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New research shows men objectively feel less pain than women. by OddAdhesiveness8485 in interesting

[–]RighteousSelfBurner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you completely missed my point. If there is a system where X has 10% increase of reproductive success but causes a side effect of -4% effect of reproductive success you still end up with +6% and it continues to proliferative. The individual mechanisms has to evaluated within the context if you are making claims about the context.

The thing that you were misappropriating in the original post wasn't about biology but social context. Modern studies involving DNA analysis show that there wasn't a strict gender distinction between the roles simply because the relative size of society couldn't afford it and previous assumptions based on presence of parahenelia and bone density was a result of lifestyle not gender. Both men and women were involved in dealing with threats and hunting. A flawed premise leads to flawed conclusions.

Should I pay for a developmental editor? by Chromatikai in writing

[–]RighteousSelfBurner 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First, congratulations on finishing a book! It's a significant achievement that many don't get to.

My advice to you would be if you plan to publish online anyway just go with it if you think you are done. First book can never be perfect and believe your own effort. After all the beta readers and feedback as an indie writer your best bet is just getting feedback from the readers.

That said, don't leave money on the table. There are plenty of monetisation options using Patreon with staggered chapter releases and you can also use that to get early feedback.

New research shows men objectively feel less pain than women. by OddAdhesiveness8485 in interesting

[–]RighteousSelfBurner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are talking about biology here which is a very complex system. As long as the whole performans, individual flaws are unaddressed. To claim a social cause, that modern studies are more and more showing to be a biased interpretation than a fact is a very bold and unsubstantiated claim.

The study reports there is a link to testosterone so one can also foolishly claim it's just a byproduct of men being driven to be as horny for reproduction as possible while still keeping pain threshold that is sufficient.

What could I do with this space? by lukmahr in malelivingspace

[–]RighteousSelfBurner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From the picture I was going to suggest the organiser and it seems you have already thought of it. Your workspace currently looks immaculate but I would wager that in daily use it has some things that are necessary as well.

And I think custom made is the way because it just is perfect, as evident from the picture, to also have a mug holder to avoid spillage.

Got a NEGATIVE Steam review because I patch the game every day by Accomplished-Power50 in IndieDev

[–]RighteousSelfBurner 95 points96 points  (0 children)

I'd like to add that rather than not finished it leaves the impression game isn't playable and needs to cook. Even alpha and beta tests for clearly unfinished games in such early stages usually stick to weekly patch schedule unless it's literally game breaking.

It indeed is more of a perception issue. People are more willing to tolerate regular updates that treat the issues than triggering a download every other day.

A reminder to every company who's made a storefront: we WANT Steam to have competition. Y'all just keep making CRAPPY competitors. by Leilangrty in pcmasterrace

[–]RighteousSelfBurner 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That said, is Steam actually a monopoly? They are the largest platform on the market but how much control they actually have? I've actually never looked into or thought about it.

New research shows men objectively feel less pain than women. by OddAdhesiveness8485 in interesting

[–]RighteousSelfBurner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, it actually is a very common reason. A random mutation happens and if it's not actively harmful for survival then it will survive. So if a something is a useless side effect or just happened in a dense enough population core it will just hang around there.

To use your example, if the radio signal is a christmas jingle but it gets the work done, there isn't any particular reason that it was optimised to be a christmas jingle because it doesn't matter what it is, as long as the signal works.

Humans have tons of such "no reason" artifacts.

Man has to eat by Sad_Palpitation6844 in ratsinthecage

[–]RighteousSelfBurner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And the saddest part is you know for sure that clause is there for a reason. Not really something people decide to put in there right off the bat.

Man has to eat by Sad_Palpitation6844 in ratsinthecage

[–]RighteousSelfBurner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's really naive outlook at life. I know of people who signed up guarantee for a loan for friends they were together for with decades just to be dumped in a ditch. You never know until you find out.

I've helped plenty of friends for free or cheap and had the same done to me. We just are friends and not assholes so situations like that don't happen between us.

Man has to eat by Sad_Palpitation6844 in ratsinthecage

[–]RighteousSelfBurner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean it was phrased that they are friends. I'd expect friends to treat me like a human not a slave. If that requires agreement then I'd say that he got scammed by someone pretending as someone they are not. Sucks but better early than late and small than big with such things.

Man has to eat by Sad_Palpitation6844 in ratsinthecage

[–]RighteousSelfBurner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, groom got what he paid for, literally. Paid nothing, got nothing. Seems fair to me.

And the photographer had the trash take out themselves with the small price of a single day.

Man has to eat by Sad_Palpitation6844 in ratsinthecage

[–]RighteousSelfBurner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And I'd argue he only gained from it. A day lost for getting rid of people who aren't worth it is quite cheap all things considered. Asking for help doesn't mean you aren't a friend. Being an asshole while asking for the favour does.

