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M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

07:21

@CowperKettle What in the world of O.O

@CaptainBohemian Only?

It's 1 degree here

Learn from @Cowp: "It's -60 and I could only bike for one hour"

Captain Bohemian

07:51

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ I think your air temperature may not compare with mine. Here when it's around the temperature 13 C, it's very cold, colder than the averaged air temperature in this month. We have never had the air temperature 1 degree Celsius; even the refrigerator has the temperature around 4 C.

the lowest air temperature here I have experienced is 4 C, but it only occurs rarely and only persists for around 2 to 3 days at most.

I think the air temperature is not the only factor determining how one feels.

CowperKettle

Word of the day: socko (strikingly impressive) - "So you pause, and as you pause, something lands socko on your back, pitching you face forward into tasty mud. You struggle and scream as lobster claws tear at your neck and throat."

Captain Bohemian

a lot of factors come to compound.

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

@CaptainBohemian I know, I'm just kidding

Captain Bohemian

humidity, whether you use warm water to wash your body (using cold water to wash, even just my hands in cold weather would make me colder), whether you have congenial people surrounding you, what you eat, all determine how you feel.

CowperKettle

08:59

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ \o

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CowperKettle

11:30

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ o/

CowperKettle

12:12

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ \o/

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

@CowperKettle Hey

Sorry, I was studying

So much waving

CowperKettle

12:35

Studying is foremost

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

@CaptainBohemian Is the town really humid?

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Captain Bohemian

14:09

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ yes, there is a lot of rain here, and throughout the whole land I am on, there is no desert. Sea is easily reachable if there is any mechanical cars.

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userr2684291

15:16

@CowperKettle I think that's a very good question you asked there.

I have no idea what the answerers are even saying. Why are they explaining it so much? Am I missing something?

When a referral is involved, there are three parties: the patient, of course, and the doctor or medical practice to whom the patient is sent, and the doctor or medical practice sending the patient. I would say that the doctors administering the folinic acid are not the same doctors who prescribed the other regimen. That regimen was prescribed before the folinic acid doctors evaluated the patients who had been referred to them. The word preevaluation is spoken from the perspective of the folinic acid doctors: it means before they did their evaluation. — Tᴚoɯɐuo 26 mins ago

The heck.

For what it's worth, I understood the sentence in the question as follows (I'm gonna misspell regimen(s) as regiment(s) somewhere but bear with me): 12 patients had been undergoing certain pre-evaluation regimens until the evaluation, at which point they were referred to a folinic acid regimen for at least 6 weeks, during which they continued with their pre-evaluation regimens. Out of those 12 patients, 10 showed improvement after the folinic acid regimen.

The referral thing is just fancy speak for "and then these poor guys were told to use these drugs as well".

Oh, somehow Mr. Romano's comment appeared impenetrable to me, but now it's clear. He's saying the same thing.

I hate it when this happens, lol.

And back to your original question, even though the answerers have already explained it: it doesn't really matter under whose supervision or whatever the treatment was carried out. They referred them to a specialist for that sort of treatment. They black-box those parts. But what isn't clear is whether the folinic acid treatment works at all (due to the pre-evaluation treatment being in effect), or whether it works alone or only in conjunction with the preeval trtmnt.

CowperKettle

15:42

@userr2684291 Thank you! Time for the all-time famous Russian New Year Song!

Steklovata - Novi God

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Novy God means "New Year"

There is a ton of parodies on this video online

Steklovata - Novi God (Italian tribute/parody)

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Steklovata's "Novi God" - Polish parody No. 1 (polska parodia nr. 1)

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Swedish tribute to Steklovata, Novi God

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Steklovata's "Novi God" - an American parody No. 1 from USA

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userr2684291

I think the Russian version remains inimitable, insuperable. There's something about those colors and haircuts.

CowperKettle

@userr2684291 I think so too, after reading parts of the original research report

@userr2684291 (0:

John Nash

Whoa so many videos!

CowperKettle

People in Russia recall this video each New Year season and start posting it in joke threads

And each year some football or hockey team or whatnot makes a new parody

THEGreatGatsby

16:05

The David Rubenstein Show: Steve Ballmer

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what is he saying in 1:05

running a ... ?

userr2684291

...private equity firm.

THEGreatGatsby

16:26

thanks

when he asked

what is it that makes somebody tick ?

does this mean what makes someone to behave in a particular way

definition of make sb tick is to understand why someone is behaving in a specific way

userr2684291

@THEGreatGatsby Which moment are you referring to?

THEGreatGatsby

1;10 sec

there is a phrase

and I do not refer to anything specific but in general

just want to make sure I correctly understand the phrase what is it that makes somebody tick

userr2684291

16:43

@THEGreatGatsby Yes, it refers to understanding the reason(s) behind a person's actions.

I think you got it.

They're a journalist, so you can imagine them pondering it.

THEGreatGatsby

where are you from ?

@userr2684291

userr2684291

Croatia.

THEGreatGatsby

croatian ?

userr2684291

I'm Croatian, yeah.

THEGreatGatsby

or us citizen who moved to Croatia

userr2684291

16:53

No, I'm Croatian born and bred. My parents are Croats. I'm not a native speaker of English.

CowperKettle

17:07

I'm Russian. My parents are Russian, Ukrainian, Jewish and Tatar.

I've got a rabbinical certificate saying I'm a Jew based on mitochondrial DNA identity with my relatives, but this kind of proof is not accepted by the Israeli Govt as grounds for repatriation.

Captain Bohemian

17:21

I know Russians' spoken English is not easily understandable.

userr2684291

17:32

@CaptainBohemian I think it is, especially when you get used to it a little.

And I think that at least in part has to do with my first language's belonging to the Slavic language group, which probably means my ears are better attuned to that set of sounds than to those of, say, British English dialects.

SmokeDetector

17:47

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Offensive body detected, offensive title detected (97): What's the meaning of 'to take bullshit'? by Дмитрий on ell.SE

userr2684291

So even if the sounds they're producing aren't what they're supposed to be, so long as they're consistent I'll be able to make out what they're saying. However, I don't think I have that big of an advantage over a native speaker of English – not after the "attunement period" is over.

CowperKettle

18:34

Word of the midnight: Gmail Tap