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joelthelion@lemmy.worldto science@lemmy.world•Daily omega-3 supplements and regular exercise may slow agingEnglish8·4 months agoI think the main question is how exercise alone compares to exercise +supplements. If I have time later I’ll try to dig into the paper.
joelthelion@lemmy.worldto science@lemmy.world•Stimulating hypothalamus restores walking in paralyzed patientsEnglish5·6 months agodupe
joelthelion@lemmy.worldto Fediverse@lemmy.world•After a year of operation, Switzerland's government closes its Mastodon instanceEnglish71·9 months agoWhen you’re a government, you need a little more process to ensure things are done well (moderation, security, …). Even something simple like that could take valuable time from quite a few people.
joelthelion@lemmy.worldto Fediverse@lemmy.world•After a year of operation, Switzerland's government closes its Mastodon instanceEnglish81·9 months agoSad but unfortunately fairly justified. Hard to justify spending public money on 3,500 users.
joelthelion@lemmy.worldto science@lemmy.world•Astronomer Reveals The Dangers of SpaceX's Polaris Dawn Mission42·9 months agoJust because it’s dangerous and not always fun doesn’t make it a “mission”. Exactly like when some rich schmuck pays 150k to climb Everest.
joelthelion@lemmy.worldto science@lemmy.world•Astronomer Reveals The Dangers of SpaceX's Polaris Dawn Mission245·9 months agoCan we stop calling it a “mission”? This is an expensive vacation for billionaires, not a scientific endeavor.
joelthelion@lemmy.worldto science@lemmy.world•New Alzheimer's Nasal Spray Clears Toxic Tangles in Human Neurons And Mice2·11 months agoHow do you explain that amyloid-targetting therapies are seeing some success, even if limited?
joelthelion@lemmy.worldto science@lemmy.world•As Cancer Treatment Advances, Patients and Doctors Push Back Against Drugs' Harsh Side Effects3·1 year agoI’m not sure but I think some of these drugs can make permanent damage.
Obviously survival remains the topmost concern, but thinking about side effects sounds like the logical next step now that we’ve made tremendous progress with survival.
joelthelion@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•YouTube is now fully blocking ad blockers around the worldEnglish771·2 years agoNever seen that banner or an ad. I guess it’s just a matter of time though 😕
joelthelion@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Tech experts are starting to doubt that ChatGPT and A.I. ‘hallucinations’ will ever go away: ‘This isn’t fixable’English111·2 years agoI don’t understand why they don’t use a second model to detect falsehoods instead of trying to fix it in the original LLM?
joelthelion@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Disney has announced it will stop releasing DVDs and Blu-ray discs in Australia.English182·2 years agoI wonder what the impact on piracy will be? It’s probably harder to rip streaming services than it is to rip blu-rays…
joelthelion@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Stack Overflow Just Announced Their Own AI OverflowAIEnglish124·2 years agoAs an AI model, I cannot answer duplicate questions. Please check this completely unrelated question instead.
joelthelion@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•‘Put learners first’: Unesco calls for global ban on smartphones in schoolsEnglish34·2 years agoI’m not equating guns to phones. I’m showing that the argument about “digital education” holds no water.
joelthelion@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•‘Put learners first’: Unesco calls for global ban on smartphones in schoolsEnglish68·2 years agoSo, should guns be allowed in schools, along with “good gun education”?
Smartphones serve no real purpose in school. Why allow this very problematic device that is not conducive to learning and tends to cause problems outside the class, too?
joelthelion@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•‘Put learners first’: Unesco calls for global ban on smartphones in schoolsEnglish244·2 years agoSmartphones are orders of magnitude more distracting than whatever existed before. Also, you can teach digital literacy all the while forbidding smartphone use outside of class, there is no real opposition there.
joelthelion@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Twitter is now X as the little blue bird disappearsEnglish1073·2 years agoAll of this is just noise designed to keep us talking about the site. You could call it bad advertising. We should stop feeding the troll.
joelthelion@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Google Chrome rolls out new ad privacy controls as it (slowly) bids farewell to cookiesEnglish26·2 years agoExactly, they’re trying to kill the competition but they’re obviously not going to damage their business.
joelthelion@lemmy.worldOPto science@lemmy.world•Eli Lilly's experimental Alzheimer's drug slows progression of the disease, study findsEnglish3·2 years agoGreat idea! Just subscribed :)
joelthelion@lemmy.worldOPto science@lemmy.world•Eli Lilly's experimental Alzheimer's drug slows progression of the disease, study findsEnglish1·2 years agoI don’t agree that this is the real deal
What I meant is that we finally have a disease-modifying drug for humans. It opens a lot of possibilities. I do agree though that benefits for the patient are limited for the time being (unless we can prevent Alzheimer’s for pre-symptomatic symptoms, but that remains to be proven).
Reading the paper, exercise alone had no effect on these “biological clocks”. So, the results are promising, but given the lackluster results of the trial on other outcomes (blood pressure, mortality, falls, etc.), I’d be cautious before jumping to conclusions.