I successfully treated my eczema with Vitamin D. It did take several months to clear up, but now I can eat what I want with no risk of a flare-up. I took 5000IU daily. I still take it now, but only a couple of times a…
Hogmanay (New Year's Eve) falls just after the day with the latest sunrise. In the days before everyone had clocks and calendars, perhaps this was be easier to determine than the shortest day.
Ok, the other side of the debate is: education is provided by governments who want to protect people in power and their own interests, so pushes an education system that protects those in power (not saying I agree with…
1) Should Europe really be considered a continent, as it's just part of Eurasia? 2) Should (English-speaking) residents of England be considered the only native English speakers? 3) Before compulsory education, was the…
1) Before eating a snack in the evening, ask yourself "Am I tired, thirsty or hungry?" If you are tired, go to bed. If you are thirsty, drink some water. If you are hungry, eat a small amount (20g) of lean meat, cheese…
I am 52 years old and suffer from eczema, which is an auto-immune disease. I've been taking a daily 5000IU Vit-D supplement combined with vitamin K2 for a few years, and my eczema has completely cleared up. I live in…
It is an interesting idea, but Australia has a breast feeding rate of around 90% and a large obesity problem
"Name a vaccine that doesn’t reduce onward transmission even as it cures disease" Whooping cough - that treats the symptoms but does not stop the patient from spreading the disease Edit: Added context
Reminds me of an excellent malicious compliance on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/MaliciousCompliance/comments/8s58d3...
Same for me - I find the use of upper case keywords like this jarring in SQL. It seems quite old-school, like reading COBOL!
This is also a problem in the UK. When my children were young, it made little economic sense for my wife to continue working - practically all of her salary would have gone on childcare. If childcare was made…
Europe hasn't avoided the dietary changes occurring in the US, it's just that the effect is less pronounced. European portion sizes are growing as well, but not to the very generous sizes I experienced in the US. There…
The US could also increase the price of petrol. This would encourage the use of more fuel-efficient cars. Most European cars are way more efficient than American cars. Admittedly, this is a cultural, not a…
I am sorry to hear of your loss - losing a cat is losing a member of your family. It is difficult to explain to others how much an animal means to your life. I have been far more distraught about a pet dying than human…
Oh no, not again
I use a simple version of a TO-DO list. I have a email folder ACTION, and mails with a subject prefix of TODO are moved there with an auto-rule. My wife also adds reminders to the TODO list as required. This works well…
A few years ago, I had a player in my tennis team who had a small beer before playing matches.
I do agree wine-dark is a beautiful turn of phrase, but from what I gather the literal translation is "wine-faced" or "wine-eyed". Have considerable experience of being "wine-eyed", I can assure you my eyes are…
I was surprised in this article that "wine-dark" is still being bandied about as a translation for οἶνοψ πόντος. According to a scholar I spoke with many years ago, a more reasonable translation would be gleaming or…
I suffered from ME many years ago, and I was looking for something - anything - to help me cope with the continual fatigue, muscle pain, insomnia, night sweats, tinnitus etc. I went to learn meditation, and the…
passwordSafe. It runs fine on Windows and on Linux under Wine. I have never tried an alternative, to be honest, as it does a good job - double-click to copy password, an option to display certain characters from…
I have tried a few tools for to-do lists, but settled on 3 folders in my inbox: ACTION, READ & WANT. I created some rules: subject beginning TODO goes to ACTION, subject beginning READ goes to READ, subject beginning…
I did not imply the treatment had no benefit. I stated that one third got better, one third had no change, and one third got worse. This is not a good result - a third of the participants got worse. In addition, 13% of…
"I will argue that ME is simply a belief, the belief that one has an illness called ME..... .I will argue that this line here [overhead slide] represents not the line between low and high cortisol responses [but] the…
I'm sorry if you took offence at my use of the idiom "all in the mind" - its intended meaning is "imagined" rather than "psychiatric". I am not implying psychiatric illnesses are not real. Regarding the PACE trail; I…
I successfully treated my eczema with Vitamin D. It did take several months to clear up, but now I can eat what I want with no risk of a flare-up. I took 5000IU daily. I still take it now, but only a couple of times a…
Hogmanay (New Year's Eve) falls just after the day with the latest sunrise. In the days before everyone had clocks and calendars, perhaps this was be easier to determine than the shortest day.
