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It's called the Nocebo effect [1]. It's discussed on Mind Field S2 E6 The Power of Suggestion. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocebo

If I'm not mistaken a subset of these protests are in reaction to Amazon allegedly working with ICE. I did a quick ctrl-f and don't see anyone else talking about this in here. How …

Possibly off topic but after years of trying I'm finally on a good streak at 750Words [1]. What's really changed the game for me is filling out my entry in vim. I used to be bummed…

Yes! That's what I'm getting at. It seems like technical interviews as I've experienced them (Microsoft being the biggest name I've tried so far) are knowledge based stress tests. …

Yes! I learned this in my first internship when I froze up on the terminal because I had a manager hovering. It's something that comes up a lot in my circles. I did feel a little b…

I had never heard of this set up a project interview test. Sounds stressful and awkward but For me, it would possibly be preferred to algorithms because one of my strengths is reas…

Honestly I see no reason to eat this stuff ever unless I'm in a pinch. If I want a burger I'm not wanting something that looks or smells like meat just something with the same form…

Wake me up when toilets tells us anything we need to know about our health. Depending on implementation it could even be scary. A companion app that gives you AmazonFresh ads: A li…

""" Much of evolution depends on historical contingency, too. The earliest organisms had many oxygen-controlling pigments at their disposal. But once lineages of organisms committe…

Yeah that's my experience as well. I went for a B.A. so I was able to take a larger variety of CS courses than the average B.S. student and it still was only my Web Applications pr…

The YouTube music equivalent of Discover Weekly is probably the "Mixtape" feature (with the main difference being repeats from your listening history are allowed which is convenien…

Next figure out how to work the YouTube and YTM recommendation algorithm. I know I'm not the only one paying for premium and actively discovering small independent artists everyday…

Reminds me of the precogs in The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch