Interesting Links for 27-03-2025

[andrewducker]

1. Pressure mounting on NICE to stop telling type 2 diabetics to eat carbs

(tags:carbohydrates diet nhs uk )

2. Scientists have been trying to model a worm for 13 years. It's going to take a while...

(tags:simulation worm )

3. Reeves rejects own government's findings of cuts pushing 250,000 into poverty

(tags:UK poverty welfare austerity labour )

4. Belfast Pride to ban political parties over puberty blockers

(tags:LGBT pride transgender )

5. How generative AI can make optical illusions. (Very good introduction to how AI image generators work in the first part)

(tags:video ai optical_illusion )

6. The Impact of Generative AI on Critical Thinking

(tags:thinking ai )

Comments

[juan_gandhi]

Thank you!
Regarding the kinds of carbs, I have a strong impression that this is all individual. Dark bread is bad for me. Potatoes are just perfect.

[calimac]

1) What? Nobody ever told me to eat carbs! Severely limiting carbs has always been the rule; just don't try eliminating them entirely, because too low blood sugar is also bad. Rule of thumb: no more than 30g per meal, not counting fiber.

[channelpenguin]

I'm so glad I have no insulin issues at all. It sounds a pain. I can't take a lot of credit. Just good genes, good diet, good habits, mostly, but mainly good luck.

I hope they update advice so that people get something a bit more nuanced and personal.