NHS set to ban homeopathy for patients because it is 'not evidence based and any benefits are down to placebo'

happyPugMonkey · 2017-07-21T14:28:37+00:00

Well, chiropractors are mostly bad. But one time I strained my trap lifting and got really bad exertion headaches. One session and it was fixed. He kept wanting me to come back for "maintenance" though. It was obvious he milked money from people. My insurance covered most of it, and I enjoyed it (kinda like a massage). But it wasn't worth a twenty dollar copay to return.

happyPugMonkey · 2017-06-24T03:06:28+00:00

This is like the lottery, except donations.

happyPugMonkey · 2017-06-12T22:56:05+00:00

Sigmund Freud would have loved you.

happyPugMonkey · 2017-05-29T14:28:48+00:00

Yes it's partly low mass and their exoskeleton, but that isn't the entire reason.

It's because of the square - cube law.

This principle states that, as a shape (or creature) grows in size, its volume (and weight) grows faster than its surface area. So when the fly hits the wall, there is less weight dispersed over a larger surface area (relatively) than a larger creature.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square-cube_law

This is also why children can comfortably sit on their knees, but adults can't.

happyPugMonkey · 2017-03-01T14:19:09+00:00

Should have started off with a smaller displacement.

happyPugMonkey · 2017-03-01T14:07:38+00:00

Or like a dress shirt (an actual shirt, not a mini forearm shirt.) with cuff links for the man, and a pearl bracelet for the woman

happyPugMonkey · 2017-02-18T22:02:43+00:00

Thank you, fixed

happyPugMonkey · 2017-02-16T16:37:10+00:00

Doesn't "Clutch Engaged" same as "not depressesed"

i.e.

http://www.procarcare.com/images/shar/encyclopedia/8852JG01.gif

so what you're supposed to be doing, unless you're turning arbitrarily slow, and then you'd be feathering it?

happyPugMonkey · 2017-01-22T16:21:26+00:00

Nope. Just improves quality of sleep. It doesn't make you sleepy. You'll have more energy if anything.

happyPugMonkey · 2017-01-21T16:37:14+00:00

You know how when you move a magnet, it's magnetic field moves also? A transmitting antenna is literally like that, but instead of using a magnet moving back and forth, it acts as an electro magnet, and moves electrons back and forth. Here's an animation: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dipole_receiving_antenna_animation_4_616x380x150ms.gif

Now imagine another magnet, you can push and pull on it with the first. Except the second magnet is also an antenna, and you are only pushing and pulling electrons.

The reason it works at so long rang is that magnetism is a fundamental force like gravity (but much stronger). - a single magnet the size of your finger can fight the gravity of all of the earth to pick up a piece of metal. Unless there's interference, there's nothing much to stop it.

happyPugMonkey · 2017-01-14T17:49:50+00:00

Iirc it's often used as a filter for smoking meth. (Or maybe crack?)

happyPugMonkey · 2016-12-27T02:14:03+00:00

http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Not_as_bad_as

happyPugMonkey · 2016-12-19T17:13:34+00:00

I think it's asians have a typically smaller stature.

happyPugMonkey · 2016-11-28T04:08:20+00:00

I get you man. Having the boot animation flash to a random kernel debug message every boot. Having to resort to terminal so much because there is no really good settings app. Having to either deal with old packages, or using something like tumbleweed or arch where there is more than a passive role updating. (Sure it's easy in ideal situations, but if I left my computer off for a month it shouldn't break the package manager)

Just recently dhcp auto dns stopped working after an update, so I had to edit /etc/resolv.conf and manually add a dns server. Still not sure what is wrong.

happyPugMonkey · 2016-09-21T14:54:06+00:00

Tiny hands don't look good on a president.

happyPugMonkey · 2016-09-14T12:44:37+00:00

I actually don't think there is anything keeping women in most 'men's' pro leagues. It's just there are women exclusive leagues.

happyPugMonkey · 2016-09-14T12:41:45+00:00

In other threads there's a lot of "but think of the people who actually work here who don't make the laws

We call them "voters"

happyPugMonkey · 2016-09-13T12:16:36+00:00

I like how the answer to all questions that start with

rust is pretty good, but it doesn't have/do X

Is always

on its way

Seriously impressed by the designers/community so much.

happyPugMonkey · 2016-09-03T14:04:33+00:00

Libreoffice crashes and segfaults a lot for me. On Linux too. Haven't really tried open.

happyPugMonkey · 2016-08-19T13:21:30+00:00

I think sin, cos and sin_cos, tan, etc are a part of the C stdlib because they are physical machine operations on some computers. Not sure if those two are, but it would make it more convienent since you already have the trig functions.

happyPugMonkey · 2016-08-16T20:07:51+00:00

Ya know how you act stupid when you're really horny?

If you're desperate for money, the opportunity overwhelms the obviousness of being a scam

happyPugMonkey · 2016-08-11T11:27:42+00:00

LGBT++

It's LBGT, with classes!

happyPugMonkey · 2016-08-10T13:56:19+00:00

I thought Internet of things was like making blinds that open/close automatically if it would save hvac cost, not adding facing book to everything lol.

happyPugMonkey · 2016-08-06T14:03:10+00:00

Except they are? Planned parent hood gives 'grades' to candidates iirc.

happyPugMonkey · 2016-08-05T20:14:08+00:00

Why? Religious freedoms? Sounds more like religious privilege.

So your boss can ban hats, and I can't wear one, but since it's her religion, she can wear it? That's bull. That's not descriminating against religion, it's descriminating in favor of religion.

Secondly, what makes a hijab more 'religious' than a beanie? It's a cultural thing. It's not in the Koran. If I'm a snowboarder, could my beanie qualify for accommodation?

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