Nollij
@Nollij@sopuli.xyz
- Comment on [deleted] 4 days ago:
Thank you- this is exactly the sort of critique I had been expecting/hoping to find
- Comment on [deleted] 4 days ago:
I agree with you, and would go further.
A while back, there was a study (IIRC) from the UK that recommended against gender transitioning for children. No surprise, it created quite an uproar before it was retracted.
At no point in any of the media coverage or comments on Lemmy, etc, did I see any discussion of the study itself. To this day, I have no idea if there was an issue with the methodology. It seems that no one, neither supporters nor opponents, bothered to read past the headline. Many of them were very fervent in their beliefs, but that wasn’t enough to get them to look at the details.
This is also very bad for science - there are countless headline-grabbing “studies” that fail basic requirements. I’m sure you’ve seen things like “Is coffee/chocolate/etc good for you? A new 10-day study of 23 people suggests that…”. Which of course should get picked apart.
If we aren’t following the science, then what are we even trying to do?
(As an aside, I suspect that study was flawed, but I can’t confirm. It goes against the conclusions widely agreed upon, and would require significant rigor and evidence to support the claim)
- Comment on Liquid Death Quietly Adds Stevia to Tea Drinks 5 days ago:
This is exactly why, for many years, there was no percentage on the label. They were concerned that people would try to get it to 100%.
Fast forward a few decades, and it’s extremely rare to find Americans consuming that little sugar, so the concern was no longer valid.
- Comment on Your favourite YouTube channels might not survive this [Minute Earth] 5 days ago:
While I appreciate that rule in many communities, there’s nothing stopping them from posting a summary or even editorial in the body.
- Comment on Your favourite YouTube channels might not survive this [Minute Earth] 6 days ago:
TL;DW:
A lot of science-related YouTube channels get indirect funding from the US government.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
I’m inferring that you are not in the US, so your local laws may differ. But in the US, your attorney is required to act in your best interests to the best of their ability. Working against their client is a quick way to be disbarred and paying a massive amount to their (now former) client.
That said, this whole thing seems like an exercise in creative writing. Your life savings would be too tempting to any attorney, and they would try to steal it? You need to make friends with someone powerful to find a good lawyer? You’ll need all of this in a few months, but not now? None of it makes any sense.
- Comment on It'll happen to you! 1 week ago:
What did those poor cables do to you to get the Liam Neeson treatment?
- Comment on It'll happen to you! 1 week ago:
But can it spy on users for marketing purposes? That’s the real question.
/s
- Comment on Jamie Dimon popped off at the 1,200+ JPMorgan employees fighting against full-time RTO: 'I don’t care how many people sign that petition' 1 week ago:
If you have a Chase account, the best time to close it was 20 years ago.
The second best time is right this very second.
Even ignoring this story, with the collapse of the CFPB, you are about to get screwed harder than you can even imagine.
- Comment on I would do this for just 1.99 1 week ago:
Counter point: Lemmy has always been more toxic.
I’ve never seen a group (as a whole) that’s less capable of accepting that there are things they don’t know, or other viewpoints.
- Comment on Attempt to motivate people to take the stairs 1 week ago:
Unsurprisingly, fitness is always more complicated than it seems.
You are certainly correct that runners don’t burn (much) more calories than a couch potato. But weightlifters do, vs a couch potato of the same weight.
The thing about cardio is that the calories go directly into effort. The calories burned are roughly proportional to the effort (distance). But the moment you stop, the calories stop getting burned.
If you are doing weightlifting, the calories spent at the time to lift a heavy object are minimal. But it instructs your body to add muscle to better handle all the heavy lifting you do. Once you have that muscle, you burn a ton of calories 24 hours per day just keeping it alive. It becomes part of your base metabolic rate. It burns nearly the same calories whether you’re at the gym, or sitting on the couch. And it will continue to burn those calories until your body decides you no longer need that extra muscle mass and it atrophies.
- Comment on people who drink, how long do your hangovers last? 1 week ago:
The potassium levels are very low, to the point where it doesn’t make a difference. While there are different varieties, most only have 45mg. For comparison, a banana has 400+, and a cup of apple juice has 250. The human body requires 3400 per day for men, meaning 8oz of Gatorade only provides 1.3% of what you would need in a normal day, even less if you’re deficient.
Sodium is a bit higher, from 160-310mg of the daily recommended 2300. Even if we ignore the fact that most people have more than enough sodium, particularly the type that are drinking enough for a hangover, a cup of chicken broth has 950mg. In fact, some varieties also have more potassium than Gatorade.
IOW, you’d be far better off drinking some chicken broth and eating a banana than drinking Gatorade.
