Here's another link to the full paper via SciHub, since the previous AC post with the link has somehow been scored at 0...
https://sci-hub.tw/10.1159/000...
I think the problem with this witch logic is that it frames people as immutable being, incapable of growing or changing in a positive manner from prior experiences.
For every bad apple that doesn't reform themselves, I think there are likely more "reformed apples" that improve themselves and change for the better. In some ways, I think reformed people may become even more averse to the original behavior than an average person who never exhibited that behavior.
I think a "reformed criminal" can very much be a "convert", and consequently much less likely to make future offenses. However, that's not everyone, so then you get this scenario, too.
I came here to post a similar thing. I don't mind seeing this stuff in the news, because I think it's relevant, because a large section of the world's population is religious. That said, I would still appreciate if the news headlines did less to normalize religions, since I think that is part of why it's so common.
I suggest a new headline: "Emergence of Lab-Grown Meat Reveals Additional Contradictions In Delusional Thinking".
Of course, no media outlet will, since religious people are a large part of the market. Alienating them would affect profits, and we can't have that. #sarcasm
How does the currently bearish press resemble (or not) that after the previous Bitcoin bubble, or the one before that?
Also, to those who enjoy citing tulip mania, how many bubbles did tulip mania go through before it crashed, and what as the approximate peak market cap of each bubble?
Here's a rather interesting and relevant hypothesis about a contributing cause to the recent downturn:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Crypt...
?The TL;DR from the post: The cause of today's chaos is likely large hedge funds using expiring BTC futures contracts as safety nets to exploit the only sure-thing in this market: a large amount of new/overextended investors who are easily moved to panic sell during a flash-crash.
Repealing Net Neutrality may be the first step in a five-step plan from cable companies to combat their competition and cord-cutters:
Step 1: Repeal Net Neutrality, then offer new, unlimited data plans for mobile/home Internet. Convince people to buy into these "forever unlimited" data plans.
Step 2: Get all data usage (mobile and home) classified under a single umbrella.
Step 3: Quash ISP startups with new regulations making it infeasible for them to access utility poles, junctions, and network infrastructure.
Step 4: Implement data caps on all the "forever unlimited" data plans. ("Because we have to--don't let bandwidth abusers take your Internet!")
Step 5: Now you are forced to pay $100/month for up to 10-20 GB per month (hint: this translates to about 3 to 7 hours of HD Netflix per month). It will be very expensive to go over that, especially for non-preferred sites (think anything like Kodi, Tor, torrents, etc.).
This is the main argument I always hear in favor of patents, and it sounds a lot like "common sense" to me. I've learned to be wary of "common sense" justifications though. The "war on drugs" was a "common sense" policy with complicated, somewhat surprising, and very negative results.
I'm curious, do you (or anyone here) know of any substantial evidence that actually supports this claim? Are there any good, relevant examples of historical evidence that show that a patent/copyright system is required for and/or effective at fostering innovation?
Also from the AMA: https://www.reddit.com/r/scien...
"Our colleagues from ETH Zurich did a test and found that the half life of DNA after a chemical treatment can be 4000 years in room temperature, much better than my CDs!"
I thought the same thing, though I wonder whether there is evidence linking reduced mania to reduced depression? I know that for some people with (type 1?) bipolar, mitigating manic episodes is a desirable goal. Less mania means less risk-taking and fewer behaviors/symptoms associated with mania. For people with type-2 bipolar, the mania may be more of a reprieve from depression, than a problem.
I'm guessing most of the Slashdot crowd already knows about f.lux, which I use on my PC's to (attempt to) reduce nighttime exposure to blue light. I don't know how well it does or doesn't work for me, but it helps just as a reminder to unplug an hour or two before my intended bedtime, if possible.
Practicing good sleep hygiene has tangibly improved my sleep and well-being over the past several years, though I noticed results within a week, once I learned and adopted good practices from my sleep doctor. Keeping the right ambient temperature (a surprisingly low 65-70 degrees for me), avoiding light exposure (completely blocked bedroom windows, taped over LED lights, removing all light sources but two red night-lights), getting a truly comfortable mattress, avoiding late meals/snacks/fluid intake, and (more challenging for couples) sleeping alone make the biggest differences for me.
Leaving aside the potential quagmires of "traffic accident" vs. "motorcycle accident" and the "legendary" characterization, I'm happy take a few seconds to express my condolences and gratitude for his creative contributions, which I've enjoyed without ever prior knowing who to credit.
The main problem is that understanding how voting is broken is tougher than coming to terms with climate change or unisex bathrooms. As long as people are content to get into shouting matches over their favorite political grapplers while ignoring that they are actually watching the equivalent of the WWF and not the Olympics, nothing will change.
Saying this before the fact of it reminds me of the hype machine from the Star Wars prequels. The coincident announcement of a Disney theme park doesn't help.
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Here's another link to the full paper via SciHub, since the previous AC post with the link has somehow been scored at 0... https://sci-hub.tw/10.1159/000...
I think the problem with this witch logic is that it frames people as immutable being, incapable of growing or changing in a positive manner from prior experiences.
