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Study links heavy drinking to faster Alzheimer’s onset and progression
  • Fair enough, I guess. But your comment comes off as a cliched “we needed a study for that? Everyone knows that.” Reddit comment.

    That riled me to post my response.

  • Study links heavy drinking to faster Alzheimer’s onset and progression
  • Sanna said while more research is needed, these findings open the door for potential treatments targeting the pathways involved in both alcohol use disorder and Alzheimer’s.

    The research is promising, said Heather Snyder, who oversees medical and scientific operations at the Alzheimer’s Association, and was not involved in the study.

    She said this study took advantage of emerging technology that allows researchers to look at individual cells in the brain.

    "I think that's an exciting avenue of research that may then really expand the potential utility of different interventions or different therapies as they develop," she said.

    The study’s findings aren’t surprising to Kristen Romea, who directs supportive services at Alzheimer’s San Diego.

    "It just further reinforces the things that we're already teaching about diet and exercise. We also educate families on how substances like alcohol impact people differently as they age," Romea said.

    1. more research is needed
    2. new Brain imaging is new
    3. yes, you learned about this in the past. That’s good.

    You should have read past the headline.

  • CDC warns of new E. coli outbreak linked to organic carrots
  • One of the brands is called Bunny Luv.

  • China's second mass attack in a week spurs soul-searching
  • Well, future LLMs will take these comments and help them out some day.

    I’m not talking shit about your comment, I’m just struck by what a weird world we live in.

  • America's Next Health Secretary Enjoying A Meal With His Future Boss and Colleagues
  • So he’s proposing banning seed oils and similar?

  • Just learned about RSD... sooo did anyone else have a reputation as a cry baby in elementary school?
  • I hate that my memory appears to save snapshots the best in moments of rejection and piqued anxiety.

    There are so many things I remember only because I was scared or upset.

  • Gear Shot
  • wow.

  • Hiding the Other Half: ‘Wicked’ Is the Latest Film to Trim ‘Part One’ From the Title
  • Well, that means they pivoted either way. Still strange, and still likely all about marketing and not wanting anything dissuading people from diving in.

  • Hiding the Other Half: ‘Wicked’ Is the Latest Film to Trim ‘Part One’ From the Title
  • Yeah, they scrubbed it from the title once it was on digital/streaming for awhile.

    Here’s what AppleTV looks like:

  • Best HDD/SSD for local media hosting
  • Last time someone mentioned these on Lemmy I got one.

    It “crashed” according to Synology in about a week. Woke me up in the middle of the night with the Synology beeping.

  • Never throw them out
  • I have a five gallon bucket that is 3/4 full of just various types of USB cables.

  • Experts testify before lawmakers that the U.S. is running secret UAP programs
  • The alleged Unacknowledged Special Access Program.

  • Staff 'banana-proof' areas for Swedish minister's phobia
  • I can imagine a Doctor Who episode that starts with banana phobia, and later the Doctor discovers there are aliens posing as bananas in Sweden. Some young children can see through their disguise. And that’s why the minister has had a phobia since childhood.

  • Misogynistic social posts, bullying of women and girls have spiked since election
  • I don’t think the “small dick” part needs to be thrown in. Seems counter productive.

  • Former Borderlands 3 creative director is working on a 'secret' multiplayer shooter at a new studio founded by developers tired of 'huge budgets and recycled mechanics'
  • I hope it pans out!

    The last time I heard about someone being excited about new mechanics/paradigms in gaming it was Ken Levine. And then he disappeared for a decade. “narrative Legos” were the big idea.

    He’s back, with Judas. We’ll see if he managed to invent new mechanics or not.

    In the case of Judas tho, I’ll just be happy if it’s a good story and spectacle driven game like Bioshock Infinite.

  • IPhones' default photo format is HEIC, something that Windows doesn't open by default.
  • Preview is an app on macOS for viewing and editing images and PDFs.

    According to the Audacity manual it supports MP3. But you need to install additional software for AAC (M4A).

    https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/importing_audio.html

    So it’s strange that you are struggling with this. It seems something more is going on here…

    Also, just in case it was confusing: M4A is just a file extension used to indicate AAC audio in an MP4 container.

