This happens quite frequently on reddit as well. I'd imagine it's due to the fact that the set of people who vote on a story are different than the set who vote on comments. For example, people could find a title appealing and upvote without actually reading the article or any of the comments. At the same time, the people who take the time to read the article (and corresponding comments) vote up the comments criticising the article. Since it takes relatively more time to read and understand an article, the knee-jerk reaction voters cause the story to be highly rated even though the top comment is critical.
It seems lile that could be fixed by tracking which articles a user clicks and disregard an upvote if they didnt read the story or they read it 5 seconds ago.
It looks like maybe the submission is just poorly titled? If you click through to the article, it has the following title:
>No More Calls From Strangers: Amicus Uses Facebook To Recruit Political Volunteers
And then, as you note, the article is about political campaigns. I'm not sure why the submitter felt the need to submit an article and then change the headline.
Amicus is about more than just the political campaigns use case - since the submitter is the startup founder I'd imagine they wanted to make sure people knew there was something here for people beyond those interested in that one use case.
OP here. The title of this post is more accurate than the title of the TC article. The reporter focused on only one small use case of the product. In fact, politics is only a tiny part of Amicus' overall focus.
Add me to the countless number of people who found their place on padmapper (just moved in last week!) and are thankful for its existence. It's a great service.
Milk is good. The problem with low-fat milk is that the process for pulling the fat out leaves this liquid without taste.
Therefore, for regaining the right texture and taste, companies producing low-fat milk actually add milk powder and other chemicals. Also the process doesn't just remove fat, so just like with refined carbohydrates, low-fat milk or yogurt loses nutritional value.
Do a test sometimes with your favorite yogurt for instance. Leave it on the table for a few days. If it doesn't grow mold, then it has no nutritional value in it. It can also happen to have the same taste after a week (I don't know if ever noticed this, but I did, especially with products from Danone).
Few people these days drink real milk straight from a cow. The difference in taste is huge. And do you know what happens when you leave such natural milk on the table for a few days? It goes sour and turns to yogurt ... has a great taste and is really healthy. Really, you don't have to do anything else, other than just leaving it there. Cheese is also easy to make from such milk and you won't find such great-tasting cheese in the supermarket ;-)
Try doing that with bottled milk, especially the low-fat variety. You'll have a surprise.
What's worrying me is that a lot of mothers are giving their toddlers low-fat milk these days, without considering the process of producing it, taking it as a given that it's healthier than normal milk because it has less fat. Well actually, giving low-fat milk to children is just as irresponsible as exposing them to passive smoking.
Our stomach and metabolism is used to digesting normal high-fat milk. If you're concerned with the high-fat, just drink less of it and concentrate on quality, not quantity.
My point was that people shouldn't put processed crap in their mouth. The more natural it is, the better.
>And do you know what happens when you leave such natural milk on the table for a few days? It goes sour and turns to yogurt ... has a great taste and is really healthy
First, your post was very interesting -- thanks for taking the time to respond. However, I make yogurt from nonfat milk every week, so I'm not entirely sure how much to believe.
Not growing mold doesn't imply lack of nutritional value. Anything pickled or dried would fail that test. Lots of fruit too - I have apples and oranges that have survived for weeks.
>And yes, the cardio days should probably be squash, heavy bag or football rather than the treadmill.
I'd rephrase this and say cardio days should be something you enjoy doing. Some people enjoy running on a treadmill. I don't understand how that's possible, but if you like running on the treadmill, more power to you.
On the other hand, if you hate running on the treadmill, don't force yourself to do it! Exercise is a lifelong commitment and doing something you dislike isn't sustainable. Find something fun and do it regularly.
I switched over to NewsBlur from Google Reader in December (after there was a post about it on HN) and haven't looked back. I even emailed the creator once with an issue I was having and received a prompt and helpful response. Try that with Google Reader!
