Os deputados portugueses são a grande maravilha da física: possuem propriedades do entrelaçamento quântico, conseguindo estar em dois ou mais locais ao mesmo tempo. Alguém me explica porque andamos a estudar partículas quando podíamos estudar os nossos deputados?
And why I avoid a product if it’s being “promoted” (advertised) by them. An excerpt from Wired: Lotti recalls the investor saying that if she wanted Lashify to succeed, quality didn’t matter, nor did customer satisfaction—only influencers. And they didn’t come cheap. She was told to expect to shell out $50,000 to $70,000 per influencer just to make her company’s name known, an insane amount for a new startup. There was no way around it; that’s just how things worked. ...
Visto no /r/funny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-IR48Mb3W0 Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-IR48Mb3W0 This animation, by TED Ed, explains what clinical depression really is and how debilitating it can be. Like van Gogh wrote to his brother: “One feels as if one were lying bound hand and foot at the bottom of a deep dark well, utterly helpless.”
Já o tinha dito algumas vezes mas sempre em contexto de brincadeira porque não acreditava nisso, mas afinal, a brincar, tinha razão: o Idiocracy não é um filme de comédia, é uma premonição. Veja-se: o imbecil do trump foi eleito presidente a besta do duterte foi eleito presidente a poia humana que é o bolsonaro vai a caminho de ser eleito presidente Se a moda pega por cá, daqui a nada estamos a eleger o Bruno de Carvalho ou o Mário Machado para Presidente da República. Ou pior, a reeleger o Cavaco Silva.
[…] mas ler o webcomic Oddball é.
Diz que a SIC começou um novo reality show chamado Casados à primeira vista. Confesso que ainda só vi os anúncios televisivos, porque no dia em que aparentemente deu o primeiro episódio (ontem, domingo) eu estava a dormir que nem um calhau depois de duas noites em branco. Só com isto, é difícil formar uma opinião educada acerca do programa. Já da ideia por detrás do programa… Bem, só me ocorre uma coisa: quem é que se mete numa merda daquelas? Parece que eles pagam os casamentos e tal, mas… Quem é que se mete numa merda daquelas? O meu cérebro de ervilha não consegue ver sentido em tal coisa. Ou como a minha mãe dizia: «a saúde faz falta mas o juízo faz mais». ...
If we get a cat (we’ve talked about it one or two times), we’ll have to get one of this spaceship-like cat beds, from Myzoo Studio, eventually. Most likely a DIY one, because these ones are too expensive. But they are so cool! Even I would like a bed like this.
Popular Science published an article on May 2018, that I only just read, about flaws in the concept of IQ and IQ tests. The text actually presents some good arguments. From the article: Too many of us use the terms “IQ” and “intelligence” as if they’re interchangeable. They’re not. An IQ score isn’t a magical signifier of smarts; it merely quantifies your ability to take a particular kind of test. Wealthy, white Westerners tend to perform among the best on these exams, but that doesn’t mean they’re smarter than the rest of the world. Research increasingly indicates that the advantages that group enjoys—like better education and healthcare—set them up for success on such evaluations. And it doesn’t hurt that the most expensive education is generally geared toward improving one’s ability to fill in the proper bubbles. Access to money, school, and medicine can all change apparent acumen—but IQ ignores inherent intellect. ...
About 7 or 8 years ago, I was diagnosed with IBS. If you don’t know what it is, it stands for Irritable Bowel Syndrome and it’s a functional gastrointestinal disorder that’s estimated to affect 10% to 15% of the world population. In most cases, as far as I know, a simple change in diet allows one to keep the symptoms mostly at bay and have a normal life. For some unlucky few, it will fuck up their life in ways they can’t imagine. And I don’t mean quitting coffee like I had to do (I had an gigantic headache during the first two weeks after quitting) or develop a lactose intolerance (like I also did) that forced me to exclude even more food from my diet. I mean things like wanting to go out with your girlfriend and/or friends but choosing to stay at home because your bowl feels a little strange and that’s always a sign that acute pain or some other symptom is just around the corner. Or feeling outright tired for no reason other than being in pain. ...