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GreenPlasticSushiGrass, in Ancient wisdom often sounds like common sense now that it is commomly taught. What is some ancient wisdom that we no longer teach because it was wrong?
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"Feed a cold, starve a fever." Rest, hydrate, and eat if you can.

TheDoctorDonna,

We also learned that a mild fever is productive in fighting the virus and that you should let it get to a certain point before dealing with it.

scytale,

This is why I try to endure the fever side effects of vaccines as much as I can without taking a tylenol, so my immune system gets some proper “training” to recognize and fight the real thing.

someguy3, (edited )

Likewise, “break a fever”.

TheMinions,

I thought a fever breaking was just parlance about a fever ending?

someguy3,

It means trying to end a fever by bringing the temperature of the person down via whatever method.

Simulation6,

Fevers do break on their own. One second you feel miserable, the next you feel better.

someguy3,

The saying is to break it earlier.

Kolanaki, in What has been the best thing that has happened to you so far?
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Getting my dogs.

ComradeR, in What's a food you love, that isn't worth making from scratch?

Churros! The recipe, by itself, is kinda easy. But, to do a really good one, it needs to be done in a perfect way. A very, very tiny error, while not ruining the recipe, will made a “maybe tasty, but not that good” one! I would rather to buy in a street food place and eat if I want to. I live in Brazil, so it is kinda easy to find one!

Endorkend, in Ancient wisdom often sounds like common sense now that it is commomly taught. What is some ancient wisdom that we no longer teach because it was wrong?
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Most forms of medical advice, some of it stuck around for a long ass time (bloodletting and the idea of spirits and humors lasted several millennia), but I imagine that the vast majority of it is lost to time.

You don't even have to go all that far back to see this in action.

In the 90's, the universal medical advice was to avoid fats, sauces and dear lord never eat more than 2-3 eggs in a week or you'll have a coronary before 40.

You still shouldn't go overboard with fats and sauce which is made with fat, but the advice that you shouldn't eat more than 2-3 eggs in a week is entirely defunct now.

You can eat 2-3 eggs a day (which many people do without even knowing as eggs are used in a whole lot of things) without any medical disadvantages.

someguy3,

The problem now is studies saying fat is bad are sometimes studying vegetable oil, and then saying all fat is bad.

doubletwist,

It’s USUALLY not the studies or scientists themselves that do that, it’s shitty ‘science’ reporting from media outlets.

someguy3,

No the studies say it.

uncertainty,

Study design also plays a role in how risk is measured and presented (see transcripts at these links): nutritionfacts.org/…/how-the-egg-board-designs-mi…

nutritionfacts.org/…/debunking-egg-industry-myths…

nutritionfacts.org/…/eggs-and-arterial-function/

someguy3,

After believing Dr. Gregor (the author of that site) for awhile, i don’t believe or trust him anymore. He’s a vegan and I think he’s set on a vegan mission despite him claiming he’s not.

Endorkend,
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A bucket of salt is probably more healthy for you than listening to anything a site with "facts" in the name says.

And that's not even looking at who's behind that site and the wording they use.

Remember, breathing gives you an elevated risk of lungcancer.

uncertainty,
Sagifurius,

I remember that…a lot of people just looked at the advice given and said “I don’t trust people trying to tell me margarine is healthier than butter”.

MonkderZweite,

You still shouldn’t go overboard with fats and sauce which is made with fat, but the advice that you shouldn’t eat more than 2-3 eggs in a week is entirely defunct now.

