ddenisen

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by ddenisen 3y ago
One issue that I didn't see mentioned in the article or any of the comments so far, is that all these kids who got into Ivy league schools saw themselves as overachievers / received lots of praise relative to their peers while in
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by ddenisen 4y ago
Like somebody else has noted, the trolley problem exemplifies that people assign different weight multipliers to proactive action vs inaction, instead of strictly comparing the direct expectation of both outcomes. Two real life applications
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by ddenisen 5y ago
If anybody is interested in exploring this line in a virtual 3D environment, there is a standalone simulator game for the U7 line that was released by TML-Studios 10-ish years ago, and it's available on steam: https://store.
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by ddenisen 6y ago
Actually, it does work well! In my local Buy Nothing group, and I assume in others as well, people just leave stuff out on their porch at the arranged time, so that no physical contact is made except through the item. In that sense it'
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by ddenisen 7y ago
This is amusing because having waitstaff bring over a terminal for you to pay with your card is pretty much ubiquitous in a lot of countries, such as Canada and Russia.
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by ddenisen 7y ago
This ruling has nothing to do with TSA. TSA does not control US borders.
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by ddenisen 7y ago
So I've had an interesting experience recently. Like you, I've used Tinder and other dating apps fairly unsuccessfully in the past (close to zero matches, those who match don't respond, yadda yadda). I live in the US (West Co
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by ddenisen 7y ago
I've never worked (as a software engineer) at a company that expects their employees to show up at 9am. Now, at the place I where I work currently, most people _do_ tend to show up between 8-9am and leave by 5-5:30, so working at 6pm I
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by ddenisen 7y ago
I believe that one of the primary causes is the overprescription of opiods by doctors in the USA, who were pressured by a patients (a generation of consumerism and instant gratification who expect doctors to provide instant treatment/r
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by ddenisen 7y ago
Tangentially related, but for some reason many Americans that I've talked to here in the US (I'm originally from Europe, and have lived in Germany for several years) have a collective misconception that "The Autobahn" is
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by ddenisen 7y ago
Anecdotally, I find phenylephrine to be definitely effective as a topical decongestant (nasal spray); especially more so than its alternative (oxymetazoline), so it's not a placebo effect. But I agree that it doesn't do a thing as
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by ddenisen 7y ago
I thought I've read somewhere that drivers don't actually see individual riders' ratings of them, only the average over all riders.
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by ddenisen 7y ago
I've started seeing ads disguised as emails (similar to promotional reddit "posts") in the "new" Gmail app I've switched to after being forced off Inbox. I think the ads only show up on free accounts. I have an
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by ddenisen 8y ago
Discrimination is only illegal in certain contexts, mostly related to employment and essential services, as well as when interacting with the government (see First Amendment). For example, if I allow Girl Scouts to sell cookies on my busine