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C++ is baby-talk-programming-for-potheads? Or am I misunderstanding this?
If I recall correctly the common explanations I found were that humans did in fact live alongside dinosaurs, and that dinosaurs lived and died within the first few days of their creation for whatever reason.
One article I read on a christian website also said that the dating of dinosaur fossils by scientists was incorrect because bones don't have timestamp labels on them so there's no way one could know.
In regards to "I wonder how people reconcile such discoveries backed by scientific validation" I think it's quite often simply unsubstantiated rejection.
A somewhat boring example is it's unlikely you enjoy doing your university exams, however your state of happiness after completing your degree will be higher than if you had instead done something more enjoyable with your time (e.g. play video games).
Also I'm unsure on how a device determines battery charge, but I forever had issues with the phone turning off while reporting the battery had ~30% left.
Maybe I didn't treat the batteries correctly, but I can't recall as this was several years ago.
Although this is probably dependent on your local laws and how much you abide by those laws, as I know lane filtering and such is illegal in a lot of the US.
In recent times my attention has been drawn to the amount of time wasted on random Youtube videos. Youtube is more difficult since the service actually has value to me. Somehow restricting my access to only videos from my subscriptions could be a possible solution.
Are contributions currently being rejected based on personal traits?
I think the answer to this question would help me a lot in understanding any of this.
Given that the calorie is just a unit of energy, I believe they are considered equal. What you imply is analogous to measuring a length of 5 metres and then questioning if each of the metre segments are 'equal'. They must be equal, or else the segments could no longer be considered metres.
It may be more correct to say that the body does not utilise all molecules that it can derive energy from in the same way.
Facebook as a company will probably be fine as it has its tentacles in all sorts of places now.
It was costing me >0 resources (i.e. my time) and was having a net negative effect on me. I was just so irritated by the mind numbingly dumb things that I'd consume while browsing the news feed. Which unfortunately over time became close to 100% of the content on my feed.
I actually believe education in nutrition and specifically weight manipulation would help a lot. From my experience in talking with others, the average person's views on these topics is almost in the realm of magic due to being bombarded with false information from media and product companies.
With a solid understanding in these topics, one can implement changes into their diet and very easily assess why they are or aren't making progress towards their goals. As it stands the average weight loss attempt with the understanding of weight loss as some form of black magic tends to result in temporary success or outright failure, with no way of being able to assess why or what to do about it. It is then usually concluded that one's 'genetics' are at fault.
From what I recall, to finish the final level I was relying for the most part on 'muscle memory' in relation to the familiar patterns. I would visually interpret what kind of pattern it was, my position relative to the pattern and then there seemed to be a conscious disconnect to the actions I performed to get through the pattern.
I think it's interesting because the actions I'm referring to weren't merely a sequence of button presses performed as fast as you could. There was a critical factor of very small differences in durations between actions and how long you execute actions for that seem (and I assume are) completely beyond my conscious abilities.