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Re:Six Years Perfecting Maps on WatchOS on Sunday May 03, 2026 @10:24AM (#47997254)
The monthly and yearly subscriptions are fine, and merited given the time and effort that went into this product, but offer a lifetime subscription.
If you went the keto route, you may want to explore BACH1 inhibition. Study [3] acknowledges the effective role of keto in reducing or controlling tumor size, but with an associated increase in BACH1 expression appearing to account for the increased metastasis (in mice).

Apparently there are a couple small molecule inhibitors that inhibit BACH1 (see ChatGPT). Unfortunately, they seem to be still in the experimental or early clinical stages.

This might be worth checking out, although it seems there are no guarantees when you're dealing with DNA:

https://www.dnasquirrel.com/how-to-protect-your-genetic-priv...

Re:Twitter Is DDOSing Itself on Sunday July 02, 2023 @11:36AM (#36562445)
It's called the Dunning-Kruger effect, paraphrased by Bertrand Russell as "The stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect

Here is a very illustrative post/thread showing a comparison of the official Reddit app and one of several alternatives, in this case RiF. The contrast is striking. You be the judge.

https://old.reddit.com/r/BikiniBottomTwitter/comments/13xk3l...

Re:Regrets of the Dying (2010) on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @01:13PM (#30617989)
This is relevant and well worth reading.

Written by Kate Bowler, who at 35 was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer, and given a slim chance of survival.

One Thing I Don’t Plan to Do Before I Die Is Make a Bucket List

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/28/opinion/sunday/colon-canc...

Re:How a carnivorous mushroom poisons its prey on Friday April 09, 2021 @10:30AM (#26751016)
Merlin Sheldrake has written an excellent book on this subject, 'Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures'.

https://www.amazon.com/Entangled-Life-Worlds-Change-Futures/...

Here he cooks and eats some Pleurotus that he grew using a copy of his book:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJfDaIVl-tE

Interesting guy, fascinating subject.

Re:Dilbert's creator says you shouldn't have a career plan on Friday December 13, 2013 @10:51PM (#6904503)
"Fat doesn't make you fat." Mr. Adams has seen the light.
Re:Reshaping New York on Saturday August 17, 2013 @11:03PM (#6231450)
Thank you for posting Snow Fall. Simply stunning, both the story itself and how superbly presented it was.
Re:60 minutes: Is sugar toxic? on Sunday April 01, 2012 @10:00PM (#3785893)
Here is Dr. Lustig's UCSF lecture, referenced in the 60 minutes piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

NYTimes article, same subject: https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/magazine/mag-17Sugar-t.ht...

Check out the Dunning-Kruger effect on Wikipedia for an interesting explanation which also confirms your observation of students' self-ratings. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Dunning-Kruge...