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yesseri

61 karma · joined April 2, 2022

Copenhagen Programmer, webdev Java, rust, JavaScript
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yesseri··on Psilocybin decreases depression and anxiety in cancer patients (2016)
Is it possible to have a placebo group when doing a study on psilocybin? Would participants in the placebo not notice the lack of psychedelic effects?

EDIT: In the original link it says the placebo group received a much lower dose, so that seems to be one way of doing it.

yesseri··on An abundance of Katherines: The game theory of baby naming
> The above model contains several Extremely Reasonable Assumptions (ERAs). [...] Another ERA is the Mayfly Parenthood Assumption, in which all parents perish immediately upon naming their child, which makes the math substantially easier."

This paper is just filled with hilarious quotes.

yesseri··on Social engineering takeovers of open source projects
I think he was making a tounge in cheek point about how we could finally get extremely well-founded open source projects.
yesseri··on An Open Source Book That Teaches JavaScript
It sounds similar to another quote.

“In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”

Hitchikers guide to the galaxy

yesseri··on How to explain the Monty Hall problem to a disbeliever
And the key thing here is that all boxes except two gets removed, not only one.
yesseri··on Poor sleep drove me insane, and my long path to recovery
This makes me really sad to read. I really hope you don't do that. I can't imagine how hard this must have been for you.

I sometimes feel like life is to much. What helps me is the realization that life right now is hard but I am enduring. What makes it feel to much is the feeling that this burden is going to go on forever. So I try to be satisfied with the fact that I am capable of handling life right now, and the future is a problem for future me.

What techniques have you looked into for improving your condition?

yesseri··on Farewell, Building in Public
The link is misspelled. It should be: redactle-unlimited.com
yesseri··on India lifted 415M out of poverty in 15 years, says UN
Father-in-law
yesseri··on Dear Chess World
Niemann have admitted cheating before when playing online, so Carlsen is just not making this up about any random player. There is a history of cheating.
yesseri··on Finland will be self-sufficient in electricity in a year or two, says minister
There has been massive investments into transmission capacity in Sweden. The capacity has not increased that much though. One of the reasons are that nuclear power plants have been closed. Large turbines contributes to an increased transmission capacity. All the big investments have been necessary just to ensure that the capacity doesn't get lowered due to the closing of the nuclear plants.
yesseri··on Why are D-sharp and E-flat considered to be two different notes?
The problem is you are incorrect. The deeper your knowledge of music theory, and the more experience you have with a capella choir music or certain instruments where they can be played differently, The more apparent this will become.

Trying to sing a D# in a B major chord the same way you would a Eb in a C minor won't be a great experience.

Most of the adjustments will happen automatically if you listen to your fellow singers and have experience. But they do happen.

yesseri··on Let's learn D game programming development (2021) [video]
What makes it a better language than C and Rust? What is unique about it?