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For myself, I suddenly lost the ability to read. Then I realized that the real problem was that the words were missing. I wasn't conscious of a hole in my vision, it was just that …

Pavlov's dogs aka classical conditioning? Our understanding of how animals learn is fundamental to modern machine learning and AI.

Note that the patients in the meta-analysis already had cancer.

The meta analysis is studying asprin as a cancer treatment, so the subjects were patients who already had cancer, not healthy adults taking it as a preventative. Daily asprin could…

What are the best tools for commercial use? I've been using Midjourney for some stand-in assets, but I haven't researched the license implications.

A lot of that is relevant to machine learning engineer jobs, especially time series modeling, reinforcement leaning, databases, and real time systems, so highlight those areas if y…

What was the technical work you did? Was most of your time spent on market research, coding, blockchain, or designing/implementing algorithms? I would pick one or more job titles t…

I'm a light sleeper and I feel like I have an awareness of everything nearby when I'm asleep (like I used to fall asleep with an open laptop in bed during college without knocking …

If students are learning how to do API calls to get homework help, I consider that a win.

It seems like a common occurrence for me to google some slightly obscure question and not see any directly relevant search results except a Quora link (usually the other results ha…

It depends on how big the TC difference is. If you can make 2x working at a more volatile company, you can stash away the extra to get through hard times. I would also only count T…

I would be annoyed if I started getting so much melatonin from my food that my nightly 0.3 mg melatonin stopped making me sleepy. And I imagine everyone else would be annoyed when …

My nearby stores have started carrying 1 mg children's melatonin gummies.

I had the same question. Apparently people who had already been taking Metformin for diabetes were at lower risk of severe Covid [1], which explains why Metformin is being studied.…

Sunscreen! Korea and Japan have great sunscreens that don't feel oily or icky on your skin because they're able to use more modern ingredients. The FDA hasn't approved new sunscree…

You can add to that list - Have to get pap smears before being granted a prescription Doctors will withhold birth control to coerce women to get regular pap smears, just because it…

That would be like saying he used "yup" to sign contracts in the past except this time he used "yeah" (if you accept that yup, yeah, and thumbs up emoji are all linguistically equi…

I'm having issues on every website I've tried. Spotify songs not downloading, Twitter images not loading, Google and CNN taking a few minutes to load.

I don't think the kid even has to be confused about what the parent is doing. If a kid sees a parent on the phone all the time (reading), they want to imitate being on the phone. T…

As a meat-eater, these products have been great as an option for sharing a meal with my vegetarian friends. I don't really know good vegetarian recipes, but I know how to cook a bu…

In case anyone is curious > In 2016 in the US, adult women averaged a weight of 170.3 lb. The median adult woman weighed 161.3 lb. > For men in the United States 18 or older in 201…

I found another paper [1] that implies that "impaired glycemic response" is measured by an "oral glucose tolerance test" and that high levels of blood glucose in the two hours afte…

You may not be getting enough electrolytes, especially salt. Try drinking broth, taking a salt tablet, or adding some salt to your water. For me, the brain fog lifts within half an…

At tech companies, "contractor" usually means someone contracted from a staffing company to work 40 hour weeks during normal business hours. They're not someone who is providing an…

One death from overdose is more impactful than one death from Covid, but if the increase in number of deaths from Covid (0 -> 400,000/year [1]) is much greater than the increase in…