I had a Galaxy with the curved glass on the side of the screen. It did absolutely nothing useful for me at all, and then, surprise, ended up getting cracked on the curved edge.
I wish I had the Logo and BASIC programs I wrote for the c64 in the early 80s. I still have the disks, so there's vague hope. Even more, I'd love the animations and images I made on the Amiga later in the decade, but that's more unlikely.
Why do people not have to do anything remotely like that for alcohol? It’s almost a cliche of course, but worth noting in this context since alcohol is addictive, destructive to physical and mental health, and commonly provokes violent and antisocial behavior.
I kind of feel like Elon was actually right that Twitter has become the "public square", but I disagree violently that he should be the one to control and steward it. We need a non-government controlled, non-corporate/profit-driven Twitter. The fediverse is okay but the UX needs to be completely frictionless so everyone can use it (also my mum).
It can occur for various reasons. Personally, I was developing adult onset type 1 (LADA) for a couple of years before I was diagnosed and I had all sorts of effects. While it was of course mainly effects of chronic hyperglycemia and shortage of insulin, I also had some episodes of hypoglycemia. Now that I’m on insulin, I’m very familiar with hypoglycemia resulting from an imbalance of exogenous insulin and carbohydrates. However, I looked back and realized this happened to me a few times before I was on insulin. I recall waking up a few times at night, sweating and shaking, and having a strong urge to consume food. I’d drink some juice or eat chips, feel better in 20-30 minutes and go back to sleep. This occurred after drinking alcohol, which makes sense as alcohol intensifies the effect of insulin and also prevents your body from releasing chemicals which raise your blood glucose level. I didn’t think much about it at the time but now I can see it was related to T1 onset.
My understanding is that essentially the body’s systems which regulate blood glucose are disrupted. This happens a with type 1 in general - not only problems with the system that produces and releases insulin to lower blood glucose by allowing it into cells, but also the part that does the opposite and release glucose to raise blood glucose levels. Sometimes the glucose-raising system doesn’t work at all while other times it’s inappropriately in overdrive. The same is true for the insulin releasing/glucose lowering system as it fails.
Unfortunately, like BPA, they will likely replace it with something just as harmful but less tested, since chemical regulations in the US work on a blacklist and not a whitelist.
Because PFAS were considered inert and safe for the longest time. And they are widespread across applications and industries. However, they are in the process to be phased out completely. PFOA are already restricted, I think.
A whitelist does not imply 20 years testing data. It means, allowed substances need to be explicitly authorized before introduction to the consumer market.
For food, pharmacological and cosmetic ingredients, the EFSA requires scientific evaluation concluding no harmful effects in advance. Of course, if later harmful effects are observed authorization can be withdrawn. This is in contrast to e.g. the FDA process where such substances do not have to be demonstrated safe like that beforehand, AFAIK.
There is a variety of habanero developed in Oregon that look just like a regular one but have almost no heat. Unfortunately they don’t have the same fruity flavor or tartness as typical habaneros, or really much flavor at all.
