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nrau commented on A type of bacteria that causes dental plaque was found in 50% of colon cancers nbcnews.com/health/cancer... · Posted by u/_xerces_

nrau · 2 years ago

My dentist has been on me for years that flossing is important for your health for more than just teeth. He explained to me recently the role it plays in toughening up your gums (essentially callusing your gums from the repeated abrasion of the dental floss) so that bacteria cannot thrive in there, which they otherwise easily do. And that this bacteria can cause you all kinds of health issues, including cancer.

If you search around you'll find a lot of articles from the dental community that talk about similar benefits from flossing.

After years of being lazy and ignoring their advice, this finally got me into regularly flossing!

nrau commented on Show HN: Multiple – Load test any API with JavaScript and NPM packages app.multiple.dev/... · Posted by u/yevyevyev

nrau · 2 years ago

I tried Multiple's service out in an early beta preview, and was impressed with the flexibility of the initial product. Customer service and support was very good as well. The current product roadmap will be adding a lot of compelling features in the coming months.

I'd absolutely recommend anyone who needs load testing tooling and infrastructure to evaluate this service, and I am excited to see where they go.

nrau commented on Lemon-derived nanoparticles block the progression of kidney stones pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.... · Posted by u/WaitWaitWha

zadler · 3 years ago

Did you have the kidney stones removed the first time round?

nrau · 3 years ago

Fortunately I passed the stone in about 5 days. That's the best possible outcome as painful as that can be. I started the lemon juice about 3 days into the event and I do think it helped already in making the stone a bit smaller and getting it out of my body.

nrau commented on Lemon-derived nanoparticles block the progression of kidney stones pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.... · Posted by u/WaitWaitWha

nrau · 3 years ago

I got my first and so far only (fingers crossed!) kidney stone five years ago. At that time I started drinking lemon juice with hot water to start each day before consuming anything else, and it has so far kept any recurrence of kidney stones away. I really do believe the lemon juice has been key for me in this regard, and it is in any case a very healthy thing to do daily anyways (known and practiced by other cultures around the world).

Most folks who have kidney stones get them again and again, and anything that can help prevent this very painful event is critical. For anyone who does unfortunately experience kidney stones I highly recommend you try this option.

nrau commented on Boeing, Airbus executives urge delay in U.S. 5G wireless deployment reuters.com/business/aero... · Posted by u/HieronymusBosch

nrau · 4 years ago

For some additional information, the concerns that Boeing and Airbus have are around radar altimeters. These devices are used especially during landing scenarios, especially automated landing scenarios in low visibility weather. The radar altimeter devices that are in the belly of these planes use fairly low wattage power, and are easily overwhelmed by 5g base station equipment that is located on the landing paths of major airports. The concern is that 5g could interfere and render useless automated ILS landing for major airports. This concern also affects helicopters doing automated or assisted landing at helipads on hospitals and other more complicated landing scenarios.

There has been extensive research and testing that led to this conclusion of concern. You can read more about the background from the independent body that did the investigation:

https://www.rtca.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/SC-239-5G-In...

And here's a great in depth video explaining the concerns from an actual 777 pilot for a major US airline:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=942KXXmMJdY

nrau commented on Ask HN: What niche blogs are worthwhile to follow? · Posted by u/notomorrow

nrau · 6 years ago

For solid data points and analysis on how the US economy is performing I follow:

https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/

The blog is authored by Bill McBride who correctly called the 2008 downturn and housing market blow-up. I find his data points and corresponding analysis to be much better than any coverage in major media organizations, and it has majorly influenced the financial decisions that I have made over the past decade.

At the moment he is posting about a series of 10 questions about how the US economy will perform in 2020 that are worth checking out.

nrau commented on Boeing Weighs Cutting or Halting 737 Max Production wsj.com/articles/boeing-w... · Posted by u/xoa

freehunter · 6 years ago

Just an anecdote, but I'm a traveling consultant for a pretty big tech company, and the manager of the consulting group told us when the 737 Max issue started (but before it was grounded) that we did not have to fly on that plane and if we were put on that plane we could change flights and bill the change fee back to the company without any complaints.

There's been no further guidance so far on what we'll do when the 737 Max is back in service, but the message was clear: the safety and comfort of the employee is worth a $200 change fee, compared to being forced onto a plane that the employee feels is unsafe. I've never heard that mentioned for any other plane. As much as air travel has sucked this summer with cancelations and delays caused by the grounding of this plane, I don't foresee that model having much luck if/when it's put into full service.

nrau · 6 years ago

An interesting part of the history of the 737 is that when it launched it originally had a serious rudder design flaw that contributed to several fatal crashes where a lot of folks lost their lives:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_rudder_issues

However, Boeing did fix the problem, and the 737 went on to be one of the best selling airplanes in history.

This MCAS issue is eerily similar in that it has also resulted in two fatal crashes. But if history is any guide, the problems will be fixed, and the memory of MCAS and MAX issues will likely fade from the public as well.

nrau commented on Home Network Segmentation: A Must in the IoT Era – CKD3, LLC ckd3.com/blog/2018/10/15/... · Posted by u/ckdiii

a10c · 7 years ago

Why can't you just segregate your network with VLANs? I don't see the need for multiple routers.

nrau · 7 years ago

Having two distinct routers and physical devices just isolates each network that much more. A single device is still exactly that at some point, and in such cases there is always the possibility of an exploit that could compromise the device fundamentally.

I think the author is just advocating for a very locked down approach but I agree it is not feasible for most folks.

nrau commented on Fukushima’s nuclear signature found in California wine technologyreview.com/s/61... · Posted by u/tmandry

kevin_thibedeau · 7 years ago

Radiation from high altitude is a concern for frequent fliers and air crews.

nrau · 7 years ago

There was a good study and results that just came out about this in the past couple of weeks and it backs up that airline crew have higher cancer rates:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/well/airline-crew-have-hi...

nrau commented on Modern human brain organization emerged only recently sciencedaily.com/releases... · Posted by u/wslh

nrau · 8 years ago

What's interesting that if the basic point is true (that modern human brains emerged only 100,000 - 35,000 years ago) then its amazing (and scary) how quickly things have moved from there. It wasn't that long after "relatively speaking" that the Greeks emerged, then the Romans, Egyptians, Europe, Asia, etc, and now our modern technology driven civilization.