Readit Newsschappim commented on Croatian freediver held breath for 29 minutes divernet.com/scuba-news/f... · Posted by u/toomanyrichies
His spleen must be enormous[1].
[1] https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/bajau-sea...
schappim commented on Claudia – Desktop companion for Claude code claudiacode.com/... · Posted by u/zerealshadowban
It's easy to poke at the military budget as wasteful, but human history has shown that military expenditure is at a minimum, necessary. The same cannot be said of most preferred spending avenues for the cause of the day.
I'm reading that the US spends about $893 billion[1] on national defence and about $5.3 trillion on health care in 2024, with spending on track for roughly $5.6 trillion in 2025 [2][3]. These figures don't match my intuition...
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[1] https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IN/PDF/IN1242...
[2] https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/pdf/10.1377/hlthaff.2025.0...
[3] https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/how-muc...
> don’t smoke, keep your weight down, move often, sleep properly, keep blood pressure and cholesterol in check, and go easy on the booze.
And UVs, don't forget UVs.
As in UV light?
GLP-1s are the first hint of that.
You’re right. I can’t think of anything else with that level of impact. Maybe we're all just taking things like statins or blood pressure drugs for granted, but I don’t think those have much effect on people who are already healthy...
schappim commented on 'Safety Today Is a Luxury,' Giorgetto Giugiaro Says After His Crash jalopnik.com/1930930/gior... · Posted by u/rntn
In the past, high-end safety always worked its way down. ABS, airbags, and backup cameras all started out as luxuries and became standard. The real question is whether this new wave of sensor-driven safety will do the same, or if the economics of software and subscriptions will freeze the gap in place.
What's striking about "anti-ageing" research is how it keeps circling back to the same boring truths: don’t smoke, keep your weight down, move often, sleep properly, keep blood pressure and cholesterol in check, and go easy on the booze.
If something makes an overweight, sedentary smoker hit 100, then it’s a miracle drug. Please let me know if/when you've seen that drug...
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