butternuts

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Good write-up and you've made plenty of fair points. It's a tricky topic and I'm personally weary of the business for their Mormon connections and plenty of other reasons. Safer to avoid them altogether to prevent a potential 23andMe scenario.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I believe this is innacurate. Do you have proof that ancestry is currently owned by the Mormon church?

Wiki says Ancestry is owned by GIC Private Limited and The Blackstone Group since 2021.

I know the Mormon company has their greedy little tentacles in many businesses so I wouldn't be surprised if they somehow are connected with Ancestry but I'd need to see that first.

Tangent - Fuck that business (LDS Church) that masquerades as a religion.

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancestry.com

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Is this a rhetorical question? Or does this comes down to perspective? For the latter I would explain it as me seeing contempt from this person's messaging around their partner seeming OK with not achieving things she defines as important. She then takes, what I would consider a personal conversation, to social media for what I can only assume is support from like-minded people to validate her.

TL;DR the premise itself is belittling

[–] [email protected] 62 points 4 months ago (4 children)

What I read: I require external validation instead of finding it from within.

Realistically all these achievements mean nothing when you die and are forgotten. It doesn't necessarily invalidate the work and accomplishments but I'd argue it doesn't give an individual the "higher ground" to belittle a partner on social media; they may not value it the same.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Maybe it's the anabolic steroids RFK claims he takes. Steroids can cause flushing in the face.

Oh sorry, I meant TRT and totally not steroids /s

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Agreed, more info on the video would have been helpful. I personally preferred to solve the problem by watching the video and I don't think too hard on giving views to people. So watching a video with little context, even if it's about something I really dislike such as essential oils, is no big deal to me.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

5:13 he gives the TL;DR - metabolic health. It wasn't even that far into the video my guy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Seems like you didn't watch the video all the way through or you didn't listen. This video is not 100% clickbait, your comment is. In the video they mention body fat being a contributor to heart attacks and to check your own BF % at home using calipers or getting a DEXA scan (I'd recommend an MRI over a DEXA scan if you're dropping money like that).

The video isn't perfect. The recommendations are decent for what you can actually do at home but they could have gone into more detail on things like DEXA vs calipers but a good starting point regardless.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I bought the same scale off Amazon a year ago. I use it every single day for all my meals and it's still using the same batteries; not sure if I'm using the original batteries that came with the scale. I bought two more of these for family/friends. I'd recommend it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Maybe you have JavaScript disabled?

uBlock is not reporting anything weird and the network tab resources for the browser's dev tools show nothing suspicious. Combing over the JavaScript sources with the dev tools also show no privacy concerns on fingerprinting.

The posted link is using a FOSS project called markmap (https://github.com/markmap/markmap?tab=readme-ov-file) and the project looks solid from what skimming I did.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Saying something is "dumb" is too nebulous to derive any meaning. Could you elaborate more? If you have the technical chops/insight to provide critique or even alternative recommendations then that could really help to etify the community. These kinds of convos are great for understanding privacy better.

Edit: all bark and no bite. How unfortunate as I was hoping to learn something.

 

I came across this neat interactive spectrum on privacy. A decent insight into the depths you can go to achieve your privacy goals with examples.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Good callout. I'd recommend this as a first step when downloading apps through Aurora.

 

A good way to up your privacy on your phone. This app has been great for pushing me to find FLOSS alternatives.

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