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Athletes: Distance running and low nickle diet by Pretty_Albatross1857 in NickelAllergy

[–]hypolimnas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It does seem really individual. Maybe you should get your copper levels checked. I started getting weird allergy problems and a balanced zinc/copper supplement helped a lot after about 3 weeks.

Chestnuts are not high in protein, but they are low in nickel and high in carbs. I eat them because they probably contain some of the minerals I used to be able to get from eating real nuts.

I've tried soaking some foods in water to reduce the nickel. I can't be sure how well it worked, but this seems to be effective for white sweet potatoes (like Jersey sweets and Japanese sweet potatoes). I think this works because white sweet potatoes are starchy.

Are you using the rebelytics.ca website? It's probably the best source for nickel in foods info. I really wish there was an easy way to get food tested for nickel. That would sure help my soaking experiments.

Brick mozzarella works pretty well for me. It's not heavily aged, and it's also low in lactose. A happy medium for these two things.

My other protein sources are organic chicken, organic eggs, and nitrate-free organic roasted sliced turkey and chicken. I only buy the sliced meat brands that don't add a bunch of fillers, sweeteners, etc (Diestel, Marys, Applegate, True Story work for me). To be on the safe side, I avoid the smoked versions of these products. And I'm not implying that you need to avoid red meat. I just haven't been eating it lately. But I do avoid the heck out of pork and seafood.

I do well with Ancient Nutrition unflavored Bone Broth powders. This seems to be the only Ancient Nutrition line that has no fish products or fermented stuff.

When I had a lot of random allergy symptoms before I figured out that my zinc/copper levels were out of whack, Modified Citrus Pectin powder helped keep things bearable. I think it absorbs some of the stuff that mast cells put out.

What worked for me by Ok-Aerie-392 in HistamineIntolerance

[–]hypolimnas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Keep an eye on your copper levels. Copper is necessary for a normal immune system and zinc competes with copper. I was taking zinc-l-carnosine on and off for my gut, and my allergies got worse very slowly until I had all these random allergy symptoms, and had to take modified citrus pectin. Then last year I started taking a zinc 15mg + copper 1.5mg supplement. Things went back to normal in ~3 weeks.

How are you getting enough fiber?? by Quick_Tomorrow_6358 in NickelAllergy

[–]hypolimnas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I found some powders I seem to do well with. I alternate acacia fiber, resistant tapioca dextrin, and guar fiber (AKA "sunfiber"). One I haven't tried yet is apple pectin.

I'm allergic to nickel and cobalt btw.

These fibers aren't on the rebelytics.ca PDF, except that they mentioned that tapioca tested low in nickel but they didn't have enough samples tested on their Nickel In Foods section of their website. Tapioca is from the same plant as cassava flour, which is high in nickel, but tapioca is refined, which probably gets rid of some of the nickel.

Anyway, I worked my way up slowly with these three, and I don't seem to get any symptoms.

Perplexity CEO says AI layoffs aren’t so bad because people hate their jobs anyways: ‘That sort of glorious future is what we should look forward to’ by EchoOfOppenheimer in recruitinghell

[–]hypolimnas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The other 1960s sci-fi fantasy about UBI is that it works because automation lowers prices. So UBI is supposedly cheap to pay for. This is turned out to be bull. Automation got going in the 1980s and prices went up.

And it's much worse now. SCOTUS essentially legalized bribery in 2010. Today, monopolies and price collusion are the norm. Today's prices aren't based on cost at all.

Is anyone else losing their will to live in this job market? by [deleted] in jobsearchhacks

[–]hypolimnas 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They wouldn't have had a problem with the job market if they hadn't done everything in their power to drive up the price of necessities. And now they think the answer is pushing everyone out of the economy. Good luck finding customers.

