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readicculus··on Half of high school seniors won't apply to colleges costing more than $40k
I wonder how the survey question was worded because when I applied I recall most of my applications were to out of state schools meaning which at the time these were been 30k+. Wasn't ever planning to pay this much and would only conisder if I received any substantial scholarships or aid. I think applying does not mean willing to pay that much
readicculus··on Many people living in the 'Diabetes Belt' are plagued with medical debt
I don't think it's an advertising thing though it could play into it.

- Eating a varied healthy diet is a lot more expensive than eating a varied unhealthy diet (if you can eat kale, rice, and beans all day then good for you but most can't)

- We're creatures of habit, if we grow up eating unhealthy we are more likely to continue to as adults. Eating healthy for most people requires cooking for yourself, many never learn this skill or see their parents putting daily effort into meals when they are children.

- Lack of public education around the topic, lack funding for free healthy lunches for school children

I had a friend when I was in school who had the most messed up disgusting teeth I'd ever seen. He had dental insurance, a decent job, decent pay. Turns out he never grew up learning that you're supposed to brush your teeth regularly so he just never made a habit out of it.

readicculus··on Pipe Inspection Robot [video]
What happens if the battery dies or other technical issue is what I want to know
readicculus··on US Defense Department Lets AI Pilot Take Stick of F16 Jet Fighter for 17 Hours
Both amazing and terrifying. Might be wishful thinking that as a race we do the right thing with these technologies but here is to hoping
readicculus··on A New species of whale has been discovered off the western coast of Mexico
That and ai, manually combing through 50tb of audio data was previously not possible. Have a colleague who just finished up a project detecting these sorts of signals using CNNs, forget what species he was looking at, but results were quite good.
readicculus··on The Social Dilemma
yea but the difference is you pay for a netflix subscription. Their main purpose is to keep you paying for a subscription, social media's purpose is to keep you engaged so they can advertise to you.