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I bet the number of vegans and vegetarians in the US are also at their highest (and growing).

That's probably true, but I don't think vegans and vegetarians as a demographic overlap closely with demographics that tend to have heart disease.

(Note that I am neither a vegetarian nor a vegan.)


There may be some correlation but causality is unclear. India has a lot of vegetarians and also a high incidence of heart disease.

That might have something more to do with almost one in four people in India being a tobacco user[1]. CDC suggests that one in four CVD deaths (in the US) is caused by tobacco use[2].

[1]: https://globalactiontoendsmoking.org/research/tobacco-around...

[2]: https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/about/cigarettes-and-cardiovascu...


It has more to do with people who are on farming diets but no longer farm.

People in India smoked just as much when they weren't living such sedentary lifestyles.


I don't understand the claim: is it that farming diets are unhealthy, or something else? I'd expect subsistence lifestyles to have higher all-round mortality, but probably not CVD specifically.

> People in India smoked just as much when they weren't living such sedentary lifestyles.

I suspect they also lived shorter lives for the aforementioned all-round mortality reasons.


Vegans are probably mostly healthy. Vegetarians? Religious vegetarians and healthy vegetarians intersect but mostly don't ;).

I remember seeing a paper a while back that found veganism increased your death by ischemic stroke probability threefold.

Because of old age. Being vegan increased your odds threefold to die of old age instead of prematurely from disease.

Apologies for not having a link to the source


This is not accurate. Please link to your source.

A healthy, whole-food plant-based diet is linked to a lower risk of ischemic stroke, with studies showing reduced risk compared to meat-eaters. The conclusion of this paper[1] for example reads that "Lower risk of total stroke was observed by those who adhered to a healthful plant-based diet."

Additionally, researchers at Harvard found that a plant-based diet may lower overall stroke risk by up to 10%. [2]

1: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8166423/

2: https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/healthy-plant-based-diet-assoc...


Hey, do whatever helps you sleep at night. That's what I do. We're all going to the same place - a couple of years here and there won't do much when you're that old anyway.

nothing stops you from reading more about the topics before commenting on them haha

I thought that would fall under common sense, but if not:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10479225/


But it sure does seem like that sometimes

I will wait until the reviews and 3rd party lab tests come out before getting excited.

Man, I can't wait to get to the point where I can call anything electrical "easy".

This looks like Zig. What problems does this solve that Zig doesn't? Potato - potaato?

C3 is more comparable to Odin or the Better C mode in D in that it tries to be a pragmatic evolution not revolution of C.

Here is a comparison to Zig in terms of features: https://c3-lang.org/faq/compare-languages/#zig

And yes, they are all system programming languages with a similar level of abstraction that are suited for similar problem. It is good to have choice. It is like asking what do you need Ruby for when you have Python.


Looks can be deceiving.

C3 provides a module system for cleaner code organization across files, unlike Zig where files act as modules with nesting limitations.

C3 offers first class lambdas and dynamic interfaces for flexible runtime polymorphism without Zigs struct based workarounds.

C3s operator overloading enables intuitive math types like vectors, which Zig avoids to prevent hidden control flow.


Zig doesn't have operator overloading. This does.

I agree that the outcomes were largely how Americans wanted them, but in the 80's and 90's we had plenty of big and little problems as a world:

- USSR vs. Afghanistan.

- The chaos after the collapse of the USSR

- Russia vs. Chechnya

- US interventions South America

- US in Somalia

- The Gulf War

How much of our upbringing was our limited media exposure?


to continue your list

  - Yugoslav Wars (1991-1999)
  - The Troubles 
  - Ethiopian Civil War (1974 - 1991)
  - Ugandan Bush War (1981-1986)
  - Angolan Civil War (1975 - 2002)
  - Mozambican Civil War (1977 - 1992)
  - Second Sudanese Civil War (1983 - 2005)
  - Rwandan Civil War and Genocide (1990 -1994)
  - First Congo War (1996 - 1997)
  - Second Congo War (began 1998)
  - Sri Lankan Civil War (1983 - 2009)
  - Salvadoran Civil War (1980 -1992)
  - Guatemalan Civil War (1960 - 1996)
  - Nicaraguan Contra War (1981 - 1990)
  - Iran–Iraq War (1980 -1988)
  - Lebanese Civil War (1975 - 1990)
  - Israeli–Palestinian First Intifada (1987 - 1993)

I remember these happenings, but still from personal rights to major events we had serious step forwards.

