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by jjeaff 3y ago
Drugs might be the only effective option, but that still means it is incorrect to say it's the only option. The comment I responded to clearly says that the only thing we can do is try different drugs.
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"men's rights" is different from men's rights. But anyone who has consumed a broad range of media today should understand that the term men's rights is generally highly loaded. Just like reverse racism and white gen
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Ya, only if your Overton window has been knocked completely out of whack by right wing extremism.
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Yes, I think you get this similar climate in anything that is highly competitive but subjective. And I think it's the mix of two factors that that create the insanity. The idea that one can pick winners better than a flip of a coin cou
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Someone made a good point on a recent episode on the NYT's Hard Fork podcast. They were discussing how the social media scare is similar to the moral panic in the 90s and early 2000s over video games. And millions of kids played all th
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It doesn't cost nearly as much as they charge though. Otherwise, private equity wouldn't be getting involved.
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All of that is terrible. But for some reason, the neighbors convincing her to sell her cars to them for a $1 really rubs me the wrong way. You hope that neighbors are going to look after an elderly person. I'd be having some words with
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Dog racing is also known to be highly abusive to dogs. Human racing can be hard on the body, but at least it's consenting adults.
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I noticed the same thing in the US. When logged in I get mostly suggestions of stuff I tend to watch, which includes a few left leaning commentators and some more centrist news sources like NPR. If I check logged out, I get tons of right wi
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Well, I don't think drugs are the only option. Behavioral therapy works for a lot of people. And there is also just not treating it at all, some people choose to live with the issues rather than deal with the side effects or on effecti
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The two issues are similar in that they both have to do with drug use. But it sort of diverges after that. Stimulant usage, abuse, and addiction is really different and minor compared to the rampant death and destruction going on due to opi
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Is neuralink even claiming to be working on input to the brain? I thought it was just trying to read the human brain.
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Even if an AI skeptic has good reason to be right, I can't imagine a scenario where the AI bubble collapses so quickly. If it's a bubble, seems like the beginning of one.
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That leaves what streaming service, then?
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No, the worst place to be has to be mega famous. Johnny Depp or Michael Jackson level. Literally cannot just go out for a simple meal without throngs of people bothering you or paparazzi constantly trying to catch you in compromising positi
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I'm curious what the 50% figure includes? Because my understanding is that about 60% of Google's total revenue is search ads, and if you include network ads (which would be relevant since they are at risk from AI as well) then it
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Failure to comply with the post op diet might be fatal within the first few months of recovery (although I haven't heard of that happening, I'm sure someone has died from eating too much), but after that, you are going to be mostl
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It's also interesting to note that while thyroid and other similar issues are not usually the cause of a person's initial weight gain, those types of issues are much more common in obese people. So it makes it much more likely tha
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Ya, rapid weight loss is one of the most common triggers of gall stones. Lots of weight loss surgery patients get them as well.
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That reaction may have to do with too much cutting, as another commenter alluded to, but it may also have to do with the types of nutrients you are missing when cutting.
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While I am not saying that this drug is definitely safe, I think the fact that Fen-phen turned out to be more dangerous doesn't really implicate these new drugs because while the desired outcome is the same, the class and type of drugs
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The only issue is that companies like Uber are lying to themselves and their investors that costs will go down significantly in the future. Both through scale and advances in technology. Which is true. But rarely true to the extent to which
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I think you usually can go after the spouse's assets. But it seems less likely to be a viable avenue in this case since she met and married him after she was indicted.
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She's also a woman. Women tend to get lighter sentences, especially if they have children.
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So, I certainly wouldn't ascribe any higher level thinking to these LLMs. But they do seem to have more capability than just regurgitating information. They have some logical thinking skills that I assume are not really emergent, but b
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The IRS does not really know much of that at all unless you receive money through a source that files a 1099 or 1099k. They can certainly find out a lot of stuff through an audit. But they don't know that someone wrote you a check for
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The COVID vaccine reduced severity of COVID and greatly reduced mortality. It also reduced spread albeit to a lesser degree (moreso with earlier strains). I would call that a success and it likely saved millions of lives so far.
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It's quite the opposite. Religious dogma is quite comfortable with young women marrying old men and sleeping with them. It is modern morality with out better understanding of psychology and brain development that lead many people to be
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Is it really "injecting" to simply be accurate? "Had become extinct" is technically correct. As much as, "Jews had become less populous during World War II." Teaching real history is not "injecting".
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I remember at least proposals from companies like Facebook talking about lowering salaries for people moving to lower cost of living areas. Not sure how broadly it was implemented.

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