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  1. Comment on I got paid $0.33 for confirming with Google that I got a haircut where I did and paid with a card in ~tech

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    Great answer. My sentiment exactly.

    Great answer. My sentiment exactly.

    5 votes

  3. Comment on New study - scent of tears from female humans reduces revenge seeking and aggression in males, similar to patterns observed in other mammals in ~science

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    In other news, humans are found to never be as special and superior as we think we are.

    In other news, humans are found to never be as special and superior as we think we are.

    8 votes

  4. Comment on Tesla recalls two million US vehicles over Autopilot software issue in ~transport

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    It has a continuously variable transmission. So seemingly no gears. It was actually really nice when it was new. The problem is that the problems are well known. If I spend the money to replace...

    It has a continuously variable transmission. So seemingly no gears. It was actually really nice when it was new.

    The problem is that the problems are well known. If I spend the money to replace the transmission, I won't get that back.

  5. Comment on Tesla recalls two million US vehicles over Autopilot software issue in ~transport

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    Exactly. Please excuse or ignore my rant. I had to bring my Nissan to the dealer and wait around for hours or pay for my transport on three separate occasions. None of those were news, and my...

    Exactly.

    Please excuse or ignore my rant.

    I had to bring my Nissan to the dealer and wait around for hours or pay for my transport on three separate occasions. None of those were news, and my Tesla recalls have been ota software updates. That Nissan still has a serious problem that I'm not going to fix because the car is no longer worth it -- partly because people that know how to buy cars know how to exploit this issue enough to cast doubt.

    Meanwhile everytime a Tesla sneezes, the media is all over it. That phenomenon has a name: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Availability_heuristic (also related is base rate fallacy, but I've already ranted too much)

    We all are fooled by it. Even if we know about it. You hear about terrorists or random violence or EVs catching fire or plane crashes. Those harm or kill so few people, statistically.

    You don't ever hear about someone (non famous) dying of cardiovascular disease or suicide or cancer or non EV car accidents, so we all don't ever think about them as the dangerous they really are.

    8 votes

  6. Comment on How many of you wouldn't be alive if it weren't for modern medicine? in ~talk

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    Type I guaranteed you a very early death up until well into the 21st century

    Type I guaranteed you a very early death up until well into the 21st century

    6 votes

  7. Comment on How many of you wouldn't be alive if it weren't for modern medicine? in ~talk

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    I've had other stuff, but that is the reason I know for sure I would not be alive.

    I've had other stuff, but that is the reason I know for sure I would not be alive.

    5 votes

  8. Comment on How many of you wouldn't be alive if it weren't for modern medicine? in ~talk

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    I had something similar summer of last year. It wasn't a disc. It was really severe stenosis and bone spurs in all my cervical vertebrae. The worst pain I've ever had by a large margin. It's only...

    I had something similar summer of last year. It wasn't a disc. It was really severe stenosis and bone spurs in all my cervical vertebrae.

    The worst pain I've ever had by a large margin. It's only then that I learned what a 10 on a pain scale actually meant. I've got some permanent parethesia and loss of fine motor control.

    For those that don't know. The nerves that exit your spine at your cervical vertebrae innervate your arms.

    Damage and inflammation there manifests as pain, numbness, and tingling in your whole arm. Not because it's there. Because that's where your brain thinks it is.

    Once you learn and experience it, you can tell the exact nerve that's giving you a problem. The mapping is called a dermatome. Unfortunately, most of the images you find of them are incorrect, including the one in Netter (famous anatomist's book, incredibly beautiful).

    The ulnar nerve is one of these nerves. It controls your pinkie finger and half of your ring finger, right down the middle. The median nerve controls the other half.

    Because humans were clearly designed perfectly by an all powerful deity and not, say full of shitty weirdness that we inherited from our fishy ancestors.

    3 votes

  9. Comment on EU affirms free will in new AI regulation in ~humanities

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    So, I'm on vacation and have been drinking, but I think op is making a joke about how difficult this would actually be. Op is using posix syntax for text replacement to suggest that solving this...

    So, I'm on vacation and have been drinking, but I think op is making a joke about how difficult this would actually be.

    Op is using posix syntax for text replacement to suggest that solving this problem is as simple as replacing all the phrases on the left side of the middle / with the ones on the right.

    That is extremely simple computing. This problem is not.

    It's understament for just how difficult accomplishing the goals of what I see this law to be.

    2 votes

  10. How many of you wouldn't be alive if it weren't for modern medicine?

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    I very much would not be. My son had a rough birth, but it probably wouldn't have killed him or my wife. Both my brothers had children in the last six months. Neither of the kids would have...

    I very much would not be. My son had a rough birth, but it probably wouldn't have killed him or my wife.

    Both my brothers had children in the last six months. Neither of the kids would have survived, and one of the mothers would definitely have died.

    The better question might be: how many of you can say for sure you'd be alive without modern medicine?