Now we have only the bads but none of the goods.


Yeah, well your Medium blog entry doesn't work with my ad blocker.

Works just fine with mine

Something must have shifted because it works fine for me now too. Thank you for your reply - it made me try it again.

Mortgages don't pay for themselves.

Merry Christmas, everyone!


Does that mean that DJI can continue to sell models that they've already been selling in the US?


At what point does the top brass at Flock get arrested?


For what? Under current jurisprudence collecting license plates images isn't illegal, because there's no expectation of privacy in public. They could post the information online if they wanted to and they'd be in the clear. It's fine to object to ANPR networks on the basis of "mass surveillance" or whatever, but screaming for people to be arrested without legal basis, just because you don't like what they're doing is childish and counterproductive to the conversation.


I mean, stalking is very clearly illegal.

The main issue is that we have a different set of laws that govern businesses and that govern private citizens.

If I set up a camera in a local park and programmed it to zoom into children's faces and stream it directly to my computer, I am surely going to jail.

But if I set up 100 cameras to do just that, baby, that's just business.

It's almost paradoxical. The more evil I do, the less illegal it becomes. The greater the scale of harm I inflict, the more palatable it is. It's a get out of jail free card.

Are you a psychopath? Love to kill people? Well, don't use knives or guns silly! Instead, form an LLC and give people poison. You'll kill 100x more people with 100x less consequences!


>If I set up a camera in a local park and programmed it to zoom into children's faces and stream it directly to my computer, I am surely going to jail.

[citation needed]

You might be called a creep, and you might be asked to remove the camera (because you can't leave random cameras on public property without permission), but operating cameras in public and recording stuff isn't illegal. Paparazzis do that all the time.


No, actually, how you do it matters.

If I use that information to track someone and watch them specifically, that is stalking and is illegal. I know it's illegal here in Texas.

The law is not an algorithm, it's very complex. Recording people in public is absolutely illegal in many instances.


Stalking is not illegal at all.


Stalking is very illegal in most US jurisdictions.


Maybe if you are threatening someone. But if you are just following someone in public, that is okay.


Stalking is not "just following someone".

From Stalking Prevention, Awareness, & Resource Center (SPARC): " A pattern of behavior directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to fear for the person’s safety or the safety of others; or suffer substantial emotional distress."

https://www.stalkingawareness.org/definition-faqs/


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You're probably being facetious, but aiding criminals isn't illegal unless you're knowingly doing it. Signal is known to be used by criminals, and on top their app is specifically designed to frustrate law enforcement, yet they stayed clear of lawsuits.


Not the same at all because Signal helps celebrities and very important public figures communicate securely and privately.

Flock is helping the rapists stalk their ex-wives.


"Not the same at all because Flock helps companies and public safety agencies detect and monitor crime.

Signal is helping cartels organize hits."


Everyone uses Signal to communicate privately.

Criminals use Flock to stalk public figures, celebrities, women and children.


Oh they’re buddies with all the departments. Fat chance.


They won’t under this administration. It’s owned and operated by Surveillance Valley Vulture Capitalists


Why do people avoid saying President Trump like he’s Voldemort?


Because he attained his current position by ragebaiting everyone. He’s just a puppet of the people who are really in charge (intelligence agencies and billionaires)


I appreciate the explanation.


Rather just see them get Flocked honestly. Seems like the type of tech a child would dream up only to realize when it's too late that it's dystopian, creepy, and a detriment to society.


Building the torment nexus...


By top brass do you mean the people behind this website?

> The financing was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with backing from Greenoaks Capital, Bedrock Capital. Meritech Capital, Matrix Partners, Sands Capital, Founders Fund, Kleiner Perkins, Tiger Global, and Y Combinator also participated.

https://www.flocksafety.com/blog/flock-safety-secures-major-...


In your dreams maybe


Should we also arrest computer co execs because computers are used to hack into things?


Let's say a computer maker created a computer specifically for hacking. They then advertised that computer to government agencies to let them hack into suspicious computers. They did not put any safeguards in place to prevent anyone from hacking anyone else, but their marketing outreach said kept insisting that they have "best in class security" and "only the appropriate agencies have access".

If that happened, then yes, they should be arrested.


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