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altgeek commented on Human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world   news.ucsc.edu/2025/11/sha... · Posted by u/XzetaU8
xyzzy_plugh · a month ago
This behavior has practically nothing to do with Labradors. Many, many dogs regardless of breed can do this. Cats too. And foxes and wolves and rats and... well pretty much all quadrupeds with reasonable sizes limbs relative to their body. You might notice it's more or less the same motion as walking. Animals that drown usually do so from exhaustion, not because they can't keep their head above water.

Primates are relatively unique in their complete lack of innate swimming abilities.

altgeek · a month ago
Yes, while these motor reflexes are not innate, autonomic responses remain. Search for the "mammalian diving reflex".
altgeek commented on Japanese scientists develop artificial blood compatible with all blood types   tokyoweekender.com/entert... · Posted by u/Geekette
androiddrew · 7 months ago
Seems like a plot point to a CW vampire show…
altgeek · 7 months ago
Cue Russell Edgington
altgeek commented on I built an open source AI tool to find my autoimmune disease   old.reddit.com/r/selfhost... · Posted by u/makehistory
jjallen · 10 months ago
AI told me about why eating lots of meat might make me feel dramatically better. There are genes that affect the amount of an enzyme that breaks down Folic Acid into methylfolate. I have multiple of those genes. 23andme knew I had these genes for more than a decade. Multiple doctors I told about this basically said nothing and knew nothing about this.
altgeek · 10 months ago
You can buy 5-MTHF OTC in the U.S. if you don't feel like consuming a lot of meat.
altgeek commented on I've acquired a new superpower   danielwirtz.com/blog/spot... · Posted by u/wirtzdan
altgeek · a year ago
Stereograms have been used in structural biology publications for many decades now. Google 'stereogram structural biology'
altgeek commented on Metformin decelerates aging clock in male monkeys   cell.com/cell/abstract/S0... · Posted by u/tortilla
altgeek · a year ago
This is a common side effect. Try the extended-release form, i.e. Glucophage XR.

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altgeek commented on She lived in a New York hotel for more than 40 years, but her life was a mystery   npr.org/2023/11/15/121300... · Posted by u/wallflower
helsinkiandrew · 2 years ago
Hart Island (where the occupant was buried) has an interesting history:

"The remains of more than one million people are buried on Hart Island, though since the first decade of the 21st century, there are fewer than 1,500 burials a year. Burials on Hart Island include individuals who were not claimed by their families or did not have private funerals; the homeless and the indigent; and mass burials of disease victims."

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

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hart+Island/

altgeek · 2 years ago
Rarely, there are tours. The dock is on the east side of City Island. Incarcerated NYS/NYC prisoners are conscripted for burial and brush cleanup duty, so you would occasionally see those buses parked at the dock.
altgeek commented on How to stop adulterated turmeric from killing people   economist.com/leaders/202... · Posted by u/ericdanielski
altgeek · 2 years ago
This article might be paywalled, but contamination and adulterants are covered, as well as independent lab analysis of some of the products on the market. https://www.consumerlab.com/reviews/turmeric-curcumin-supple...
altgeek commented on The Uselessness of Phenylephrine (2022)   science.org/content/blog-... · Posted by u/ctoth
quercusa · 2 years ago
Ask your ENT to look into adding Budesonide [0] to your saline rinse. It is intended to keep polyps from growing (and has worked wonders for me).

[0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7374675/

altgeek · 2 years ago
It's been superseded by Mometasone. It's more lipophilic.

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