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Trust your doctors, believe the science.

There is currently zero credible research that shows a carnivore/keto diet will reduce inflammation in patients with IBD. The Mediterranean diet has some research showing potential improvement in patients, so if anything, suggest they talk to their doctor about that one. But don’t position it as a cure. There is currently no cure for IBD.

This is an extremely complicated disease and recommending that people try “cures” you heard about on podcasts is not helpful and potentially dangerous. It’s the same line of thinking that lead to people eating horse paste to cure their COVID.

The best thing someone with IBD can do is to find a good GI specialist that they trust and feel comfortable discussing potential medications and lifestyle adjustments with. Then when someone online recommends ”cures” like carnivore diet, they can take it to their doctor and discuss whether or not it might be worth trying given their specific medical circumstances.

Source: I built r/CrohnsDisease to 50k users

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37932971

But true, I don’t particularly care for either one of them.

It sounds like they still have plans to mine crypto…

They also said they’ll be supporting AV1 and NVENC codecs soon which can help reduce bandwidth costs. They currently only support h264.

Never said all Israelis, just Netanyahu and his ilk, the ones in charge. Some are on record calling Palestinians animals. And if you listen to how they (Bibi and crew, plus IDF officials in interviews) talk about Palestinians, it’s pretty clear they view them as enemies not humans, hence my “less than” comment. There are also some lovely man-on-the-street interviews with random Israelis in Tel Aviv saying some pretty gross things if you want some civilian opinions too.

> Israeli Arabs are represented in the knesset and have equal rights to any Israeli citizens. (Although in places like East Jerusalem which is neither Israeli nor West Bank, they are treated halfway in terms of security restrictions or building rights, which is where most of the accusations of discrimination come from.)

So the different forms of IDs, different license plates, court systems, etc. are all so the occupying force know to treat them with extra super equality? I’m surprised they don’t have separate water fountains and restrooms.

> Hamas are not freedom fighters of oppression. They are an implacable anti-semitic bloodthirsty terrorist group who murder and oppress Palestinians as well as Israelis.

Never said they were freedom fighters, more like a natural reactionary response. I just think that if you put any group of people in an open air prison for long enough, you’re bound to get some… push back. There’s a Chris Rock line that nails the sentiment…“I don’t agree, but I understand.”

> The true resolution is for Palestinians to give up on the idea of destroying Israel proper and cease the non-stop attacks on Jews from 1929 until today, which in turn will result in no need to monitor and control against these constant threats on Israeli lives. Hamas killed Bedouin Arabs on October 7th too.

The true resolution is for Israelis to give up on the idea of pushing Palestinians out of Israel and ceasing the apartheid, which in turn will give Palestinians hope and a fair shot at life, that will then cause Hamas to naturally dissolve since it will no longer serve any purpose. Israel killed Israelis in Gaza bombings since October 7th too.

> Even according to the way you wish to view the conflict, after the 2005 disengagement from Gaza, what excuse did Hamas have to commit murders of Israeli civilians?

Any reasonable human knows there is no excuse to murder anyone, but civilians especially. I can ask the same thing of you… since 2005 and excluding random IDF sniper picks, settler kills, and the post-October 7 bombings (because those would just wipe the floor with your numbers), what excuse did Israel have to commit murder of over 3000 Palestinian civilians? (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_casualties_of_wa...) They owe Israel a lot more if you’re keeping score…

I don’t wish to view things any way, I do view things through my own lived experiences just like everyone else. But I also spend a good amount of time trying to imagine things from other perspectives. To get an idea of where my perspective comes from in this whole conversation, one thing I strongly believe is that those in power hold the majority of responsibility. I know there are a lot of complicated layers to this discussion but I always come back to that.

How’s that working out for the Palestinians in the West Bank?

Israel has all the power to end this, but the current government and their supporters view Palestinians as less than human. Coming to any table with that mentality will result in a less than equitable solution which will just perpetuate the oppressive lives of those in Gaza… and allow “Hamas” to live on.

My batshit crazy idea to resolve this… put 10 Israeli mothers who lost children on October 7 and 10 Palestinian mothers who have lost children in the bombings since into a room. Have them share their stories, the memories of those they lost, grieve together… and then task them with finding a solution to make sure no Israeli or Palestinian mother ever has to feel that again. I’d bet everything that they’d come out of that room with an equitable solution.

I also have devices outside of the the walled garden but they take a bit more effort as far as initial set up and upkeep, things I’m willing to do but average Joe just wanting his tech to do what he tells it to do might not have the patience for.

I left mine closed as long as possible, got tons of hate DMs and people harassing me in various other subreddits, then eventually opened back up with one additional mod who does all of the actual moderation. I check modmail every other day or so through old.reddit to make sure things are functioning and to show some mod activity so I can’t be removed… just in case Reddit doesn’t suck at some point in the future.

I’ve commented 3 times in the last 4 months in subreddits totally unrelated to the one I “run”. I used to try and reply to every single post in my community, which was a pretty easy task in Apollo. If Apollo was like running through ankle deep water, the official app is like trudging through a waist deep swamp. It’s awful and I hate it. How are reddit employees not totally ashamed of the work they put out and embarrassed by the company they work for?

I was actually hoping to be wrong and there was some Zojirushi bidet I had never seen before.

So if you’re constantly popping in and checking things throughout the day, that extra time and effort really adds up. By killing these user friendly apps that a large portion of power users and mods preferred, it’s Reddit showing all of these dedicated unpaid contributors that their time and effort don’t matter to the company. Steve spit directly in all of our faces repeatedly over the past month and now most of us are actively rooting against the success of an IPO. I hope he continues to be the 3rd most successful Reddit cofounder, and his name never gets mentioned in a positive light within YC/HN.

Reddit has never really had a competent CEO and that has never been more apparent than with Steve Huffman who has no background or skill as a leader. He also was never the one responsible for building and fostering the community side of things, that was Alexis’ department. One could argue that even as a developer he was second fiddle to Aaron. “What would you say you do here, Steve?” - The Bobs

I wouldn’t be sad if OpenAi or Google acquired Reddit as a source for training future models. Don’t try to optimize it for advertising, the value is in the human-created content.