    48 votes

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  12. Comment on I will be very sad when David Attenborough dies in ~talk

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    Thanks for the list. I've definitely seen a bunch of these, but where's blue planet? In college, I entertained a lot of friends with some sandwiches and a few of those DVDs. Most particularly "the...

    Thanks for the list. I've definitely seen a bunch of these, but where's blue planet?

    In college, I entertained a lot of friends with some sandwiches and a few of those DVDs. Most particularly "the deep".

    2 votes

  13. Comment on I will be very sad when David Attenborough dies in ~talk

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    I'm paraphrasing others but: David will be the opposite of that. Not so much some others. Plus, you know, nature is destroyed. Can't do blue planet again. Too much plastic.

    I'm paraphrasing others but:

    I'm never going to wish one dead. I just might not read their obituary with sadness.

    David will be the opposite of that.

    Not so much some others.

    Plus, you know, nature is destroyed. Can't do blue planet again. Too much plastic.

    3 votes

  14. I will be very sad when David Attenborough dies

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    I got teary eyed when my 5yo asked me about how baleen whales feed the other day, and I showed him a video narrated by David. Just today I saw another great video from David. There will never be...

    I got teary eyed when my 5yo asked me about how baleen whales feed the other day, and I showed him a video narrated by David.

    Just today I saw another great video from David. There will never be another like him (edit: David, not my kid), which is the saddest part of this post.

    35 votes

  15. Comment on Italy bans cultivated meat in ~food

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    It's always about protectionism. I'm fine with that in controlled measures. I want my parmigiano reggiano or jamon or whatever to be "real" and not the stuff that plenty of Europeans think...

    It's always about protectionism.

    I'm fine with that in controlled measures.

    I want my parmigiano reggiano or jamon or whatever to be "real" and not the stuff that plenty of Europeans think Americans consider fine food. (I'm thinking of Hershey's and green top sawdust parm. We purchase that at gas stations for children.)

    The eu seems pretty well protected from the potential fraud that the article is claiming. The Heath risks are also ridiculous. Cultured meat is going to need its own "immune system" dumping antibiotics on it will not solve the problem.

    To me this is equivalent to the dairy industry complaining that "you can't milk an almond" when the term milk has been used for any milky substance since it was unrecognizable in any of our mother tongues.

    If it's not confusing or misleading, go right ahead.

    I'm plenty in favor of cultured meat. I know it's going to be similar enough to wild vs farmed salmon, but I hope my grandchildren can see some of the world I saw.

    24 votes

  16. Comment on Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor dies aged 56 in ~music

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    I've definitely seen a lot of the less reputable news sources provide thinly veiled implications of that. Gratefully, the good ones remained objective.

    I've definitely seen a lot of the less reputable news sources provide thinly veiled implications of that.

    Gratefully, the good ones remained objective.

  17. Comment on Stack Overflow didn’t ask how bad its gender problem is this year in ~tech

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    I'm not sure what context has to do with it. This is purely a fact statement. You are certainly speaking anecdotally. I'm not though. I provided evidence, and I think you're factually incorrect.

    I'm not sure what context has to do with it. This is purely a fact statement.

    You are certainly speaking anecdotally. I'm not though. I provided evidence, and I think you're factually incorrect.

  18. Comment on US workers are dying in heat wave but Joe Biden administration is still working on federal standards for working in extreme heat in ~life

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    What else can you do? This is actively horrible culture war stuff with likely negative productivity benefit that will also lead to lots of deaths. It's just so disgusting.

    What we're doing is basically ignoring it though.

    What else can you do? This is actively horrible culture war stuff with likely negative productivity benefit that will also lead to lots of deaths.

    It's just so disgusting.

    15 votes

  19. Comment on Stack Overflow didn’t ask how bad its gender problem is this year in ~tech

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    Me too. That's because a B in intro to world music was less important to me. You also were actually able to complete your stem degree. Surely you had the same experience where lots of people had...

    Me too. That's because a B in intro to world music was less important to me.

    You also were actually able to complete your stem degree. Surely you had the same experience where lots of people had to change majors because the couldn't handle the math or something?

  20. Comment on Stack Overflow didn’t ask how bad its gender problem is this year in ~tech

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    That is extremely the opposite of my experience, and, frankly, I think you're making this up. At the very least because there are very few people outside of HR who have that kind of visibility...

    That is extremely the opposite of my experience, and, frankly, I think you're making this up. At the very least because there are very few people outside of HR who have that kind of visibility into salary distributions.

    Google recently found that they were underpaying men compared to women. I've also hired a large number of engineers, and this has never been a thought. Outside of the absolute highest level, people come in with pretty standardized salaries.

    Women engineers are the same as men. Some are really good. Some are mediocre. Some are bad.

    There can be barriers to entry at the educational level, but once you get to the professional level, so very few people now a days are going to discriminate based on sex.

    Good engineers are just too hard to find, and having good engineers on your team just makes your life so, so much easier.

    3 votes