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sogre  ·  250 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 8-hour time-restricted eating linked to a 91% higher risk of cardiovascular death

I was referring to this comment

and its analysis.

If you think that data reliability is more dependent on size and not data gathering methodology, then I see no point in arguing. Unless the underlying idea was to get headlines, it's a very poorly designed study.

sogre  ·  250 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: March 6, 2024

It took me a couple months of cutting back from almost a pack a day before going cold turkey on smokes, and recently sugary snacks. Unprepared, I would have kept relapsing.

There is wisdom in complete deprivation for as long as you need to teach yourself again the difference between need and craving. Fasting or taking a break from the internet for a week are great as first steps at learning moderation, differentiating hunger pangs from "bored, could go for a snack" impulses. You then return, more able to control yourself.

What you're describing sounds less like dopamine seeking and more like idling or coping. If that's the case, you could substitute them for something else with little difficulty.

sogre  ·  251 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Dark Hubski

Exactly, embrace the whole 'fuck google' scene. Warts and all, they're at least interesting on average.

sogre  ·  251 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: This Was Village Life in Britain 3,000 Years Ago

To this day, there are substantial tin deposits in Cornwall, exploited almost continuously since the early British bronze age around 2000 BCE. There's isotope ratio-based evidence they were amongst the suppliers to both Cyprus and Anatolia up until the bronze age collapse around 1200 BCE, and it's a well established possibility that their reach extended farther and earlier than that.

sogre  ·  252 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 8-hour time-restricted eating linked to a 91% higher risk of cardiovascular death

People who undertake intermittent fasting are often adding other diets or changes to lifestyle. Thanks to the mentioned small sample size, the numbers could be attributed to a couple jackasses confusing red meat basted in lard with keto diet.

sogre  ·  252 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Dark Hubski

If only you put impossible to activate gmail, put different domain on registration page, then you would have more new users. Hi, long time lurker, finally made this account with other email.

I have seen worse situations rebound.