otteromkram

> And why the researchers didn't tried to reduce stress levels?

The student is under stress due to their struggle with the passage, which the author isn't taking creative liberties to describe as that's how most people will react.

The time constraint wouldn't be an issue if they were comfortable with the passage. You can give them unlimited time and they might provide a sufficient response, or just quit and move along in the study, which also stated in the reading.

And, with all due respect, I think you're probably giving yourself more credit for your ability to perform better than these students than what might be the actual result, but that's not atypical for me online community, whose denizens are a cut above the rest...

This was also noted in the study:

* [...] However, these same subjects (defined in the study as problematic readers) also believed they would have no problem reading the rest of the 900-page novel.

Keep in mind that the students were English majors, so understanding complex classical works might be expected at some point.

> Optical devices called diffraction gratings stretch it out in time so that when the pump lasers dump power into the pulse, it doesn’t get so intense that it starts tearing the air apart.

Oh,my.

> "The crystal that we’re going to get in the summer will get us to 3 petawatts, and it took four and a half years to manufacture"

This entire thing is beyond cool. I hope the rest of the process goes smoothly for the teams involved!

Is anyone stopping him, et al, from just paying more? There's an option for that on US tax forms (though I'm guessing tax returns for billionaires are a little more complex than what a Form 1040 can handle).

I dislike how you think.

When I drive, 99% of the time it's to get someplace, not go for a Sunday cruise.

The better alternative is ongoing driver training beyond initial study.

> at least here in the US

I didn't realize that you spoke for everyone. Maybe you were taught that info by your instructor, but that doesn't mean everyone followed a similar format.

How is this not an advertisement? Does HN tag those or nah?

You're a "dev," but don't seek out test folders/files for use case examples?

Don't let your employer know...

This is one heck of a question.

I don't know assembly, but my advice would be to take the rote route by rewriting stuff in assembly.

Just like anything else, there's no quick path to the finish line (unless you're exceptionally gifted), so putting in time is always the best action to take.

> ...if it needs to remember you, it should do so with tokens and one-time links, not user accounts or forgotten-password flows...

Not for me, thanks. I've skipped submitting job apps because of the Oracle HRM platform and having to visit my email an enter a six-digit code EACH time I wanted to submit an app, which required re-uploading a resume and re-correcting any parsing errors.

I will 100% skip your website if you rely upon cookies/OTP and don't let users create accounts (if they need one).

I don't trust Google reviews anymore, Maps or otherwise.

Look at how many reviews will just be five-star ones, but no text. Or, one or two words quips, like, "great food!"

Negative reviews might also be emotionally driven, some by one-time events, like a to-go order taking too long because of a large office order that preceded it.

When I was apartment shopping, I saw so many "sketchy" reviews on Google and reporting them does nothing. Many would be from people who only toured the place and NEVER actually lived there, or from people who just moved in. Both are useless, but does Google care? No! Hence, my disdain for Google reviews.

Cambridge has it as old fashioned.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gaol

Cambridge is British, is it not?

Yes, but how often do you use it in your vernacular?

Since that's the topic being discussed, then first portion of your statement wasn't necessary.

Dictionary essay of the difference between the two words: https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/jail-vs-prison-diffe...

Hey, how is Uber going to properly promote itself with only one article?

puts aluminum foil hat back on

I dislike the style of Code used to write this. I understand that, given who wrote the article, this is blasphemy.

Opening braces should be inline with the expression or definition.

Comments can be above what they're referred to.

Combined, this makes any code snippet look like crap on mobile and almost impossible to follow as a result.

It's a social media platform. Full stop.

Headhunters are trying to be influencers, they have games, news feeds are full of junk or agenda pushing (lots of anti-WFH pieces because the wealthy owners need to keep their commercial property prices up), etc.

Man, I hope you wear headphones.

Fun fact: No one is impressed by your "sports" car, but I'll bet 100% don't want hear it and wish the worst upon you.

I know some places are testing sound ticketing, which I cannot wait to see implemented everywhere.

https://www.autoweek.com/news/technology/a39906304/californi...

I hope you get over your noise addiction sooner than later. Or, go broke in the process.

Well, you know what they say about assume...

Decline based on usage of pascalCase in the first example. How did that even happen?

Thanks for letting the group know.

EBay, Amazon, Walmart, CVS, etc.

Name a major company, then try to contact customer service and interact with an actual human.

Even if they do have a contact phone number, good luck navigating the mazes of voice prompts.

Amazon isn't actually so bad about this, but I couldn't tell you if their CSR chat bot is an actual person or mid-level AI by now.

Then there wouldn't be any free ones.

New AI tactic.

1. Why aren't websites like this posted under Show HN? This is a promotional post, right?

2. How is this different/better than something like https://gamedev.stackexchange.com? More discussion-based vs Q&A?

Excluding Elon Musk, which tech billionaire(s)?

Post secondary professors have a median income of just over $84,000 in the US [0], which is above the median personal income of about $42,000 for 2023 [1].

Both those numbers took me less than a minute to find.

[0] https://www.bls.gov/ooh/Education-Training-and-Library/Posts...

[1] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEPAINUSA646N

I don't give my LinkedIn profile and, if it's required, just submit the main URL or one for Bill Gates.

F*ck LinkedIn. You don't need it to get a job. I'm living proof. My profile has barely anything on it now.

They're amongst many companies who hate to provide minimal service to their "product." (Google, I'm looking at you.)

As for your ID issues, I had similar trouble when I lost my common sense and agreed to take a selfie while applying for an apartment in a new area. Several attempts to land thru perfect photo of my ID that they said wasn't verifiable (not sure why, folks, since my ID photo was nearly a decade old) and I gave up.

I would never do the same for a social media profile, so i recommend fighting back. Protect your privacy, ng friend, it's the last remaining bit of leverage you have.

British English tends to have extra (read: nascent) u's in it after o's, but "should" is spelled the same in British and American English.

Example -

British have colourful neighbours.

Americans have colorful neighbors.

Available on Open Library (though, I don't believe downloading it is an option).

https://openlibrary.org/books/OL803861M/The_data_compression....

Hmm...I think the comment about people getting dumber still stands.

If you're not dumb, then you would figure out how to use the knife after taking a look at it and seeing which side is the sharp one.

That's almost textbook intelligence; being able to resolve abstract problems based on limited information.