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PostPoston Sourdough Hands: How Bakers and Bread Are a Microbial Match

To be fair, I think digestive issues with commercial bread vs sourdough has nothing to do with the bacteria - baking sourdough kills bacteria - but the slow fermintation that lowers phytates in sourdough and makes it easier to digest.

PostPoston It Can Be Done (2003)

What's ridiculous is that the design paradigm of "removing the unnecessary" shows up everywhere today with hardware (goodbye headphone jack) even as the exact opposite has happened with the majority of software.

And by ridiculous I mean "worthy of ridicule" because as developers, we're largely the people responsible for cramming in more tracking, frameworks, features, and styling into the work we create.

PostPoston How I Learned to Love Bonsai

Without natural predators like wolves, bears, or bobcats, the deer population in certain areas of the United States has exploded(1). This negatively impacts overall biodiversity(2). I doubt deer like being eaten, but that's the process of life, and its vital to maintain the existing biodiversity we enjoy today.

So why would you feel guilt for the cycle of nature? Without deer, buffalo, or other herbivores in suburbia or urban environments, there has to be something to check plant growth.

(1)https://blog.nature.org/science/2013/08/22/too-many-deer/ (2)https://sciencing.com/purpose-deer-ecosystem-8659608.html

PostPoston Mr. Rogers vs. the Superheroes

Children (by definition) are not fully developed human beings. It should be obvious that care should be taken in their development, and that there should be some burden of responsibility on those creating things specifically targeted at children.

This is backed up by years of data. For instance, fast food ads aimed at children can have lifelong impacts on obesity and consumption habits: http://www.apa.org/topics/kids-media/food.aspx

PostPoston I worked in an Amazon warehouse. Bernie Sanders is right to target them

When Kanye West publicly wondered if slaves in the United States made a "choice" to stay in slavery for hundreds of years, he was rightly mocked for being a moron.

It's pretty depressing to see the same lack of empathy and critical thinking on hn.

PostPoston Modeled impact of large-scale wind and solar farms in the Sahara

In this case, "large" means almost the entire Sahara, which is 9.2 million square kilometers.

Africa is huge. 79 terawatts of power in the study is not unreasonable, given the population growth.

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