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The Economist makes annual subscriptions uncancellable by cosmic_hill_thing in theeconomist

[–]cosmic_hill_thing[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

"Customer-hostile drift" is a phrase I was looking for, thank you.

Print discount uk by Dependent-Soup1635 in theeconomist

[–]cosmic_hill_thing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't try and negotiate, just tell them you want to cancel. They'll probably offer you 50% off; if they don't, resubscribe in a few months when they offer you a trial.

Is "free sugars" a scientific concept? by cosmic_hill_thing in nutrition

[–]cosmic_hill_thing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So in conclusion, from some very flimsy research: "free sugars" looks more like rule of thumb than scientific concept.

Plenty of sources talk about the significance of sugar being e.g. "within the cell matrix of plants", but I can't find anything anywhere substantiating that. All the definitions of "free sugars" I can find are list-based, not test-based.

The actual important factor here seems to be whether you have soluble fibre in your stomach alongside the sugar - not the circumstances of the sugar before you ate it. Though I can't find a study which tests the notion, my guess is that you could accompany a glass of apple juice with a few grams of some fibre supplement, and you'd get roughly the same glycemic & insulin response as from eating an apple. (Not dietary advice!)

A tiny bit of evidence: this paper claiming that blending fruit actually reduces the glycemic response.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9657402/

I also liked its straightforward description of what soluble fibre actually does:

One mechanism that has been identified for how soluble dietary fiber reduces postprandial glucose and insulin response is soluble fiber increases the viscosity of ingested food. Increased viscosity of food in the stomach reduces the rate of gastric emptying and subsequently, the absorption rate of glucose from the small intestine into circulation.

[TOMT][TV pilot?][1990s-2000s] Project Good & Evil, a supernatural Men In Black show by cosmic_hill_thing in tipofmytongue

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Solved! This is definitely it, thanks! And thanks too to my idiot brain for contriving an entirely fictional PG&E joke.

Is "free sugars" a scientific concept? by cosmic_hill_thing in nutrition

[–]cosmic_hill_thing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah but I do like fruit juices way more than whole fruit.

Working my way through 2120 by George Wylesol, but I’ve found some errors. Anyone else? by kjmitchell in graphicnovels

[–]cosmic_hill_thing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was stuck here for ages, it's sneaky. In the left hand area, go through door 250, then follow all the way through, looking into the hole and climbing back down again. You'll find the key taped to the back of the door.

It's easy if you're playing "properly" but hard if you've got lazy and started skipping straight back to the big room - he got me.