- Comment on Looks legit, but can it actually be a real thing? 1 week ago:
The text explicitly says the program is for the lieutenant governor’s office.
The question is, would the lieutenant governor of Texas’ office be involved in something like this? I’m certain they want to, but would they have the authority? It’s my understanding that international airports are exclusively under federal control, not state.
- Comment on people who drink, how long do your hangovers last? 1 week ago:
I know people will argue with me, but it really depends on what I drank, and not just how much. Even within the same type of alcohol, different brands or varieties give me very different results. For instance, Tullamore Dew (although it is delicious) gives me very nasty hangovers, far more than other Irish whiskeys.
But of course, there are other factors that are far more important. Obviously drink water, but you also need electrolytes (and no, Gatorade does not do this). Drinking on a full stomach and drinking slowly/steadily will also reduce your hangover the next day. And it probably doesn’t need to be said, but when it stops feeling enjoyable, stop drinking. Whether it’s because the party is winding down or because the smell makes you gag, you don’t always need to have the next drink.
- Comment on The Chilling Consequences of Going Along With Trump 1 week ago:
Add in a bit of their self-interest. Every dollar you earned but don’t have, is a dollar stolen by your freeloading bosses/shareholders. Because they certainly didn’t earn it. Why do they have a mansion and a Ferrari? You should at least be able to afford rent.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
There are certainly some exceptions, but 90+% are not.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Most wildlife isn’t capable of that level of thought or empathy.
For most animals that hunt, the thought process is “I’m hungry. This looks like something I can eat. Now I’m not hungry”
- Comment on Can I lose a beer belly working out one day a week? 2 weeks ago:
The fact that you describe yourself as skinny and low weight suggests that this is not about calories. Do you have a high carb diet? That tends to cause fat to collect in the midsection. If you’ve ever seen starving children in Africa, you may have noticed that a lot of them have a similar stomach bulge, despite being clearly malnourished. It’s from their diet that’s high in grains.
- Comment on imagine 2 weeks ago:
Yes, they will.
You’re taking the approach of an independent farmer that didn’t sign a contract with Monsanto. What you said mostly aligns with that scenario.
For the farmer that did sign a contract with Monsanto, that is a standard and required clause, and they do enforce it.
- Comment on I Was an Incarcerated Firefighter. Here’s What I Want People to Know. 2 weeks ago:
In all seriousness, I remember Teen Vogue doing a remarkably skilled level of coverage during Trump’s first term.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Your employer will not be there at Thanksgiving.
If you dedicate your life to work, neither will your family.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
It’s risky. There have been a number of recent actions at a national level that are being applied retroactively. You also have to be sure that it ONLY is being discussed within a blue state. You cannot have a red or purple state involved at all, nor is it safe to cross state lines.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Unfortunately, the landscape has gotten very hostile for your situation. You need to be careful about where you ask questions, and what sort of paper trail you might be leaving. It may limit your choices down the road.
Tragically, this might mean that you cannot discuss it with your family, friends, or even a doctor. You might also want to put effort into disguising your searches, lest they become evidence against you.
Of course, if you’re from a more civilized country than the US, you can disregard all of the above.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
You’ll have to pay a 25% tax on yourself when you return, though.
(/s, until someone figures out how to actually do that)
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Tariffs are not flat across the board. If it lasts, we’re going to see a lot of shell companies popping up in strategic places for the purposes of avoiding/reducing taxes paid.
Depending on the exact details, these may be little more than reshippers. Or they could be like the products that are “Made in the USA (from imported components)”
- Comment on Gemini wont talk about Bernie Sanders 3 weeks ago:
DDG and Ecosia are proxies for Bing. I didn’t check, but I’m guessing the others are too. Most “independent” search engines are.
The major exception is Startpage, which is a proxy for Google.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
#3 seems like a pretty standard evangelical Christian group
- Comment on Could Trump's "Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation" order defund vasectomies? 3 weeks ago:
I wish they had anything with a long-term vision, even one as bad as that.
Parents with young children are very easy to exploit due to a lack of options. They can’t just quit/move/start a riot, because they have to worry about their child. They also tend to be very afraid (of many things), which is the Republican bread and butter.
- Comment on Every time my wife pees, she flips the lid up. Every time I pee, I flip it down. Never been discussed. Dare I say anything and break the spell? 3 weeks ago:
Or pee at different frequencies?
- Comment on Defectors offer insight into mindset of North Korean soldiers fighting in Ukraine 3 weeks ago:
The song part is interesting, but it’s not too different from the rest of the world. I’m sure there are a number of US soldiers that made a similar decision to avoid being captured by the Taliban or Iraq.
I don’t think we honestly evaluate whether that’s any more sensible. Propaganda is highly effective. It would be naive to think the West has any less than N Korea.