Ok, the other side of the debate is: education is provided by governments who want to protect people in power and their own interests, so pushes an education system that protects those in power (not saying I agree with…
1) Should Europe really be considered a continent, as it's just part of Eurasia? 2) Should (English-speaking) residents of England be considered the only native English speakers? 3) Before compulsory education, was the…
1) Before eating a snack in the evening, ask yourself "Am I tired, thirsty or hungry?" If you are tired, go to bed. If you are thirsty, drink some water. If you are hungry, eat a small amount (20g) of lean meat, cheese…
I am 52 years old and suffer from eczema, which is an auto-immune disease. I've been taking a daily 5000IU Vit-D supplement combined with vitamin K2 for a few years, and my eczema has completely cleared up. I live in…
It is an interesting idea, but Australia has a breast feeding rate of around 90% and a large obesity problem
"Name a vaccine that doesn’t reduce onward transmission even as it cures disease" Whooping cough - that treats the symptoms but does not stop the patient from spreading the disease Edit: Added context
Reminds me of an excellent malicious compliance on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/MaliciousCompliance/comments/8s58d3...
Same for me - I find the use of upper case keywords like this jarring in SQL. It seems quite old-school, like reading COBOL!
This is also a problem in the UK. When my children were young, it made little economic sense for my wife to continue working - practically all of her salary would have gone on childcare. If childcare was made…
Europe hasn't avoided the dietary changes occurring in the US, it's just that the effect is less pronounced. European portion sizes are growing as well, but not to the very generous sizes I experienced in the US. There…
The US could also increase the price of petrol. This would encourage the use of more fuel-efficient cars. Most European cars are way more efficient than American cars. Admittedly, this is a cultural, not a…
I am sorry to hear of your loss - losing a cat is losing a member of your family. It is difficult to explain to others how much an animal means to your life. I have been far more distraught about a pet dying than human…
Oh no, not again
I use a simple version of a TO-DO list. I have a email folder ACTION, and mails with a subject prefix of TODO are moved there with an auto-rule. My wife also adds reminders to the TODO list as required. This works well…
A few years ago, I had a player in my tennis team who had a small beer before playing matches.
I do agree wine-dark is a beautiful turn of phrase, but from what I gather the literal translation is "wine-faced" or "wine-eyed". Have considerable experience of being "wine-eyed", I can assure you my eyes are…
I was surprised in this article that "wine-dark" is still being bandied about as a translation for οἶνοψ πόντος. According to a scholar I spoke with many years ago, a more reasonable translation would be gleaming or…
I suffered from ME many years ago, and I was looking for something - anything - to help me cope with the continual fatigue, muscle pain, insomnia, night sweats, tinnitus etc. I went to learn meditation, and the…
passwordSafe. It runs fine on Windows and on Linux under Wine. I have never tried an alternative, to be honest, as it does a good job - double-click to copy password, an option to display certain characters from…
I have tried a few tools for to-do lists, but settled on 3 folders in my inbox: ACTION, READ & WANT. I created some rules: subject beginning TODO goes to ACTION, subject beginning READ goes to READ, subject beginning…
I did not imply the treatment had no benefit. I stated that one third got better, one third had no change, and one third got worse. This is not a good result - a third of the participants got worse. In addition, 13% of…
"I will argue that ME is simply a belief, the belief that one has an illness called ME..... .I will argue that this line here [overhead slide] represents not the line between low and high cortisol responses [but] the…
I'm sorry if you took offence at my use of the idiom "all in the mind" - its intended meaning is "imagined" rather than "psychiatric". I am not implying psychiatric illnesses are not real. Regarding the PACE trail; I…