You can eat 2-3 eggs a day (which many people do without even knowing as eggs are used in a whole lot of things) without any medical disadvantages

The thing with cholesterol is still true though. What matters is, once a lot is fine (body can regulate that) but over a long time it is bad, promotes arteriosclerosis. So, no, the “without any medical disadvantages” bit is not true.

mcepl, in What is a nifty little feature modern gadgets have lost?
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Size. I really don’t like the current 6”+ phones. The last phone I really liked was Google Nexus 5, because it had just 5" display.

xor,

Man I miss my old Nexus 5, best phone the goog ever made imo

intensely_human,

Speaking of goog, I remember when I could text to googl to ask questions and get directions.

tal, in How much does the original book have to change to be considered fanfiction?
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There isn’t a legal right of fair use for fan fiction, if that’s what you’re asking. Rights holders often ignore it, though.

nycki, in What is a nifty little feature modern gadgets have lost?

A built-in scripting language. The TI-83 line of calculators have an app programming language that requires you to side-load code from another computer, but they also have TI-BASIC, which allows you to write a wide variety of scripts right on the calculator itself. This should be standard on all ‘smart’ devices. It’s so stupid to have gigahertz of computing power in your pocket and not be able to do anything without writing the app on another machine.

I know Termux for Android exists and that’s a good start, but I’d like to see something baked right into the OS that has access to all my device’s cool sensors and gizmos. The camera, the microphone, the aux port, the usb port, the accelerometer, the bluetooth antenna… all of those things should be exposed to the user. This would be a really good use case for ‘visual’ programming ala Scratch, since you could assemble a script right from a touch screen instead of having to plug in a keyboard.

lemmyvore, (edited )

Tasker? I feel like it comes pretty close to what you describe.

nycki,

Device automation is neat, but I mean more like data processing, web APIs, python stuff.

lemmefixdat4u,

Try Kustom Widget (KWGT). It’s a scripted mini app maker that exposes a lot of the phone internals, and it keeps expanding. The developer is really responsive to feature requests. I use it with my home weather station and a pi-based sensor network to monitor home security. When I get my solar installed, I’ll add in the status of that system. The major limitation is that KWGT is event driven, with a minimum update interval of once a second. This interval has a major impact on battery life, so the default is one minute.

nycki,

Hrm; I use the Minimalist Home phone screen so I have no widgets; is there a way to launch scripts from a regular app?

sagrotan,
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I’m totally with you! You, Sir or Madam, are an individual of style and character.

Ibex0, in What is a nifty little feature modern gadgets have lost?

The IR blaster that worked on most televisions.

conciselyverbose,

I hate this. I'd be perfectly fine with network bullshit if it was a universal standardized profile so it actually worked (and I could build a programmable physical remote for it) . But the App Store is flooded with "android TV remotes" that maybe support one specific obscure (unlabeled) TV. I've never found one that works for anything I've owned.

Ibex0,

That too bad, because my Galaxy S4 worked on most TVs with the Samsung software.

calypsopub, in What is a nifty little feature modern gadgets have lost?

Printers that work.

garretble,
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When have printers ever worked?

WhosMansIsThis,

Bro they legit never worked. It was all marketing.

DLSantini, in Mayo, mustard or ketchup?

What I’m eating will determine which two of those I am combining together. Potentially all three, in some cases. But there are also times when all the of those are better left out, in favor of barbecue sauce.

Corigan, in What is a nifty little feature modern gadgets have lost?

Being able to use my phone as a remote control for TV’s that was so awesome. Could mess with TV’s at bars and never had to look for the remote lol

Seasoned_Greetings, in Ancient wisdom often sounds like common sense now that it is commomly taught. What is some ancient wisdom that we no longer teach because it was wrong?

Anyone reading this thread and genuinely interested in it should go listen to the dollop podcast. It’s American history, mostly between the 1500’s and now. But the different episodes they do are stuffed full of this kind of faulty logic from the past.

Devi, in Lemmings without bidet: how do you deal with your period?

I'm wondering if there's a medical condition here. What is happening to need showers between tampons?

jacktherippah, in Mayo, mustard or ketchup?

Hot sauce.

Joker, in How to respond to gf saying "I'm fat"

Start singing and dancing to “Fat” by Weird Al. Bonus points if you have a few friends with you to recreate the moves in the music video.

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