ClassyHatter

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[–] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

This diet is based on Dr. Roy Taylor’s research on Type 2 Diabetes, and its reversal. He and his team noticed that people with T2D have fat in their liver and pancreas. They confirmed this with a new MRI imaging technique that they developed. Regardless of body weight, if you have fatty liver/pancreas you have T2D or at least pre-diabetes. But, if your liver and pancreas are healthy, you can be overweight and not have T2D.

They call it the twin cycle hypothesis. Google it up, but short is this. If fat builds up in your liver, it starts a cycle that among other things causes the liver to send fat in to your pancreas, which starts another cycle in the pancreas, which feeds the liver’s cycle. As the pancreas gets more and more fatty, the insulin producing beta-cells begins to de-activate, which leads to T2D.

They wanted to test whether this hypothesis is true, and if so, is T2D reversible. How to do that? Their T2D test subjects must loose weight. What’s the fastest way to do that? Extreme caloric restriction.

They put their subjects on a diet consisting of 4 doses of meal replacement formula per day (800kcal/day). Their subjects noticed that it’s actually quite easy to stick to that diet after couple days.

The results of their studies is that if people loses enough fat to free their pancreas from fat, their pancreas can heal and return to normal, reversing T2D. But, there is always a but. If T2D has been going for too long (over 6 years in their studies), too many of the beta-cells have died, and full reversal of T2D is not possible.

Note: Extreme caloric restriction is very dangerous if you are on T2D medication. Do your own research and talk to your doctor. I tried to use correct terms so it’s easy to check the things.

[–] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month ago

En itsekään mikään asiantuntija ole, mutta yksi ero polttoaineissa ainakin on sen puhtaus ja väkevyys. Aina kun maaperästä louhitaan jotain ainetta, niin se ei koskaan ole puhdasta, vaan siinä on vääjämättä seassa erilaista muuta maa-ainesta. Louhittu uraanimalmi käy läpi useita prosesseja, joilla uraani saadaan erotettua muusta aineesta (tätä kutsutaan rikastamiseksi), ja muutettua reaktorille sopivaan muotoon. Valtaosa luonnossa esiintyvästä uraanista on sen isotooppia uraani-238:aa, joka ei sovellu ydinpolttoaineeksi. Uraani pitää väkevöidä reaktorille sopivaan väkevyyteen, eli siten, että siinä on oikea määrä uraani-235:ttä.

[–] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

This is a good point. Black PSU and motherboard might stand out too much in that light, white-ish case.

[–] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I agree with this. Could easily save $200 buying some older and lower spec components. CPU choice is probably because of the iGPU, but there are other cheaper CPUs with iGPU. I don't think the use case is going to require more computing power in the future, so I don't know if future proofing is really necessary. If the use case changes some few years from now, you need to buy new components regardless of your choices today. Save some money now and put it towards a future upgrade.

16GB DDR4 is enough. That's about $40 off. SSD is pointlessly big for the use case. 250GB might be enough, but even 512GB would be a bit cheaper.

CPU could be downgraded to something a couple generations older. Motherboard can also be downgraded, unless that one has some important features. That saves at least $150 total.

PSU is a complicated question. Cheaper would be enough, but you might lose money over time in your electricity bill. That's kind of difficult to calculate.

[–] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago (14 children)

Depending on your needs, virtual machine might be the easiest solution.

[–] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

There's a bug with the side buttons. After you long press a side button, the next short press won't do anything. Kind of annoying.

Their "brand-new UI" isn't much of a change. At least, I haven't noticed any significant improvements. Toggle buttons are now rectangle, instead of the rounded pill shape, and some icons are different. I think they changed the system font, but I changed it back.

Dark Mode in Neo Reader is an improvement, except that I don't use that app. Quickly tested it, and it doesn't seem to invert images, so you won't see them in dark mode. Systemwide dark mode would have been a significant UI improvement. Hopefully they'll come up with one some day.

