EndocrineResearcher

4880 pts ยท June 20, 2015


I continue to think it's weird to identify as the sperm when we're equally the egg.

1 day ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Markey wants to abolish ICE, impeach Trump, and pass Medicare for all. I wish establishment Democrats were like him.

4 days ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

No, the fundamental research was publicly funded, that does not mean the trials and development were publicly funded.

5 days ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 2

Doing a single hour of Uber per week counts as employed, the standard is vanishingly low and with the gig economy it is remarkably easy to get a "job". Now, being able to afford to live is a different question.

2 weeks ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

So do American dishwashers, that doesn't mean the water coming into it is instantly heated because the pipes aren't always kept hot. This means that during the prewash time the water isn't always at the optimal temperature if you didn't preheat your water, so the dishes may not be cleaned as thoroughly.

2 weeks ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

Wait, 30 years ago? In the mid-90s? During one of the largest economic booms in the history of the country?

3 weeks ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

CAR-T

1 month ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Something to keep in mind is that going from 5% (or 10% or 15% or any other value) to 0% inflation does not mean that prices go down, they just stop going up. Those 2020 prices are not coming back any more than 1980s prices are going to return.

1 month ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Could you imagine the state the world would be in if regulatory capture was real?

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The high degree of efficacy of synthetic hormones is also why thyroid removal is a common treatment for thyroid cancer and part of why thyroid cancer has a relatively high survival rate. It can be caught early and hormone supplementation is reliable and simple to administer.

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From someone that has done research into thyroid hormone physiology professionally this is a good explanation. Thyroid hormone influences a lot of little things, but it isn't one of those situations like insulin where lack of it is fatal. Instead, low levels result in weight gain and lethargy and is associated with longer term risk. But, as you said, it's very manageable with drugs (which is chemically identical to natural thyroid hormone).

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

But if it's wind powered the thermal energy is at least from the sun's heat so it's net neutral.

2 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Mercola is evil and needs to be treated like the scammer he is

2 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

For the US it depends heavily on the location. If it's suburban, parking lots are standard so pretty much every restaurant will have a parking lot. If it's in the downtown or urban core, there may not be a parking lot. Quality restaurants can be found in both settings. But I agree with OP that you should have no expectations for restaurant quality in the small, one-road towns as there is often one option. Two if you're lucky.

2 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

This is just one small example of how hard cancer is to treat. Ultimately, cancer cells are human cells with human biochemistry. So, it's really hard to find substances that harm cancer biochemistry without causing undue harm to healthy biochemistry. This is why cancer treatments often have some pretty significant side effects.

2 months ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 1

This is also a problem for cisgender people. Women with estrogen-dependent breast cancer often struggle to remain on estrogen-blocking medications due to the side effects and androgen-dependent prostate tumors present similar challenges for men (where the treatment is often literally called castration).

2 months ago | Likes 28 Dislikes 2

It's by survey. If you respond saying you worked at least one hour in the last week for pay, you're employed. If you aren't actively applying to work, you're not in the labor force, but also aren't unemployed.

2 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

The liquidity of $50 million in cash has some advantages over the relative illiquidity of gold. But there's no contest between $500k and tens of millions of dollars worth of gold.

2 months ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

I've been on both sides of this. If you want to help people who were laid off you can 1) offer to be a reference, 2) write a recommendation on linkedin (assuming your field uses it), 3) offer to meet up for a beer or coffee (it's a lot easier to become socially isolated when unemployed).

3 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

The identity politics of a bigot trying to keep racial minorities out of positions of power because "DEI" are not equivalent to the identity politics of a member of said minority wanting to not be denied a promotion due to their skin color. Similarly, the identity politics of a politician blocking a trans person's ability to charge insurance for a transition med is not equivalent to a trans person's identity politics of expecting their health insurance to cover a medical procedure.

3 months ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

And they were not even remotely subtle about their racism.

3 months ago | Likes 23 Dislikes 0

I want it to be made clear this wasn't a case where trans people centered sports as the critical issue, it's people like Uihlein that have been pushing it. But at the same time a minority community would be stupid to let a hate campaign succeed in pushing them further out of public life without resistance.

3 months ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 1

Yes, and a MANPAD launches a missile. That is my point, they don't need a fully integrated SAM complex to be able to threaten low flying aircraft. It functionally impossible to prevent Iran from being able to use man-portal weapons to defend their airspace.

3 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

The "system" in this case was also likely a man portable launcher.

3 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Remember that AI doesn't need to be good enough to do your job, it has to be good at convincing your boss that it can do your job.

3 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

As a white guy, I don't want to be associated with these fucking weirdos. Humanity is far more than skin color.

3 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I'm old enough to remember the passage of the ACA and how Democrats tried to obfuscate their support for the bill. They lost badly in the midterms. Every Republican ran in 2016 on killing Obamacare, and only after Trump won and started working to reverse the law did people realize the ACA and Obamacare were the same thing and they actually liked it.

3 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

In practice they're essentially handed out to commencement speakers.

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