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hallidaveon Ultra-processed foods may contribute to cognitive decline

I only eat homemade bread. I slice unused bread and put in the freezer after a day or two. Thaw it out with a toaster. It will easily keep a few weeks.

hallidaveon Heat pumps are defying Maine’s winters and oil industry pushback

In cold climates, heat pumps are usually supplemented with electrical resistance heating (or even gas in some cases). The switch over is automatically controlled by the thermostat. No need for a wood stove or other hassles.

hallidaveon Seven years on, what do we know about the disappearance of flight MH370? (2021)

Space-based ADS-B is now a thing. It is used for coverage of the north Atlantic.

https://www.navcanada.ca/en/air-traffic/space-based-ads-b.as...

hallidaveon Study finds that buttons in cars are safer and quicker to use than touchscreens

On commercial aircraft, which have more of a safety culture than cars, they go so far as to have different knobs and buttons with different shapes so that a pilot can tell by feel that they have right one. For example, the knob to change speed is a different shape than the knob to change heading.

Here's the autopilot panel of an Airbus A320:

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/overhead-panel-airb...

hallidaveon Using ChatGPT as a Co-Founder

One scenario where the "believes anything" might be useful is to use ChatGPT to get alternate takes on opinions. If you have some great idea or strongly held opinion, get ChatGPT to take the other side of the argument and poke holes in it. The creative but inaccurate characteristics of ChatGPT are less of a problem in this case but it might bring out alternatives you haven't considered.

hallidaveon Jules Verne’s Most Famous Books Were Part of a 54-Volume Masterpiece

Also this, for free: https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Auteur:Jules_Verne

hallidaveon Why Are We Still So Fat?

I recently read The Obesity Code by Dr. Jason Fung and in it he states that bariatric surgery is little more than surgically enforced fasting. Most people can fast without doing the surgery.

I highly recommend the book. It's more like a science book about dieting than a diet book. Now that I understand that when I eat is as important as what I eat, I've been able to lose 20 pounds (and still going). And, yes, sugar (especially fructose) and refined carbs are bad.