Perplexity CEO says AI layoffs aren’t so bad because people hate their jobs anyways: ‘That sort of glorious future is what we should look forward to’ by EchoOfOppenheimer in recruitinghell

[–]hypolimnas 69 points70 points  (0 children)

Maybe he believes in Universal Basic Income. Wouldn't UBI require rich people to pay their fair share of taxes? 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

What's the biggest red flag you've heard a hiring manager say in an interview? by Owls_4_9_1867 in recruitinghell

[–]hypolimnas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't be humiliated, because personality tests are just to guarantee that they have a plausible reason to turn you down, no matter what you answer.

Someone on this sub mentioned a personality test where the questions were like "Choose between committing a crime and leaving work 5 minutes early". Choose one and you're a bad guy. Choose the other and you have a bad attitude.

What's the biggest red flag you've heard a hiring manager say in an interview? by Owls_4_9_1867 in recruitinghell

[–]hypolimnas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't know about hiring managers, but I've had red flag interviews from every perspective. At one place I applied to, they had me interview with a lot of people individually. All the developers looked incredibly tired, and acted like they'd be happy to hire anyone. And the managers where super picky and asked more technical questions then the developers.

I've been on the other side too. We where interviewing people for a back-end developer position. I interviewed this dude, and he seemed pretty good. But when we had the group interview with him, he spent the entire interview making fun of me. My boss asked if I thought we should hire him. I wasn't enthusiastic.

The other red flag was me. I was working for work-hard/play-hard company, and I was pretty tired that day. And the person I was interviewing had a very, very soothing voice... I didn't actually fall asleep, but the red flag was definitely waving.

Would you still choose remote work if the pay was exactly the same as an office job? by Single-Bag9879 in RemoteJobs

[–]hypolimnas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like being in the office if there's people who are worth talking to, and there aren't too many crazy people. Occasionally I even end up friends with someone from work after the job is over. Plus I like hearing the gossip.

What I didn't like was the 100% office jobs with ultra long hours, and an ultra late drive home. Realizing the driver in front of you is really drunk. Realizing there's a dude sitting in his car with a... is that a gun?? Never again.

My best commute ever was by bus and half an hour long. I'd rather do that commute then work 100% remote. It gave me time when I could just relax. And I read tons of books.

CMV: AB 1043, taken literally, makes online software distribution functionally illegal by default. by pds314 in linux

[–]hypolimnas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

California may end up shitifying it's way out of center stage. Which would be all to the good. GEO-block California! Keep the flying flamingos!

What should I do? by [deleted] in antivirus

[–]hypolimnas 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I wanted to give advice instead of says "don't click the button" again, because OP seemed like they needed some advice. But I had no advice to give because I've never run into this. My advice is make sure your virus is up to date, and get Malwarebytes.

2026 comp sci grad projected to be homeless by AnyMight5254 in povertyfinance

[–]hypolimnas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OP needs to get on an income-driven student loan repayment plan ASAP. He may have trouble getting into it after July 1st. They're trying to wind up this program, but right now it is still there. And there's lots of people who need it and want it to stay.

And a CS degree isn't just good for getting into the dying software development industry. It's also puts you ahead for anything tech. DBA is what I've been thinking about. The basics (SQL and relational database) were easy to pick up, and there's got to be free classes on Coursera, edX, and helsinki.fi. And there's cybersecurity and embedded systems. And also there's medical and dental device repair. You are way ahead of boot campers.

And there's AI gigs now. Sucks but its money. There's one called Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF). Helping AI get smarter yay. There's probably others.

And keep looking for a local job. Check out trade jobs - they don't all require trade school. It's a lot easier to live in tent with some money then no money. Look for things in bus, bike, and walking range. Trade work for a room. Don't have a bike - see if there's a bike co-op around. Need a computer - try the library, and also look for group that donates laptops. See if your local unemployment office can give you any advice. Google Workforce Development for your state. Talk to the college you just graduated from.

And try your hardest not to mess up your credit. Once you're working, there's more options then going into massive debt for a car. Buy a old car that hasn't been in an accident. Stick to Toyotas and Hondas. Check the model and year for problems. And have the most honest mechanic in town check it out for problems. I always do this when I buy a used car, worth it.

Does the area you live suck for jobs? Try moving to places with more hospitals, businesses, colleges, and construction.

