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Things You Will Learn If You Spend Enough Time Around Ciro
- Caffeine works by converting glucose into energy. It has a side effect of leeching a little calcium. As much as you might like black coffee, it might be wise, from a hacker perspective, to bias toward lattes, and to have them with cookies.
- Do not borrow books from Ciro. Read the ones he recommends, but track down your own copies, even if they are out of print. If you keep Ciro's copies too long, or if you return them with fingerprints on them, he will not be angry, but this is only due to sheer force of will, because he knows anger would be unreasonable. Maybe you grew up around private libraries where a thoroughly read appearance was a form of recommendation. Ciro spent time in public libraries, where the read books were the pedestrian ones. He likes books less once they don't look new. He won't say anything about it, but it will make him sad. You may notice that he smells the binding, just to check.
- You are probably wrong about parts of speech. Even gerunds, you have probably gotten wrong.
- Vermilion and scarlet are very different colors. When in doubt, say "red." Be prepared to find out you actually mean orange.
- Imported Nutella is different than American Nutella. The American factory cuts costs by substituting peanut oil for hazelnut. Not so the Italian.
- It will be a good picture, so relax. He will see all kinds of problems with it, but it will look good and you will look good in it.
- Stop poking that.
- Probably add more salt and more olive oil.
- Do not borrow books from Ciro. Read the ones he recommends, but track down your own copies, even if they are out of print. If you keep Ciro's copies too long, or if you return them with fingerprints on them, he will not be angry, but this is only due to sheer force of will, because he knows anger would be unreasonable. Maybe you grew up around private libraries where a thoroughly read appearance was a form of recommendation. Ciro spent time in public libraries, where the read books were the pedestrian ones. He likes books less once they don't look new. He won't say anything about it, but it will make him sad. You may notice that he smells the binding, just to check.
- You are probably wrong about parts of speech. Even gerunds, you have probably gotten wrong.
- Vermilion and scarlet are very different colors. When in doubt, say "red." Be prepared to find out you actually mean orange.
- Imported Nutella is different than American Nutella. The American factory cuts costs by substituting peanut oil for hazelnut. Not so the Italian.
- It will be a good picture, so relax. He will see all kinds of problems with it, but it will look good and you will look good in it.
- Stop poking that.
- Probably add more salt and more olive oil.
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AHA! Thank you for explaining that disappointing taste and smell.
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It's molecular shape is incredibly similar to a chemical in the brain called adenosine tri-phosphate. ATP is a chemical that builds up over time in the brain and basically acts as a clock. It slows down cellular activity, making the brain sluggish and the person tired in response. As more ATP builds up in the brain, you become increasingly tired and the only way to rid yourself of the ATP is through sleep.
Caffeine binds to the ATP receptors in the brain (being nearly the same shape as adenosine) but doesn't slow down cellular activity. This is why people often describe the "coffee crash" that happens several hours after consuming caffeine; it doesn't actually provide energy for the body to work, it simply fools the body into thinking it has more energy than it does.
Several hours after consumption, the caffeine breaks down and the adenosine replaces it at the receptor heads.
Voila!
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Catalyst!
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