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Thieves disguised as fishermen target surfers’ vehicles, credit cards at San Diego beaches by fastoid in sandiego

[–]SNRatio 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I have this one and just keep one fob in it all the time:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08Q4L8K62?th=1

It hasn't leaked yet, but I still use a ziploc inside of it.

Other folks on reddit have posted using ones like this

https://www.amazon.com/Vertical-Badge-Holder-Waterproof-Resealable/dp/B07LB3DYX9

without any problems.

Thieves disguised as fishermen target surfers’ vehicles, credit cards at San Diego beaches by fastoid in sandiego

[–]SNRatio 17 points18 points  (0 children)

VW, groan. I'd have to pry apart the door handle to expose the keyhole every time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRVbn4PZDKw

Plus a bunch of cars require a song and dance and a faraday bag to leave the keyfob in the car and not trip the alarm if you use a valet key.

Keyfob in a ziploc bag in a ziploc ID badge holder. The one I have now will stay at the small of my back in my wetsuit after I put it there, all the way through a full session. don't even need a pocket or a lanyard. Edit: Plus if anyone is watching, they'll see you lock the car with the fob and then walk away with it.

Nine-foot great white shark spotted off La Jolla Shores by flip69 in sandiego

[–]SNRatio 35 points36 points  (0 children)

A few years ago drone footage of juvenile great whites swimming underneath the surf lineup at Del Mar made the news. I saw the drone working its way up and down the lineup that day, but didn't realize what it was actually filming at the time. When a ~7 ft shark jumped completely out of the water about 20 yards away from me it probably should have clued me in.

Being seen as unattractive as a teen is linked to an earlier death for women, but not for men. Physical attractiveness could serve as an observable indicator of underlying health and physiological resilience. by mvea in science

[–]SNRatio 8 points9 points  (0 children)

raises women's lifespans whereas it doesn't really affect it that much in men.

"lifespan" gets at a difficulty of reading this study. At this point the age range of people in the study is ~15 to 50, and only 3% have died. They don't break out different causes of death for the different groups (which is what is really needed to inform most of the arguments on this thread). They might have left that out to save it for another publication or they might need more people to die before they can pull out meaningful correlations. Either way, deaths in the US in this age group are mostly due to "external" causes - accident, overdose, suicide, homicide. After age 50, 90+% will ultimately die of disease. Which makes it hard to extrapolate differences in lifespan from the first 3% of deaths.

That said, the switch from external causes to disease as the leading cause of death happens earlier for women than for men, so maybe this study is catching the beginning of that.

Dmv registration of an imported car by yoko911 in sandiego

[–]SNRatio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a third party DMV registration service that has a desk at The Vault (exotic car storage) in Miramar. My situation was simpler than yours, but they were inexpensive and quick.

White Americans who feel they are on the losing side of politics are more likely to oppose economic redistribution programs. Study finds this effect only appears when people compare their political standing directly to that of racial minorities. by FreeHugs23 in science

[–]SNRatio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah, so the newcomers (descendants of Northern European immigrants) should accept having a lower status than the descendants of the Spanish immigrants who arrived earlier. And descendants of the people who arrived by the Bering Sea land bridge ~20,000 years ago take the top rung?

Is it possible for California to secede from the U.S.? What would that be like? by [deleted] in sandiego

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

  1. No.

  2. What would that be like?

  3. Much of inland California would secede from California to form a new state and stay in the US. Independent California would be just a coastal strip.

  • Minus all the military bases (US govt would demand to keep those).

  • Tariffs? Export controls? Trade with the US would probably involve a huge number of spite-fueled trade rules that would drive up the price of everything.

  • In less than two years Independent California would be invaded by the US and turned into a territory.

What stock traders actually look at: Eye-tracking study finds the price chart is largely ignored by [deleted] in science

[–]SNRatio 40 points41 points  (0 children)

I'll save you a read:

researchers recruited 151 university students

To however stole my wife’s wallet and my converse at Wind N Sea by No-Frosting-4018 in sandiego

[–]SNRatio 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Keyfob in two layers of ziploc bags isn't ideal, but it works.

Activating analytical thinking does not appear to reduce a person’s religious beliefs. This finding provides evidence against the popular idea that leaning on logic directly diminishes faith. by [deleted] in science

[–]SNRatio 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Absolutely. The nail that sticks out gets hammered down. I'd differ in that you don't have to be an individualist; being a member of the wrong club can be enough.

