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xinyhnon Best books to learn about manufacturing

Does anyone have any suggestions on starting a career in manufacturing/quality, etc. Not exactly sure which direction I want to go but I want to explore careers that involve lean principles and Six Sigma. Currently just have an associates. Should I start entry level somewhere? Go back to school for Industrial Engineering?

xinyhnon Wendelstein 7-X achieves world record

Anyone interested in the subject matter would probably enjoy Omega Tau Podcast. http://omegataupodcast.net/tag/fusion/

xinyhnon The Diabetes Cure That Most Insurance Companies Won't Pay For

As someone rather interested in the subject that has been my general understanding. The refusal for people to look beyond "eat less and fast etc" is rather disheartening.

xinyhnon The Diabetes Cure That Most Insurance Companies Won't Pay For

This is a good review of current understanding of the effects for anyone interested in more than some of the comments so far.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2936261/

Abstract

Bariatric surgery is now widely reported to ameliorate or resolve type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults. Some clinical investigators even suggest its use as an early therapeutic intervention for type 2 diabetes in patients not meeting standard criteria for bariatric surgery. However, little is known about the exact mechanisms explaining the metabolic consequences, and much active investigation is underway to identify hormonal changes leading to diabetes resolution. This review includes a detailed description of various bariatric surgical procedures, including the latest less-invasive techniques, and a summary of current data providing insight into the short- and long-term metabolic effects. We outline current hypotheses regarding the mechanisms by which these surgical procedures affect diabetes and report on morbidity and mortality. Finally, we discuss the available data on bariatric surgery in adolescent patients, including special considerations in this potentially vulnerable population.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019697811...

Abstract

Bariatric surgery for obesity has proved to be an extremely effective method of promoting long-term weight reduction with additional beneficial metabolic effects, such as improved glucose tolerance and remission of type 2 diabetes. A range of bariatric procedures are in common use, including gastric banding, sleeve gastrectomy and the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Although the mechanisms underlying the efficacy of bariatric surgery are unclear, gastrointestinal and pancreatic peptides are thought to play an important role. The aim of this review is to summarise the effects of different bariatric surgery procedures upon gastrointestinal and pancreatic peptides, including ghrelin, gastrin, cholecystokinin (CCK), glucose-dependent insulinotropic hormone (GIP), glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1), peptide YY (PYY), oxyntomodulin, insulin, glucagon and somatostatin.

xinyhnon Older Americans Are ‘Hooked’ on Vitamins

I am certainly not saying steak isn't more filling but just a random anecdote. As a dieted down currently lean person I ate 4000-6000 calories (all weighed to the gram) of steak/ground beef a day for a month no problem. This was sufficient to gain a substantial amount of weight in that time. But figured id try the meat only thing being talked about in the last year on myself.

xinyhnon Older Americans Are ‘Hooked’ on Vitamins

I think an interesting direction to take reading up on the subject is instead of it being the spread of sugar look into the spread of industrial seed oils and how much their intake has increased.

xinyhnon Steinhaus Longimeter

Wow it really is great. Plan to share with everyone I know who would find this interesting. Already watched a few of them and they are all just as enjoyable. Hope he gets a bunch more subs and keeps making videos.

xinyhnon Little Caesars Has a Patent for a Pizza-Making Machine

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chloesorvino/2017/05/23/james-l...

Interesting article about leprino a while back.

xinyhnon Obesity and Overweight Prevalence for the U.S

I am certainly not suggesting it's the right answer but in threads like these rarely do I see industrial seed oils with high omega-6 polyunsaturated fat content being suggested as a culprit. The use in food correlates as well as anything else that is being suggested with the rise in obesity rates and metabolic conditions.

xinyhnon Effect of longer-term modest salt reduction on blood pressure (2013)

I think another direction to look is also seed oils, specifically high polyunsaturated. I am not sure what I believe but I do think it's as valid of a possibility.

xinyhnon This Chicago Startup Sold Its Protein Bar Company for $600M to Kellogg's

Previous discussion, different article. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15488492

xinyhnon Faecal transplant effectively treats recurrent or unresponsive Clostridium diff

Seems like in the next few years might see some more information about fecal transplants for obesity.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5045147/

xinyhnon Only as happy as the least happy child (2012)

Don't have much commentary on this as I don't have children, but this video is very relevant.

Jordan Peterson - Why not just be Child-free and Happy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in4sDT9__0I

xinyhnon People Who Speed-Listen to Podcasts

Absolutely agree. A few podcasts I listen to that I would consider very high production quality I can easily do 2x and some of the more casual content ones I have pushed to 3x. However, some of the fringe, sounding like they are recorded on a phone become difficult to understand even at 1.5x.

xinyhnon People Who Speed-Listen to Podcasts

I use the skip silence in the android app Podcast Addict. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.po...

