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mishkovskion Cooling the Earth with a cloud of small spacecraft near the inner Lagrange point

One option is to find a way to decrease human population voluntarily. That will reverse human related climate change in more natural and comprehensive way.

mishkovskion Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. (2007)

I like the simplicity of the approach presented in this essay.

>And at the end of it all, the answer to the question "Can we say what diet is best for health?" and by health, we mean longevity, vitality, weight control. All the good stuff that we all want. The answer is absolutely no, if what we mean is a very specific, prescriptive — my diet can beat your diet. So, you know, can we say whether the best Mediterranean diet is better than the best vegan diet or that’s better than the best paleo diet for human health? The answer is no. If what we mean, though, by "Can we say what diet is best for health?" is a basic theme of optimal living. Then the answer is a categorical yes. It’s incredibly clear from incredibly voluminous, incredibly consistent literature all around the world, diverse populations, diverse methods, observational epidemiology where you just watch and see what happens. Intervention trials where you assign people to diets. Randomized control trials and real-world experience with large populations like The Blue Zones. And frankly Michael Pollan pretty much nailed this one. Eat food, not too much, mostly plants. That really captures the essence of all of the world’s diets that are associated with good health outcomes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW8C1W1Iefk

mishkovskion Function Length

There is a less chance to have a bug in a very small function than moderately sized, but "clean" function.

It is also easier to write a test for a smaller function.

Having the implementation in many smaller functions also makes the code more readable if their naming is good.

mishkovskion A theory on how insulin resistance, metabolic disease begin

I think this is the most interesting point:

>The new findings suggest fatty liver disease may be a red herring, Herman said. The likely cause of insulin resistance may not be the buildup of fat in the liver, as commonly believed, but rather the processes activated by ChREBP, which may then contribute to the development of both fatty liver and increased glucose production.

mishkovskion Which oils are best to cook with?

For most people not eating fried food is not an option. Fried food tastes great and we love it. Yes it is not as healthy as a salad but it is much more fun. Being healthy is only one part of the equation. Eating is a complex process and very important part of our lives which can be adversely affected by any type of limitations. Probably moderation is the key to a healthy and satisfying diet.

mishkovskion The Hacker's Diet

One important aspect of weight loss is appetite control. Eating less carbs helps you to limit your calorie intake.

mishkovskion Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2014)

Location: Montreal, Canada

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: C#, ASP.NET MVC, SQL, JavaScript

Résumé/CV: https://www.dropbox.com/s/acibnqanukg2j5h/CV_StojanMishkovsk...

Email: mishkovski@gmail.com

mishkovskion Caloric restriction reduces age-related and all-cause mortality in rhesus monkeys

Ketogenic diet combined with intermittent fasting can be simple solution for this. Ketogenic diet controls your appetite and having one meal a day helps you to control your calorie intake.

mishkovskion John Yudkin: the man who tried to warn us about sugar

I can confirm that from my own experience. I lost 20kg in 6 months. Yes I restricted my calorie intake. But how I did that? By controlling my appetite with avoiding carbs especially sugar. Ketogenic diet is powerful tool for restricting calorie intake.

mishkovskion John Yudkin: the man who tried to warn us about sugar

Sugar is not the culprit behind all the diseases listed in the article. Obesity is

And sugar is culprit behind overeating and obesity.

mishkovskion Coding Horror: The PHP Singularity

I'm just saying that Microsoft offers tools(languages or frameworks) for web developmet that are open source. And yes you have Mono project also.

mishkovskion Coding Horror: The PHP Singularity

"Or what about the damage that proprietary platforms like .NET (which Jeff uses if I'm not mistaken) or iOS do to the programming world by restricting progress to a single company."

PHP is used for web development. Microsoft's best alternative for web development is ASP.NET MVC which is open source.

mishkovskion Frighteningly Ambitious Startup Ideas

"The most ambitious is to try to do it automatically: to write a compiler that will parallelize our code for us."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_Extensions

mishkovskion Adobe ceases development on mobile browser Flash, refocuses efforts on HTML5

I guess next step towards HTML5 is moving off from mobile native development(iOS, Android, Windows Phone).

mishkovskion Apple Inc vs a small Restaurant from Luxembourg

Not closely related but this reminds me to:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia_naming_dispute

It's ridiculous.

mishkovskion Framework fatigue: How many frameworks do I need to know?

Two: .NET for server-side and jQuery for client-side.

mishkovskion Which programming language do you want to learn next?

F# - I want to develop my skills toward declarative style of programming.