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by spondylosaurus 2y ago
It's interesting (1) how many drugs have effects on serotonin, even if they're not SSRIs and (2) how different SSRIs and SSRI-adjacent drugs can have notably different effects, like how buspirone affects serotonin but is an anti-a
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by spondylosaurus 2y ago
Oh, that's interesting. I assume some of the syndication gets fanned out to smaller local papers?
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by spondylosaurus 2y ago
Unless I'm misunderstanding, opinion columns aren't exclusively written by employees, though. Sometimes they have guests. I'm also a little skeptical of the NY Post and Daily Mail as sources, considering both are tabloids...
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by spondylosaurus 2y ago
> "We'll cover other topics too of course, but viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others." You can share your opinion... as long as it's the correct opinion :) FWIW I do think papers can
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by spondylosaurus 2y ago
Another thing I'm not sure machine translation can really "nail" is cultural context, or even little linguistic cues and other tidbits. I like when translators explain in the margins that one character is speaking in a certai
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by spondylosaurus 2y ago
My advice for reading Infinite Jest is twofold: (1) If you're struggling at first, set a goal of just trying to get through the first 200 pages. Things will be confusing at first, especially with the nonlinear-ish plot and, uh... world
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by spondylosaurus 2y ago
Not a /lit/ user by any means, but I must admit that most of these are solid picks. DFW and Pynchon in the top ten might be a surprise to some, given that they have a reputation for being Pretentious Authors(TM), but I always thin
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by spondylosaurus 2y ago
Specifically, ancient Romans often wrote the equivalent of our letter "u" as a "v". So a word like "magnum" would be "magnvm," although modern scholars of classical Latin just write it with a "u&
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by spondylosaurus 2y ago
Even as a short story fan, I haven't been impressed by the New Yorker's fiction lately, but there's good stuff in the archives. And the occasional new George Saunders piece, which tend to be pretty good, if not great.
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by spondylosaurus 2y ago
> From participants’ blood samples, the researchers looked for immune features that were different between the two groups. They found several differences in immune cell populations; those with PVS had lower levels of effector CD4+ T cell
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by spondylosaurus 2y ago
When you scroll down one pane (to the "Home Humanoid" section) you get a nice jumpscare of that thing's... face, ish. I would not enjoy waking up in the middle of the night for a glass of water and finding that thing staring
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by spondylosaurus 2y ago
Yeah, "remission" comes from the Latin "remit," which liter means "to return or restore." When illness originates outside the body, it's usually possible to completely kill/eradicate it, at which poin
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by spondylosaurus 2y ago
- Vimeo is niche, but still around (and not bad). - YouTube isn't the dominant video player in every country! Niconico is super popular in Japan.
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by spondylosaurus 2y ago
> So he was essentially a top candidate. Do we know that he was a top candidate though? Like, I know that sounds obtuse, because clearly he had some good scores, solid GPA, etc. But in a vacuum it's hard to disprove that there we
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by spondylosaurus 2y ago
From what I hear, it's still a very popular major, to the chagrin of new grads who find out that the market is rougher than they expected :P EDIT: I checked and it's still an impacted major at my alma mater, too.
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by spondylosaurus 2y ago
(1) Do we know if he was applying to these schools as an impacted major? I went to a UC school and computer science (which I'm guessing was his stated major, based on the Google job offer) was an impacted major, and clearly stated as s
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by spondylosaurus 2y ago
I turned my Daylight into a PC screen using this app, which worked like a charm: https://superdisplay.app/
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by spondylosaurus 2y ago
Can confirm, I had a brain MRI in my early 20s and had a number of white matter lesions that were supposedly caused by migraines. No other cognitive or neurological issues. But I'm due for another scan soon and hoping they haven't
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by spondylosaurus 2y ago
Try https://safepiercing.org/ !
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by spondylosaurus 2y ago
I largely agree with Zitron but I think the angry-newsletter bubble he's milking is also going to pop sooner or later, lol. And I can't say I'll be sad when it happens.
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by spondylosaurus 2y ago
Before anyone jumps in to say that stress doesn't cause ulcers, only H. pylori does: stress can absolutely trigger gastritis, especially if you're predisposed for that, and chronic gastritis can very much cause ulcers :') Hop
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by spondylosaurus 2y ago
I tried to write a genuine ELI5 explanation but I'm not sure it's possible unless you can assume a five-year-old knows what "philosophy" means, lol. You could say "a group of people think that being smart gives them
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by spondylosaurus 2y ago
https://maxread.substack.com/p/the-zizians-and-the-rationali... This is (1) a thorough write-up (2) with quotes/info multiple sources (3) whose author is NOT affiliated with any of these communities.
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by spondylosaurus 2y ago
The mood change between Build Mode and Buy Mode is genius. Build always felt tranquil, almost contemplative, whereas Buy was exactly the kind of peppy music that makes you want to spend your hard-earned (or in my case, hard-cheated) simoleo
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by spondylosaurus 2y ago
Ah, the guinea pig cage disease... that must have been fun to pitch. And the cowplant in later installments.
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by spondylosaurus 2y ago
And the Sims 1 live demo at E3 had two female sims unexpectedly kiss! https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-kiss... Which generated a lot of buzz for the game, as you might expect. Maybe it would
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by spondylosaurus 2y ago
So... a person who by their own admission had never previously applied for a job online (because they "hadn't needed to") is finally in a position where they need to apply to jobs online, then gets frustrated and swears it
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by spondylosaurus 2y ago
It's still around! Just under a new name/domain :) https://deepcut.live/
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by spondylosaurus 2y ago
Bingo. Remote work requires/rewards good communication, and amplifies the ill effects of poor communication. You have to put in the effort, but a lot of people don't know how or don't think they need to!
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by spondylosaurus 2y ago
Counter-perspective, but largely in agreement: I did grow up with a mobile phone and instant messaging and whatnot, and so using Slack (and to some extent, Zoom, as much as I dislike video compared to text) feels very natural to me. To me

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