unknown corporate or government agendas that make it hide or provide incorrect and misleading information, for example, in antitrust investigations, internal governmental investigations, etc...

Jacky4Chanon Microsoft is bringing GPT-4 to US Government agencies

Microsoft could also manipulate the US government by giving its own spin to the "right" answers and thus changing the outcome of the decisions. Basically a form of indirect control depending where and how it's allowed to be used.

It could also be used manipulate people:

- engage with people in online forums to stir their opinion

- making it seem the consensus is different with many posts

It could also be used affect people's freedom of movement:

- By analyzing someones social media posts, ChatGPT could say someone is a: "dangerous individual" which could be used to deny US entry or provide a justification to be constantly monitored.

It could also affect people's privacy:

- Doxxing people on reddit and other social media

- Identifying account belonging to a group or the same individual based on writing patterns, subreddits visited, etc...