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I love the rhetoric that simultaneously paints California as rich yet wrong with policy. "Those successful Californians are failures!"

I'd love to use this for windows in a downtown office. You can get ambient light and a general sense of the outside atmosphere, but with the added benefit of privacy and seeing fewer people walking by.

Completely agreed. It was a miracle for me. I felt like I was significantly less irritating and could concentrate on normal tasks.

It's important to talk about Adderall abuse, but at the same time, acknowledge its benefit for those who need it. It's such an embarrassing drug to admit to taking because it has so much stigma connected to it. I usually avoid talking about it because people's reactions can get very judgemental and uncomfortable.

Short answer: no Nuanced short answer: operate on frs channels or buy a gmrs license and operate on those bands. This is still illegal because your equipment isn't allowed to operate on these bands but not heavily enforced. Use at your own risk.

>How is every trait simply genetic with both humans, and other species, even our pets! but when it comes to cognitive function - in humans - it has to be socioeconomic mish mash that can’t be quantified so don’t ask or do that research.

There's no need for confusion because it's not so black and white as this. Animal cognitive ability is also heavily related to upbringing and environment. Human cognitive ability is somewhat genetic, but you have to realize that humans weren't bred by another species for thousands of years to exhibit certain phenotypes and behaviors. There's no equivalent to this in humans.

It does. That's pretty much the definition of causality.

That was really impactful. I grew up pretty okay, but lots of my friends were very poor. I remember experiencing several of these things but I know for a fact they experienced many of them. They were good people who otherwise didn't deserve that struggle.

Realty is a good example of automation not resulting in lower costs for the consumer. For the longest time, a realtor had to, in person, establish relationships and trust with inspectors, sellers, buyers, financial institutions, and information was obtained through experience. They had to take their own photos and develop them, put up signs, and publish catalogs for people to find homes. Keeping up with meetings, phone numbers, and all the tasks in between was beyond a full-time job.

Today, websites, digital photos, AI, zoom meetings, and the Internet in general have made many of these tasks obsolete. You can connect with buyers, find inspectors, and get approved for financing on your phone. I can search for a house with a few clicks and instantly be connected to a realtor for the seller. It's incredible, the throughout for a realtor can be immense.

That's not to say it's easy. It's still competitive and difficult to step up in that industry. But all these efficiency gains in automation certainly aren't reflected in realty fees somehow.

How cool. This seems like such a good visual indicator of your gear status it's a mystery why it's not more common in manual cars.

> The drugs also scare me... The idea of giving something like that to a child profoundly scares me.

It works differently in people with the disorder. I took Adderall as a child and as an adult for adhd. It didn't get me wired nor did I have withdrawal symptoms, I simply felt more centered and capable of starting tasks. I know that we can only draw on our own experiences to judge things, but understand that people with this disorder experience the drug completely differently than you did.

As much as I don't care about tiktok going away, and acknowledge the privacy and security risks, there's something about banning a highly popular website that doesn't sit right with me. Is there precedent in the USA for anything like this?

Short term gains for long term pains. I hope customers steer clear of this behavior to discourage it. I'm personally fatigued by everything being a subscription.

Something tells me this isn't really what OP is asking for.

It'll be interesting if AI-generated content is ever no longer distinguishable from human writing in both evidence and prose. I suppose that's the ultimate goal.

The final hurdle at that point will be the de-democratization of writing and the dilution of creativity and novel writing. There will probably always be a market for that, but for things like reporting events, it seems like AI could easily overtake the industry.

I'm skeptical that every major existing city is busting at the seams.... What's the metric here? Cities have been crowded for centuries.