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  • There's no question that accessing social media should be age restricted to those over 16, it's the implementation that's the problem.

  • Why is the human body so incredibly bad at responding to colds?

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  • Taking medicine to reduce symptoms when you're sick, actually increases the amount of time that you're sick. You reducing the effectiveness of your body's fight.

    Sorry I think this is unfounded quackery, and by making this assertion you risk increasing the suffering of others.

    It makes sense in a logical kind of way... like if a fever helps fight an infection then taking paracetamol to avoid the fever must prevent you fighting the infection.

    The thing is, there's no evidence that infections work that way in practice. If taking paracetamol helps you get a good night sleep, maybe that is more effective than a fever.

    A lot of your body's natural defenses just aren't really very effective at all. Like goose bumps, or shivering... obviously putting a jacket on is far more effective.

  • Police brace for huge London protest against Trump's state visit

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  • IIRC, early in the presidency, after the first meeting with Zelensky, everyone realised that you had to give Trump a gift if you wanted to avert his gaze and avoid being publicly humiliated like that South African PM who showed up empty handed.

    As a result, when Starmer was summoned to the white house he presented Trump with an invite to a royal audience. Trump loved this gift. Very Trumpian. Now it's time to make good I guess.

  • Mozilla developing Page Buddy, a chatbot built directly into Firefox

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  • So, you know more about mozilla's target market than mozilla does, without the benefit of whatever market research they've done ?

    Sure, mozilla seems to be governed by idiots and has made a never ending series of bad decisions over the last decade, but I'm certain that they have a market for their Gen AI features.

  • Nepal's interim PM to hand over power within six months

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  • Sushila Karki said the government must heed protesters' demands for "an end to corruption, good governance and economic equality".

  • Nepal's interim PM to hand over power within six months

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  • Nope. An interim PM with no mandate is not going to solve corruption in 6 months. Sorry.

  • Mozilla developing Page Buddy, a chatbot built directly into Firefox

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  • Again, you and the people you know aren't the market they're trying to attract.

    I dont really know who would want it, but obviously mozilla does, presuming they've done some market research.

    My guess would be managed corporate infrastructure.

  • Cannabis use associated with quadrupled risk of developing type 2 diabetes, finds study of over 4 million adults

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  • Are they though?

    I genuinely don't know. I only have anecdotal observations.

    Certainly in my own case when I was smoking weed every day I was clinically underweight. Not for any real reason other than just not having much appetite. Daily smokers don't really get the munchies as such.

    It's certainly not true for other amphetamines et cetera.

  • Cannabis use associated with quadrupled risk of developing type 2 diabetes, finds study of over 4 million adults

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  • Sugar consumption doesn't directly cause diabetes.

    Being overweight is one of several primary causes, and yes consuming too many calories will make you overweight.

    Once you have diabetes consuming sugar / carbohydrates contributes to a whole host of issues.

  • Nepal's interim PM to hand over power within six months

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  • the protests and riots exhibited that people aren't just going sit by and take corruption lightly anymore.

    Not really, they exhibited that the participants were frustrated, had enough, and had no other way to address the problems before them.

    In this type of situation marginal improvements are usually enough to placate the populace.

  • A true psychopath self identifying

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  • What is the "I'm an empath" card?

    Are there people who try to make out like they're Deanna Troi style empaths?

    Or do you just mean people who claim to have particularly strong empathy / be particularly empathetic?

    As an aside, emphasize isn't related to empathy, and I didn't think empathize is a word, although my spell-check apparently thinks it is?

  • A true psychopath self identifying

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  • Exactly. The whole "just debating" thing is a load of wank. It's just a way to frame manipulative ideological recruitment.

    Why was he going to universities to "just debate" ? Obviously, the purpose was to recruit supporters for his kooky agenda.

  • What is something that should have died out a long time ago?

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  • Obviously, there isn't enough vegetable oil to run every tractor and every truck.

    In Australia, bio diesel is subsidised in the same way regular diesel is.

  • What is something that should have died out a long time ago?

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  • Even if that were true they're not presently in common use. Agriculture presently runs on diesel.

  • Nepal's interim PM to hand over power within six months

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  • I wish them the best but sadly these arrangements never seem to go well.

    Ending corruption is not so easy.

  • What is something that should have died out a long time ago?

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  • I just posted this in response to another idiot, but it works here too:

    I'm not sure that's true.

    The supply chain for food is heavily dependent on diesel. All machinery on farms is diesel, and the trucks that move the food to silos then mills then factories and then shops are all diesel.

    Presently there's no real substitute for that machinery. Sure it might be technically possible to construct an electric tractor or truck but it's not economically viable at this time.

    The subsidies don't really serve to make fossil fuels continue to be viable, it's more like a measure to avoid sudden inflation due to fluctuations in the price of diesel.

  • What is something that should have died out a long time ago?

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  • I'm not sure that's true.

    The supply chain for food is heavily dependent on diesel. All machinery on farms is diesel, and the trucks that move the food to silos then mills then factories and then shops are all diesel.

    Presently there's no real substitute for that machinery. Sure it might be technically possible to construct an electric tractor or truck but it's not economically viable at this time.

    The subsidies don't really serve to make fossil fuels continue to be viable, it's more like a measure to avoid sudden inflation due to fluctuations in the price of diesel.

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    So how do you feel about the whole Charlie Kirk divide?

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  • Political violence is always the last, worst option. Sometimes it's the only option but that wasn't the case here.

    Kirk was a pretty awful person, who profited from spreading hatred. He didn't just have an opinion, he had an agenda.

  • tall tails

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  • This is straight from the Pseudo Scientist playbook, well established Graham Hancock shtick.