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Thanks Alex for posting this!
Re:“The China Study” and Longevity on Friday March 29, 2019 @05:26AM (#19520183)
It seems the author is already kind of biased when he set out to analyse the data.. use of the term 'overzealous vegans' in the first paragraph sets of a few alarms for me.

I think it would be interesting to look at other long term studies (like the 7th adventist study someone else mentioned here) as well as studies that look at plant based eating as a cure/preventative method for more specific/acute diseases (like Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn's WFPBN solution for cardiovascular disease, or Dr. Greger's 'How Not to Die' which compiles and summarizes research in the WFPB space https://nutritionfacts.org/book/)

Re:Ask HN: What are your favorite utility desktop apps? on Friday March 29, 2019 @05:09AM (#19520132)
I like 1Clipboard on Windows http://1clipboard.io/ but I'd love to find a Windows version of Flycut for Mac https://github.com/TermiT/Flycut where you can use a shortut to view & toggle through the latest clips (since that's usually my use-case). Any ideas?

Click.to http://www.clicktoapp.com/ is also super useful (I use it mostly for looking up German translations & wikipedia stuff)

Thank you for this! I love Alan Watts too. Recently I've started listening to "chillstep" mixes of his talks on youtube (while doing yoga/meditating). They're really fantastic. Eg. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLu1wP9HhYM
Oh I loved Freakonomics!! What an excellent question. I want to propose 2 books: 1. Getting Things Done by David Allen. It really changed how I approach not only my workday but pretty much everything that could constitute "work" in my daily life. It's a bit of a learning curve to start, but once you implement GTD in your life it becomes second nature. You can learn about it here: https://gettingthingsdone.com/ and there's a good intro to it here: https://zenkit.com/en/blog/a-beginners-guide-to-getting-thin.... 2. How Not to Die by Dr. Michael Greger. When you start thinking of plants as medicine it really changes your whole approach to food and life in general. I've started following his 'daily dozen' and I've got to say that I feel absolutely incredible. (Check out his website here: https://nutritionfacts.org/)

Amazing works of fiction that I come back to again and again include Anna Karenina and The Three Musketeers

Has anyone here actually tried using it? I'd be interested to hear a comparison between Revery and Electron in terms of ease of use, performance, drawbacks etc. I read through the README but tbh I'd prefer an external opinion.
I use Zenkit (project management tool) to organize all my tasks and keep track of the progress. It's also available as Snap.
Re:Ask HN: How do you schedule your life? on Monday November 19, 2018 @04:20AM (#18485080)
Getting things done and time blocking are good methods. The worst ist setting all up so you can start over with this methods. It's a lot of work but in the end, it's an awesome feeling. In the beginning, after setting it up, you really need to stay focused on this methods and stick to them. After a while, you get used to it and it becomes much easier.

If you want to learn more about it, I can recommend this articles about GTD https://zenkit.com/en/blog/a-beginners-guide-to-getting-thin...

Time Blocking https://zenkit.com/en/blog/why-you-should-be-time-blocking-a...

Re:Airtable raises $100M at a $1.1B valuation on Friday November 16, 2018 @03:01AM (#18467285)
Have you taken a look at https://zenkit.com/ ?
For short notes or reminders which should last about an hour, I use just sticky post its. For further info and task-related stuff, I use our own tool https://zenkit.com. It's really good to visualize your notes and tasks.
I would recommend Zenkit (https://zenkit.com). The press expresses Zenkit as a "Trello-Killer". You have the Trello-like Kanban board but also a list view, calendar, mind map and table view.

If you have set up your board you can activate the checkboxes in the settings of this collection.

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