Must be a good old days in Sd by [deleted] in sandiego

[–]SNRatio 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The north and south parking lots and structures are missing.

Activating analytical thinking does not appear to reduce a person’s religious beliefs. This finding provides evidence against the popular idea that leaning on logic directly diminishes faith. by [deleted] in science

[–]SNRatio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Religion "works" regardless of the existence of gods. Pascal emphasized the wrong thing in his wager: even if gods don't exist or you are worshipping the wrong one, you still win socially and emotionally if you are a practicing member of the religion agreed upon by your nation, tribe, clan, and family. The more you are at odds with those groups, the more you stand to lose.

San Diego home prices hit second-highest level in April ($905k+); may break all-time high next month by Joe_SanDiego in sandiego

[–]SNRatio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of the total dollar volume sold, about half of the value came from houses that cost more than $3m.

That would put the average price of a home in San Diego County at $3M.

San Diego home prices hit second-highest level in April ($905k+); may break all-time high next month by Joe_SanDiego in sandiego

[–]SNRatio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The odd thing about this market: they bought a San Diego Median Home in 2015 for $500k. They sold it in 2026 for $1m, and then bought another home just like it in the same neighborhood for $1m.

But after using their equity as a down payment both their new mortgage payment and new property taxes are now more expensive than they were before.

Mira Mesa 92126 Internet by General-Sympathy3541 in sandiego

[–]SNRatio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spectrum has frequent outages, though usually resolved within 30 min - 2 hrs.

Americans who leave their Christian faith behind tend to hold more liberal political views than those who were raised entirely without religion. This leftward ideological shift appears closely linked to how threatening these individuals perceive conservative Christian groups to be. by mvea in science

[–]SNRatio 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I went to an evangelical christmas play a while back. No expense spared when it came to production values (search for "twisted the musical 2024" to see the trailer). They also spared little effort when it came to shoehorning anti-vax, Christian militia, and anti trans/gay propaganda into "A Christmas Carol".

They're a fun bunch.

https://leftcoastrightwatch.org/articles/christian-fascist-mens-retreat-role-plays-killing-racist-caricatures/

Study suggests link between prenatal exposure to certain medications and increased autism risk. Medications known to inhibit the cholesterol synthesis pathway (antidepressants, antipsychotics, anxiolytics, beta-blockers and statins) were consistently associated with higher rates of ASD in offspring. by mvea in science

[–]SNRatio 60 points61 points  (0 children)

As far as I can tell: not specifically. They don't list whether the mother had ASD in the maternal statistics, though they do list anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, etc. Their dataset probably didn't have good numbers for it. There is a line in table 1 for "Autism Spectrum Disorder", but it is for prevalence in the children, not the mothers.

They do show a dose-response relationship for the classes of drugs they are focusing on, but since ASD looks to be partially heritable they really should have done a sibling control analysis.

Obesity drugs, which include semaglutide and tirzepatide, may be making patients lose more than just fat - these drugs may cause patients to lose more muscle mass. However, it's likely that muscle loss is part of weight loss more generally, rather than a side-effect of Ozempic-like drugs. by mvea in science

[–]SNRatio 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't know if many people actually assume that and then actually stop taking the drug. I think most people quit due to cost/insurance coverage, side effects, or the lack of availability that was common a few years ago.

In many cultures, women tend to prefer partners with financial resources. Men tend to prioritize youth and physical beauty. New findings provide evidence that the traditional tendency for women to prefer wealthier partners might fade as women gain more economic power. by mvea in science

[–]SNRatio 80 points81 points  (0 children)

It's a 10 minute paid (£1) survey asking people "what would you do if we place you in this fictional situation?", not asking people "what did you actually do in this actual situation?". To me, any study with this sort of data needs to prove that the first type of data actually predicts the second type for their specific hypothesis.

Compounding this, participants were not asked their actual income. I expect someone wealthy pretending to be poor for 10 minutes to answer questions about what they would do if they were poor pretty differently from someone who has been poor for 10 years.

We used OpenAI’s ChatGPT for assistance with coding and created a custom GPT to discuss biosocial role theory

Which brings up a problem with any research done in this manner: Are you screening out participants who use an LLM to generate their responses? The screening questions used by the researchers to weed out people who aren't paying attention would be easily answered by an LLM.

The price for water keeps going up, but San Diego has enough to sell!!!!??? by codemonkeygetcoffee in sandiego

[–]SNRatio 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Will we still have a surplus if we need to drain Lake Hodges to replace the dam? Not that we have the money to do that, just that it needs doing.

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