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sparktherapy··on [dead]
If you turn on "Reduce Motion" in General > Accessibility, You can slightly reduce the duration of the UI transitions.
sparktherapy··on Reverse Microwave Chills Beer In 45 Seconds
I can't watch videos where I work, so could someone briefly explain what this does? Is it anything to do with actual microwave radiation, or is it using accelerated conduction?

EDIT: if only YouTube is blocked... there's a video available here: http://www.v-tex-technology.co.uk/ It mentions nothing about "microwave", and is just a deceptive title on that food blog's part.

sparktherapy··on Kids Were Terrified of Getting MRIs. Then One Man Figured Out a Better Way
Glad they were able to frame a scary experience as a voluntary adventure. Gamification has great potential for solving motivational problems.

I see opportunities for gamification quite often. If we took any tedious or daunting task and broke it down into a fun, easy, and simple problem for everyone, society in general would benefit from a harvesting a lot of wasted productivity.

Instead of seeing dozens of people on the subway playing Candy Crush, if they enjoyed answering questions on StackOverflow just as equally, how much faster could we advance our knowledge and solve unique problems?

sparktherapy··on Why we revert to original titles
Many of the titles that I wish were re-phrased were titles from mainstream news outlets. Good original content tends to be headed with good titles.
sparktherapy··on Ask HN: Why do I need to use links' original titles?
Thanks for your detailed post (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6572466).
sparktherapy··on You're still legally dead, judge tells Fostoria man
This would cause all sorts of complications. I think the three-year limit should have an exception for mysterious reappearance, this man given his "life" back and be demanded to repay child support.

What happens if this man gets murdered? Can you go to jail for killing a dead man?