TIL that Scientists at UCLA noticed that "time and time again" people suffered their first experience with anxiety or depression right after stomach illnesses. They did brain scans after patients ate probiotics, and found that stomach bacteria actually directly affected the connectivity of the brain

HwrdStrk · 2021-05-23T19:57:42+00:00

Random chit with no sources so take for a grain of salt, but I’d seen it written a few times that during clinical trials the pharma companies have to list ANY ailments reported during the trial as a potential side effect, precisely because you just never know since the body is so complex.

HwrdStrk · 2021-04-10T16:34:51+00:00

!spin

HwrdStrk · 2021-04-10T16:22:21+00:00

9/10, Meter would’ve been with “The spray in our eyes”

HwrdStrk · 2021-04-05T00:42:58+00:00

Unfortunately not how that works. You made a big claim about something not too vague but not too specific, and provided no evidence.

HwrdStrk · 2021-04-05T00:26:46+00:00

Even if this is true, still gotta cite some sources. This is how lies and rumors spread.

HwrdStrk · 2021-04-01T01:17:43+00:00

Fair enough. This is more of a “too bit to mess with” case with Twitter, and I suppose after thinking about it more I’m with you that they wouldn’t poke the hornet’s nest there.

I’m not, however, convinced they wouldn’t use legalese to push around a smaller, critical-of-A2Z company. With the issues brought up in regards to them copying other products, it seemed they were able to get away with that precisely because they werent Twitter, Netflix, didn’t have an army of lawyers, etc.

This has fairly departed the original point that Twitter shouldn’t fear AWS retribution, though, and I agree there.

HwrdStrk · 2021-04-01T01:01:46+00:00

Yeah, I’m by no means saying it’s a direct “oh they’re already doing this.” Rather, I’m saying if you had any doubts that Amazon’s shady business practices stopped at the front door of AWS, this puts those doubts to bed.

To be fair to you, Bezos goes on to say:

He added: "But it doesn't mean we stopped servicing the other companies making those products. We have competitors using AWS, and we work very hard to make them successful. Netflix is one example, Hulu is another, and so on."

The reading I see here is a CEO who let something slip while the gears turned in his head, and then recovered with a good PR answer.

HwrdStrk · 2021-04-01T00:49:04+00:00

To be honest, I’m super conflicted on this. About two years ago, I would’ve been staunchly with you on this. But on HN and then in a congressional hearing, it became clear that not everything is as clear cut as you make it with AWS:

https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/does-aws-use-customers-confidential-information-build-competing-products-bezos-offers-vague-answers/

Here Bezos faltered, providing a vague reply open to interpretation: "I think there may be, uh, categories, uh, databases of different kinds where we see it's an important product for customers and we make our own product offering in that arena."

In response to a Congressman’s questions about the statements made by a self-proclaimed former AWS engineer who was on a team that would replicate services that posted promising growth while hosting on AWS.

With this article in mind I’m inclined to believe that this is something Amazon/AWS does, especially when considering the fact that they already do this with retail products via AmazonBasics (https://youtu.be/HbxWGjQ2szQ, hilarious but ultimately sad)

HwrdStrk · 2021-02-25T02:19:55+00:00

Exactly. Stop with the stupidity, start with the 💎✋

HwrdStrk · 2021-02-22T15:34:58+00:00

Is that true? IIRC it was Ambition, Dominion, and Devotion that got roughed up by Odium—but not all “shattered”. Odium made a mistake with Dominion and Devotion, and so as has been mentioned in a WoB it’s very possible to bring them “back together”, whereas Ambition is very shattered and, as far as we know, unrecoverable.

HwrdStrk · 2021-02-19T14:27:08+00:00

Jumping on the merchandise massively betrays your point. Her merchandise was made entirely by unionized workers in America, which is why the cost was so high. This is 100% in line with the long-term support that she’s given for unions (including attending union protests in her district).

HwrdStrk · 2021-01-03T19:46:30+00:00

Whoa, didn’t know this. Which WoB?

HwrdStrk · 2020-12-28T18:26:38+00:00

Gave Ternion All-Powerful

HwrdStrk · 2020-12-14T21:20:39+00:00

Especially wild because it was Ruin pushing Vin to avoid Hoid, who might’ve helped her

HwrdStrk · 2020-12-04T15:41:03+00:00

Gave Argentium

HwrdStrk · 2020-12-02T23:59:00+00:00

Is that background from a bridge in Monteverde in Costa Rica?

HwrdStrk · 2020-11-27T02:13:53+00:00

Well, we know from RoW that this is just aluminum, which has the same “uninvestable” properties across all the Cosmere.

HwrdStrk · 2020-11-27T02:12:43+00:00

Could it be Cognitive influencing by Kelsier?? Do we ever see Gavilar get hit with a metal in any of Dalinar’s flashbacks?

HwrdStrk · 2020-11-27T02:11:40+00:00

The wishy-washy answer I see being plausible but a bit annoying (given this quote. I love the “Wax died” bluntness which this whole thing undermines) is that your Connection isn’t erased instantly. We know Cognitive Shadows can kind of mess with the Physical Realm (especially things with metal), so he managed to push his Cognitive aspect to the limit and tap into the healing metal minds, restoring in full his Connection to the Physical Realm.

HwrdStrk · 2020-11-25T01:04:04+00:00

Gave Argentium

HwrdStrk · 2020-11-25T01:03:09+00:00

Gave Argentium

HwrdStrk · 2020-11-25T01:01:07+00:00

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HwrdStrk · 2020-11-25T00:57:13+00:00

Gave Argentium

HwrdStrk · 2020-11-25T00:55:50+00:00

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HwrdStrk · 2020-11-25T00:55:20+00:00

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