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> Because you can't choose what's acceptable, they do.

Not exactly the acceptable ads must conform to the standard that is defined by the acceptable ads Committee which consists of publishers users, and distribution. Something like that.


From next door Portugal its the same thing exactly, negative feedback loop. Here we work to live, and in other northern countries they live to work.

I never forget I was on a plane next to a German fellow he asked me if I liked to work, I said "yes because I like to build stuff, but if I worked as cashier earning minimum wage I would not probably like it", he said "Why so? Even if making a small wage you are useful and you see people and greet them ..." that simply made me think and it broke a little bit of the negative feedback, and I really think that I was brainwashed to hate any job. By the way we are not all like that but most are.


If you eat meat from industry chances are that your b12 vitamin comes from supplements. B12 supplement is very very cheap and everyone should supplement.


While I agree that taking some B12 supplement is probably a good idea for a lot of people, I don't think statements like that can be made so readily.

For one, nutritional studies tend to point to whole foods being the way to go to gain the nutrients required by your body because of the vastly complex interplay of absorption and the related catalysts. And in many cases, it's easy to overdo it on specific vitamins, especially when they're isolated and concentrated. (https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-h..., https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/WYNTK-Consumer/)

Secondly, I'm not sure what your first statement is intended to mean. When I eat meat, it's from usually chickens, turkeys, some fish, crustaceans, and occasionally western pig and cow (and even more occasionally, game animals).

As always, it's something each person should go over with their doctor—especially vegans or vegetarians who don't want to begin (or return to) eating meat.


What the parent probably meant:

B12 is synthesized by bacteria, algae and yeasts, not directly by the animals we eat. There's a theory that due to the conditions that most animals are farmed in nowadays - the environment and standardized and monotonous feed - they would be B12-deficient themselves if not for supplementation.

So most of the B12 you find in factory-farmed animals might be from supplements in animal feed. Just like how farmed salmon and eggs have a nice color because of supplementation. Check this out: https://nutrition.basf.com/global/en/animal-nutrition/use-ar...


That may be, but the mechanism through which B12 is absorbed in humans is the same whether or not the animal received a supplement or not. It's the process of uptake through the diet that is the part that is concerning to humans.

More simply, the mechanisms involved in uptake by eating beef that received a B12 supplement is still very different from directly supplementing so the comparison should never be drawn.

As an aside: I would be skeptical of any chemical company's recommendations to the agricultural industry at large...


Here's another chemical company that recommends supplementation of B12 for cows:

https://www.dsm.com/anh/en_US/products/vitamins/vitamin-nutr...


What about pomodoro technique. I have mild adhd and I have seen great results to just follow the rule of the pomodoro ( focus for 25 minutes and a daily TODO list) super simple but I have seen great results. It has improved my work and happiness. When I was a child/adult under education system I used these medications and they had a great effect I could concentrate on something and be interested for longer times, I passed from average to one of the best in class. I wonder if Id used the pomodoro technique instead I would had felt the same, could this be solved with just discipline.


I've tried it, but don't understand what benefit it's supposed to have.


this is one of those ideas where you have the name of the idea first, then you have the concept.


I don't know if I have it or not. But exercises also helps me just to focus and I enjoy more the work.


I got diagnosed with it a couple of years back. I knew I had it, but I wasn’t diagnosed.

The evaluation is simple. They gave me a questionnaire with ‘have you ever’ questions. You rank them (think “a lot”, “often”, “sometimes“, “no”). Then they score based on that.

And let me tell you, filling that out made me start crying. All the shit I had put my mom through while growing up, school, college, etc.

But hey, I got the diagnosis. I have meds I can take if I need them. I currently don’t do it everyday because I simply don’t have to for what I do day to day. But if I’m working on something that requires me to hold regular hours at work or on some projects that are more conceptual, I have to.

All this to say, the test is simple and pretty quick. If you are curious, you could take it.


> All this to say, the test is simple and pretty quick.

Just to curb peoples expectations a bit, I started the process of getting diagnosed about two years ago, got the diagnosis less than a year ago, and I'm having the first meeting with a doctor who can actually prescribe meds next week. No part of it has been simple or quick. So I guess YMMV.


Oh wow. I didn’t expect it to vary that much.

I’m actually near a big university and I’ve heard it’s hard to get diagnosed here. I however don’t attend the university so the doctors I went to are outside.

My experience is in Indiana.


I see what you did there.


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^This.

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Great know I want some Marmelada, and I have to wait until October :(


wait a second Siemens made a deal to have some software running inside their infrastructure without having the code open right away, that is a major rookie mistake.


Given that this was a spreadsheet it's more likely that someone hired the contractor directly without going through IT. When things were burning and IT was begrudgingly brought in to fix things they weren't predisposed to be kind. No rookies involved. Just the normal corporate IT dynamic where things move too slow so get hacked around with Excel and other kludges and everything works until it doesn't.


The article says that the spreadsheets were protected by a password that the contractor did not initially hand over. So yes, that was a oversight of Siemens.


"Protected" office documents are the rough equivalent of putting up a 'Do Not Enter' sign and are just as trivial to bypass. If anyone had really cared enough to want to see the code, they could have.


well, companies do it all the time when they buy “enterprise” packages. I believe SAP is closed source and it’s the life and blood of most companies’ IT infrastructure.


Most of SAPs code is ABAP and is visible, debuggable and even hackable by the user.


What about every org that uses windows? Are they rookies?


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