brickyardjimmy
brickyardjimmy t1_jboc9f2 wrote
Touché!
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brickyardjimmy t1_j4tj2ti wrote
After reading this I think the best step forward is to destroy the internet altogether and go back to a completely analogue universe. Huzzah!
brickyardjimmy t1_j4q2ezv wrote
Reply to Taliban start buying blue ticks on Twitter by koavf
Reinforces my general rule that anyone who has a paid blue check on their Twitter account is automatically to be ignored.
brickyardjimmy t1_j31zna2 wrote
Reply to comment by sysaphiswaits in Self-driving stroller aims to reduce parents’ stress – at cost of £2,700 by diacewrb
A stroller that can run out of batteries sounds like a horrible idea.
brickyardjimmy t1_j31zktm wrote
Unless it comes with a self-raising baby, it's a waste of money.
brickyardjimmy t1_iy5hn1e wrote
Reply to comment by 1leggeddog in Eye-tracking study suggests that negative comments on social media are more attention-grabbing than positive comments by giuliomagnifico
Why do you need data? What do you plan to do with it? How do you plan to package and sell it and to whom?
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Or do you need the data for shits and giggles or for some altruistic purpose?
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This isn't science. It's gobbledygook at best.
brickyardjimmy t1_iy5hbzu wrote
Reply to comment by Mr_SkeletaI in Eye-tracking study suggests that negative comments on social media are more attention-grabbing than positive comments by giuliomagnifico
This sort of study, invariably, will not provide intelligence that anyone will use to benefit human life. It will, however, be used most likely to help marketers or politicians fuck with human life.
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That is way more annoying than a dismissive comment.
brickyardjimmy t1_iy4rq5g wrote
Reply to Eye-tracking study suggests that negative comments on social media are more attention-grabbing than positive comments by giuliomagnifico
Why even do a study on this?
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Of course this is true. Humans are much more likely to seek contrast in anything because that's where the potential for threat is greatest. So, yeah, a negative comment is likely to attract our attention because we are hard-wired to look for it out of safety.
brickyardjimmy t1_iu9dzbj wrote
Back when the internet was the Hobbit shire.
brickyardjimmy t1_irpgp9o wrote
Reply to New licensing round for oil and gas exploration in the North Sea "good for the environment” insists UK climate minister by WilliamMorris420
Uh. My auntie lives in the UK. She is beyond hopping mad about this and she doesn't typically get upset about anything.
brickyardjimmy t1_jc227e4 wrote
Reply to Researchers say derelict objects left in orbit and other disintegrating space junk may cause a catastrophic collision above our atmosphere. They warn that they would destroy communication systems, setting modern society back decades. by Wagamaga
Some days I wonder if we wouldn't be better off if communications were set back a few decades.