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Have you tried some therapy? Talking to a specialist who will ask the right questions could be a way, like for any other troubling moment in your life. Having such strong emotions is likely originating from some trauma or fear - are you aware of what could that be?


Shitty experience. Shame on Airbnb. no amount of noble words on billboards can fix this. Maybe they somehow spy on their users hence the appeal process would reveal that they know more than should.


I jumped ships to customer company and it proved great. That being said my non compete agreement didn't apply because there was 2 proxies in between so no direct competition. Better work agreement, also meant I could move countries, didn't regret it.


Oh my oh my... I'd rather bribe a Twitter employee to edit that tweet


I think the market is flooded with supplements, while you can help your gut bacteria with natural products like kefir (kind of buttermilk), kombucha, kimchi like products. I happen to love all those mentioned.


Same here, loving all things fermented! I am surprised people actually spend on probiotics, while kefir cultures (et alli) are so easy to buy.


Those are all very bad recommendations. Buttermilk is loaded with cholesterol and saturated fat, kombucha with sugar, and fermented vegetables like kimchi have shown to increase prostate adenocarcinoma. You want to regulate your gut flora with a variety of whole plant-based foods, not quick fixes like pills and a jar of stinky cabbage.


Neither dietary cholesterol nor saturated fat nor sugar are bad in moderation, and that's completely orthogonal to the point of them providing probiotics.


Motor oil could provide probiotics if cultured - wouldn't make it healthy to consume, except in "moderation".


> milk is loaded with cholesterol and saturated fat

Neither of these are bad for you, just don't be obese

> kombucha with sugar

Every bottle of kombucha I have ever seen has at most 16g of non-added sugar from fruits, the same as a banana

> fermented vegetables like kimchi have shown to increase prostate adenocarcinoma

Fake / trash science. More studies say the opposite than agree with this


> Neither of these are bad for you, just don't be obese

Every nutritional authority in the world disagrees.

> Every bottle of kombucha I have ever seen has at most 16g of non-added sugar from fruits, the same as a banana

Right, sugar from a drink and banana are identical, even though only one has fiber. What mental gymnastics!

> Fake / trash science. More studies say the opposite than agree with this

Why didn't you cite them?


> "fermented vegetables like kimchi have shown to increase prostate adenocarcinoma."

Since you did not link to any literature backing up your claim, I want to share this paper[0] as a counterpoint. Kimchi has been found to have active ANTI-cancerous effects, opposite to your claim.

Please change my mind with referenced material.

[0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4285955/


Do preserved foods increase prostate cancer risk?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2409746/

Vegetables, but not pickled vegetables, are negatively associated with the risk of breast cancer

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20432165/

Your study was in vitro and given the authors' background and affiliation was most likely made to promote agricultural production.


You are telling me milk kefir is the cause of health issues? I would suggest limiting it to a few spoons a few times per week, then.


How would you make that practical? How long can you keep a bottle of kefir open before it goes bad?


I have half glass of milk with kefir cultures, only, and I keep in the fridge. I use it also ad sauce, because the cultures get big and it gets concentrated and strong.


I recently failed interviews at Google and Amazon, exactly at this sort of algorithmic problems. And that's quite far from my client application daily job. I knew it's not my strong side, I would have applied before they approached me otherwise. Now I can tell everyone - I knew quicker than Google, that I'm not the right fit ;)


I have mine at the Brazilian river company tomorrow! I look forward to coming out of that experience with lower self confidence


Haha, good luck! Some people say working for the big ones is a golden cage. Maybe I'm made for living in the wild ;)


"Don't let virtues learned by necessity become the vices that suck up your lifetime."

I really like this line. It resonates with me as this quote from Henri Bergson (from memory, can't find exact quote) ~ "tools we use become a burden when the environment that we used them within, no longer exists"


Swedish people are educated, aspire to healthy lifestyle and can afford good food. Article, imho speaks about survival mechanisms which aren't so visible/ so active/useful in times where food and protection from cold are abundant.


I feel sorry for his family and it shouldn't happen. Maybe Amazon conditions and procedures aren't good enough, but people should pay attention to their bodies telling them something is off. When you're 49 it's no longer rinse-repeat, you can't just continuously run your engine at 120%…


But you need to make money. Not everyone is in a position where they can afford taking unpaid time off or quit a job because it's unhealthy. It's the employers responsibility to make sure workers can handle the workload.


regarding that 6% tax for innovation in IT - be warned, our governing idiot party is about to introduce a bunch of new laws, including a de facto increase of that 19% to 28%.


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