> Whereas in the HN title it reads as if it's saying a "65% decline in attention span".
Perhaps the submitter's attention span ran out.
Perhaps the submitter's attention span ran out.
1. It will definitely rain, on 75% of the relevant area.
2. It will definitely rain, for 75% of the relevant time period.
3. It will rain with an intensity of 75% of the maximum our instruments can measure.
4. Three out of four meteorologists think it will rain.
5. It will rain on 75% of the population.
6. It will rain on everyone, but 75% of the population forgot their umbrella.
7. It will rai
8. 25% chance of dry.
9. 25% chance of snow.
10. When you become trapped in a Groundhog Day-type loop and are forced to repeat today three more times, then a subsequent analysis will show that it rained on exactly three of the four total days. Probably.
I know what you did here. I am taking my Mg/K supplements to keep up my attention.
3:1 means that you bet $1 four times on the 25%, lose money three times and make back $3 the last time.
Just saying, imho it's already a thing (with different incarnations in different contexts).
I've been using that expression when giving up on participating during discussions.
Other people's line of reasoning are unnecessarily long, repetitive, trivial and most often also completely pointless. This derails my own productive/actually-interesting argument because I only have so much mental energy.