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daannii @lemmy.world 2d ago

Congrats Michigan!

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daannii @lemmy.world 3d ago

I mean. The local law enforcement should be stopping these.

They are doing illegal things.

daannii @lemmy.world 3d ago

Who will think of the poor creatures who have to eat the inferior Palestines?

Sociopaths. All of em.

daannii @lemmy.world 4d ago

war crime ideas.

It is illegal to torture prisoners.

And I guess rape and having dogs rape people, like Israel does, isn't cruel enough.

daannii @lemmy.world 4d ago

How is it that electing is more likely to get Republicans who they want than letting the Republican governor appoint a choice justice ?

I'm confused.

I think elections by the people would be less likely to elect extreme right wing justices.

daannii @lemmy.world 4d ago

Mosquito larvae are pretty tiny too. Not sure how visible they would be through a bottle like that.

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daannii @lemmy.world 4d ago

I think they were saying that we hear news every day. And the shit is still happening. No one is doing anything. No accountability.

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daannii @lemmy.world 4d ago

I'm 5ft 2 and I feel like I barely fit in an airplane seat. And God forbid I have to use the restroom during the flight.

Restrooms smaller than portable Scotty potties.

I'm not someone who has claustrophobia but I'll be real. Those restrooms feel like a coffin. And being on a flight longer 2 hours is a test of my mental fortitude.

I've been on an airplane a few times for about 9 hours and I honestly felt slightly traumatized by the experience.

Id love to travel to farther places but I don't think I can handle those 13 hr flights.

daannii @lemmy.world 5d ago

"shocked Pikachu.jpg"

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daannii @lemmy.world 5d ago

I'm always looking for logical reasons to stay plump.

I'm adding this one to my short list.

Easier to float in water. Less likely to drown.
Easier to not die of hypothermia
Hard seats are less hard with tush cush
Animals seem to like plump humans more (maybe they assume we know where the food is).
Lower carbon footprint.

daannii @lemmy.world 6d ago

I mean yeah I guess I would think it was a joke. Or they misspoke

daannii @lemmy.world 6d ago

Yeah I keep a piece of tape over my front camera on my phone.

A strip. Because there are usually other cameras you can't see. Idk which they use but yeah. This tech was already in development 10 years ago. It definitely is common on most phones and apps by now.

daannii @lemmy.world 1w ago

I've never came across trendy psych social tricks that were actually true.

They often use real psyc phenomenon or terms but they construe it so it's nonsense.

Like reading body language.

Or ..and I love this one.Ask someone to do something for you makes them like you because of cognitive dissonance.

How many of us like our boss or our lazy coworkers who are inept and ask us to do work for them ?

Or incompetemt needy friends or partners.

Oh and large pupils means they wanna have sex with you.

This stuff is all nonsense.

If someone just thought about it for a few seconds they would realize it but alas. They don't.

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daannii @lemmy.world 1w ago

It wouldn't be ?

You just believe someone without critically evaluating what they say ?

Hey I have a great business opportunity for you. I just need you to first mail me a cashier's check for 10k.

You will get back 1 million. Promise.

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daannii @lemmy.world 1w ago

Greed. Lack of ethics.

Many years ago. I think it was like 2016-17 ish. I interviewed at a university for a grad program that's basically "psychology -engineering". Designing things to work with human psychology. Aka human factors psychology

(I ended up doing a different degree).

During this interview thing. I was there 2 days. It's like an event. You meet professors and tour labs. See what other grads are working on and you have lunch and dinner with current grads and professors.

So a professor was talking about developing tech to do eye tracking on phones. So they could see what you were looking at on the screen and for how long.

Now at this time I knew a little bit about eye tracking methods. Firstly I pointed out that it would be impossible for it to be very accurate without stabilizing the head (as is done in research), usually with a chin mount that holds the head still. But the guy said it didn't need to be that accurate as the intent was marketing. See what items people look at when scrolling on shopping apps/sites. And see how long they look at it.

I also pointed out that this was highly unethical because it's using physiological data to manipulate someone into spending money. Indiscriminately.

I said What about people with a shopping addiction.? Or kids using their parents credit cards. And you would be using this data to psychologically manipulate people for purchases but the data could be used in all sorts of other ways that really even more unethical.

The idea was that if someone showed interest by looking at an item longer then that item would be presented again by the app. Multiple times even. To encourage purchase.

Or to show items that were similar to try to seal the deal with what the person was finding appealing.

Possibly with price alterations to encourage purchase.

When I said again that this was obviously unethical. As a scientist our goal should not be to manipulate the public I was told "someone's going to do it, it might as well be us so we get paid for it".

I was very surprised that this came with chuckles and agreement from other students.

Another professor I talked to about her work was investigating devices that could help people drive who were hearing impaired. So it was quite the contrast.

I did not get offered a PhD position but they did offer me admission to their masters program that was 50k a year. Near D.C. 2 year program. (Combo positiond are typically "free" in a manner of speaking. Highly competitive but that's how it's done). I wasn't interested in paying them 200k for a master's (after taking loans for living expenses too).

I also learned later they don't even have masters/PhD program combos. Which is what it said on their website and I specifically applied to that. They also gave me a 2 week notice for the interview.

You ever buy a plane ticket 2 weeks ahead? $$$$$

They didn't reimburse me for that either. Which is customary for these interview invites. Typically travel and lodging is covered by the university. They had me stay in some graduates house. They had like 6 roommates.

Cheap-ass, greedy, no ethics, bastards.

GMU

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daannii @lemmy.world 1w ago

It's easy to kill someone if this isn't done by a trained healthcare worker.

You think a guy without a GED and a restraining order from his ex is administering it ?

I bet that's who is.