The most common first sign of a COVID-19 infection remains fever, but fatigue and loss of smell and taste follow as other very common initial symptoms
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Of those who reported loss of smell and taste, the loss was typically profound, not mild. But encouragingly, the rate of recovery of smell and taste was high and occurred usually within two to four weeks of infection.
Personally, I appreciate it when people do so because it helps me decide if I want to go in deep or not and thus manage my time/attention. Otherwise I get overwhelmed with so much content! It's...
Personally, I appreciate it when people do so because it helps me decide if I want to go in deep or not and thus manage my time/attention. Otherwise I get overwhelmed with so much content!
It's like reading an abstract in research literature. I wish that was more of a standard outside of academia...
It's not compulsory to read every article posted on Tildes. You can choose which ones to read. That's what titles are for. And, here on Tildes, we have the ability to edit and re-edit titles to...
Otherwise I get overwhelmed with so much content!
It's not compulsory to read every article posted on Tildes. You can choose which ones to read. That's what titles are for. And, here on Tildes, we have the ability to edit and re-edit titles to make them more explanatory for readers.
Of course it's not compulsory, but for some of us, we get anxiety about not being "caught up". It's something I do my best to regulate, but I find happy balance with getting the gist of some...
Of course it's not compulsory, but for some of us, we get anxiety about not being "caught up". It's something I do my best to regulate, but I find happy balance with getting the gist of some articles while going in deep in others, selectively.
Like I said, in academia, we have abstracts as well as descriptive titles. The title should present the major finding or significant contribution to a field. Abstracts are a distillation of the entire paper which gives some more background and touches on the methods employed. The two are extremely valuable when learning because it helps one triage their attention while also collecting new information (the major conclusions and significance). Also, starting with an abstract can help you hone in on the part of the article that you want to read first or in greatest detail.
At any rate, it's not a big deal if people do extract quotes—it does no harm for those who don't care for them and benefits those who do.
IMO most news articles are ~90% filler, 10% content. Even if the news itself is valuable it's rarely worth a whole article. If someone can extract the content then I'm thankful for the time it...
IMO most news articles are ~90% filler, 10% content. Even if the news itself is valuable it's rarely worth a whole article. If someone can extract the content then I'm thankful for the time it saves me.
As the person who posted this article, I really wasn't expecting any discussion. Some articles I post are for information, rather than for discussion. This falls into that category. P.S. We're not...
I'm not sure what you expect considering our demographic. As far as I know we have no epidemiologists or doctors amongst our population.
As the person who posted this article, I really wasn't expecting any discussion. Some articles I post are for information, rather than for discussion. This falls into that category.
P.S. We're not all computer programmers or IT workers, and we need to ensure that Tildes attracts more than just this narrow demographic.
Wow, that blew up. Generally, I guesstimate that I actually go on to read <1% of the article titles that cross my eyeballs. I, personally, find it very helpful to decide if it's worth it, to see a...
Wow, that blew up.
Generally, I guesstimate that I actually go on to read <1% of the article titles that cross my eyeballs.
I, personally, find it very helpful to decide if it's worth it, to see a couple extra sentences beyond the (often click-baity — though not this time) title.
But this time, particularly, the title confused me. It seemed to suggest that people experiencing these symptoms were more likely to recover. My article quotes were just to provide a bit more context.
If the title is confusing, then it can be changed. There are people (like me) with title-editing ability. If you want that ability yourself, you can request it from Deimos. I didn't mean it to...
If the title is confusing, then it can be changed. There are people (like me) with title-editing ability. If you want that ability yourself, you can request it from Deimos.
I didn't mean it to blow up. I am honestly puzzled about why people insist on copying quotes from the article into the comments. The article is already available for people to read, so why copy it?
As I said ... I'm not the only one ... You, apparently, don't like it (?), although you haven't explicitly said why it seems to bother you.
As I said ...
I, personally, find it very helpful to decide if it's worth it, to see a couple extra sentences beyond the (often click-baity — though not this time) title.
Personally, I appreciate it when people do so because it helps me decide if I want to go in deep or not and thus manage my time/attention. Otherwise I get overwhelmed with so much content!
You, apparently, don't like it (?), although you haven't explicitly said why it seems to bother you.
I dislike this practice partly because it's clutter in the thread. One thing I like (and other people say they like) about Tildes is that it has a high signal-to-noise ratio. Empty comments...
I dislike this practice partly because it's clutter in the thread. One thing I like (and other people say they like) about Tildes is that it has a high signal-to-noise ratio. Empty comments consisting only of quotes are more noise, and lower that signal-to-noise ratio. In fact, I label all these comments as "Noise".
Mostly I dislike it because it encourages the practice of not reading articles before commenting: people read the quoted bits and think that's all they need.
From the article...
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Why did you copy-paste sections from the article?
Personally, I appreciate it when people do so because it helps me decide if I want to go in deep or not and thus manage my time/attention. Otherwise I get overwhelmed with so much content!
It's like reading an abstract in research literature. I wish that was more of a standard outside of academia...
It's not compulsory to read every article posted on Tildes. You can choose which ones to read. That's what titles are for. And, here on Tildes, we have the ability to edit and re-edit titles to make them more explanatory for readers.
Of course it's not compulsory, but for some of us, we get anxiety about not being "caught up". It's something I do my best to regulate, but I find happy balance with getting the gist of some articles while going in deep in others, selectively.
Like I said, in academia, we have abstracts as well as descriptive titles. The title should present the major finding or significant contribution to a field. Abstracts are a distillation of the entire paper which gives some more background and touches on the methods employed. The two are extremely valuable when learning because it helps one triage their attention while also collecting new information (the major conclusions and significance). Also, starting with an abstract can help you hone in on the part of the article that you want to read first or in greatest detail.
At any rate, it's not a big deal if people do extract quotes—it does no harm for those who don't care for them and benefits those who do.
And yet, the title remains unedited and is still confusing.
Those are the major article takeaways most people are probably wondering about.
So let them read the article.
IMO most news articles are ~90% filler, 10% content. Even if the news itself is valuable it's rarely worth a whole article. If someone can extract the content then I'm thankful for the time it saves me.
As the person who posted this article, I really wasn't expecting any discussion. Some articles I post are for information, rather than for discussion. This falls into that category.
P.S. We're not all computer programmers or IT workers, and we need to ensure that Tildes attracts more than just this narrow demographic.
Wow, that blew up.
Generally, I guesstimate that I actually go on to read <1% of the article titles that cross my eyeballs.
I, personally, find it very helpful to decide if it's worth it, to see a couple extra sentences beyond the (often click-baity — though not this time) title.
But this time, particularly, the title confused me. It seemed to suggest that people experiencing these symptoms were more likely to recover. My article quotes were just to provide a bit more context.
If the title is confusing, then it can be changed. There are people (like me) with title-editing ability. If you want that ability yourself, you can request it from Deimos.
I didn't mean it to blow up. I am honestly puzzled about why people insist on copying quotes from the article into the comments. The article is already available for people to read, so why copy it?
As I said ...
I'm not the only one ...
You, apparently, don't like it (?), although you haven't explicitly said why it seems to bother you.
I dislike this practice partly because it's clutter in the thread. One thing I like (and other people say they like) about Tildes is that it has a high signal-to-noise ratio. Empty comments consisting only of quotes are more noise, and lower that signal-to-noise ratio. In fact, I label all these comments as "Noise".
Mostly I dislike it because it encourages the practice of not reading articles before commenting: people read the quoted bits and think that's all they need.