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I'm so sick of every single medical-related question people have online constantly getting spammed with 'talk to your doctor!!!!'

The way people online constantly say 'talk to your doctor' like it's a panacea is a lot like how medieval peasants weren't able to read scripture and they just had to trust their clergy's interpretations...

xep ,

Taking medical advice from random strangers on the internet can be dangerous, sometimes in ways that may not be immediately obvious. I used to have anxiety about a medical condition that I was convinced that I had, and everything I read on the internet just made me more and more anxious.

Eventually, I went to see a doctor, who cleared everything up. But until then, I was a wreck.

Please see a doctor for medical advice.

xep ,

I'd love to see lasers on their heads.

xep ,

That sounds delicious!

xep ,

Isn't Bitcoin illegal in China?

xep ,

Sony's always kind of been uncool like this. Before, all PSN games weren't available on PC, so it didn't affect regions that couldn't register for PSN.

xep ,

Not all cereal contain sugar, surely, although lots do.

xep ,

Counterpoint: sometimes it's difficult to tell if something is surveilling you, especially for laypersons.

xep ,

Good news! Has the time finally come for us to buy a Dacia Sandero?

Should I keep paying for Proton?

I moved over to Proton from Google because I liked the idea of having an alias for each service. After two months and a Mail Plus trial, I now pay for Proton Unlimited. I use Mail (due to alias linking), Calendar, and Pass often. I don't really use VPN that much (although it is useful sometimes), and Drive is just too slow. I...

xep ,

I liked Windscribe so much I ended up paying for it. With a discount code I found the price to be reasonable.

xep ,

I've tried to eliminate ultraprocessed food from my diet and now I try my best to eat as much fiber as possible. I lost about 15 kilograms between doing this and reducing my sugar/alcohol intake. It was very difficult initially since I always felt hungry but I don't even think about it now after about a year of doing this. I feel a lot better too.

This is just one data point, so I can't say it'll definitely work for everyone, but it's worth a try.

xep , (edited )

I'm not entirely attributing my weight loss to not eating ultraprocessed food, but that was was part of it. I'm sharing what I experienced when I did that and not trying to argue a point or do a scientific experiment, so I'm not sure how confirmation bias entirely comes into play here.

you cut calories by cutting carbs

I did not specifically set out to reduce my carbohydrate intake. I still eat rice with meals as I normally do, but I also did what the article describes and subtituted the ultraprocessed foods in my diet with less processed food. My goals were to reduce that, sugar, and alcohol.

xep ,

I'd posit that quibbling over food classification plays right into the hands of the people who don't want you to otherwise think too much about what food you buy and eat. The simplicity is likely intentional and so some things are bound to be classified poorly, but that's okay because we can call those out. It still works for the majority of what you'd like to identify.

xep ,

Hosting is part of it, but didn't they legally restrict Yuzu's developers from working on the emulator? That seems to be a far greater obstacle to me.

xep ,

It's almost as if cheaters ruin hyper competitive games like Valorant. How dare they try to keep the game free from cheaters. The nerve!

xep ,

Maybe Nessie isn't real...

xep ,

Nobody can stop you from spending your money as you see fit, 24/7/365, from anywhere, to anywhere, instantly, and for free.

Except it's not.

xep ,

Lemmy in general hates Windows.

xep ,

This article from the NY Times seems to be the source: https://archive.li/09NnN

The title makes it sound like Hamas is shooting Israel's bombs back at Israel, but Hamas' arsenal are primarily of Iranian origin. The article reports that they do scavenge explosives from unexploded ordinance, but not the amount. However, they do take large amounts of scrap like plumbing pipes from Israeli settlements, which are used to make bombs.

I'm not an explosives expert but I would hazard a guess that scavenging missiles and such that don't go off is not going to be a viable source of material to make more missiles, factoring in the risk involved.

xep ,

"Ah, an appreciation post for the local transfer feature," I thought, as I continued reading to the last part of the sentence.

xep ,

Same here, but I imagine there are vastly different usage pattens. Maybe Firefox doesn't support some that well. I couldn't use any other browser though.

xep ,

I'm no designer (although I might be brain-dead), but I prefer minimalist UI over skeumorphism.

xep ,

Perhaps could be considered "frosted glass?"

xep ,

This seems to have been removed at some point. It doesn't work for me any more, but it definitely did before.
Edit: Ah, I've manually disabled it in PowerToy's keyboard manager.

xep ,

Are you doing it for your own sake, or for the relationship?

xep ,

Where I live, I consider nothing I do on my phone private at all, and I have to act accordingly. I would be in breach of Chinese law were I to do the same in China.

xep , (edited )

both technologies are interesting

AI has uses that aren't about covering your tracks or evading law enforcement.
Edit: bring on the downvotes, cryptobros.

xep ,

I am in full agreement with your view on privacy, but I don't think that cryptocurrency is a solution. People far more eloquent than I have already fully described why elsewhere, so I'd just like to thank you for your civil response.

xep ,

I like to think that he didn't really change, but figured out the socially acceptable way to pretend that he had been "cured."

xep ,

The reason regulation is required for this is because private companies, being purely proft-driven, won't. It's a state matter.

xep ,

I don't know if I've ever felt an urge to be marketed to.

xep ,

Call me a pessimist, but it's highly unlikely WhatsApp will take any action that doesn't affect their balance sheet positively in the short term.

xep ,

They already have. Please spend some time learning about China.

xep ,

Why would they publish this information?

xep ,

Yes, no big deal. We can go back to having 640x480 displays too.

xep ,

The video's here, if you'd like: https://youtu.be/29ECwExc-_M

xep ,

Google own Android and that's not something easily entirely abandoned.

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Keep your horrible tipping culture to yourself, please.

xep ,

Finnish has a reputation for being one of the hardest languages in the world to learn, too, so I wonder if that might've had something to do with the disbelief.

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Sometimes it feels like most of my job nowadays is deleting code now.

xep ,

Adding Ahadns to this list: https://ahadns.com/

xep ,

Without the instant payout, would it still feel the same?

xep ,

You should've RMAed. Maybe you still can?

xep ,

Haha it looks like a

Fairbuds are Fairphone’s proof that we really could make better tiny gadgets ( arstechnica.com )

But of course we all know that the big manufacturers don't do this not because they can't but because they don't want to. Planned obsolescence is still very much the name of the game, despite all the bullshit they spout about sustainability.

xep ,

Could you please elaborate on these improvements to Lithium battery chemistry that have alleviated the problem with battery wear?

xep ,

The article did mention that that's what you'd probably have to do.

I have only one pointer (for example, if you created an array using new)

In most cases, it's necessary to rewrite the program a bit and add an array size passing. Sadly, that's how it works.

xep ,

extension attacked

Either Chrome has a vulnerability that lets extensions install themselves, or his system is far more compromised than he thinks it is.

xep ,

Does this mean I can have a 5G dog?

xep ,

A Microsoft representative (?) opened an issue for Explorer Patcher:

Hi Team,

This is to let you know that Win10 taskbar code is removed. And if use continue to use ExplorePatcheron Windows GE Build, they will see a crash. You only need to adjust the setup exe name to get around the block in your new version. We will continue to block ANY version that crashes Explorer.

Please let me know if you have any question.

Thanks
Michelle

Makes sense to me.

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