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moose44on Nutrient found in beef and dairy improves immune response to cancer in mice

As someone who's experimented with an animal-based diet—I can attest.

moose44on Ask HN: Do you make long-term plans?

What do you mean by "long-term plans"?

moose44on Nutrient found in beef and dairy improves immune response to cancer in mice

This comment section is a perfect example of how little we know about health.

moose44on PG's lost Infogami essay: Startup Names

Never thought of it that way. I would agree.

moose44on Turkey's central bank hikes interest rate by 500 basis points to 40%

Completely normal. Nothing to see here.

moose44on US govt pays AT&T to let cops search Americans' phone records without warrant

Interesting. Thank you for sharing. So faraday bags and removing sim cards all together is the best course of action?

moose44on US govt pays AT&T to let cops search Americans' phone records without warrant

I use signal but, most of my contacts do not. I've opted for porting my phone number to JMP.chat which does offer E2EE. However, the recipient must also have an encrypted Jabber account.

moose44on US govt pays AT&T to let cops search Americans' phone records without warrant

Does anyone know if using a Jabber client instead of a carrier can work to prevent this sort of thing?

moose44on White House surveillance program gives cops access to trillions of phone records

Yeah, it is. But, the recipient also has to be running an encrypted Jabber client.

I have signal—I've ported over my existing phone number to JMP.Chat to call and text outside of Signal. Not a lot of my contacts use it. Additionally, gets me away from the big carrier networks.

moose44on Ask HN: What did you do or read this weekend that wasn't related to the OpenAI?

Managed to find myself a Sol Price biography signed by Jim Sinegal.

moose44on White House surveillance program gives cops access to trillions of phone records

Does anyone know if Jabber clients such as JMP.Chat prevent stuff like this?

moose44on Pentagon fails audit for sixth year in a row

> While there are still three outstanding audits not yet wrapped up, the DoD reported that the remaining 18 failed, including the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and National Security Agency.

Here's my surprised face: - _ -

moose44on Is the US's vaccine adverse event reporting system broken?

Agreed.

moose44on Is the US's vaccine adverse event reporting system broken?

Thank you for sharing.

moose44on Is the US's vaccine adverse event reporting system broken?

No, I don't believe it is. Personal health choices and driving laws are two very different things.

When one drives recklessly, we know the result, bodily harm to themselves and or others. When one takes a new vaccine with limited testing and emergency approval, we don't know the result(s), yet.

By that logic, every set of choices one could have that affects others should be regulated or overseen?

Moreover, that comparison is predicated on the belief that vaccines prevent transmission. There has been no sufficient data (to my knowledge) that backs up the claim of them doing so.

moose44on Is the US's vaccine adverse event reporting system broken?

Well put. At the end of the day, it's a personal choice—a choice that is up to you and you only. Not sure how we fell into this erroneous belief that we need tell others that they shouldn't or should be vaccinated.