Depends on your school of thought around addiction. Some people believe that once you have been a smoker that you’re forever more an addict.

I agree with you though. 5 years without smoking you’re probably not going back.

I think they’re actually right about this one.

Not like the story will end. This one’s in the same cabinet as combatting aging.

“Just a a few years away” means, “We are attempting to grift a billionaire”, and it won’t be achieved. I wish the company many well funded years of unprofitable operation.

Yeah. It’s just profit, whatever makes line be as up as possible. I doubt there’s any regard, good or bad, for the user’s experience beyond that.

1,3,5,16,18,20

Depends on mood and temperature.

Oh i see the point of confusion. If taken literally yeah that’s how it could be read. I read a sarcastic tone in the whole statement. They make an otherwise serious complaint then use a humorous informal slang like “rawdog” which demeans their own authority in the statement.

In this case the sarcasm extends to the word “let” which i think is pointing to how underperforming individuals get diagnosis and medication much more often. That they are given care while well performing individuals are uncared for.

It does fit the definition of the word as well, to allow someone to do something by not doing anything to stop them. In this case the not doing anything to stop them part refers to that lack of provision of care.

It may be more profitable to have regular success stories getting churned. The algo looks out for the best interests of the company’s profit. Sometimes things line up.

It’s all conjecture. I suspect the algorithm puts it towards the bottom of the stack because there’s more money in casting a conventional net.

Yes, they literally are fuck algorithms. 🤣

Not a fan of how corporations make them work myself but understanding a little about them can make things like this a little less frustrating.

I would argue that the existence of an algorithm isn’t inherently evil, they just ruin things when they’re designed to maximize profit.

That makes sense you retain info from your interests better.

I’m mostly the same on media in politics. I keep it to one day a week just to be up to date.

Yeah at first it is. The algorithm learns about you over time and it gets a little better with regular use. It still has a bit of a blind spot around nerd/geek culture.

If one starts with very low or no tolerance then even minimal amounts can be a bit much. A higher tolerance can make that more comfortable. At these low doses, a small variation can impact the experience overall and some people will like it with a slightly higher dose which they need to build a tolerance to smooth out the harsher effects of.

Not sure if that’s what they meant but in this way the word can be correctly used.

Do you retain much information from doom scrolling?

The same can be said of Middle Earth.

Yay capitalism!

Furthermore it’s beautiful that the evolutionary pressure hasn’t changed. That there hasn’t been a benefit from any of the genetic mutations. That the evolutionary pressure still applies to this day to ensure conformance with the perfect archetype.

The meme is a poignant exaggeration. It’s pointing out that many ADHD folk are blocked from access to any therapy because they perform well professionally. Using professional performance as the primary metric often leaves people with untreated difficult conditions on their personal life.

For example, someone might be the best car mechanic you can find but their own car is a neglected POS. Someone might accel as a surgeon but their home is a stye.

These lead to issues with social life and result in burnout.

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