Friday, March 29, 2013

Today's Internets.

Make your own 'Game of Thrones' House Sigil - geektastic.

Game of Thrones | Join the Realm Sigil Creator


Others have used it to make sigils for The Secret Six, which is just cool.









Fat Head » Sugars and Cancer: "Nothing listed here proves absolutely that sugars drive cancer or that a ketogenic diet will prevent cancer, but taken together, the articles do paint a picture.  Let’s take a look. 

Cancer cells slurp up fructose, US study finds
Pancreatic tumor cells use fructose to divide and proliferate, U.S. researchers said on Monday in a study that challenges the common wisdom that all sugars are the same...

Compound That Blocks Sugar Pathway Slows Cancer Cell Growth 
Scientists at Johns Hopkins have identified a compound that could be used to starve cancers of their sugar-based building blocks. The compound, called a glutaminase inhibitor, has been tested on laboratory-cultured, sugar-hungry brain cancer cells and, the scientists say, may have the potential to be used for many types of primary brain tumors...

Glucose deprivation activates feedback loop that kills cancer cells 
Compared to normal cells, cancer cells have a prodigious appetite for glucose, the result of a shift in cell metabolism known as aerobic glycolysis or the “Warburg effect.” Researchers focusing on this effect as a possible target for cancer therapies have examined how biochemical signals present in cancer cells regulate the altered metabolic state..."

I'm officially dumb, because this still doesn't make sense to me.  Math is tricksy/counterintuitive/details at the link.
The Monty Hall Problem - Business Insider: "One problem, however, caused by far the most dissent: The Monty Hall Problem, a problem inspired by the famous game show Let's Make A Deal."


Want to see -  G.I. Joe: Retaliation is so good we should all pretend the first movie doesn't exist: "There’s a very simple test to figure out if you’re going to enjoy G.I. Joe: Retaliation. Imagine a kid, playing with his toys, creating an epic, albeit not entirely coherent adventure for them; then imagine someone turned everything that kid imagined into a big-budget movie. If that sounds horrible to you, don’t go see this movie. If you understand why this is the highest compliment I can pay G.I. Joe: Retaliation, you should go ahead and buy your tickets now."

G.I. Joe: Retaliation is so good we should all pretend the first movie doesn't exist: "The fact that Chu somehow made this movie mesh with the nonsense of the first one, while somehow still being this entertaining, makes me feel he should win should kind of special Academy Award. “Best Transformation of Shit into Gold” or something like that...

I hate that Channing Tatum seems like a likeable, funny guy. He was a black hole of acting in the first Joe movie, but between this and 21 Jump Street, he seems like a genuinely funny, aware dude. I HATE THAT. LET ME HATE YOU, CHANNING TATUM."

Mike Tyson On Fear Part II: "After having watched several documentaries and countless interviews I’m still amazed at how thoughtful and intelligent Mike can be. There’s no question he has lived life in the fast lane and that he’s got a lot of wisdom to share. Most people are so used to seeing Mike as a complete savage that they are oftentimes shocked that he could produce sage like wisdom."

Stoya on the Metaphysics of Cocksucking | VICE United States: "So there you go: have fun and try to avoid drawing blood with your teeth. Unless you're into that sort of thing."




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