For every bad apple that doesn't reform themselves, I think there are likely more "reformed apples" that improve themselves and change for the better. In some ways, I think reformed people may become even more averse to the original behavior than an average person who never exhibited that behavior.
I think a "reformed criminal" can very much be a "convert", and consequently much less likely to make future offenses. However, that's not everyone, so then you get this scenario, too.
https://money.cnn.com/2017/10/...
"4-Dimensional Bags of Mostly Water Evolve Sentience and Create An Amoeba-Based Computer Which Found Solutions To 8-City Traveling Salesman Problem"
I came here to post a similar thing. I don't mind seeing this stuff in the news, because I think it's relevant, because a large section of the world's population is religious. That said, I would still appreciate if the news headlines did less to normalize religions, since I think that is part of why it's so common.
I suggest a new headline: "Emergence of Lab-Grown Meat Reveals Additional Contradictions In Delusional Thinking".
Of course, no media outlet will, since religious people are a large part of the market. Alienating them would affect profits, and we can't have that. #sarcasm
China's are first, and to a more populous demographic...so naturally we've got some catching up to do. #sarcasm
...or the synopsis a new book in Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Shadow" series?
How does the currently bearish press resemble (or not) that after the previous Bitcoin bubble, or the one before that? Also, to those who enjoy citing tulip mania, how many bubbles did tulip mania go through before it crashed, and what as the approximate peak market cap of each bubble?
"We need to add a clause to our marketing contracts which prohibits on-set photography or video by anyone except the contracted entity."
...now there is more material for Cory Doctorow to use for another book in the Little Brother / Homeland / Walkaway series.
...or to reframe the headline: "Speculators are butthurt when the hype they believed isn't true."
Here's a rather interesting and relevant hypothesis about a contributing cause to the recent downturn: https://www.reddit.com/r/Crypt...
?The TL;DR from the post: The cause of today's chaos is likely large hedge funds using expiring BTC futures contracts as safety nets to exploit the only sure-thing in this market: a large amount of new/overextended investors who are easily moved to panic sell during a flash-crash.
Repealing Net Neutrality may be the first step in a five-step plan from cable companies to combat their competition and cord-cutters:
Thoughts?
This is the main argument I always hear in favor of patents, and it sounds a lot like "common sense" to me. I've learned to be wary of "common sense" justifications though. The "war on drugs" was a "common sense" policy with complicated, somewhat surprising, and very negative results.
I'm curious, do you (or anyone here) know of any substantial evidence that actually supports this claim? Are there any good, relevant examples of historical evidence that show that a patent/copyright system is required for and/or effective at fostering innovation?
Obviously a feature: https://imgur.com/gallery/bmQW...
Also from the AMA: https://www.reddit.com/r/scien...
"Our colleagues from ETH Zurich did a test and found that the half life of DNA after a chemical treatment can be 4000 years in room temperature, much better than my CDs!"
Joking...but not really. From today's Reddit Science AMA with Yaniv Erlich: https://www.reddit.com/r/scien...
Star Trek TNG depicted nearly this exact scenario back in July, 1989, with Episode 21 of Season 2, entitled "Peak Performance":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIRT6xRQkf8
The Dark Forest is everywhere! (Yes, this is a reference to Cixin Liu's trilogy...)
I thought the same thing, though I wonder whether there is evidence linking reduced mania to reduced depression? I know that for some people with (type 1?) bipolar, mitigating manic episodes is a desirable goal. Less mania means less risk-taking and fewer behaviors/symptoms associated with mania. For people with type-2 bipolar, the mania may be more of a reprieve from depression, than a problem.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
I'm guessing most of the Slashdot crowd already knows about f.lux, which I use on my PC's to (attempt to) reduce nighttime exposure to blue light. I don't know how well it does or doesn't work for me, but it helps just as a reminder to unplug an hour or two before my intended bedtime, if possible.
Practicing good sleep hygiene has tangibly improved my sleep and well-being over the past several years, though I noticed results within a week, once I learned and adopted good practices from my sleep doctor. Keeping the right ambient temperature (a surprisingly low 65-70 degrees for me), avoiding light exposure (completely blocked bedroom windows, taped over LED lights, removing all light sources but two red night-lights), getting a truly comfortable mattress, avoiding late meals/snacks/fluid intake, and (more challenging for couples) sleeping alone make the biggest differences for me.
Confirmed, motorcycle accident (says Eurogamer.net, says Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Leaving aside the potential quagmires of "traffic accident" vs. "motorcycle accident" and the "legendary" characterization, I'm happy take a few seconds to express my condolences and gratitude for his creative contributions, which I've enjoyed without ever prior knowing who to credit.
Blaming the parties may be missing the root cause -- that our archaic plurality voting system eventually fosters a two-party system.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
The main problem is that understanding how voting is broken is tougher than coming to terms with climate change or unisex bathrooms. As long as people are content to get into shouting matches over their favorite political grapplers while ignoring that they are actually watching the equivalent of the WWF and not the Olympics, nothing will change.
Saying this before the fact of it reminds me of the hype machine from the Star Wars prequels. The coincident announcement of a Disney theme park doesn't help.