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theabsurdman··on Importance of muscle mass, strength and cardiorespiratory fitness for longevity
apple watch will measure it, though i have no idea how accurate it is. to do it properly you need to undergo a supervised test in a lab with the right equipment.
theabsurdman··on Chicken Checker – See how often salmonella was found at meat processing plants
"Bad news: Eating local, organic won't shrink your carbon footprint" https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/local-organic-carbon-footpri...
theabsurdman··on Facebook Renames to Meta
"That awkward moment when Zuck takes your company's name: meta.inc" https://twitter.com/awilkinson/status/1453790072701001728?s=...
theabsurdman··on Whole Foods grocery chain bans Canadian employees from wearing poppies
This is incorrect. The poppy is actually trademarked in Canada: https://www.legion.ca/remembrance/the-poppy/the-poppy-tradem...
theabsurdman··on Beyond Meat: Scaling ethical consumerism
you have proven my point
theabsurdman··on Beyond Meat: Scaling ethical consumerism
If we can eat foods that don't cause the death and suffering of other creatures, then that is objectively better than eating foods that DO cause the death and suffering of others. Death and suffering are bad, although meat eaters will tie themselves in knots to try and pretend it isn't.
theabsurdman··on Beyond Meat: Scaling ethical consumerism
Hurting animals unnecessarily is unethical. And since we don't need to eat meat to survive or even to be healthy, then we are just killing and hurting other beings for our own pleasure.
theabsurdman··on Parenting: Who is it really for? (2017)
It's nice that he can do this with his child, but it's probably not realistic for most people, especially those who work 9-5. Also, add another child to the mix and suddenly things aren't so easy!
theabsurdman··on GitHub tries to quell employee anger over its ICE contract
https://www.txstate.edu/philosophy/resources/fallacy-definit...
theabsurdman··on Square Canada has a Cuban coffee issue
Amusingly, they literally show someone serving coffee with an endorsement from a coffee shop on their Canadian sign-up page for food & beverage services. https://squareup.com/ca/en/solutions/quick-service
theabsurdman··on If You Run a Small Business, Park in the Back of the Parking Lot
Not sure if you're a parent, but presumably if you were, you'd know there are days when no amount of planning can make things go smoothly. Sometimes kids just refuse to cooperate. Have some empathy.
theabsurdman··on The Ontario government lost $42M selling cannabis in the last year
Fair or not, Canadians find this hilarious because Ontario premier Doug Ford is reputed to have been a hash dealer in his younger years. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/globe-investiga...
theabsurdman··on [dead]
Should really change the title of this one. Folks are going to be outraged until they realize the quote is from Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who seems committed to destroying the Amazon rain forest.
theabsurdman··on Coca-Cola most common source of packaging pollution on UK beaches: study
Good read about how, as far back as the 50's, the beverage industry used the "Keep America Beautiful" campaign to shift blame and responsibility for pollution onto consumers: https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec...
theabsurdman··on Air Canada agents reveal overselling practices
Overselling wouldn't seem as egregious if they didn't then go ahead and do stuff like this: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/air-canada-reneges-on-...
theabsurdman··on Ask HN: Developers aged 50, how have you gotten around age discrimination?
Don't be afraid to learn new things. I started my IT career almost 20 years ago doing Struts and later Spring MVC. I felt a bit stuck in the enterprise java realm, but I branched out to Pylons and then Spring Boot. Now I'm doing Laravel/Vue.js and I have to say it's a breeze having worked with MVC frameworks for all these years. If you have a hot skill, which reactive/SPA apps seems to be these days, you'll always be in demand.
theabsurdman··on Ike Jime, the Japanese Slaughter Method for Tastier Fish
do fish feel pain? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/fish-feel-pain...