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slaveofallah93··on The Secret to Becoming an Annoyingly Productive Early Morning Person
Have you tried lowering your dose? I only need 50 mg of moda in the morning to wake up and be productive.
slaveofallah93··on One Giant Step for a Chess-Playing Machine
Is it the undisputed champion of chess? I thought that A0 had never played Stockfish 10, the current best engine.
slaveofallah93··on Melatonin: Much More Than You Wanted to Know
Looks like the author posted it on his personal blog, but also on the group blog LessWrong, so the link avoided the filter.
slaveofallah93··on Melatonin: Much More Than You Wanted to Know
>0.5g or 500mcg

I hope you mean 0.5 mg not 0.5g because that would be a very big dose!

slaveofallah93··on Profits Without Prosperity (2014)
Why are stock buybacks an ugly picture?
slaveofallah93··on These problems were designed to prevent Jewish people from passing (2011)
Lots of people already do that. You haven't discovered some secret strategy for getting into a US college.
slaveofallah93··on In Earth's hottest place, life has been found in strong acid
"Pure acid" is a pretty meaningless description. Water is a weak acid (and also a weak base) so in a sense ordinary water could be described as "pure acid".
slaveofallah93··on The R. Kelly ‘cult’ story and the ‘Gawker Effect’
I don't think you are the only one. I imagine the courts would have the same opinion.
slaveofallah93··on FDA announces comprehensive plan for tobacco and nicotine regulation
I would not consider it to be one. Nicotine is not the most harmful part of tobacco use, the smoke is.

Nicotine is a helpful drug that enhances focus and working memory. Forcing tobacco to be sold with lower nicotine content seems to be throwing out the baby, and keeping the bathwater. Completely the opposite of what is good.

slaveofallah93··on More Android phones than ever are covertly listening for inaudible sounds in ads
Well you would be wrong.
slaveofallah93··on Borderwise: App and a lawyer for immigrants, for $1
Is it really possible to get a green card knowing no English at all?
slaveofallah93··on As Obesity Rises, Remote Pacific Islands Plan to Abandon Junk Food
The downside is that you can't get cheap tasty meals from McDonalds.
slaveofallah93··on As Obesity Rises, Remote Pacific Islands Plan to Abandon Junk Food
There's not strong evidence that food deserts lead to an increase in obesity.
slaveofallah93··on The True Cost of Bitcoin Transactions
Subs can do a pseudo-shadowban by setting up automoderator to delete any comment you make automatically without explicitly banning you.
slaveofallah93··on FBI will no longer accept FOIA requests by email
>technically a public good

I don't think you know what public good means

slaveofallah93··on Dow Hits 20000 for First Time
That would be a much better headline.
slaveofallah93··on Nicotine Normalizes Brain Activity Deficits That Are Key to Schizophrenia
Smoking is not the only way you can get nicotine. Have you considered trying nicotine chewing gum or similar?

I find nicotine gum helpful personally.

slaveofallah93··on H-1B Visas: U.S. Lawmaker Re-Introduces Bill to Tighten Rules
In the short run, maybe. After the market reaches equilibrium, no.
slaveofallah93··on The AI Unemployment Anti-FAQ (2013)
Terrible video. Even the creator admits he was probably wrong with the points that he made. Low quality youtube video that doesn't hold up when you actually look at the points he's making. Humans are not horses.
slaveofallah93··on SF blasts Uber, Lyft for downtown traffic congestion
Perhaps they think people would switch to public transit like buses or Caltrain.
slaveofallah93··on Vitamin pills don't work and may be bad for you
No drug company owns a patent on vitamin C. And this BBC article is barely above clickbait journalism. Don't pretend like this is some example of great high quality science reporting.
slaveofallah93··on Vitamin pills don't work and may be bad for you
Bad advice. Sunlight exposure causes skin darkening and increased risk of skin cancer.
slaveofallah93··on Help Us Keep the Archive Free, Accessible, and Private
I agree with the idea of what archive.org claims to be doing but it doesn't seem right the way that they are going about it.

The exclusion specifically of any ISIS supporting articles and videos makes it seem that archive.org is not truly interested in creating an archive for future generations but is instead interested in creating an archive which supports their political/religious beliefs.

Cataloging and archiving Islamic State videos doesn't mean that one endorses their beliefs or supports the organization.

It's a shame that what could've been an organization for good has become a islamaphobic political organization.