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Re:Researchers create new classification of chess openings on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @01:43PM (#35443348)
> Opening games that are so popular that they occur together with most others were excluded.
Re:Start a Fucking Blog on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @01:00PM (#34235119)
"Real time" has a place but it's severely misapplied as a value for a broad swath of news that just isn't that urgent. Minimizing reporting time and maximizing engagement just ends up optimizing for a discourse with minimal nuance that keeps us reacting by keeping us angry. It's not a new problem; the 24 hour cable news cycle has had the same effect. But social media has made it much worse. We sorely need a cultural shift towards chilling out and waiting for news to develop.
Re:Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition) on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @04:19PM (#34072742)
Dear god, I would use Excel so much more if I could get it to stop mutating my data.
Annecdotally? The condition. It was actually the opposite of what you described. Getting diagnosed in early adulthood was actually a huge weight off my shoulders, because I suddenly understood why I was struggling and had a path forward for seeking treatment. Prior to that, I was just drowning and overwhelmed, and I didn't know why. It felt like nothing I did helped and I wasn't making any progress towards my goals. I felt like I was barely a functional adult. It felt terrible.