The best improvement I have noticed is the new anti-flicker feature. When using "speed" refresh mode (I think it's called "balanced" on other devices), the display flickered annoyingly if there was any animation.

[–] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

Loose-leaf tea steeped in a gaiwan, which ever tea leaves I happen to have.

I am so oversensitive to caffeine, that I tend to lose my sleep if I drink even a cup of coffee a day. So, if I drink coffee, I prefer decaf. There are some good decaf coffees nowadays.

[–] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fun fact: Black tea is called red tea in China, because of the color.

[–] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

L-theanine might help with caffeine's side effects. Theanine is a compound found in tea. It's believed to reduce the negative side effects of caffeine, without affecting the positive effects of it.

[–] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 27 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Absolutely bonkers, they were testing that thing so close to population. There are residential areas within about 1km/mile from the test site. In one of the videos, it sounds like the blast wave destroyed some window. So, even if that thing would have only exploded during the test, it would have caused harm in those areas. Luckily, it landed on an empty area.

[–] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago

Finland indeed is UTC+3 (EEST, East European Summer Time), so your times seem correct.

[–] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Raparperiä syödessä kannattaa muistaa, että se sisältää suuren määrän oksaalihappoa, noin 300mg:stä jopa 1400mg:hen per 100g. Turvallinen päivittäinen oksalaattien saanti on noin 200mg. Oksaalihappo ei tuhoudu kuumentamalla, vaan se ainoastaan liukenee osittain veteen kasvia keitettäessä. Oksaalihappo sitoo mineraaleja, erityisesti kalsiumia, mikä on välttämätön mineraali mm. hermoston toiminnalle. Kalsiumoksalaatit saattavat vaurioittaa munuaisia, aiheuttaa munuaiskiviä tai muuta vahinkoa eripuolilla elimistöä. Oksalaatteja on myös muissakin kasveissa, esimerkiksi monet tumman vihreät lehtikasvit, kuten pinaatti, sisältävät suuren määrän oksalaatteja.

 

There's a Kindle Rewards bonus offer going on currently.

Spend $20 on Kindle books between July 28 and Aug 1 and earn 400 bonus points. Activation required.

Those $20 you need to spend to get the bonus points gives you another 60 points, so this event nets you at least 460 points. That's enough to redeem $3 credits and you are left with 160 points out of 300 needed for another $3 credits. Just remember that points expires in 3 months and you only get 3 points for every dollar you spend on Kindle books.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz to c/kindle@lemmy.world
 

Kindle Rewards beta

For those who don't know yet, Kindle Rewards is a rewards program on amazon.com that rewards you for buying books. It's for both US and international customers, but you can only get into the beta if Amazon chooses you. It was launched last year.

Initially you got 5 points for every dollar you spent on Kindle e-books and 2 points for every dollar spent on print books. The points expired in 6 months. You need 300 points to redeem $3 worth of credits you can use when purchasing Kindle e-books. Credits expires in 1 month.

Changes to Kindle Rewards on June 1, 2023

After June 1, you now get only 3 points for every dollar spent on Kindle e-books and 1 point for every dollar spent on print books. On top of that those points now expires in 3 months (points earned before June 1 still expires in 6 months). So, you still need 300 points for the credits, but you need to spend more to get enough points. And you only have 3 months to earn those points before they start expiring.


What do you think about the program? Have you participated in it, or ignored it? What about these new changes?

I have only participated on those spend-X-dollars-get-Y-points events (for example, spend $10 get 300 points). I maintain a wish list of books that I'm interested of. When one of those events comes along, I look through the list and buy the minimum amount required by the event. Preferably books that are on sale. That gives me plenty of books for little money, and free credits for next purchase.

After these changes, I think the points you get from buying books outside of events are meaningless. You earn so little, and have so little time to earn enough, that those points will just end up expiring. I think the rewards program gives little to no benefit for customers, except during those spend-X-dollars-get-Y-points events. Even then, only if the event gives you those 300 points required for the credits.

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