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Re:The Artist Who Trained Rats to Trade in Foreign-Exchange Markets
on Friday December 20, 2024 @06:48AM (#42470321)
>I think it's cruel to train the rats with electric shocks when they get it wrong.
This stuck out to me also. I don't mind a joke but not if someone/something has to get tortured for it.
Re:Australia: Kids under 16 to be banned from social media after Senat...
on Thursday November 28, 2024 @08:38PM (#42270051)
What is their responsibility and what are they doing that is so insidiously addictive exactly? Endless shitposts by your friends for you to scroll-through is that the fentanyl of the internet?
To me this just seems like they're trying to get some control over what people are exposed to and to find out who's doing what.
Re:Millionaire Becomes Poor to Prove You Can Earn $1M in a Year: Fails...
on Tuesday April 30, 2024 @07:22PM (#40217676)
To me this seems more than shortsighted. The decision to do this seems almost like the manic stage of bipolar disorder. The depression the YouTuber falls into almost instantly into the experiment adds to that suspicion. I think on the first(second?) day the YouTuber is breaking down from the idea of sleeping on the street - surely he anticipated that? The almost complete absence of any attempts to make some money bar a hare-brained buy-sell craiglist scam, which wasn't explored nearly enough on it's own to gauge its viability, seems slightly disordered also.
I knew it would fail, but being unable to get off the streets is a remarkable failure. I think he simply didnt want to get a regular job to get stable housing and instead thought he was going to make 50k in the first month sitting in a public library.
Re:The darker side of being a doctor
on Sunday April 14, 2024 @01:23AM (#40028856)
That's strange as you would expect quality to suffer in every single respect when forced to work inhumane conditions. I would find a different mechanic if I thought the one I was considering was miserable from being overworked.
Was there an explanation for why outcomes improved? Perhaps it is necessary to look into who conducts these studies as I imagine someone up the ladder profits greatly from having 1 doctor do the job of 2.
Re:Is Intermittent Fasting "Natural"? History Experts Respond to the C...
on Thursday February 15, 2024 @05:30PM (#39390121)
There's plenty of people trying to be self-sufficient and in my anecdotal experience the vast majority if not all are still unable to entirely disconnect and thats with modern technology and knowledge. The most isolated hermits still buy flour/sugar/salt. I'd like to see the experts here fend for themselves too see how much 'abundance' they come across. Nature is in a state of fierce competition; nothing falls on your lap.
Re:Explore interesting places nearby listed on Wikipedia
on Thursday February 08, 2024 @12:04AM (#39298420)
It mistakingly incorporates coordinates from other planets/satelites in our solar system. Seems a large fraction of those point nemo locations are meteorite impacts on nearby satelites.
Re:An Ugly Single-Page Website Makes $5k a Month with Affiliate Marketing
on Saturday January 20, 2024 @08:03AM (#39067221)
it seems a lot of the backlinks are natural. Meaning people find it useful or consider it an authority.
Re:Ask HN: What are your predictions for 2024?
on Wednesday December 27, 2023 @07:40PM (#38788641)
Putin ofcourse wins but dies in July
Re:What Happens in the Brain While Daydreaming?
on Friday December 15, 2023 @11:25AM (#38655673)
When I was younger I used to draw constantly and I'd say that was the only period in my life when I would often picture images. Looking back it was more flashes of angles and line shapes and how it would feel to draw them.
This makes me wonder two things:
1. Apart from understanding how a mechanical object functions or recalling how to get somewhere what other query benefits from visualisation?
2. Do people with aphantasia dream in images?
Re:Tolstoy: How much Land does a man need
on Thursday December 07, 2023 @10:53PM (#38565244)
I don't think that's what the short story is about.
Re:Charlie Munger – Feeling Like a Victim Is Perfectly Disastrous
on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @05:40PM (#38452495)
>Munger’s $200 million donation to the university is contingent on the structure being built to his windowless specifications.
Reason being:
>“Our design is clever,” Munger assured skeptics. “Our buildings are going to be efficient.” In addition to cutting costs and foiling potential defenestrations, his design would force students out of their sleeping cubbies and into communal spaces—with real sunlight—where, he said, they would engage with one another.
It seems to me encouraging university students to spend more time alone would be more conducive to getting work done. Overall Munger seemed to have had this notion a lot of old people have that the youth need to suffer because of-course they suffered more.
