I felt embarrassment for the writer and Oracle. The fact that it was taken down confirms they felt that way as well upon reflection. It wasn't professional. Just my opinion.

As a lifetime fat person the best decision I made was to go on a paleo diet. Essentially: No grains, no legumes, no processed food, no dairy. Limit intake to : grass fed meat (when possible), veggies, some select nuts, limited fruit.

That in combination with stopping drinking, eliminating pop and just adding some mild walking has made a huge impact. I don't worry about portion size, counting calories etc.

If you are like me, you might want to check paleo out.

Hard to know if your success is driven by paleo, or by cutting out booze and soda and adding in walking, or if you're just taking less calories than before.

Whatever works for you is great, but I just hear so many people raving about diet X, when at the same time they started it, they also cut out candy/soda/booze and starting hitting the gym...

As I understand it, the only beverage allowed on paleo is water, and the only sweets allowed are whole fruits and limited quantities of honey.

It is a matter for some debate among paleo advocates as to whether exercising in a gym is an adequate simulation of hunter-gatherer activity. And that's about when I start tuning out. Then I get to the part about donating blood to account for recoverable injuries, and I switch off. It's a diet/lifestyle, not a cosplay.

The success is driven by having a plan and maintaining the individual motivation to carry it out.

Congrats to the author, if this refills the battery good for him. That being said, be thankful you didn't have to get up at the crack of dawn and commute like most of the world. Working at home only seems like a burden to those who don't have to commute.

Just listened to the NPR piece the other day and it does really sound shady.

For something supposedly from 1965 it looks a lot like a LaTex document. Was layout that good back in 65?

Have you seen a book or magazine from before computers? LaTeX replicates what professional typesetters did.

org-mode is decent for LaTex markdown substitution. * = Section = SubSection

Etc.

I think I still prefer to just write it in markdown. Word can't come close to the typesetting ability of LaTex.

The problem is that the military does not have the kind of medical containment systems on a scale that they need. They just aren't equipped for this type of mission. Battlefield triage and hospitals won't help in this situation.

>> Battlefield triage and hospitals won't help in this situation.

Have you seen the facilities they have over there now? I think battlefield hospitals are a huge step up. Logistics is also a core function of the military, so once a plan is in place they will bring in whatever that plan calls for and get stuff done.

Where the military doesn't work is when politics is involved and the mission is not so clear.

What advantage does dropbox and your service have over say hosting your site on github with Jekyll?