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by HighlyIrregular II
Mon Oct 30, 2023 6:59 am
Forum: World
Topic: A challenging communication thing that happened to me, or, why I avoid speaking to people
Replies: 1
Views: 10703

A challenging communication thing that happened to me, or, why I avoid speaking to people

All of us suck at this though, right? But you can reply anyway. I have a college educated friend who asked me what a detector is when I said I got a radon detector. Was I supposed to respond as if she meant "what's radon"? I don't know her super well. I tried to cover all bases but not sure if I was...
by HighlyIrregular II
Sat Oct 28, 2023 8:11 am
Forum: World
Topic: What's going on in your city/country/region?
Replies: 281
Views: 293537

Re: What's going on in your city/country/region?

Roger Mexico wrote:
Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:10 am
Suspect in mass shooting in Maine
Found dead in dumpster
by HighlyIrregular II
Thu Oct 26, 2023 6:01 am
Forum: World
Topic: Every Day Carry
Replies: 4
Views: 20807

Re: Every Day Carry

I guess I can endorse this wallet, for $15.
by HighlyIrregular II
Thu Oct 26, 2023 3:05 am
Forum: World
Topic: Seen on the internet
Replies: 118
Views: 225140

Re: Seen on the internet

I kept finding affordable wallets that I liked (the looks of) on Temu, super cheep. I avoided them. I figured the leather ones would have a super thin layer that would wear quickly, or else they would be made of smelly, harmful chemicals.
by HighlyIrregular II
Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:08 am
Forum: World
Topic: Science Microthreads
Replies: 69
Views: 175794

Re: Science Microthreads

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/10/25/flu-shots-alzheimers-dementias-vaccinations-infectious-diseases/ an annual flu vaccination for three consecutive years reduced the dementia risk 20 percent over the next four to eight years, while six shots doubled it to a 40-percent reduction... In...
by HighlyIrregular II
Thu Oct 26, 2023 12:05 am
Forum: World
Topic: Child labor vs effective education - which is worse?
Replies: 6
Views: 11945

Re: Child labor vs effective education - which is worse?

You mean ineffective education right? No. If money is no object and the experts can design any education system they want, like one teacher per underachieving student, and the best tutor after school, that would result in the most effective education possible, but it would make some students misera...
by HighlyIrregular II
Wed Oct 25, 2023 4:35 pm
Forum: World
Topic: Child labor vs effective education - which is worse?
Replies: 6
Views: 11945

Re: Child labor vs effective education - which is worse?

Television, however, tends to eliminate the divide between childhood and adulthood, since its imagery offers a kind of undifferentiated access rather than using words to segregate audiences according to age or level of development. That applies to me. i think my vocabulary was better than most kids...
by HighlyIrregular II
Tue Oct 24, 2023 7:37 pm
Forum: World
Topic: Child labor vs effective education - which is worse?
Replies: 6
Views: 11945

Child labor vs effective education - which is worse?

File this under unpopular opinions. Some students NEED to tune teachers out due to poor memory, attentiveness, and level of ability, and if they try to pay attention and learn what they can, it won't be enough to pass and will be a major struggle every day just for their failure. And effective home ...
by HighlyIrregular II
Tue Oct 24, 2023 4:17 am
Forum: World
Topic: Ship of Theseus Paradox
Replies: 4
Views: 13543

Ship of Theseus Paradox

Could someone mention Mashy if this doesn't work... @mashy https://web.archive.org/web/20201128223146/http://forums.intpcomplex.com/showthread.php?508-Ship-of-Theseus-paradox Ship of Theseus paradox Theseus owns and sails a ship. Every month, when he sails to port, he has one old plank of his ship r...
by HighlyIrregular II
Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:15 am
Forum: World
Topic: What are you watching?
Replies: 1005
Views: 454707

Re: What are you watching?

Interviews with Michael J. Pollard and Joe Cobb. Kind of a slow or autistic vibe about them. Cobb, from the Little Rascals, lived a pretty long life but wasn't interviewed much. I researched Pollard a couple of years ago after seeing him in The Andy Griffith Show. He seemed slow in the episode. Look...