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jayalphaon Sarah Stewart Revealed the Missing Link Between Viruses and Cancer

Colon cancer linked to viruses in beef, Nobel-winning scientist contends

Harald zur Hausen, who first linked HPV with cervical cancer, is now trying to prove a link between a cow virus and colon cancer

https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health/article/1695757/colon-...

jayalphaon Global recession fears grow as factory activity shrinks

I have used this link too here. The Link is basically identical, if you take this into consideration: https://www.declineoftheempire.com/2012/01/wealth-and-energy...

jayalphaon Global recession fears grow as factory activity shrinks

"There is no need for continuous growth."

ROTFL. Good luck with that mate. Show me how this is going to work. The Nobel prize in economics is yours for sure!

https://ourfiniteworld.com/2011/02/21/there-is-no-steady-sta...

jayalphaon Deposit of rare-earth minerals off Japan could supply world for centuries (2018)

"The less we have of it left, the higher the price and more incentive to develop alternative solutions."

Does not work like this for oil. The price the most people can pay for gas is very limited. The people who say we will never run out of oil are correct. We will indeed never run out of oil. Most of the oil that is still left in the ground will likely stay there.

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Oil-Is-Unlikely-T...

jayalphaon Deposit of rare-earth minerals off Japan could supply world for centuries (2018)

Bullshit

https://cassandralegacy.blogspot.com/2018/05/rare-earth-depl...

jayalphaon Amazon Is Poised to Unleash a Purge of Small Wholesale Suppliers

ebay is getting more attractive again. But probably the stupidest company in the tech field.

They had skype, a kind of social network. They could have been facebook.

They had paypal they could have been the major payment processor on phones (see WeChat)

A lot of missed opportunities.

jayalphaon Google revives controversial cold-fusion experiments

"it didn't cost me anything extra" Good luck with that.

How about people walking abound 24/7 with an anal plug?

jayalphaon Google revives controversial cold-fusion experiments

Yeah. As a non lens wearer sounds pretty comfortable to me.

But if you have money I can offer you a non-invasive glucose measurement start-up with peer reviewed publications.

jayalphaon Google revives controversial cold-fusion experiments

Well, trust me, what drives most experiments is not hypotheses but "this is strange" results.

"it's arguable whether "is cold fusion possible?" is a valid hypothesis, because currently there is no accepted reason,"

I am not a nuclear physicist, but my chemistry is good enough to know that it should not be possible.

But take into consideration that Fleischmann was a pretty good chemist. Possible he fucked up. Looking backwards likely. But discussion is possible only based on date. Not believes what should or should not be possible.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleischmann%E2%80%93Pons_exper...

jayalphaon Google revives controversial cold-fusion experiments

If the lag is one hour, you still need to prick.

If you want to see "overall trend" and don't care about any "lag time", just measure in Urine.

jayalphaon Google revives controversial cold-fusion experiments

You should study the scientific method. Nothing is set in stone, science is an evolutionary process. Even the scientific method itself.

If experiments violate CURRENT laws of physics, the laws have to be revised. Guess how we came to our current atomic model from the plum pudding atom model?

jayalphaon Google revives controversial cold-fusion experiments

I am excited. Worth looking into. Even if it violates (current) physical laws. Potential payoff to big.

But I have also seen google projects that did not look scientific sound to me. Measuring blood glucose with contact lenses? How? Lag time is around one hour for eye liquid. Your are dead and the sensor does not know it yet. Your need to be below 10 min lag time.

jayalphaon Half of US stock fund assets are now invested in index funds

"Lot's of arbitrage opportunities. "

Probably with put options.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-09/horseman-global-un...

ETFs were an outstanding idea but never meant to be used on such an excessive scale. If once stock falls and many of the ETFs have to re-balance their index to reflect this, this creates a feed back effect. And if Index ETFs and HFT are the last ones trading this stock, good luck with this.

Everything works until it doesn't.

jayalphaon Some business schools are shutting down their on-campus MBA programs

"US MBA programs need to start following the European model"

No they don't. I, as a dual citizen, think US programs are by far superior.

"And besides, you don't actually need an MBA if you work in the tech industry"

"How to value your start-up? Add 1 Million for every engineer, subtract 500k for every MBA" Guy Kawasaki

jayalphaon Netflix Has 175 Days Left to Pull Off a Miracle

Time to buy piratebay.org call options.

