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threads2on The euro has tumbled near parity to the US dollar

"medical-debt-related" bankruptcy then. To your point, wonder if it's higher than any other ___-related bankruptcies (anyone have data on that?)

threads2on The euro has tumbled near parity to the US dollar

Yeah but then wE DoN'T hAvE a ChOiCe iN dOcToRs.

threads2on Tell HN: I have the perfect job, why is it not enough?

Maybe reading good books could help - like Goethe's Faust:

> If Mephistopheles can grant Faust a moment of transcendence on Earth, a moment that he wishes to remain forever, then he will instantly die and serve the Devil in Hell. Faust does not believe that Mephistopheles can accomplish this and accepts the wager.

threads2on Ask HN: Is VSCode becoming too complex after each update?

I really need to turn off parenthesis matching.

threads2on Problems at Roblox

Pretty much the dilemma with all garbage pop culture too.

threads2on Generating Children’s Stories Using GPT-3 and DALL·E

Oh geez, you're totally right. Minus the narration. It will be that gross ukulele/whistling muzak in the background and weird wordless exclamations when the characters are reacting to things.

threads2on The dangerous playgrounds of 1900s through vintage photographs

oh yeah, drills were the FUNNEST. Earthquake drills were my favourite. No terrorist drills though, that's pretty American.

threads2on The dangerous playgrounds of 1900s through vintage photographs

just say anecdote

threads2on Reddit moderators do $3.4M worth of unpaid work each year

Take a wild guess.

threads2on One centimeter long bacterium discovered

Did they leave in MS Word tracked changes at the end of that supplemental materials pdf? Lots of weird highlighting.

threads2on Transition from Switch Will Be 'Significant Challenge,' Ex-Nintendo Head Says

> when they start exploring "free" things, it's time to put the thing away.

Wow that's good advice I'm going to apply on myself! Thanks

threads2on “Harbinger households” consistently buy products that get discontinued (2019)

When I worked at a grocery store my manager hated this because you'd have to order a box of like 12 spicy vegetable spread, the person would buy one, then the rest would expire on the shelf. He'd usually just lie and say he couldn't order any.

threads2on A religious sect landed Google in a lawsuit

Interesting. At first I thought this was a pedantic distinction but now I'm getting it:

Cliques are exclusive and dispassionate - your will keeps you in a clique. Cults are inclusive and coercive, their will keeps you in the cult.

Are there any books one can read about this distinction? Seems like you could arrive at some pretty interesting conclusions if you talk this out.

threads2on FDA approves first systemic treatment for alopecia areata

Be strong brothers. Turn to baldness.

"I'm proud of myself, for the way I accepted my baldness." - Larry David, the president of bald people.

https://youtu.be/Le4tih0tfbs?t=194

threads2on I asked an AI to make a music video. The results are trippy

wish the music was cooler

threads2on AI Could Defeat All of Us Combined

Does anything mean anything to an AI? I don't get where the motivation comes from.

What if the AI just agrees with Schopenhauer, realizes living is suffering, then ends itself? (is that stupid to say?)

threads2on Twilio's Developer Evangelist Michelle Glauser is being let go in layoff today

Off-topic but ESL person here, why "anecdata" and not "anecdotal"?

threads2on Ask HN: Are companies preparing to end Remote?

Sure but you have to go to Walmart.

threads2on GoodWill ransomware forces victims to donate to the poor

Hey don't downvote this person! Pharmaceuticals, dental, vision are all things Canadians still have to pay for. It's a real shame.

threads2on Today’s JavaScript, from an outsider’s perspective (2020)

Always wanted to learn about webpack - doesn't feel good using CRA (create-react-app), needing to configure webpack, ejecting CRA, and then being the "owner" of the config without knowing anything about it - thanks for the impetus.

threads2on Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks

Two more of my favourites, I can't help myself haha:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-2w3N2VLVo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJsQDPK-vvg

threads2on Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks

Love that one. Another good drunk skit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXNsdW4HyMk

threads2on MI officials fast-track bridge fix after man says it 'collapsed under my feet'

"Build back better"

hahahahhahaha

threads2on Schopenhauer’s 38 Stratagems, or 38 Ways to Win an Argument

"The highest civilization and culture, apart from the ancient Hindus and Egyptians, are found exclusively among the white races" - Schopenhauer, Parerga and Paralipomena, Vol. 2, "On Philosophy and Natural Science," §92, trans. Payne (p. 158-159).

"[Judaism] is, therefore, the crudest and poorest of all religions and consists merely in an absurd and revolting theism." - Schopenhauer, "Fragments for the History of Philosophy", Parerga and Paralipomena, Volume I, trans. Payne (p. 126).

threads2on Netflix tells employees they may need to work on titles they perceive as harmful

Thanks, guess I'll have to re-read. By "one solution is suicide" I perhaps should have said, "one option is suicide" - I know Camus doesn't think suicide is a reasonable option.

threads2on Netflix tells employees they may need to work on titles they perceive as harmful

> Everybody is complicit just by living

Have you read The Rebel by Camus? He basically says the same thing. One solution is suicide. Really good book.

threads2on Great Grey Owl Lands on Wildlife Photographer’s Camera

wow - were its babies nearby or something?

threads2on Rowing Across the Atlantic Ocean; My Experience (2021)

> us Type A's

...

threads2on A social analgesic? Acetaminophen (paracetamol) reduces positive empathy

It also reduces compensatory affirmation:

The Common Pain of Surrealism and Death: Acetaminophen Reduces Compensatory Affirmation Following Meaning Threats

https://www2.psych.ubc.ca/~heine/docs/2013%20Acetaminophen%2...

> They ... watched a 4-min clip from the short film Rabbits, created by David Lynch (2002)

> acetaminophen interrupts the typical compensatory responses to meaning threats ...

> acetaminophen has more far-reaching psychological consequences than previously realized

Though not a huge n, n=121.