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james4kon New South Korean national law will turn large parking lots into solar farms

I wish it was a matter of education. Unfortunately that has little to do with the problem.

Those marketing claims are each about a very specific workload, not about general performance. Yes, it is often misleading.

james4kon Broken legs and ankles heal better if you walk on them within weeks

As I understand it such diets allow the immune system to work more effectively, not suppressing it like, say, corticosteroids do.

james4kon San Francisco homelessness: Park ranger helps one person at a time

I misinterpreted you as implying a libertarian anti-state argument. I had thought I was returning the same energy.

My apologies.

james4kon San Francisco homelessness: Park ranger helps one person at a time

You are right. Empathy in the literal sense of only being able to relate with others that have the same experiences and interests. I appreciate that clarity.

james4kon San Francisco homelessness: Park ranger helps one person at a time

Everyone is so informative here. Thank you.

james4kon San Francisco homelessness: Park ranger helps one person at a time

Thank you for expounding. I can only assume we're talking about empathy from the real estate lobbyists who control housing policy.

james4kon San Francisco homelessness: Park ranger helps one person at a time

Empathy created the housing crisis?

james4kon Traffic noise hurts children's brains

On average I agree. Dog noise doesn't carry nearly as far. But if you're neighbors with noisy dogs, it's probably at the top of your mind.

james4kon Traffic noise hurts children's brains

We already know pollution from cars increases childhood asthma, and I imagine those pollutants could affect brain development as well.

Edit: Also I would be curious to know how dog barks affect children's brains. Of all the environmental noise, dogs are often the loudest and most jarring, anecdotally.

james4kon Leaving Rust gamedev after 3 years

I've been leaning into Rust almost purely to escape from the mess that is C/C++ tooling which always makes considering a new dependency a time sink.

Can someone explain the obsession with combining ECS with generational arenas?

james4kon Biden signs TikTok bill into law, starting clock for ByteDance to divest

Interestingly enough, NCRI is almost exclusively funded by pro-Israel lobbying groups.

https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/network-contagion-rese...

james4kon House votes to ban TikTok in the U.S. if it's not sold

Can you describe how US children are being targeted?

james4kon House votes to ban TikTok in the U.S. if it's not sold

Let us lean into McCarthyism without hesitation. Nothing can go wrong.

james4kon Magnesium Depletion Score and Metabolic Syndrome in US Adults

I don't know but I could imagine the extra oxidative stress and inflammation etc. might mean your body would need more of certain minerals than it otherwise would? Just speculating, not a doctor/nutritionist/biologist.

Edit: Processed food definitely lacks magnesium to be clear, but it's interesting to think about how it might even be more costly than it appears.

james4kon Magnesium Depletion Score and Metabolic Syndrome in US Adults

Magnesium is very important but of course the big confounding factor is that a higher magnesium depletion score is also a good indicator that you're consuming more processed foods and fewer whole foods.

james4kon Why Mozilla is betting on a decentralized social networking future

Even in decentralized networks, power concentrates to the very few. We need to figure out how to democratically own and operate our platforms (and the world, lol).

james4kon The Techno-Optimist Manifesto

And who are the highest bidders?

james4kon The Techno-Optimist Manifesto

And how do you think a government reinforcing a monopoly comes to be?

james4kon Toyota Research claims breakthrough in teaching robots new behaviors

It's almost like you're describing the current system.

james4kon North Korean science fiction

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/how-hollywood-became-the-unof...

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2022/04/how-creative-writing-...

https://www.vice.com/en/article/4x3vg3/how-the-cia-turned-am...

james4kon “Green smoothie cleanse” causing acute oxalate nephropathy

Isn't processed food associated with lower income?

james4kon “Green smoothie cleanse” causing acute oxalate nephropathy

I don't think either are great in the quantities most people consume, but the current evidence suggests saturated fats are worse if you are to simply replace one with the other.

james4kon “Green smoothie cleanse” causing acute oxalate nephropathy

Oh yea, I agree small amounts is ok, it's just the standard diet has sooo much of it.

james4kon “Green smoothie cleanse” causing acute oxalate nephropathy

Aren't saturated fats from plants like palm oil and coconut oil also associated with those negative outcomes?

james4kon “Green smoothie cleanse” causing acute oxalate nephropathy

What is his angle on why so much disease is associated with meat

james4kon “Green smoothie cleanse” causing acute oxalate nephropathy

The key part of those studies is that they were comparing omega-6 fats to saturated fats like butter. They are healthier than saturated fats all else being equal, but that doesn't mean you should have that much of it.

james4kon Tijuana's illegal sewer hookups linked to cross-border pollution

It was targeted at the kind of person that is submitting or upvoting this kind of article to this website.

james4kon Tijuana's illegal sewer hookups linked to cross-border pollution

I never suggested otherwise.

james4kon Tijuana's illegal sewer hookups linked to cross-border pollution

Living within an empire does not mean you control it, of course. But probably means you're conditioned to justify it.

But yes, I agree. There is more in common with workers in the US and workers in Tijuana than with the owning class.