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pajaroideon Cycling to Redefine Urban Mobility in the Era of Coronavirus

Beats public transport where people are shoved in without any social distancing.

pajaroideon Ask HN: What scientific phenomenon do you wish someone would explain better?

Four billion years is a lot of time for that randomness (via selective pressure of the environment or of life itself) to produce tons of crazy results.

pajaroideon Why we listen to new music

I do both, old stuff and new stuff depending on the mood. Lately I've been exploring some genres I didn't even know existed like medieval speed folk (Perkelt is a group I like) and Dungeon Synth (Fief is my favorite so far).

pajaroideon Signs of cancer can appear long before diagnosis, study shows

Veganism is mostly about reducing animal suffering. It also has a health angle but it's mostly about the ethics of killing animals when we can have a complete and healthy diet eating plant-based (plus fungi).

pajaroideon Ask HN: How did you fix your narcissism?

2 years of psychoanalysis, tons of books. But for real, everyone can benefit from psychoterapy, just be aware that there are a ton of different schools of thought.

pajaroideon China’s Pig Pandemic

There are tons of easy alternatives for vegetable protein, including good old lentils, beans, chickpeas, etc. You don't have to go out of your way to buy tempeh or gourmet vegetarian food.

pajaroideon Golden Rice meets food safety standards in three leading regulatory agencies

Selective breeding isn't genetic engineering though. GMO is used when genes from a species are inserted into another, not for strains that are produced through artificial selection of organisms with desirable traits.

pajaroideon Prices for dried coffee husks are outstripping those for beans

Well, not only that; caffeine in plants acts as a natural pesticide.

pajaroideon A growing number of young Americans are leaving desk jobs to farm

If I did it someday I wouldn't be thinking about making money, just being self-sufficient and growing enough food for me and my family. If I could sell some that's great but that's not the objective.

pajaroideon Why I Would Raise Chickens

This a list of edible protein that can be grown per unit of land, soybeans and other legumes top the list along with hemp seeds, animal sources are the less efficient. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edible_protein_per_unit_area_o...

pajaroideon Tardigrades turn into glass when they dry out

Here's an article about that: http://phys.org/news/2015-11-huge-chunk-tardigrade-genome-fo...

pajaroideon Testing the 12-inch MacBook's Performance with Windows 10

What's the problem with additional functionality on a laptop screen?

pajaroideon Super Mario 64 HD

This recent game is exactly that. Also made in Unity: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/680102942/freezeme

pajaroideon The Software Revolution

Can you expand on the avocado stuff, or do you have a source? Sounds pretty interesting.

pajaroideon Should people be eating more fat?

Lately I've been on a diet of vegetable fats and proteins, almost no carbs (only fiber). Lots of avocados and seeds (chia, flaxseed, sunflower, sesame) which have approximately 50% fat content 45% protein 5% fiber. I lost body fat while eating as much as I wanted of that, along with yoghurt, eggs, cheese and veggies, the only thing off the table is bread, although I eat some once in a while.

People eat too many carbs in their daily life and don't even notice and they carry lots of long term health risks.

pajaroideon Depression and feeling like an outsider

Tianeptine might help: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianeptine

pajaroideon What's new in Unity 4.3

I prefer Gamemaker Studio (http://yoyogames.com/) it's more code oriented but very easy to use. There's a free version too. Look up Hotline Miami if you want to see a commercial game made with it.