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istultus commented on Type 1 diabetes reversed by new cell transplantation technique   newatlas.com/diabetes/isl... · Posted by u/01-_-
cassidius · 6 months ago
More groundbreaking research funded by the NIH. It's sad to think about how much the US is going to lose with the arbitrary slashing and burning and purging.
istultus · 6 months ago
The important thing is that these things get funded. It doesn't matter what institute funds them. If an institute becomes stultified and corrupt, there's no reason to champion it over creating another.

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istultus commented on It's not a crime if we do it with an app   pluralistic.net/2025/01/2... · Posted by u/keepit
istultus · 7 months ago
It really does suck that US companies have belatedly figured out that demand is elastic and jacked up the prices. Where I live that happened long ago.

The thing is that he doesn't present any alternative. I know he's some variant of a communist, so does he suggest government control for everything? As if that solved anything? I guess what you find on empty market shelves is cheaper.

Truly a question - what's your solution? What's a solution? People have been arguing that everything is getting worse since forever. I've yet to see people organize and stop buying Pepsi or Coke. Should the government do it for them? Do you propose AI will solve the Socialist Calculation Problem? You're probably against AI as well...

istultus commented on A marriage proposal spoken in office jargon   mcsweeneys.net/articles/a... · Posted by u/ohjeez
thefz · 8 months ago
Not an english native, but I have the same with "win" -> "victory".

Like, "congrats for the win" or "big win".

istultus · 8 months ago
Well, "win" as a noun is a word from Old English attested before 1150 [1]. And as a word firmly in the language it has its own specific uses in comparison to "victory". It would be silly or pompous to call a win in a sports game a "victory," for example. It would similarly be out of place to call a victory in a battle a win. "Congrats *on the big win" doesn't sound out of place.

[1] https://www.oed.com/dictionary/win_n1?tab=factsheet#14538168

istultus commented on Ask HN: What were the best books you read this year?    · Posted by u/christudor
sgt · 9 months ago
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Walter Isaacson)

Highly recommend it. Don't waste your time with Franklin's autobiography.

istultus · 9 months ago
Also read it this year - very good.
istultus commented on Chemists Create World's Thinnest Spaghetti   phys.org/news/2024-11-che... · Posted by u/pseudolus
fluoridation · 9 months ago
>expand? is there an alphabetic variant of "enumerate"?

In this context it would be either "expand" or "explicitate" (because the operators thought the meaning was so obvious that leaving it implicit was enough).

istultus · 9 months ago
I would use "elucidate" first and foremost, but "decipher" or "unravel" also work.
istultus commented on How gophers brought Mount St. Helens back to life in one day   phys.org/news/2024-11-gop... · Posted by u/pseudolus
earthboundkid · 10 months ago
> The Greek theoria (θεωρία) meant "contemplation, speculation, a looking at, things looked at", from theorein (θεωρεῖν) "to consider, speculate, look at", from theoros (θεωρός) "spectator", from thea (θέα) "a view" + horan (ὁρᾶν) "to see".

"Theory" should refer only to the beatific vision or its analogical precursors in temporal existence achieved through mystical union with the Uncreated Light!

istultus · 10 months ago
The only reason this Ancient Greek definition holds is because it is a dead language. Prescriptivism cannot stop natural language change. Any "X should only mean Y" statement is a dead-end conservative approach.
istultus commented on Ask HN: Life-changing purchases since 2020? (Under $100 and under $1000)    · Posted by u/systemkwiat
MrMcCall · 10 months ago
(< $1000 category)

Living in American public housing, we used our pandemic stimulus money to buy two RabbitAir MinusA2 HEPA air purifiers. At $600 each plus $95/yr (for filter change) they're utterly fantastic and the pre-HEPA stages are easily cleanable with a cheap air compressor and wet paper towels. The multi-stage filter system is quite quiet on level 3 (of 5) but will really blow at 5 and be nearly silent at 2. You can tell how well they work by how the filters build up over time. The build quality is top-shelf with exquisite tolerances.

I can't recommend them enough. In my travels, I learned my favorite aphorism, which comes from China, I believe:

>>> Pay a lot, cry once.

Our RabbitAir units are the finest example we can afford, easily our best quality-of-life investment.

istultus · 10 months ago
How have they improved quality of life? Asthma?
istultus commented on Alexander the Great's tunic identified in royal tomb at Vergina?   tandfonline.com/doi/full/... · Posted by u/fork-bomber
istultus · 10 months ago
As usual, "Conjecture Presented as Fact in Headline"

They found a fabric in a royal tomb in Greece that fits the description of Alexander's famous sarapis. What is more likely - that this is Alexander's sarapis itself or that a very rich guy had one made just like it?

istultus commented on Israel’s Secret Stealth Drone   twz.com/air/the-existence... · Posted by u/belter
macawfish · 10 months ago
Why do we have former intelligence agents heading up states with weapons of unprecedented power? Why are we so charmed by bullies?
istultus · 10 months ago
What's the logic of the first sentence? I can't parse it - is that it should be illegal for intelligence agents to be heads of state? Or is it that states with powerful armies shouldn't have former intelligence agents as heads of state? Or what?

As for the second question - why is every generation of the left charmed by a different set of psychopathic terrorist groups?

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