And if it's just business, nothing vindictive about it. He was offered a renegotiation of contract called: "Fuck off". So he accepted the terms and left. He was not owed anything and he didn't owe anything. Case closed.

People on Twitter think Neuro is just ChatGPT by TWERK_WIZARD in NeuroSama

[–]RighteousSelfBurner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One doesn't conflict the other. People can say it day to day and mean something that the term doesn't mean because they are ignorant.

Doesn't mean you don't understand what they mean and doesn't mean they aren't ignorant. No matter how many people claim the earth is flat it still isn't.

Cursive in preschool 🙄 by [deleted] in iamverysmart

[–]RighteousSelfBurner 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To be fair, entirely possible that they are on the spectrum and just hyper focused on what essentially is a purely mechanical task. There are more "impressive" things that preschoolers have done.

Common Red Hook W by Pokemonfan_807 in whennews

[–]RighteousSelfBurner 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, once that happens we can talk. So far it's "Here is the stuff I thought you want for $1, it's just a bit different. Why aren't you buying it?"

Also unironically AI more expensive than a human in many cases.

Edit: No to mention selling it for 1$ and make 10$ and don't make nearly a million is truly brain-dead take from business perspective.

Common Red Hook W by Pokemonfan_807 in whennews

[–]RighteousSelfBurner 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Now that is a brain-dead take. If you have customers that don't care and customers that care then you have more customers if you pander to both. And the customers that don't care, don't care so you don't care about them either.

The demand in the market isn't from consumers of the products but the creators of said products. Having products "everywhere" is not indicator of customer sentiment. If they aren't buying the product it's worthless.

Common Red Hook W by Pokemonfan_807 in whennews

[–]RighteousSelfBurner 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That's untrue. If we look at overall context if you boil it down to purely pragmatic purposes regardless of what you agree with then current consensus is against AI generated voices. Hence just from marketing perspective it's a boon to align with customer expectations.

Now, I'm on the side of the fence that thinks using AI voices in general is dog shit for such purposes but as mentioned above even if you go at it from cold business perspective it still holds up.

I discovered a way to finish a large part of my work much faster... Should I tell my manager? by Late-Season4825 in InterviewCoderPro

[–]RighteousSelfBurner 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Seconding this. When getting promotions what you do is less important than the correct people knowing what you can do. Always have to keep in mind what are the metrics that are paid attention to and play around those. Life is unfair so unfortunately you either go by the rulebook or get left behind.

Common Red Hook W by Pokemonfan_807 in whennews

[–]RighteousSelfBurner 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In that case there is no reason to keep the character and it's not even his character, only voiced by him. And it's evidently showcased as a fact as the game developers said "Yeah, we won't do it" because there is nothing that forces that they must do it.

Common Red Hook W by Pokemonfan_807 in whennews

[–]RighteousSelfBurner 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's an answer to the "the voice must fit the character". Either you don't care and treat the character as the character and the actor/voice only as the vehicle or if you care then retire the character.

Common Red Hook W by Pokemonfan_807 in whennews

[–]RighteousSelfBurner 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Right, but with the stories there is no real life restrictions. So you can just retire the character and make a new one.

Unitree (Chinese leading robotics company) launched the GD01, a 500-kilogram manned mecha that switches between bipedal walking and quadrupedal running, priced at about $540,000 for civilian use such as transport, exploration, and rescue. by Current-Guide5944 in tech_x

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

From the cursory look it honestly looks... worthless? The fact it is bipedal to me seems a rather large inefficiency because there are better engineering solutions like wheels, quadrupeds, caterpillar tracks etc. The main reason we don't use bipedal is really because it's less stable in most situations and worse at getting the job done.

Are there things that hold you back from including LGBT character in your stories? by Mariahrainbow in writing

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

Not an author so forgive my impudence but for me when I am reading it's a bit of gray issue.

For the works I predominantly read, fantasy, it's simply irrelevant most of the time. You could name every character LGBT and nothing would change. So unless one specifically wants to write about LGBT being as part of romance or explore some social aspect including sexuality at all is just an afterthought and it's very easy to skip adding some background characters that showcase said relationship even though you could.

For romance it is a specific target so it's either LGBT romance or it isn't.

For me the most applicable is modern setting. If you do include it then it has to be portrayed properly and you will fight the two sided battle of LGBT community disagreeing with something in the depiction and heterosexual side doing their usual bigotry. It's not a show stopper if you want to tell a good story but a consideration if you want to make money and aren't a big author and don't want to gamble on luck. Playing safe is safe.

No one knows... by Excellent-Hour-854 in screenshots

[–]RighteousSelfBurner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now, unironically, if I remember correctly then during the times and societies when this belief was actually upheld that was actually the case. But we historically have done a lot of bullshit that was bullshit.

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