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by paperwasp42 3y ago
For me, the repetition is a feature, not a bug. It's similar to Buddhist meditation practices, which also involve a lot of repetition. It really helps my brain to fully absorb the message and walk away feeling more calm and in control.
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by paperwasp42 3y ago
I applaud these researchers, but I have to admit this quote made my blood boil: >> "I can only do this because I'm a cancer researcher and clinician and so inherently understand the risks," he said. As a cancer survivor
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by paperwasp42 3y ago
Absolutely tragic. My thoughts go out to his family and friends. I cannot begin to imagine the pain of losing someone to such a needless cruelty. I live in SF, and the violent crime situation has definitely been getting worse. Unfortunately
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by paperwasp42 3y ago
> I disagree. Gun deaths are. I'm not convinced these things are mutually exclusive. When you break down the statistics, 61 kids between the ages of 0-11 were killed so far in 2023 by gun violence (just typing that makes my stomach
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by paperwasp42 4y ago
I saw a post from the mom mentioning CPS had been called on her, which was the only reason I didn't call myself. I am skeptical of CPS in general, but an 8-year-old with multiple, sophisticated suicide attempts, and a mother making mon
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by paperwasp42 4y ago
> The very last thing someone who's trans needs is to have a spotlight shoved in their face involuntarily. Exactly! This seems so incredibly obvious, and I was stunned by the thousands of followers on the page who seemed to nonchala
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by paperwasp42 4y ago
One of the most horrifying social media pages I've seen was an influencer who billed herself as a "trans activist" and documented every moment of her trans daughter's life. This poor kid was 8-years-old and attempted sui
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by paperwasp42 4y ago
It depends a lot on the publishing house and editor you're working with. I have heard of editors who allow for sensitivity reader suggestions to be ignored, and some who are quite militant about enforcing all suggestions from sensitivi
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by paperwasp42 4y ago
In the 80s and 90s, right-wing Christian activists demanded the censorship of tons of "inappropriate" material from mainstream books. A good amount of censorship occurred at the height of the Satanic Panic, but ultimately the publ
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by paperwasp42 4y ago
As someone who works in the energy field, I have been stoked to see these types of advancements in the past few years. When I first got into this field and would research green energy products, there was a limited field of players. Now ther
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by paperwasp42 4y ago
OP hit on a really interesting point, and if he's referring to the same thing I've seen, the issue isn't "difference." I think the issue is the degree of difference. The place I volunteer at has quite a few teen
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by paperwasp42 4y ago
Kelseyfrog, I'm sorry, but I'm deeply struggling to understand how you can interpret thegrimmest as sealioning, and I think you need to re-evaluate your tone and the way you're framing his responses. The parent reply that sta
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by paperwasp42 4y ago
Masks are a bit trickier, since some people are severely immunocompromised or have loved ones who are immunocompromised. If you are undergoing chemo, or your parent is on hospice care, it actually makes sense to keep wearing a mask everywhe
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by paperwasp42 4y ago
Kudos to you for bucking the trend and encouraging your kids to do things like spending afternoons romping around outside! Complete anecdata, but the parents in my close friend group are split between "parents with a more free-range ki
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by paperwasp42 4y ago
Another requirement that seems to get ignored is that you need to have the overwhelming majority of the public not feel sick when you use it. I recently had a friend bring a VR headset to a party for people to try out. About 15% of the peop
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by paperwasp42 4y ago
I think it's important to note that cops, prosecutors, judges, etc. are trained and encouraged to "listen to the science" and "don't rely on your gut." Of course, many disregard this, due to corruption or other
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by paperwasp42 4y ago
> I also worry that this nonsense will erode support for the kind of diversity I do defend, or worse, prompt some kind of revanchist backlash against visible minorities in general. As a women in tech, I am feeling the backlash. I have se
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by paperwasp42 4y ago
As a straight woman, dating in Silicon Valley has been a very eye-opening and bleak experience. I have a natural "therapist" personality, so people tend to spill their guts about their deepest feelings shortly after meeting. I do
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by paperwasp42 4y ago
I agree, it's creating a very unhealthy environment that is breeding resentment and worsening the issues it's trying to solve. Frankly, I feel like it has become its own flavor of religion. Often, suggesting that a religion change
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by paperwasp42 4y ago
I am not sure why you're being downvoted, because I not only have witnessed this happening within my own family/friends (it is sad and scary), but we are now having studies show that some common forms of anti-racism training has a
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Corrupted open-source software enters the Russian battlefield(zdnet.com)
1 points by paperwasp42 4y ago|0 comments
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by paperwasp42 5y ago
Wow, this is fascinating. Does anyone know of any mentorship programs that help youth in under-developed countries who are working to get into tech? I would love to participate in that kind of program, but the only ones I've seen are c
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by paperwasp42 5y ago
I'm not even a parent, but I've been incredibly distressed by this trend. Several of my good friends have had their daughters attempt suicide (luckily, none have succeeded, although 2 extremely close calls). It's been utter
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by paperwasp42 5y ago
Just want to say, I'm so sorry you're going through this, and best of luck to you and your daughter. You're a great parent for actually taking the time and effort (and money) to help her to the best of your ability.
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by paperwasp42 5y ago
Relevant paper on a Tourettes-like sociogenic illness: https://academic.oup.com/brain/advance-article/doi/10.1093/b... And, for what it's worth, a personal anecdote: A friend of mine recently had he
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by paperwasp42 5y ago
It'd be a travesty if she was lost. Her videos shined a light in the chaotic darkness of the beginning of this pandemic. I've been concerned lately that a lot of articles critical of China's government have comment sections f
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by paperwasp42 5y ago
I cannot agree more with this. After almost dying a couple times, I've come to see the "must be learning constantly" mindframe as utterly toxic. Expanding your skillsets is great! But it's mind-boggling how many people I
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by paperwasp42 5y ago
Beautiful app and brilliant idea, wi5cat. You might consider marketing this to writers. A common method for editing is to change the font type/color/size of the text, which makes your brain less likely to skim over mistakes. This
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by paperwasp42 5y ago
This sort of legislation is bound to result in two things: 1) Cyber criminals outsmarting the identification and verification mandates, because they're criminals, they're crafty, and they don't give a crap about breaking the
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An Anti-Vaccine Book Tops Amazon's Covid Search Results. Lawmakers Call Foul(npr.org)
4 points by paperwasp42 5y ago|1 comments

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