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Comment Re: Specific Carbohydrate Diet (Score 1) 160

I have a tip for you then, you probably don't need to go 'no-carb'.

I stopped eating wheat and dairy for bowel problems. I replaced wheat with spelt (different grain) for bread, cookies, pasta etc. And not only did it for me also solve nose issues as well as the bowel issues, I also lost the 20kg weight I had gained since my early twenties.

I personally believe that in stead of no carb, people should go with the right carbs.

Comment Re:Well, I'll tell you why I'm not interested.. (Score 5, Funny) 332

I'm part of one of these younger generations, and I'm honestly not interested in getting involved because I've seen how much of a raging asshole Linuz can be. He's a great maintainer, but he could be honest and give constructive criticism in less condescending ways. I'm not as experienced as he is, but that doesn't give him the right to be a complete dick in public theater.

You've managed to asses that he is 'a raging asshole', but now how to properly spell his name?

Comment Re:Recapping an old post. . . (Score 2) 559

Even if there was load testing, in my experience load and stress testing is within the test community not something that is very well developed. Two days ago I spoke about performance testing on a 4 day conference ( http://www.eurostarconferences.com/ ) and my talk was the only one that dealt with performance.

In my view, this fields needs to be better developed. Tests usually focus just on response times, based on usage profiles that are practically fantasy. Monitoring of the systems is minimal, and the queuing model is usually not even known to the testers.

Comment KITT (Score 2) 443

I wish my car could: drive itself, park itself somewhere cheap, come over if I call it via my smart watch, be practically indestructible so it can drive through walls, go under water be bulletproof and drive itself in a driving truck with a hot female mechanic inside. Old geezer asking stupid questions optional.

I want all that, I just don't want to look like Daivd Hasselhof and have the car talk back to me.

Comment The right direction (Score 2) 167

Since 'smart watches' were introduced I've personally believed that they were doing it the wrong way around. I'd rather have a watch that has radio and can do the basics (call/text) and have a mini tablet that tethers with the watch for it's connection.

Now for me for this to become really interesting they'd have to:
- waterproof them
- partner with the better watch maker brands to make the watches look like 'normal watches' (for texting they could use the divers ring as an input device, just turn to right letter and press)
- include car opening remote control (why not)
- include a mini Bluetooth receiver that you can 'un-click' from the watch and hold close to your ear to make the calls less ''knight rider calls kitt'

Great for going to the beach. No longer have to worry about your keys, phone when taking a swim. And no longer a need to carry your phone around all the time as it is around your wrist. There are many occasions I'd rather leave my smartphone at home or in my desk as long as I still can be reached

Comment Re:Marvin (Score 1) 458

Marvin, the depressed wifi.

I provide access to all the information of a planet, and all they ask for is bigboobies.com....

Comment Re:Citrix Clones (Score 1) 114

If you read this part of the article:

Despite the statement, Gelsinger also said that OpenStack is an important strategic
initiative for VMware that it is committed to supporting. VMware will work to ensure its products and services work in cloud environments based on the open source platform. And in that sense, Gelsinger says OpenStack is opening up a whole new opportunity for VMware to penetrate the service provider market, which is he says the company has not focused heavily on in the past. “We’re seeing (OpenStack) as an opportunity to extend our position,” Gelsinger said.

You'll see that, despite the remarks on 'not for the enterprise', he is certainly not laughing at OpenStack. Maybe, just maybe, they may even not fight OpenStack!

Comment Re: diabetes is no joke! (Score 1) 157

Sounds very logical, however my personal (anecdotal) experience does not corroborate that.
I went slow carbs kind off accidental. I discovered that eating wheat was the cause of gut problems I had. I stopped (replaced mainly by Spelt, which apparently has a much lower effect on insulin production) and within weeks my clothes were too loose. Now two years later I have the same size in my jeans as I had when I was 18.. (lost about 20 kg)

If you look at the total of carbs I get today, it doesn't differ too much from before. Mostly since I never did eat much processed food or food with white sugar in it. Yet all the 'middle aged' fat is gone.

So while it sounds logical, ' you get the same amount' , the body does not work as a simple math equation. So far the best fitting explanation I've seen is the effect of insulin produced. Not even glycemic index gives you the full picture. Spelt has a high glycemic index. Yet it made the world of difference for me. But from what I've read, it does seem however that you produce less insulin.

I think the biggest mistake made is the idea that you can simply count the calories in food and expect that is all there is to it. We are not petri dishes

 

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