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2,143karma·1,302submissions·September 25, 2016
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Ex cabinet maker, web developper, bicycle mechanist.

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I dont understand that view : peanut butter, coconut milk, cacao butter and plenty, plenty others exemples exist probably since languages apparition. A vegetal burger shouldn’t be called beef burger o…
10mo ago·view thread
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I’d be glad if you can share a source of that.
10mo ago·view thread
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A recent study shown trace hexane in most French milk because we feed a lot of our livestock with de-oiled soy which is the other side of the extraction process. The same traces are found in de-cafein…
10mo ago·view thread
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> if we suddenly discovered that cows were sentient People eat beef mostly because they’re used to it and they think it’s good for them. Everybody knows cow are sentient, there’s a strong intuition…
11mo ago·view thread
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Side note: an hospital in Spain can be a relatively building with a few specialists, perhaps 20 people working here counting the staff. On many other countries an hospital is a huge building with doz…
11mo ago·view thread
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Have you tried the iPhone SE 1st gen ? Lighter, better processor and screen but almost same design. It’s only 9.5yo and still works perfectly, you can find plenty second hand for 100€.
11mo ago·view thread
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Flax only contains ALA, not DHA or EPA. You need three of them and your body can create the 2 later from the former, however that capacity degrade with age hence the EPA/DHA recommandation.
11mo ago·view thread
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One could say the same with slaves: slaves for work are more acceptable than for fun.
11mo ago·view thread
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US cheese-in-tube is an abomination (I’m French ;-) ) and my Italian neighbor thinks the same about pinanle-fat-dough pizzas. As for every product type there’s good and bad. I love this one[0], it’s m…
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That sounds profoundly ignorant of human’s customs and cultural usages. Using "we" shows the orator includes himself in the group but the surprised tone "my god" has a bitter taste…
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OP numbers aren’t only a city problem, IIRC [0] the numbers are close here in France. There’s a startup that try to tackle it : www.leakmited.com/en I applied there 3 month ago and they never res…
11mo ago·view thread
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Every fall on Brussels there's an ad for public bikes. It reads "Ride a bike, it warms you up" (Faites du vélo, ça réchauffe).
11mo ago·view thread
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> It's not impossible to make tasty and nutritious food without meat, it's just not as easy I respectfully disagree: while vegan cooking isn’t common for most of us, when you get used to …
1y ago·view thread
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Agree. Foie gras also is very well replicated with vegetable ingredients.
1y ago·view thread
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In Paris a study showed +3 years of life expectancy for cyclists and +2 for public transport users, compared to car commuters. They correlated it with (not a surprise) the benefits of exercice. Sure t…
1y ago·view thread
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Willing to share if/what’s your plans? Do you live in a somewhat helping country like Swiss? I’ve a similar view for myself but my GF find it creepy and don’t want discuss it, yet. That’s embarra…
1y ago·view thread
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more precisely: > We’re aiming to serve 50% of French search queries by the end of the year, and will soon start rolling out to other countries.
1y ago·view thread
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For those not aware of the circonstances (as me), here’s Tesla defence: > this driver was solely at fault because he was speeding, with his foot on the accelerator—which overrode Autopilot—as he ru…
1y ago·view thread
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There was a study [0] in Paris that demonstrates a signifiant life expectancy and positive benefit/risk ratio of bicycling or commuting by public transports: the effect on physical and psychic he…
1y ago·view thread
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For what it worth: nutritional yeast is great to replace parmigiana-like cheese. For mozzarella it’s probable a bad choice if you want to be as close as possible, but yeast is definitely not an halluc…
1y ago·view thread
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On that category I paid for Fork (git client). You can pay to support the developers but the free version has the same features.
1y ago·view thread
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I don’t flush my toilet, I Kildwick [0] but J-pd has a more interesting comparaison [0] https://www.kildwick.com/ [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=j-pb …
1y ago·view thread
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Fruits mostly contains soluble fibers, only their peel contains a bit of the insoluble one. For your next try consider instant mashed lentils/slip peas (flakes) or lots of mushrooms if you'r…
1y ago·view thread
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Overlaps try to find a local producteur/enthousiast and buy it from him? Or make it yourself, it’s super cheap, but you need some time to learn and fin the right setup. Some people use an insulat…
1y ago·view thread
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Tempeh is easier to digest: the soy (fibers and amino acids) is pre-eaten by the mold. I can drink milk but feel the same as you do with beans. When it’s fermented cheese I’m totally fine. Can you e…
1y ago·view thread
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Did you try Tempeh? 20gr of protein / 150cal. It looks like a steak. It's god's food: high prots, fibers, iron, vitamins, unsaturated fats. Low carbs and sodium. Super digestive. Super …
1y ago·view thread
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I wasn't clear by grouping a subjective and a (supposed) objective opinion. I mean: - I'd give 6/10 to the regular nugget's taste, and 6/10 to the beyond meat (sorry for typo …
1y ago·view thread
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> vegan parm Have you tried nutritional yeast? I use it everywhere I’d put parm. The taste is a bit different but as much delicious.
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