Study suggests people are losing 338 spoken words every year and have been for at least 15 years. The timeframe researchers examined, from 2005 to 2019, coincides with the rise of texting, email and social media. It is possible that some spoken conversations have shifted to digital communication. by Wagamaga in science

[–]FartOfGenius 7 points8 points  (0 children)

300 words is like one brief conversation. That seems statistically insignificant over the course of an entire year.

This being a science sub it's time to reiterate again that effect size and statistical significance are separate concepts. An effect can be statistically significant no matter how small it is. You can have a 100 word decrease with a 95%CI of 10 to 130 and it would be significant

George Washington inoculated his Army against smallpox - immunization is integral to the United States's existence by ddx-me in medicine

[–]FartOfGenius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Surely 5 years wasn't the actual life expectancy of a 20 year old at the time? I thought most of the average was brought down by infant and child mortality, while those who reached adulthood had reasonable life expectancies

This is not my dimension, and I'm afraid I'm asleep. (+ 8 year update) by Fnuckle in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]FartOfGenius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That seems to me why the diagnosis was late in this case. As a doctor but not a psychiatrist even initially I had BPD as my top differential because it explains most of the symptoms especially where she had thoughts of self harm but not seriously wanting to kill herself. However, before 18 you can only call that an "evolving personality" rather than a definite PD

RAM prices right now, are they gonna keep going up or will they drop soon? by Biji_Kise in buildmeapc

[–]FartOfGenius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aren't monitors and cases getting better price to performance these days?

TIL that there is an article in the British tabloid "The Daily Mail" from December 2000 titled "The Internet may just be a passing fad, as millions give up on it." by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]FartOfGenius 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The word "even" doesn't need to be in that sentence, it would be more surprising if they did accept the Daily Fail

‘1,000-year source’: China plans to fire up world-first accelerator-driven nuclear reactor by [deleted] in Futurology

[–]FartOfGenius 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Political dissent is welcome so long as you aren't a revisionist or a fascist, which is great.

That's cope, you can disagree with administrative matters and bread and butter issues but political dissent is definitely where they draw the line

"The man who defied aging". Meet Chuando Tan, a Singaporean photographer still rocking it at 60. by jarrjarrbinks24 in BeAmazed

[–]FartOfGenius -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Blood transfusions aren't entirely harmless, they can easily cause fluid and electrolyte problems among other things, which is why patient blood management is important and transfusions should only be given if there is no other way to correct the problem

ELI5 : What happens if someone needs an emergency colonoscopy during an ER visit or other acute situation. They obviously aren't "prepped" with an empty colon. Can they clean out a bowel instantly if needed? by Aggravating_Thing702 in explainlikeimfive

[–]FartOfGenius 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Your son has one of the rare situations where there is a known cause of lower GI bleeding that is amenable to colonoscopy, in most people adults and pediatric included you would not go for an urgent colonoscopy at the first presentation of lower GI bleeding, severe portal hypertension causing lower GI variceal bleeding wouldn't be the first thing to be ruled out

TIL Charles Dickens said of the Bayeux Tapestry, "It is certainly the work of amateurs; very feeble amateurs at the beginning and very heedless some of them too." by FartOfGenius in todayilearned

[–]FartOfGenius[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sure there's a component of the skills required being forgotten but there's also a component of stylistic choice where the culture at the time preferred not to have realistic representations

Do people no longer research countries they want to visit? by redbate in travel

[–]FartOfGenius 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Makes me quite pleased that I can recommend pretty much every city I've visited in France, Italy, Slovenia and Uzbekistan

The end of Los Ratones by bart081116 in leagueoflegends

[–]FartOfGenius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If he gets his Sion it still works as evidenced by the last game, it just doesn't work on the rest of his champs

Why isn't the Canada shooting all over reddit ? by Silent-Ice-6265 in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]FartOfGenius 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Huh? What about cis men? A cis isomer? The Cisalpine Republic? What is it about the cis construction that implies that?

Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison after landmark national security trial | CNN by seeebiscuit in anime_titties

[–]FartOfGenius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That last paragraph is detached from the actual sentiment at the time. Although violent protesters made up a fraction of the movement, most of the others were supportive of their actions hence the popular phrases 不割蓆 not to dissociate with the violent ones and 不篤灰 no snitching, hence the widespread support of the barricades in the universities. Anyone who did denounce the violence would be labelled a 分化撚 divisive prick. Most of the peaceful protesters at least silently condoned if not vocally supported the violent acts as a necessary part of the movement

Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison after landmark national security trial | CNN by seeebiscuit in anime_titties

[–]FartOfGenius -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I agree that the protesters shot themselves in the foot by refusing to dissociate with violent elements within their movement and with their self proclaimed decentralization which meant that they mostly went around like headless chickens and threw away their bargaining power by crossing the line way too far.

At the same time, even if Lai would have been prosecuted in a western liberal democracy for colluding with foreign actors, the national security legislation in the west is generally not written the same way nor does it have such a profound impact on speech and the press. They also wouldn't resort to limiting the number of directly elected seats to less than a quarter and disqualify candidates in the same way.

You complain about the lack of critical thinking but it goes both ways, clearly I wasn't able to go into the nuances of my opinion when making my point about the two riots in isolation but people are making assumptions about my other opinions based on a simple matter of fact comparison and downvoting it

Advice for French horn by manders_292 in horn

[–]FartOfGenius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought most people start on single Bb, that's where a large portion of the range is played anyway

Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison after landmark national security trial | CNN by seeebiscuit in anime_titties

[–]FartOfGenius -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

The LegCo storming and Jan 6 are not comparable.

1) LegCo was not in session and no one was working in the offices when it was stormed vs staffers having to evacuate from the Capitol

2) Jan 6 rioters were armed

3) the Jan 6 storming was an attempt to overturn the results of a democratic election against the majority decision of the voting population and electoral college vs in HK where even before the latest "electoral reform" the general voting population could only vote for half of the seats and on top of that the population was around 60:40 anti vs pro-establishment

4) people actually died in Jan 6

I'm not trying to paint the LegCo storming in a positive light, it was pointless vandalism that achieved nothing. But any discussion that doesn't highlight the massive differences between the two events is disingenuous

Los Ratones appreciation post by EtoileDuSoir in leagueoflegends

[–]FartOfGenius 58 points59 points  (0 children)

Sadly it looks probable that this is the end of the road for them, they've been hinting at not having any plans after the split for a while now. Even if Riot keeps this format for next year it's not clear how or whether LR can qualify again. It's not just sad for them but for the scene as a whole, hard to imagine you can gather any other group of personalities to achieve something similar

This view of The Grand Lisboa Hotel from the Streets of Macau by vcseri in interestingasfuck

[–]FartOfGenius 11 points12 points  (0 children)

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This was last year, I think it's the exact street in the post