Re:Mona Lisa vs. ‘the monstrous’: the grotesque, shocking side of Leon...
on Friday March 24, 2023 @08:59PM (#35297902)
Tbh as someone whos drawn their whole life(worthless anecdotal exp i know) i think he was just having fun experimenting
Re:I Thought I Was Saving Trans Kids. Now I’m Blowing the Whistle
on Saturday February 11, 2023 @08:32PM (#34758518)
I completely believe all those feelings are completely real but I fail to see how changing anything related to your appearance will bring true lasting happiness. To me it seems like the pinnacle of an image obsessed society. Additionally, let's be honest, most trans will never look 100% like their desired gender, none of them will look close without hormone therapy, and many are much less fortunate even with all the pills and operations. It's a spiral of self-delusion and refusal to accept boundaries and the limits of nature.
Re:Rutgers Finds Shocking 500% Increase in Autism in New York-New Jers...
on Thursday January 26, 2023 @11:00PM (#34542286)
That's the problem. There is no clear definition of autism. It seems you can be slightly socially averse or have any obsession(hobby.)
Re:Update: Tesla driver arrested for attempted murder after Devil's Sl...
on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @12:40AM (#34242410)
He tried to murder his family by driving of a cliff? This is beyond ridiculous there has to be some very compelling evidence.
Re:Talking to Strangers
on Sunday December 25, 2022 @12:07AM (#34124469)
I agree. Most people who do this are introverted/shy by nature
unhappy with it and this is their method of proving to themselves and the world that they're not. However it ends up being just as awkward and an equal waste of time because it lacks genuine emotion. Don't say anything and be content with it unless it's something you truly want to express. I.e. whatever is natural for you is probably natural for them.
Re:Thelonious Monk’s Tips for Musicians (1960)
on Friday December 23, 2022 @04:29AM (#34103884)
My experience is it was relentlessly drilled in all early students
Re:Thelonious Monk’s Tips for Musicians (1960)
on Thursday December 22, 2022 @02:43PM (#34097605)
it's considered very bad form, especially in orchestra's , _especially_ by the conductor because it means 1. you're not following them 2. it's very distracting for the audience/other members of the band 3. it's a 'beginner' tendency, shows lack of self-control.
Re:Naming the James Webb Telescope Turned into a Fight over Homophobia
on Monday December 19, 2022 @10:50PM (#34061311)
I now absolutely cannot stand being pandered to. If I'm watching a show and a black|gay|female character pops up, or me2|lgtbq÷|'struggles of woman' is mentioned in the spirit of wokism, I turn it off. I completely support it all but I'm just sick of having it pushed tasteslessly in my face. It's always subpar acting/writing and it feels like a cheap trick by the producers.
Re:‘Luddite’ Teens Don’t Want Your Likes
on Sunday December 18, 2022 @09:29AM (#34037966)
Eh don't worry. Just set a good example, love them and it will be fine.
Re:Ask HN: Anyone else suffering from tinnitus?
on Sunday December 11, 2022 @01:14AM (#33940600)
What's the "heavy surf track" out of interest?
Re:Face to face with ancient Egyptians
on Saturday December 10, 2022 @11:33PM (#33940108)
The point is surprisingly ancient Egyptians were much closer to modern day Arabs and Europeans than modern day Egyptians who are recent migrants from sub Saharan Africa
Re:Ask HN: What is the best income stream you have created till date?
on Saturday December 10, 2022 @06:27PM (#33938171)
My intuition tells me this can be learnt.
Re:Can Duolingo actually teach you Spanish?
on Friday December 09, 2022 @07:07PM (#33928211)
As a bilingual I tend to believe unless you're living in the country trying to learn a language(using any method) is probably a waste of time.
Re:Ask HN: What is the best income stream you have created till date?
on Friday December 09, 2022 @06:58PM (#33928148)
There's no overheads as a employee but too many in solo endeavours? Did you get that the right way around?
Re:Dwarf Fortress’ graphical upgrade provides a new way into a wildly ...
on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @08:40PM (#33902996)
Is it really adding anything new the custom graphic tilesets provided?
Re:Dwarf Fortress’ graphical upgrade provides a new way into a wildly ...
on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @07:52PM (#33902645)
That's way too much. It should take 3-4 hours tops. The most difficult thing is the ridiculous UI (press b then d then c, etc.) It's basically just a slightly more complicated AoE)
Re:I don’t want to be an internet person
on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @06:06PM (#33901687)
Kind of ironic the author is doing the pretty much the same thing as the main character of her article.
Re:I don’t want to be an internet person
on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @06:01PM (#33901619)
Probably before your time and social media. More akin to forum/BBS days.