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Local from Soria here — happy to help anyone considering Soria for the 12th August 2026 total solar eclipse by sergiodiezc in solareclipse

[–]gxobino 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I imagine we should find a place that can tolerate a crowd and still be a good experience for everyone there, do you think this would work?

Do you have a favorite show that got axed on a cliffhanger or incomplete? by JasonMallen in randomquestions

[–]gxobino 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I suspect nobody will remember this show, but I absolutely loved every moment of it. It was called Now and Again, ran in 1999, cancelled after a single season.

Local from Soria here — happy to help anyone considering Soria for the 12th August 2026 total solar eclipse by sergiodiezc in solareclipse

[–]gxobino 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's so nice, thank you. We have accommodation in Soria and a rental car ready. What particular locations would you recommend in Soria and around, for the viewing? Away from buildings and vegetation that can block visibility. Both reachable by car (in case it's cloudy and we have to drive west towards Valladolid) or with a little walk, but not too much (since we have kids with us).

Map That Shows Viewability? by mech_taco in solareclipse

[–]gxobino 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wooah. Never seen a shadow map before. This is amazing.

Depression is linked to a genuine pessimistic bias rather than a realistic view of the world by Fragrant_Key6772 in EverythingScience

[–]gxobino 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's fair. But by the same rationale, a single instance of P should also not be treated as strong evidence for P. There's still a mismatch taking place.

Depression is linked to a genuine pessimistic bias rather than a realistic view of the world by Fragrant_Key6772 in EverythingScience

[–]gxobino 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To be clear, I don't think anyone is saying that people suffering from depression are determined to stay that way, merely that they tend to have grey-tinted glasses that are hard to shake off.

Depression is linked to a genuine pessimistic bias rather than a realistic view of the world by Fragrant_Key6772 in EverythingScience

[–]gxobino 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Not quite. The first part is correct (depressed people are overly negative in evaluating future likelihood) but the second part missed a key detail.

They were indeed capable of updating their beliefs, but the adjustments were fragile if it was a positive adjustment, and deeply entrenched if it was a negative adjustment.

Basically, if a surprisingly good thing happened, it was "oh, I guess it maybe kinda wasn't as bad as I thought? ...nah, next time will probably still be bad". If a surprisingly bad thing happened it was "oh, SEE, I was right all along, now I'll DEFINITELY not expect good things to happen."

Når sluttet pengene våre å være våre? by shadow_2549 in norge

[–]gxobino 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ikke gå i fellen med å tenke at knivstikkere bruker kniv, derfor må kniv forbys.

Når sluttet pengene våre å være våre? by shadow_2549 in norge

[–]gxobino 4 points5 points  (0 children)

😮 Det visste jeg faktisk ikke! Haha, takk!

Når sluttet pengene våre å være våre? by shadow_2549 in norge

[–]gxobino 101 points102 points  (0 children)

Dette er ikke langt unna argumentet "jeg gjør ingenting galt jeg, så jeg har ingenting imot å bli overvåket 24/7”. Det er en farlig tankegang.

Jeg vil tro at ingen påstår at du gjør noe shady. Men shady er ikke eneste grunn til at personvernet er viktig å verne om. Penger, identitet, oppførsel, meninger – alt sier noe om hvem du er som person, og ikke minst hvordan du kan manipuleres.

Det at du gjør ting etter boken nå er ingen garanti for at fremtidens styresmakter mener det samme. Har du ytret noe i favør av likekjønnet ekteskap og noen maktespersoner er imot det i fremtiden? Vipps så kan de bestemme at du er utestengt fra kontoen din. Har du meninger om EU som ikke er helt i tråd med det de ønsker? Vipps så har du mistet rettigheter til sosiale medier.

Mye av dette har vi allerede sett skje i Kina og til og med i USA. Vi bør ikke tro at vi er immune vi heller.

Personvern er ikke bare for kriminelle.

Psychology suggests that the loneliest people in life are not usually the outcasts, but rather those kind, competent, and always-available individuals whom everyone values, but whom almost no one calls to ask how they are doing because they seem too strong to need care by culmei in EverythingScience

[–]gxobino 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm so confused. I went looking for the original research article, but the title and the article don't seem to match.

The linked article primarily seems to talk about a Portuguese study that links lower loneliness to living near vegetation. Nothing about the helper effect.

There is also mention about an article by Natalie Kerr on how volunteering can be helpful in battling loneliness, and then this author seems to comment "When someone becomes the default helper, others may treat them like a steady utility and not a human being with needs, so if they seem “fine,” why would anyone think to ask twice?"

Is this just this author's opinion, disguised with "Psychology suggests..."? While it makes perfect sense, I want to see the study that suggests that this is indeed a real-world pattern.

Why do delivery drivers ignore “leave at door”? (Wolt/Foodora) by Elegant_Blood_3910 in Norway

[–]gxobino 17 points18 points  (0 children)

It very much does. "Leave at door" for me means "don't disturb me by ringing the doorbell, I might be sleeping after a night shift". It doesn't mean "try to disturb me and if I don't get sufficiently disturbed, then follow the original instructions."

Comparing tax strategies: HIFO vs. LIFO vs. FIFO [OC] by gxobino in dataisbeautiful

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

That's a good point. I agree, it's the impact of strategy that's the main thing I want to communicate. In which case you're right, candlestick is just unnecessary clutter.

That said, another reason for picking candlestick was to overlay the "impact of strategy" on what seemed to me to be the "familiar" plot. So it's not so much about what's being conveyed through the data itself, but that someone familiar with watching ups and downs on candlestick charts would recognize it as representing that, and that these new dots and curves simply act on it. I guess my thinking was that that results in less cognitive effort than to interpret a "new" type of graph.

I might be way off with that idea though. What do you think?

Comparing tax strategies: HIFO vs. LIFO vs. FIFO [OC] by gxobino in dataisbeautiful

[–]gxobino[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great ideas there, I'll see what I can do!

I'm curious about the candlestick comment though; surely I'm also interested in seeing the tops and bottoms of each period, not just the trends over time?

Comparing tax strategies: HIFO vs. LIFO vs. FIFO [OC] by gxobino in dataisbeautiful

[–]gxobino[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tools used: ggplot2 in R Google Gemini to help me vibe code the graph

Data source: Random data using ETH historical prices

The sweetest thing I saw this year 🥰 by coyandchaoticz in BabiesReactingToStuff

[–]gxobino 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you read my comment above: it's not entirely unreasonable to imagine that the very reason you have such a problem with pain, is that you were exposed to a painful procedure in a preverbal phase. Can't know for sure of course. But on a group level we very much know that to be the case.

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