    That’s a bummer that AudioTimeliner is struggling with MP3 files. Small independent apps like this usually depend on outside libraries to play back audio. And looking at the version history, it looks like the author has had to make multiple updates to fix playback support over the years.

    I see that AudioTimeliner is niche software that has been around for about 22 years, and it’s cross platform. It seems normal to me that it would be picky. Audacity on the other hand, something weird is going on.

    I work in higher education, so I understand how relying on niche software like AudioTimeliner goes. I’m sympathetic.

    But there is a lack of precision in what you are describing, and your symptoms are directly counter to the Audacity documentation.

  • Apple M4 Max CPU transcribes audio twice as fast as the RTX A5000 GPU in user test — M4 Max pulls just 25W compared to the RTX A5000's 190W
  • The newly released Final Cut 11 coming with transcription now makes sense. Must be optimal on the newest machines.

  • They call me Stacy
  • Some systems define a slug as the part of a URL that identifies a page in human-readable keywords. It is usually the end part of the URL (specifically of the path / pathinfo part), which can be interpreted as the name of the resource, similar to the basename in a filename or the title of a page. The name is based on the use of the word slug in the news media to indicate a short name given to an article for internal use.

  • What it's like scrolling YouTube these days

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    "Shut Down" is redundant.

    Shut it down. Shutting down.

    (Shutting up?)

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    Cathedral Pictures Plus (Animusic fan animation)

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    YouTube testing showing likes instead of views in the main feed

    YouTube started showing likes instead of views in my main feed today. Can’t say I like it.

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    danthony - CONSENT

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    Room Temperature Is A Lie

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    Why VR Specs don't work!

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    www.theringer.com ‘Conan O’Brien Must Go’ Is the Best Version of Conan

    The comedian’s new travel show proves he’s at his best away from the rigid confines of late night

    ‘Conan O’Brien Must Go’ Is the Best Version of Conan
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    Nootropics Depot

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    AI Covers @lemmy.ml paraphrand @lemmy.world

    Ice still standing - Ice king (AI Cover of I'm still standing by Elton John)

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    Why does TMobile continue to lie?

    This message started appearing 3-4 years ago when you logged in with a prepaid account.

    > Sorry we're not ready for you yet. We're working on improving your app experience. In the meantime, my.t-mobile.com can help you out. > Go to my.t-mobile.com ›

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    Google has a VPN service now

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    Four Months in - Feeling Much Better

    I stopped vaping flower in early May and I’m feeling much better as a result. Far less anxiety, more time in the day and clearer thinking in general.

    I’m back to a baseline I didn’t think I’d ever have again.

    Having dreams again is really good for me.

    If you are considering quitting, it’s worth it.

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    How Does the Human Perception System Deal with Anomalous Information? (Garry Nolan and Ross Coulthart)

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    How Does the Human Perception System Deal with Anomalous Information? (Garry Nolan and Ross Coulthart)

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    Submission Statement:

    Here is a clip I edited together that I thought the sub would find fascinating. It's a little told story about photographing a UFO.

    Clips are from Garry on Lex Friedman, and Ross's latest Q&A from this past week.

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    Former CIA Director James Woolsey on UFOs and a Friend's STRANGE Encounter (April 2021 Clip)

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    Science and UFOs - Red Panda Koala is back with a new video

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    UFO Whistleblower Kept Security Clearance After Psychiatric Detention - The Intercept

    theintercept.com UFO Whistleblower Kept Security Clearance After Psychiatric Detention

    The star witness of Congress’s UFO hearings, David Grusch, retained his clearance despite alleged substance abuse issues, FOIA documents reveal.

    > The records were not confidential, medical, nor leaked. They are publicly available law enforcement records obtained under a routine Virginia FOIA request to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office and provided by the office’s FOIA coordinator. Copies of The Intercept’s correspondence with the sheriff’s office are being published with this story.

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    Spaceship of Fools - An extensive counterpoint to the usual narrative from 2017 forward

    washingtonspectator.org Spaceship of Fools

    Major U.S. media and Congressional leadership swallow new unverified stories of alien visitations. Allegations of fraud filed with the SEC against conspiracy-promoting former DOD officials, rocker Tom DeLonge and the company they fronted for peddling false UFO-related claims. Growth in UFO cults and...

    Spaceship of Fools

    This new article is questioning the narrative surrounding To The Stars Academy and everyone affiliated.

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