ravi_m
Re:Research into homeopathy: data falsification, fabrication and manip...
on Friday July 05, 2024 @04:58PM (#40885943)
Yeah, homeopathy works due to the placebo effect and further boosted by people that subscribe to the anti-allopathic or Western medicine religion. I think it should be studied similar to how people go to Godmen for healing and report success stories - placebo effect + religious faith / belief.
Re:The Joy of Reading Books You Don't Understand
on Thursday July 04, 2024 @01:04AM (#40872442)
Infinite Jest seems excessively long and I haven't worked up the motivation to read it yet, but his short stories / essays in Consider the Lobster are excellent, including the titular story which is about a lobster festival in Maine. And looking at the comments in this thread, seems like he had some kind of fascination for fairs and other touristy things.
Re:To Be Real: On Emily Nussbaum's "Cue the Sun "
on Saturday June 29, 2024 @06:03PM (#40833612)
People on IG and TikTok are creating shows of their every day life. While they may want to be stars, those around them brought in to create the clip, surprised / accosted into reacting at home or on the streets, etc., are exactly like Truman from the movie.
Re:Target Venus not Mars for first crewed mission to another planet, e...
on Sunday September 25, 2022 @04:17PM (#32975641)
Most likely the real reason is that articles with "experts say" in the headline performs much better than "some experts say" or "some experts wonder if".
The underlying reason for the higher CTR is that most readers want to engage with articles that are more certain than less and their inability to fill in the unstated uncertainty gets exploited.
Re:Making a Maradona: Meat Consumption and Soccer Prowess
on Saturday July 23, 2022 @05:34PM (#32207792)
but that doesn't change the fact that meat is a rich source of protein which is beneficial for physical development
Re:Making a Maradona: Meat Consumption and Soccer Prowess
on Saturday July 23, 2022 @03:54PM (#32206994)
I am surprised they emphasize "development of the cognitive functions required to excel in soccer" but not physical development from meat (and hence higher protein) consumption
Re:Ask HN: Bookmarks, still an unsolved problem?
on Wednesday March 28, 2012 @02:42AM (#3765046)
Some sign-on feedback -> You have a lot of features listed I might want so I thought I'll check it out. I stopped once you said I need to "register" or "login". If I could have tried it out, I might have if it had seemed worth it.
Re:TechCrunch’s Picks: The 10 Best Startups From Y Combinator Demo Day
on Tuesday March 27, 2012 @10:42PM (#3764464)
Yep - Craigslist does not allow scraping and blocks IPs sucking up content. Even AirBnB created their initial listings by scraping Craigslist though. Guess you can do it until they notice - and hopefully by then you have enough traffic of your own.