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Are thumbnails called illustrations industry wide? This is my first time seeing this use.


I'm pretty sure the developer is not a native speaker. The email in the contact link looks like a Chinese name and I've seen this site shared in Chinese technology forums before.



Terry Pratchett navigated this space in Choosing to Die a 2011 film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Pratchett:_Choosing_to_D...


Ramez Naam likes to make predictions like this: http://rameznaam.com/2019/04/02/the-third-phase-of-clean-ene...


supporting those less fortunate, that's admirable.


Most of the nutrients in mushrooms are behind a cell wall of chitin, which is a fibrous substance consisting of polysaccharides and forming the major constituent in the exoskeleton of arthropods and the cell walls of fungi.

because of this chitin, eating a mushroom raw is not very nutritious and you miss out on most of the health benefits.


Not being nutritious and making you sick are rather different though. Although porcini can be eaten raw it is probably most commonly fried or sautéed. Boiling it seems like a bit of a waste of a food prized for its flavor.


Next up USA will bandwagon and put Frida on the 500 note like they did in Mexico in 2010.


"At every level, from the microcellular to the psychological, exercise not only wards off the ill effects of chronic stress; it can also reverse them. Studies show that if researchers exercise rats that have been chronically stressed, that activity makes the hippocampus grow back to its preshriveled state. The mechanisms by which exercise changes how we think and feel are so much more effective than donuts, medicines, and wine. When you say you feel less stressed out after you go for a swim, or even a fast walk, you are." -John J. Ratey, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain

And another

"we sometimes lose sight of the fact that the mind, brain, and body all influence one another. In addition to feeling good when you exercise, you feel good about yourself"

Reading this book opened a door out of depression for me using the prescribed medicine, which is exercise and definitely wasn't easy.


How can one know the intention of a plant?


Nicotine is considered a nootropic that increases cognitive ability. Perhaps the kids are using it to up regulate their brains?

Studies here: https://www.selfhacked.com/blog/28-proven-health-benefits-ni...


From what I recall of being a kid, kids are using it to get social validation.

Also, because once you get addicted, nicotine withdrawal is bloody awful.


I'm always surprised that the main reason people smoke is not cited first.

For all you that haven't done it: smoking causes pleasure. A fast, intense and repeatable pleasure.


As someone who's never smoked, but has stood next to people who have, I would guess it does quite the opposite. I imagine most people who don't smoke think this.


The first times you do it, it feels pretty good. Really good, in fact. However, like any drug, you develop a tolerance and a dependence. Before long, you require it to feel normal, not to feel good.


That's not my experience and that's not the experience of any smoker I've known.

I quit smoking years ago and of course I strongly discourage people from smoking, it's very bad for the health, etc.

But spreading disinformation is not the way to fight it.

Edit: BTW, the first times you do it are the worst. While you get used to the smoke.


You are saying that people who smoke do not enjoy smoking?


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