Sometimes it is not a zero sum game. People won't sign up for Netflix. And Hulu. And Disney. And HBO. And Youtube. And...

But netflix going belly up would be a shame. I need the next seasons of "alternated carbon"!

jayalphaon Building a home NAS on a shoestring budget with the Rock64 SBC (2018)

"32GB MicroSDXC – $17.98 CAD"

You don't want to do this. Buy a Swissbit Card of you don't want data corruption on your system.

jayalphaon Impaired Insulin Signaling and Chronic Inflammation in the Alzheimer's Brain

Since there seem to be a strong interest in diabetes community.

Please also see:

Gum disease–causing bacteria could spur Alzheimer’s (sciencemag.org) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18987015

Association of Type 2 Diabetes with Titanium Dioxide Crystals in the Pancreas (acs.org) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17362137

Some studies show an association between the herpes virus and Alzheimer’s (theconversation.com) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18265115

jayalphaon Seattle police use family DNA, latest science to identify killer 52 years later

Source?

Once you cross the bridge for "your thing", it feels to good to stop. Be it murder, rape or sex with minors. This is actually one of the reasons why it is so important to catch a criminal. Not to punish for previous crimes but to prevent new ones.

jayalphaon Seattle police use family DNA, latest science to identify killer 52 years later

Once the rubric is crossed it would happen again and again with increasing frequency.

jayalphaon Seattle police use family DNA, latest science to identify killer 52 years later

From a behavioral perspective it is odd that a guy would do this and then stop doing it.

jayalphaon Foxconn Still Trying to Tap Dance Around Its Ever-Shrinking Wisconsin Promises

https://www.zdnet.com/article/foxconn-set-to-discontinue-bra...

"However, the promises soon proved hard to keep: the company wanted the Brazilian government to come up with 30 percent of the cash, as well as a private investor - both failed to materialize. "

"As well as the economic instability that the Brazilian economy, it is also rumored that other factors influencing the decision include the productivity of the local workforce - which at its peak reached about 2,500 workers - which Foxconn considers to be low when compared to its main manufacturing operations. "

jayalphaon Boeing 737 Max Simulators Are in High Demand, But Flawed

crank handle with a translation?

jayalphaon Boeing 737 Max Simulators Are in High Demand, But Flawed

"who will need to approve them before the plane can start flying again."

Yes, thanks. I guess I pass for now.

jayalphaon What Ancient Romans Used Instead of Toilet Paper

Oh. I just googled "bidet".

I thought it is "integrated" in a Japanese toilet? Or do you mean this additional "installation"?

jayalphaon What Ancient Romans Used Instead of Toilet Paper

Does a bidet really clean you?

Did you buy one in the states?

jayalphaon Foxconn Still Trying to Tap Dance Around Its Ever-Shrinking Wisconsin Promises

Well, Brazil has crazy labor laws. You see a worker in court? The worker will win.

In the end it was not worth it for Foxcon. And I think a terrible outcome for Brazil. Electronics are absurdly expensive there (Think import tax 1, import tax 2, import tax 3 and in the end taxes on the import taxes. No kidding).

Stuff is often three times the price of western prices. At least in the past. It was common for people to ask you to sell them you used Laptop/iPhone/mp3 player.

jayalphaon Zapping Nuclear Waste in Minutes Is Nobel Winner’s Holy Grail Quest

Well, other atoms?

Depending where you start from and how do it. Here is an example: http://www.ipodphysics.com/resources/trans90.jpg

jayalphaon Coin found off northern Australia may be from pre-1400 Africa

Beringer's Lying Stones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beringer%27s_Lying_Stones

jayalphaon We got banned from PayPal after 12 years of business

Would not have helped.

When I was abroad one guy was enjoying a decent McDonalds meal in the states with a cloned card.

jayalphaon We got banned from PayPal after 12 years of business

You could argue about this. It is also questionable, where the contract was made. New York City? The place where the server is based? The place where the international customer is based? What law should apply? And if a company makes it unreasonable difficult to cancel a subscription then this may be a violation of some laws already. https://www.cnet.com/news/companies-must-let-customers-cance...