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kaleinatoron 40% of lost calories globally are from beef, needing 33 cal of feed per 1 cal

Surprised how many people in the replies actually think their beef is grass fed.

kaleinatoron Government agencies buy commercial data about Americans in bulk

> So the US federal government will combat romance scams by violating random citizens privacy when it cant stop the president from conducting stock market manipulation scams on twitter? Institutional trust needs to be earned and maintained.

Additionally, we expect the government to respect any laws or acts when the current administration seems to be ignoring most of it? Literally why do people even think the government needs to "BUY" data??? They can get it regardless and nobody is really there to stop them until things change.

kaleinatoron Government agencies buy commercial data about Americans in bulk

People talk about this as if Snowden and the NSA stuff way back meant nothing. Why the hell would they need to BUY your data? They're the US Government ffs. They have, and they will, demand that data from companies regardless of financial compensation. These articles don't seem to convey that very well.

kaleinatoron Steam Controller

Similar yet opposite experience here. I had 3 Steam controllers, 2 of them started having issues after a few months. However, I really enjoyed them for certain games, and even played through most of the Dark Souls franchise with them. Definitely excited for the next generation of them and personally will be preordering one as soon as I can.

kaleinatoron Americans traveling to Europe will have fingerprints scanned under new rule

Expected quality from Fox

kaleinatoron Beetroot juice lowers blood pressure by changing oral microbiome: study

In my own personal experience (chronic pain), "Real Doctors" seem to want to shove pills down your throat because "they work", or give things like steroid shots which have negative long term effects. Whereas "Functional Doctors" are willing to try more traditional things because historically they have seemed to produce good results and are typically less intrusive (but may require more effort from the patient).

So I can see "Functional Dentist" being more like a dentist that is willing to try more ways to save teeth & gums by using more traditional methods (eg. Balancing the oral microbiome, suggesting softer foods more often), rather than a "Real Dentist" suggesting extractions or root canals without ever mentioning the hardness of foods or oral microbiome.

kaleinatoron Blackcandy: Self hosted music streaming server

What's the benefit in using a "self hosted streaming server", when I can just mount a network share and connect to a personal VPN when I'm out and about? This is what I've been doing for awhile and I've had zero issues. As far as I can tell it's secure.

Is it just to allow others to use the server with login credentials?