Reminds me of the DMT "machine elves" that appear in hallucinations to westerners that have been exposed to those ideas, whereas indigenous ayahuasca experiences tended to materialize more naturalistic visions like animal spirits, etc.
My wish is for one UI that specializes in one database like Postgres. These database engines are so powerful now, but generalist UIs can never take advantage of the specializations. Directus et al have the same problem.
I agree - generalist UIs definitely won't be able to make full use of all specialized features. WhoDB is majorly created for fast developer experience when working with multiple DBs (or even for a single one). I think each database company usually has a specialized tool that they have made themselves (pgAdmin is a good example of that).
It sure seems that way until you need to get just a little bit deeper and you realize what a dumpster fire WordPress is.
You want metadata on posts, you install ACF. You want to filter on that metadata, good luck if it's over a couple filters simultaneously, the SQL queries will time out. Take a look at WP's insane schema to figure that one out.
Gutenberg promises to have WYSIWYG editable React components, which is a big deal, but they made insane decisions like storing the attributes in HTML, rendering HTML in the database, and requiring component developers to keep an array of deprecated changes when they want to modify anything on the component.
There are some people trying to untangle Wordpress by refactoring and bolting Laravel onto it[1], but every layer is just a nightmare; the authors of different parts can barely assess why things randomly break.
You might find WP appealing for the plugin ecosystem, but the plugins are completely random in implementation, so you're likely to get a bloated scramble of CSS and JS pushed to your users.
I moved to Directus and Astro, but I would probably use a Laravel-based CMS like October or Statamic for more generalized PHP deployment.
> some countering that it might just be the practice of drinking a very hot infusion
Yeah and from what I remember, frequently cited studies were looking at the combination of maté with tobacco and alcohol, others didn't control for the delivery style. Maté, especially when consumed in a tiny gourd that's constantly refreshed with boiling water, can make the tissues in your mouth and neck more vulnerable to subsequent cigarettes.
On top of that, maté leaves are often smoke dried, which carries some self-evident risks. My conclusion was to get air dried leaves and be mindful of how hot the water is.
At least in the US, the argument is that when pressed by the FDA, Novamin was pulled from the market by GlaxoSmithKline instead of doing the required trials whereas Biomin went through and passed all the trials.
And since it's actually gone through the process, there are studies out that compare it to other hydroxyapatite solutions. I've linked one study which compares their two variants against Apacare and karex (two HAp toothepaste which have studies of their own that compare against the others before them like Novamin).
The study shows that Biomin C (the one without Fluoride) is comparable to karex (the one without fluoride) and other similar HAp toothepastes. HAp + fluoride (like novamin) marginally outperforms it. So if you use fluoride (such as by also using a fluoride toothpaste or living in an area with fluoride in the water) the difference should be negligible. Importantly though for people in the US, Biomin C is available here.
Biomin F is wrapping up the FDA approval process however it does seem to generally outperform all other formulations since the fluoride is actually part of the bioglass itself rather than simply an additional active ingredient in the suspension.
TLDR: Biomin C is within marginal differences to comparable no-fluoride HAp toothpastes on the market but Biomin F outperforms other HAp toothpastes that contain fluoride since the fluoride in Biomin F is delivered via the same mechanism that handles remineralisation of the other elements. And to my knowledge Biomin F is the only HAp toothpaste to do that so far. Also Biomin C is the only HAp toothpaste available in the US (with Biomin F apparently soon to follow).
> There are so many different rules to follow. Just posting something in a random sub comes with a 50/50 chance of your post getting removed or shadow-banned.
Reddit has god awful UX/I and makes moderation very difficult. They could help themselves with very simple features like post templates and flows, but instead, every semi-popular subreddit faces a daily onslaught of low effort users posting repetitious garbage. Users will feel frustrated by seeing the garbage, but also launch into righteous complaints about mods if they're moderated.
They also make it clear that a post is being held for moderation and then encourage the user to message the moderators directly, so now you have low effort, high volume, and a guaranteed sense of immediate opposition.
The real takeaway for me is that at this point, Reddit is popular because it's popular, not because it deserves anything.
healthy proteins and fats are good for you, both will slow down digestion time. I rarely eat only rice as the main course of a meal, and usually eat something either with it or before it, and it's almost always brown rice.
It's more than intake. It's food order, stress, sleep, context, and so on. Did you eat enough fiber, did you add more fat this time, did you drink the night before? Did you walk afterwards? Unless your life is extremely regimented and uniform, they provide a ton of data.