I certainly don't notice it easily but I have saved several hundred hours according to it.

xinyhnon CRISPR Can Now Edit Genes Using Nanoparticles Instead of Viruses

6. After any surgery, your cholesterol soars. It also increases when you battle infections, are under a lot of stress, or have had a heart attack. Reason being, your body relies on cholesterol as a healing agent – to help create new cells whenever they’re needed. Exposure to environmental agents and toxins can also affect your cholesterol levels.

7. Toxic chemicals, free radicals, pathogens, trans-fats and other damaging agents you’re exposed to end up in your blood stream, where they damage the endothelium – the razor-thin lining of your blood vessels. When endothelial cells need to be repaired, your liver sends LDL to the site, and when the healing process concludes, HDL carries the spent LDL particles back to the liver to be removed from your body.

https://heartmdinstitute.com/heart-health/facts-about-choles...

xinyhnon Overweight and obesity are linked to cancer

My personal experience is very similar and you described it in a way better than I could. And then add on to that the requirement to do that day in and day out for the rest of your life.

Thank you for sharing.

xinyhnon Dollar General Hits a Gold Mine in Rural America

Definitely possible the various brands of batteries have changed since this testing I have referenced this in the past. http://www.batteryshowdown.com/results-hi.html

xinyhnon Firefox 56: Last Stop Before Quantum

Might be looking into bitwarden myself as lastpass as of this post does not support firefox 57.

xinyhnon Sedentary Behavior and Mortality in U.S. Middle-Aged and Older Adults

Especially in a shared environment where people may be waiting, excessive rest periods are inconsiderate. However, there is certainly some merit to longer rest periods between sets being beneficial.

https://suppversity.blogspot.com/2016/05/not-resting-long-en...

xinyhnon China’s Bitmain dominates Bitcoin mining, wants to cash in on AI

I know everyone says it's good, etc. I just want to reinforce the point. It is really really good. Definitely one of the best scifi I have read. The story just gets bigger and bigger as the books progress as well as the imagined tech and physics. I know it's cliche but it definitely caused me to think slightly differently when looking up at a night sky.

xinyhnon Minecraft Set to Launch Its Own Currency

Personally these type of games have lately revived my identity as a gamer.

Soma, Talos Principle, The Valley, Kona, Firewatch, To the Moon, Everybody Has Gone to the Rapture. Have all been extremely enjoyable experiences.

Really hoping for more to discover in this genre.

xinyhnon Your yearly dose of is-the-universe-a-simulation

relevant https://xkcd.com/505/

I know it has been mentioned in this topic several times but again, anyone with an interest should definitely check out Permutation City. All of these concepts are explored in very entertaining ways.

xinyhnon Study: Blended food prevented hunger for longer

Not endorsing in anyway just had heard a similar concept before although it's based on different reasons...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shangri-La_Diet

xinyhnon Health Statistics of 500 US Cities – Map and Sortable Table

Interesting study on activity levels and energy expenditure.

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjourna...

Abstract

Western lifestyles differ markedly from those of our hunter-gatherer ancestors, and these differences in diet and activity level are often implicated in the global obesity pandemic. However, few physiological data for hunter-gatherer populations are available to test these models of obesity. In this study, we used the doubly-labeled water method to measure total daily energy expenditure (kCal/day) in Hadza hunter-gatherers to test whether foragers expend more energy each day than their Western counterparts. As expected, physical activity level, PAL, was greater among Hadza foragers than among Westerners. Nonetheless, average daily energy expenditure of traditional Hadza foragers was no different than that of Westerners after controlling for body size. The metabolic cost of walking (kcal kg−1 m−1) and resting (kcal kg−1 s−1) were also similar among Hadza and Western groups. The similarity in metabolic rates across a broad range of cultures challenges current models of obesity suggesting that Western lifestyles lead to decreased energy expenditure. We hypothesize that human daily energy expenditure may be an evolved physiological trait largely independent of cultural differences.

xinyhnon A Google a Day

Reminds me of... https://xefer.com/wikipedia

Builds some very cool chain of links all leading to Philosophy

xinyhnon Do we really need swap on modern systems?

reminded me of this...

Latency Numbers Every Programmer Should Know

https://gist.github.com/jboner/2841832

xinyhnon Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 light years from Earth

http://www.space.com/20856-alien-planets-eyeball-earths.html

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

No intention of arguing as I don't believe this is a good reason for not losing weight; I believe that for other reasons. However, just thought you would be interested in this. Check out some of the recent studies on Persistent Organic Pollutants.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26469381

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27281542

xinyhnon Inflammation halts fat-burning

Also consider vegetable oils.