evanchen

Waste of a great domain name. :/

Is there an exclusive app to OSX that doesn't exist on Windows? If you make it for Android or OSX, it will eventually be done on Windows/iOS because of the larger user base (more profits).

The first prisoner opens 50 and sorts the 50 in alphabetical order (in an obvious manner). The second prisoner, upon seeing the sort, can quickly see if his name was in the original 50 (My name is Evan, I should be before Henry and after Bobby, etc). If he finds it quickly, he has plenty of "openings" to help sort the remaining boxes (maybe in a second row behind the first).

The rest of the prisoners should be able to easily find their names within 50 trials.

Success rate is PRETTY close to 50%.

There's no significant problem to solve here.

You are mixing two variables here. If you get 100 calories from orange juice vs. coca-cola, then yes, they are the same. If both John and Dave are receiving enough protein prior to the coca cola/whey protein, then they will burn the same amount of calories as well.

I upvoted you.

As a nutrition/fitness buff I completely agree with the comment. There is no good or bad calorie when it comes to weight loss. You eat good fats for health reasons, but as far as weight gain/loss goes, it is purely a function of calorie intake-- no matter the source.

I can agree with healthy fats being good for you. But explain to me bad calories affecting weight gain more than "good" calories. That doesn't make sense to me at all.

3500 calories = 1 pound of fat, no matter the source.

You can lose weight eating only McDonald's if you counted calories, but you would be:

1. Hungry all the time. 2. Look terrible.

Absolutely. There's nothing wrong with drinking water.

I'm just a little annoyed at the article, because all it offers the reader is something along the lines of "drink water before meals, it helps you lose weight, but we're not sure why!"

Any dietician could immediately them that they're losing weight because of a caloric deficit-- a result of feeling more full from the water.

I would have just preferred they point it out rather than equate a glass of water before meals to some sort of magic pill.

The problem with "solutions" like this is that they don't really fix the problem where it lies. Weight gain is attributed to caloric surplus, there's no two ways about it.

Drinking water before a meal will help you feel a little fuller and ultimately, eat less. People ignorant to nutrition will begin to use this as a free pass to eating even more poorly.

If you really take a step back and look at this, what they are suggesting is filling up with less calorie dense foods (water being the ultimate example), preferably with a high satiety index (here's a list: http://www.mendosa.com/satiety.htm).