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It may be a writing constraint or decision by the editor to keep the article focused on alcohol and drug use, as addiction to "video games, porn and social media" may have different treatment approaches or signs of addiction (and
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From a writing perspective, a critique with the article's structure is that the sub-heading "What to do" comes first before the list of questions to ask yourself. It's placed under "Reflect on urges and motivation,&
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How to know if you’re addicted(psyche.co)
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When losing one's research partner is like losing a part of oneself (2018)(theconversation.com)
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>As an aside, does anyone know how accurate the reporting was/is on the "Worldwide Loyalty Team"? Looking back it seems absurd, to the point where it makes more sense to me as a myth than fact. It's not credible from
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There are good reasons in response to: "Why we all think it's a great idea to leave our families at 18 and pay high rents so that we can live with strangers we found on the internet is beyond me," though personally I also don
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That is true, though I would assert that future career outcomes should factor in to the author's calculations of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). In specific, from the article: "It’s a bit hard to get an apples to apples co
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Professor Katz's piece is highly flawed. From the article: "What can be done? The first thing for any young person (which means anyone who does not have a permanent job in science) to do is to pursue another career. This will spar
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The article opens with an anecdote about the experience of a philosophy PhD candidate, then moves on to explore statistics. I believe these types of analyses on the value of a graduate degree should be separated based on field. There are va
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This is one of my favourite pieces of science feature reporting. I lack the background in computer science to better appreciate the technical angles of the story, but for the present, the article made a strong impression because of the unde
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To respond to the second question, though I haven't followed fusion tech closely, from the environmental analyst featured in the article: "The fusion announcement is great news but sadly it won't help in our battle to lessen
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The Financial Times, though pricey as a financial newspaper, is a good source for this. It regularly publishes in-depth articles with a wide range of interviews with experts for readers to learn the context of current issues (via their &quo
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>If we all take fiber pills and probiotics will that reduce waste, and also toilet paper consumption? The problems I see are unintended consequences [0] of the policy. Perverse results could include additional environmental costs to prod
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My view might not be representative of every person in the journalism industry, but I believe that each journalist should hold themselves to a strong personal code of ethics; principles aside, there are reasons of self-interest too. Journal
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That's right; your comment brings to mind this scene where the character Saul Goodman explains money laundering in Breaking Bad (this clip is supposedly shown as part of university lectures): https://www.youtube.com/wat
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If a person is that financially rich but still has to live like a grad student, it seems like the only point of that wealth is to rebel against the legal system. Even if one isn't caught, there's still a loss of freedom to avoid g
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From my previous experience in the news industry, it would be almost offensive to receive an email like this if one were an editor of a news publication. Integrity as a journalist necessitates that one cannot accept payment from a person me
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Link to research paper referenced in the article (included in the article by The Washington Post): https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)... Abstract of paper: "Self-medication refers to
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Have you tried getting up earlier (and going to sleep earlier) to save your best hours in the morning for your own work? It's easier said than done, especially if you have family to take care of, but it's the go-to solution recomm
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I'm genuinely glad to hear that you've found a mission-driven workplace with a healthy, supportive work culture. In my experience, I've found that many mission-driven workplaces use the righteousness of the company's pur
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This analysis does not cover the importance of Facebook in i) Business pages that are easy to create and maintain for small, local business owners ii) Facebook events for listing information and keeping in touch with registered attendees, a
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Would there be any other similar recommendations to Deming's books? I would think that Eliyahu M. Goldratt's books sound similar (specifically, the "Theory of Constraints," alternatively presented through a fictional sto
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Calculators are preferred for important calculations, though upon further thought, I remember reading that mental math is prized in the finance sector. Out of curiosity, a search on r/FinancialCareers provided anecdotes as some evidenc
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A Time article [0] reports on this paper [1] that reaches the same conclusion as the user's comment. However, it's a mice study, which is an important limitation because rodents are nocturnal, according to the Time reporter. Meanw
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Would this really be true? It sounds broadly plausible, but I've also read about substantial growth in the technology sectors of Ottawa and Kitchener-Waterloo projected to increase, so I was under the impression that there is real inno
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NIST Researchers Resurrect a Technique for Detecting Transistor Defects(nist.gov)
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16 or 17 still sounds pretty young. In the December 31, 2020 lecture for Harvard's introductory programming course (CS50), the lecturer explains that 2/3 of the class have never programmed before [0] (most enrolled students are 18
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To add to the value of Scratch: it's taught at the start of Harvard's CS50 course for introductory programming. It's a drag-and-drop block-based code editor, which is good for learning about if statements and loops while gett
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A great book for this is "Secrets of Mental Math" by Benjamin and Shermer [0]. I remember a feeling of fun when I memorized the tricks many years ago, but unfortunately I lost the digital flash card deck for reviewing them, so I&#
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The landscape is far from a monopoly: Costco and Wal-Mart provide strong competition for Amazon retail, and Azure is competing well with AWS too.

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