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Nailed it. This is also the same mechanism of action for almost any addiction.

1) Consume external drug

2) Receptors downregulate (thanks to homeostasis)

3) Need more of said drug or withdrawals kick in (analogous to needing to take external insulin so body can get rid of excess glucose)

4) Rinse & repeat

From a United States perspective: What we have is a duopoly of Big Pharma and Big Ag that gets people hooked on sugar and then uses medicine-as-a-service to hook them on insulin forever. There is no money in preventative medicine.

There are other countries in the world that have already taken steps to get junk foods and sugary drinks out of the hands of children [0]. What excuses does the United States have?

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/aug/06/mexico-oaxaca-s...

Right angles have a small box near the vertex which denotes it is a right angle [0].

This symbol doesn't have that box, so I don't think it's a right angle.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_angle#/media/File:Right_...

Edit: This merely adds to the confusion, since the name of the glyph contains the words "right angle."

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Even Wikipedia engages in strategic censorship on behalf of the three letter agencies.

Case in point: this article[0] was removed from Wikipedia without good reasoning. It would seem that the name of the article itself was inflammatory enough to the powers that be.

[0] https://everipedia.org/wiki/lang_en/List_of_authoritarian_re...

Agreed. The Earthsea Cycle is one of the greatest and most influential fantasy sagas of all time, right up there next to LotR.

It pioneered the wizarding school trope, later popularized by Harry Potter, as well as a magic system incorporating “true names” of things, a concept used in many other fantasies such as Eragon.

A Wizard of Earthsea is my all time favorite book.

If they want my organ, I’d ask them how much they want to pay me or my family for it. The medical industry gouges patients and derives exorbitant wealth from our “donations,” and there needs to be an equivalent exchange.

If my hospital bill for a single night stay is 50k, they can pay me 50k for my organ. I’m certain hospitals can pay far more than that, with the amount of insurance fraud they commit.

At face value, this seems like mere prostitution. However, when viewed through a medical lens, you’ll realize that sexual satisfaction is an essential human need that can have a profound impact on our general health and wellbeing.

A change in perspective and a little compassion makes a world of difference.

Moreover, don’t use C at all if you have the choice. A std::string in C++ makes mincemeat of the boilerplate that C requires for the same code.

In C++, you can make a very simple REPL that is superior to the one in the OP in almost every way.

  #include <iostream>
  #include <string>

  int main() {
    std::string input;

    while (true) {
      std::cout << "> ";
      std::getline(std::cin, input);

      if(input == "exit") {
        return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    } else {
        std::cout << "Unrecognized command: " << input << '\n';
      }
    }
  }

Code quoted from “Setting Up A Better REPL” (https://mikeloomisgg.github.io/2019-04-10-set-up-repl/). It offers good insight into why C is bad in light of the alternatives like Rust and C++.