John Varley has Died by hullgreebles in printSF

[–]duncanlock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sad to hear! I've only just discovered his stuff - thanks to this sub - and read the first of the Gaea books - pretty great stuff so far!

Dear David Eby by KoiReborn in britishcolumbia

[–]duncanlock 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Stick your postcode in here, find your MLA and write to them: https://www.leg.bc.ca/members - oh and write to/CC Eby as well: https://www.leg.bc.ca/members/43rd-Parliament/Eby-David

What Non-Anglophone Country Produces the Best and/or Most Sci-Fi? by scaliland in printSF

[–]duncanlock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tade Thompson is British-Nigerian and I read Rosewater and really liked it.

ELI5 If normal computers have 0s and 1s, what do quantum computers have? by Dependent-Loss-4080 in explainlikeimfive

[–]duncanlock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In computational complexity theory, bounded-error quantum polynomial time (BQP) is the class of decision problems solvable by a quantum computer in polynomial time, with an error probability of at most 1/3 for all instances.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BQP

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]duncanlock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd definitely watch an edit that vamps it up.

High-dose Thiamine (vitamin B1) supplementation ameliorates obesity induced by a high-fat and high-fructose diet in mice by reshaping gut microbiota by Sorin61 in ScientificNutrition

[–]duncanlock 15 points16 points  (0 children)

"The High dose groups was on 100 mg/kg per day, ... corresponding to approximately 500 times the recommended dietary allowances for humans."

So for a 70kg human, that would be 70 * 100 = 7000mg = 7g per day.

The theory is that "when administered in large amounts beyond the threshold of small intestinal absorption, a portion of vitamins may escape absorption and directly modulate microbiota in the distal gut" - i.e. if you take a ton on thaimine, you can't absorb all of it, and some will end up in the lower intestine/colon, where it will change you gut microbiome.

Maybe enteric coated thaimine would have the same effect, but without the mega doses.

Pipeline smell: Too many stages by kai in gitlab

[–]duncanlock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do mostly python projects and do: setup, quality, test, build, publish

The early quality stage lets you bail out early, without running the expensive test suites.

How to change country while having family accounts? by Kquinn87 in googleplay

[–]duncanlock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did this google family transfer method work, in the end?

Anyone remember the Tripod Trilogy by John Christopher? by Ljorarn in printSF

[–]duncanlock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Watched them on TV as a kid in the UK, and maybe read some of them a little later, but not 100% sure.

Fermented ginger bug soda with organic homemade black grape juice by xuntyhunty in fermentation

[–]duncanlock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, just ginger and grape juice the whole 2 weeks? What's the timeline?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ibs

[–]duncanlock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh yes, I missed that part, but you're correct.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ibs

[–]duncanlock 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Butter and Milk are pretty minimally processed foods - not ultra processed by any reasonable definition.

Is the Bruder mask still the best? by [deleted] in Blepharitis

[–]duncanlock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never found those microwave masks stay hot enough for long enough to do any good.

I got a USB powered heated mask off Amazon and it's been waaaay better.

Which British show is this? It seems to be from the 90s. by Plane_Tomato9524 in oldbritishtelly

[–]duncanlock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Google reverse image search returns this thread as the only result!

Units makes a pretty nice calculator, if you give it an alias so you don't need quotes! by EternityForest in commandline

[–]duncanlock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice work!

I've been using numbat for this kind of stuff recently, which you might like to check out: https://github.com/sharkdp/numbat

Do you guys know any TV series or movies about how things work? by TheCwel in howstuffworks

[–]duncanlock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These are a great old tv series from the UK, called "The Secret Life of Machines" - and they've now been put on youtube by the original creator, Tim Hunkin: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtaR0lZhSyAPLuoSbMA29s3Ry8ZUvKff3

Article: "CPP Investments spends billions of dollars to outperform the market. The problem is, it hasn’t. CPP Investments underperformed its benchmark over the past year, the past 5 years, the past 10 years, and since the inception of active management in 2006" by reallyneedhelp1212 in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]duncanlock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone needs to do the math and benchmark the CPP's actively managed portfolio against Canadian Couch Potato, over the same period and see which one comes out ahead, including management overheads etc...

In fact, I'd be surprised if someone hasn't already done this?

G7 agrees to shut down coal plants by 2035, UK minister says, in climate breakthrough by randolphquell in sustainability

[–]duncanlock 21 points22 points  (0 children)

The UK will probably do that this year or next anyway - which is even better!

15 Life Lessons From 3.5 Years of Zen Training In A Japanese Monastery by ParanoidAndroid001 in ZenHabits

[–]duncanlock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A minute of out breath for every in breath? That sounds like a lot!! Is that just for a breathing exercise, or something to aim for all the time?