General_Effort
@General_Effort@lemmy.world
- Comment on Can you think of any now? 6 days ago:
Huh. TIL.
- Comment on How many hands long do they get? 1 week ago:
People like you are the reason that they invented the guillotine on the very same occasion.
- Comment on Why is the human body so incredibly bad at responding to colds? 1 week ago:
Only if the medication doesn’t work. The evidence is that placebos don’t work. Mostly, the placebo effect is a statistical illusion.
It is plausible that the body will expend more energy to combat a disease if you are (sub-)consciously convinced that you are cared for and don’t need to stress. Stress hormones down-regulate the immune response. Cortisol, used for treatment of autoimmune disorders like asthma and allergies, is a stress hormone.
But a sham treatment could also have the opposite effect. If your subconscious understands that as a signal that you must get back into action, you may end up releasing stress hormones. These psychological effects are just too idiosyncratic and fickle to be used reliably.
Stuff like broken bones or cancer doesn’t respond to psychology at all. The body is already doing all it can.
- Comment on Why is the human body so incredibly bad at responding to colds? 1 week ago:
It’s more like colds are incredibly good at responding to the human body. Following the evolution of corona was quite amazing, no?
- Comment on Dude... Who the hell wrote all this cr@#? 2 weeks ago:
Almost?
- Submitted 2 weeks ago to science_memes@mander.xyz | 16 comments
- Comment on What is with this new generation of shooters writing stuff on the bullets? Is this some new fad like if I go deer hunting or something I write FUCK BAMBI on the bulllet? 2 weeks ago:
War. War never changes.
- Comment on Uh Oh: Nintendo Just Landed A ‘Summoning’ And ‘Battling’ Patent 2 weeks ago:
This is a US patent; not directly relevant to Japanese operations.
- Comment on Uh Oh: Nintendo Just Landed A ‘Summoning’ And ‘Battling’ Patent 2 weeks ago:
Yes, absolutely. And there is money in patent trolling. I just don’t see the business case here. Why damage the Nintendo brand with such shenanigans when you could leave the patent trolling to some formally independent company. Maybe I just underestimate how much money can be made by shaking down small devs.
- Comment on Uh Oh: Nintendo Just Landed A ‘Summoning’ And ‘Battling’ Patent 2 weeks ago:
This patent could have a chilling effect, but there’s no way it would stand up in court. They can still use it as a bargaining chip. Court cases are expensive. And if you don’t have a legal department, they are also a personal drain. But that’s small fry. Financially, I don’t believe it makes sense for them to resort to criminality to get such a patent. Maybe they hope it will influence their court case in Japan against Palworld?
- Submitted 2 weeks ago to games@lemmy.world | 39 comments
- Comment on RFK Jr. Blames violent video games for Mass Shootings. 2 weeks ago:
What did they tell him about how his father and uncle died?
Probably the truth, just like they told him the truth about vaccines.
- Comment on No justice, no peace. 4 weeks ago:
I’m surprised they had a robot radiation hardened enough to actually try.
It’s not like this was the first time, such a situation came up. And it’s not like we have to guess what plan B looks like.
- Submitted 4 weeks ago to games@lemmy.world | 40 comments
- Comment on Hep mak fren 4 weeks ago:
Awww. That reminds me of the ending of A Boy and His Dog. Good movie. Lots of cultural influence.
- Comment on They didn't stop to think if they should 4 weeks ago:
For those who don’t get it: That’s promo for the Schwarzenegger + DeVito movie Junior (1994). Schwarzenegger and DeVito play scientists who have developed a new drug. A little self-experimentation has Schwarzenegger pregnant.
Social media critters would so explode today.
- Comment on They didn't stop to think if they should 4 weeks ago:
Photo of the expectant couple and their doctor:
- Comment on Intelligent Design 4 weeks ago:
George Carlin, I think.
- Comment on Intelligent Design 4 weeks ago:
Where is Doctor Pangloss when you need him?
- Submitted 4 weeks ago to science_memes@mander.xyz | 33 comments
- Comment on Uhm 4 weeks ago:
Wow, can you imagine the collective melt-down if that movie came out today?
- Comment on How do I "sabotage" my own online content to throw a wrench in AI training machines? 4 weeks ago:
Maybe a little, but it’s like spitting in the ocean. The SEO people are now targeting genAI; calling it GEO. They might be able to help you. Take other suggestions with a grain of salt. People who hate technology are generally not very good with it.
- Comment on bmw 4 weeks ago:
429k views
(X) Doubt
- Comment on Ponder not the Demoncore 5 weeks ago:
Never put in just the tip. Always go as deep as you can. It’s a rule that evolution has chiselled into every brain, and yet…
- Comment on Vade Retro Satana 1 month ago:
Aha! But what if downloading the train was perfectly legal and manufacturers told you it was not?
- Comment on Vade Retro Satana 1 month ago:
Well, ok. But you wouldn’t download a car, right?
- Comment on Vade Retro Satana 1 month ago:
Oh, that would have required work and creativity on my part.
- Comment on Vade Retro Satana 1 month ago:
I don’t even remember where I took the image.
- Submitted 1 month ago to [deleted] | 19 comments
- Comment on Bird Calls 1 month ago:
Ahh. Lovecraftian horror.
