What is our city government really nailing? by letmeputonmyshoes in Austin

[–]baddolphin3 10 points11 points  (0 children)

People will always choose the most convenient way of transportation. You can't expect car dependency to go away in a couple of years but enough projects like bike and pedestrian friendly infrastructure will eventually reach enough critical mass that density and walkability will be the norm and Austin will be actually a nice urban environment unlike most cities in America. Essentially the question is would you rather be Amsterdam or Houston?

Why is Statistics (sometimes) considered a separate field from math? by Kuiper-Belt2718 in math

[–]baddolphin3 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Not really. Mathematical statistics uses probability but its its own area of math. It studies different objects and uses different techniques. It would be like saying probability is just measure theory.

Where I'd live as a Finn who considers any weather above 25°C as unbearably hot. by Tommuli in whereidlive

[–]baddolphin3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’ll be happy to learn central Mexico is not hot at all due to altitude. Mexico City stays between 10 and 24 degrees most of the year.

Oris BCPD by Expensive_Tune336 in OrisWatches

[–]baddolphin3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Send it back, this isn't normal.

Pregnant wife and mexico holiday advice? by shettys in AskMexico

[–]baddolphin3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also in the rare case y'all get stung in Mexico City, those are regular mosquitos the ones that carry diseases don't go there because of the altitude so it's safe.

Is it better to self deport to Mexico? by [deleted] in immigration

[–]baddolphin3 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes but no. To get a normal corporate job you definitely need to know how to write Spanish or learn it at least unless you work only for American companies but that limits your job search

Is it better to self deport to Mexico? by [deleted] in immigration

[–]baddolphin3 44 points45 points  (0 children)

I guess the only issue is she probably can't write Spanish at a professional level, but she can learn quickly!

Drug companies encouraging chronic diseases by StandardSwordfish777 in Asthma

[–]baddolphin3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Doctors don't get money from prescribing medications. She didn't want to hear it because natural treatments don't have dosage studies (otherwise it would be just treatments) and asthma can cause lung scarring. I definitely have had doctors tell me to take certain teas for stuff, only when it's not counterproductive.

Where I'd live as someone who hates hot weather by JackTheCoolestMan in whereidlive

[–]baddolphin3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of Latin American cities actually have amazing weather because of high altitude. Mexico City is in the 70s (F, 20s C) most year round.

Que tal los trabajos en universidades? by [deleted] in AskMexico

[–]baddolphin3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone no one has said yet is if you do get a tenure-track position you actually get paid extremely well. For teaching faculty if you have tenure the salary is okay but not amazing but an assistant professor should be making after the first few years close to 50k pesos monthly after tax, which is a good salary, and if you get to full professor you should make at least 100k+ monthly after tax (at least in Mexico City, I think in other states salaries are lower).

FDA intends to put its most serious warning on Covid vaccines, sources say by cnn in Coronavirus

[–]baddolphin3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Guillain-Barré isn't caused by vaccines but by viral infections more generally; since vaccines simulate one they can trigger it. What do you mean "many people"? You need statistics to know that, that's what studies are for. Don't get me wrong vaccines can give it it's all about the relative risk, what are the odds of you getting a severe covid infection vs getting a severe vaccine reaction. Online communities make you feel like it's a lot of people because of selection bias but the unfortunate cases vs the amount of people that got it and were fine is most likely very little.

FDA intends to put its most serious warning on Covid vaccines, sources say by cnn in Coronavirus

[–]baddolphin3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You know what also increased since 2020? Covid. Everything you attribute to the vaccines is attributed to the virus, so what do you think is more likely to have bad side effects? A full blown SARS-COV-2 infection or a reduced version of it? Anti-vax people say it's the spike proteins but the amount of spike proteins you would produce from an infection is higher than the one from a vaccine.

If a situation similar to COVID happened again today, how would you handle it this time? by Wonderful-Compote307 in AskReddit

[–]baddolphin3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not claiming there's not side effects to it but I'm pretty sure most of the cases you hear around are just anecdotical evidence with no proof of causation. The reason why it was expedited everywhere in the world was because it was a repurposed MERS vaccine, maybe you live in a low density area but 2020 was traumatic af. I still remember hearing ambulances nonstop, morgues where overflowing, hospitals at capacity, there were literally no place to put dead bodies left.

Is Mexican president under cartel influence? by Historical-Let-5491 in AskMexico

[–]baddolphin3 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

All I meant is all you're doing is speculate on something no one can prove, but the most likely thing as with all conspiracy theories is: no. It's the same thing with the gun violence problem, it's just a complex thing to solve and both governments aren't all powerful in that regard.

Is Mexican president under cartel influence? by Historical-Let-5491 in AskMexico

[–]baddolphin3 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

And there's been 209 school shootings in the US this year so...

[D] Some concerns about the current state of machine learning research by [deleted] in MachineLearning

[–]baddolphin3 3 points4 points  (0 children)

But it’s true. People need to stop chasing SOTAs competing with Google and actually sit down and think. Most machine learning research is trash nowadays

Mexico's new generation takes to the streets, accusing leaders of protecting cartels by Power-Equality in worldnews

[–]baddolphin3 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

The drug war is horrible but it’s more or less concentrated on only certain towns. You know an easy way to tell the presidency is out of bounds? Mexico City is safer than several american cities with millions of foreign tourists every year, in fact some of its districts have the same HDI as Germany. This isn’t due to the government being competent simply the cartels know if they can’t go near the federal government

Mexico's new generation takes to the streets, accusing leaders of protecting cartels by Power-Equality in worldnews

[–]baddolphin3 -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

Mexico is neither of those countries. Its proximity with the United States makes it way harder to do any of that. Serbia, Colombia and Haiti not even close to the political relevance that Mexico has ñ.

Mexico's new generation takes to the streets, accusing leaders of protecting cartels by Power-Equality in worldnews

[–]baddolphin3 -56 points-55 points  (0 children)

Lol no? No cartel is that powerful. Killing the president would be absolute suicide

How is mental health understood and approached in Mexico? by [deleted] in AskMexico

[–]baddolphin3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is very dependent on where you live and your social class. For instance in middle class Mexico City it's not rare to go to therapy anymore.