===== 2022-09 =====
==== 2022-09-11 ====
Notes from https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/artificial-sweeteners-health-risks-heart-disease-blood-sugar-rcna46717
  * aspartame - found in the tabletop sweeteners Equal and NutraSweet as well as cereals, yogurt, candy and diet soda.
  * sucralose - found in Splenda as well as baked goods, ice cream, canned fruit, flavored yogurt and syrups
  * acesulfame potassium - often used in "sugar-free" soda

  * agave - has a very high fructose content
  * tabletop sweeteners like Equal, Splenda, Sweet ‘N Low and Truvia
  * aspartame has kind of gotten out of favor, so people aren’t consuming it as much.
  * the body's ability to properly metabolize glucose can be a risk factor for diabetes and cardiovascular health issues
  * artificial sweeteners — aspartame, saccharin, stevia and sucralose
  * saccharin - found in Sweet ‘N Low

===== 2022-06 =====
==== 2022-06-10 ====
  * https://www.payflex.com/en/footer/news-events/Millennium-Trust-Company-Completes-Acquisition-of-PayFlex.html - Millennium Trust Company has completed its acquisition of PayFlex

===== 2022-05 =====
==== 2022-05-31 ====
  * https://www.hyrumslaw.com/ <code>
With a sufficient number of users of an API,
it does not matter what you promise in the contract:
all observable behaviors of your system
will be depended on by somebody.
</code>

===== 2022-04 =====
==== 2022-04-21 ====
Notes from https://ourworldindata.org/ukraine-russia-food

<code>
Country         Ukraine                 Russia
                % of global exports     % of global exports
Sunflower oil   42.21%                  21.40%
Wheat            8.91%                  14.20%
Barley           9.74%                   9.50%
Maize (corn)    16.43%                   1.60%

Country         Ukraine                 Russia
                % of global production  % of global production
Sunflower oil   29.53%                  26.96%
Barley           5.61%                  12.89%
Wheat            3.70%                   9.72%
Maize (corn)     3.12%                   1.24%
</code>


==== 2022-04-18 ====
Notes from https://abc7ny.com/colonia-high-school-brain-cancer-new-jersey-nj-woodbridge-township/11756571/
  * The environmental engineering firm T+M Associates
  * an inoperable brain tumor called Anaplastic Astrocytoma
  * Glioblastoma Multiforme or GBM

Notes from https://www.foxnews.com/us/colonia-high-school-rare-cancer-link
  * Acoustic Neuroma (AN)
  * Radiation exposure is a well documented cause of brain tumors
  * The Middlesex Sampling Plant, which has since closed, is located on 9.6 acres, about a 30-minute driving from Colonia.

===== 2022-01 =====
==== 2022-01-31 ====
  * https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-01-31/quant-strategies-have-proved-their-worth
    * Value factor lost about half as much as the S&P 500.
    * The pandemic did not respect historical earnings, book value or other common value metrics.
    * Momentum did great.
    * During bubbles and crashes momentum does well and value lags behind during the event. Their performance reverses in the aftermath.
    * highly consequential unexpected event
==== 2022-01-27 ====
  * [[https://sethmlarson.dev/blog/strict-python-function-parameters | Strict Python function parameters]] (sethmlarson.dev)
    * Use <code>
def process_data(data, /, *, encoding="ascii"):
</code> instead of <code>
def process_data(data, encoding="ascii"):
</code>
    * A / in the function signature means that all parameters to the left of it are positional-only parameters. Positional-only parameters can't be passed as keyword arguments.
    * A * in the function signature means that all parameters to the right of it are keyword-only parameter. Keyword-only parameters can't be passed as positional arguments.
    * The article goes over this in more detail and is worth reading once end-to-end.

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