A No-Nonsense Guide to Beating Hair Loss: Maximizing Growth While Minimizing Side Effects

I’ll skip the complex science and get straight to the point. If you’re looking to treat or prevent male pattern baldness (Androgenetic Alopecia), the most effective solutions are oral tablets or topical sprays/foams.

While combining both is often the most powerful approach, oral tablets are well-known for a small risk (roughly 1%–8%) of sexual side effects. Fortunately, recent studies show that topical treatments (like sprays) provide similar results with much lower absorption into the bloodstream, which significantly reduces that risk.

You basically need two types of ingredients:

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Estimation of Displayed Items by User Behavior – An Application of the German Tank Problem in Tech Platforms

Imagine when you are shopping on Amazon, a list of 50 items is displayed after a search. You scroll down, click an item, continue scrolling, and click on a few more. How does an analyst know if an item has been displayed on the screen to calculate the click rate (clicked/displayed)? How do they know if you saw only 15, or 20, or all 50 items? Is there a scientific way to estimate the furthest point you scrolled base on your clicks, and therefore how many items were actually displayed? It turns out this is “The German Tank Problem”.

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Cognitive Minimalist

In this post, I wanted to quickly introduce an idea that I haven’t seen anywhere else. It may be obvious to some people, although this is an simple idea some might still be benefited from it.

Most of the minimalists dedicate to reduce the number of objects they own, or some similar metrics such as the amount of money spent or the space of their apartment is – physical entities. However, I’m proposing idea of “cognitive minimalist” which is to reduce the amount needed for cognition. In other words, mental cost, psychological effort, or cognitive resource etc.

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