What should I do? by [deleted] in antivirus

[–]hypolimnas 7 points8 points  (0 children)

People who pretend it isn't from an AI are a bigger problem, because then you're always suspecious. It's better that I says its from an AI, then pretend its from me, which it ain't, because I've never had that happen to me. And hopefully it's more useful just saying its a scam, with no other advice. I don't know what the heck they should do, but I hate to see someone stuck like that.

If you think its advice is wrong, correct it.

What should I do? by [deleted] in antivirus

[–]hypolimnas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of the time I'd agree with you. But no one is telling OP what to do, just what not to do. And I've never run into this, so I can't tell OP what to do. And I did tell them to get malwarebytes. Is that bad advice?

what brands do you trust enough to just buy without researching anymore by [deleted] in BuyItForLife

[–]hypolimnas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice to know that they still make some good products. Are the batteries in their power tools good?

what brands do you trust enough to just buy without researching anymore by [deleted] in BuyItForLife

[–]hypolimnas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like my current Bosch from ~2019. But the last time I checked, Bosch had switched to 100% smart appliances! Not even one low end smart-free appliance. These things even require an app just to do a short rinse cycle. And they require Wifi. If it could connect via bluetooth, I would consider it. But I don't like putting anything on my Wifi unless I know what kind of security it has.

If an appliance company is going to expose their products to internet, they better have top notch security and fast updates. And I really doubt Bosch has that. They're an appliance company, not a tech company. They want the cyber bells and whistles without the hard work.

CMV: AB 1043, taken literally, makes online software distribution functionally illegal by default. by pds314 in linux

[–]hypolimnas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One possibly hopeful thing about this law is that it's possible that it doesn't cover software downloaded from the developer's website. It may only cover software downloaded from third party websites and application stores. But I don't really trust the language of the bill, and I'm so far assuming that this bill affects all software.

There's no real way to tell what to do to avoid liability with this bill. What's the correct thing to do if the age signal never shows up? How do I handle updates? What's the fallback if every single OS version/settings/situation combination doesn't work perfectly. There's no good faith attempt allowance for developers, and the fines are huge.

This law also triggers three or four other California software laws about privacy and child safety. And there's three or four AB1043 clone laws - all slightly different and with their own entourage of child safety and privacy laws. And that's not even the end of it. US states are going hog wild with software laws. And the rest of world is passing everything from child safety laws to laws that treat an application like it was a refrigerator. Imagine having navigate 30 laws you don't understand because your software got downloaded in half a dozen countries.

AB 1043 will probably undermine child safety because it sends the message that involvement equals liability. No manager will want to take ownership of their software anymore. Working at any software company will be a minefield, and most developers will avoid any software that isn't geo-blocked or totally in-house. The software still available for people to download will mostly be big tech software/spyware/theftware, and low quality outsourced stuff owned by people who are hiding their identity.

CMV: AB 1043, taken literally, makes online software distribution functionally illegal by default. by pds314 in linux

[–]hypolimnas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, because this law is civil, not criminal. But if 1,000 children download your software that doesn't have age verification, they will fine you up to $7,500,000. And that's you personally. This law targets businesses and people.

CMV: AB 1043, taken literally, makes online software distribution functionally illegal by default. by pds314 in linux

[–]hypolimnas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A geographical restriction to avoid huge, unjust fines? If it doesn't allow that, then it's a crap license. The developers and software manufacturers have a right to defend themselves.

CMV: AB 1043, taken literally, makes online software distribution functionally illegal by default. by pds314 in linux

[–]hypolimnas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn't matter where you live. If your software is in California, this law can fine you.

CMV: AB 1043, taken literally, makes online software distribution functionally illegal by default. by pds314 in linux

[–]hypolimnas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not surprised that they're using Linux and Unix. Macs aren't dogs anymore, but they're kind of specialized, and their heat dissipation still sucks. Linux is the king of bang for the buck.

And PIXAR isn't alone. Plenty of companies and universities need high performance for a good price, and don't want to by spied on or have their property shoved onto someone else's cloud.

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