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There is a fascinating discussion of this topic in the Hidden Brain episode, Both Things Can Be True. I won't say more than that because spoilers, but it's really worth a listen.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 12:04 PM on June 10, 2024

The sentence is grammatically correct with our without a comma, but it has a different meaning in each case.

Without a comma it means, "the thing that proposes regulations." Its a noun phrase, not a complete sentence.

With the comma it means, "the person who humbles themself to circumstance will be victorious." This is a complete sentence.

I believe Herbert meant the latter meaning, but he left out the comma. It was an editing oversight. Happens to the best of them.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 9:29 AM on June 9, 2024

The Charge Point app will give you the locations of available chargers that will work with your car model. Many similar apps will do the same. Google maps will show you charger locations though I don’t think it knows about car model compatibility.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 4:22 AM on June 6, 2024

It's an unfortunate fact in the United States that settlements like this almost always include confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses. The fact that they are the norm makes it difficult to argue against them. And there are also some good reasons for them to exist.

You say that you've already resolved the legal issue, but have you discussed these specific points with your attorney? Have you asked, for example, whether you could accept a lower financial payment in… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 7:39 AM on June 4, 2024

It is not a general news outlet, but I am very happy to be a paid subscriber to Talking Points Memo for left-of-center, cut through the bullshit political news and analysis.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 6:34 PM on June 3, 2024

I think of power as something that is distributed through complex systems of relationships. Power Mapping is a tool for organizing campaigns (legislative and other types of community change campaigns) by analyzing who in a community has power and how people are connected.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 12:42 PM on June 3, 2024

I have two family members who swear by their iPad with an Apple Pencil for reading PDF documents and taking notes in realtime during classes and meetings. I believe they use iAnnotate.

On the other hand, I tried to adopt this setup for reading and annotating PDFs. It made it much easier to read the PDFs. My eyesight also isn't great, and zooming in/out while moving to different parts of the page is very quick on easy. In the end, though, I didn't get past some stumbling… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 6:17 AM on June 2, 2024

The only disappointing thing about this is that Ty Cobb wasn’t alive to see it happen.
posted to MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 4:35 PM on June 1, 2024

Thread on Xitter describes one user's step-by-step effort to remove his content from Meta's AI training.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 6:21 AM on June 1, 2024

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posted to MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 3:07 PM on May 30, 2024

Roughly 1 in 6 voters (17%) said a guilty verdict would make them less likely to vote for Trump. That was true of a quarter of nonwhites and 1 in 5 voters who make less than $50,000 a year and those under 45.

This is a terrible statistic. The guilty verdict did not make it less likely that I would vote for Trump. There was no chance before, and there is no chance now. No change. I expect the same is true for most of the people reading this thread and… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 2:51 PM on May 31, 2024

Silicone scar tape is amazing stuff, and meets many if not all of your requirements.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 9:04 AM on May 30, 2024

This is a classic example of why it is so important to put on your own oxygen mask first. When you're on that plane and the cabin loses pressure and you see your child gasping for breath, you feel an immediate urgency to do something for them. But it's important to put on your own mask first. That's the only way to ensure that you will be able to help your child put on theirs.

Solidarity doesn't require that you experience the injuries of the people you are trying to… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 6:46 AM on May 29, 2024

Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo wrote about Google's new AI feature, and how it fundamentally breaks Google's implicit contract with content creators. He is mostly focused on news sites, but the same would apply to your situation. He doesn't have any conclusions, other than things are in flux and it's a potentially a big problem for a lot of organizations.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 9:29 AM on May 28, 2024 marked best answer

Via Casey Newton:
On Tuesday, people who work on search engine optimization raced to read about thousands of pages of documentation regarding the company’s search engine algorithm that appear to have been accidentally published online. Google closely guards information about search ranking, both for integrity reasons (to prevent bad actors from manipulating results) and competitive ones (to maintain its edge over rivals). And so the SEO experts who got an early look at the documents… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 8:09 PM on May 28, 2024 marked best answer

In Massachusetts judges are appointed. If you want to be a judge, you apply for the position. The application process begins on this friendly web page. The Massachusetts Bar Association has put together this helpful Guide to the Massachusetts Judicial Selection Process.

It isn't immediately clear to me whether membership in the bar is a prerequisite to being considered for a judicial appointment. You can serve on the commission that manages the process without being… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 9:24 AM on May 27, 2024

I am male and when I was younger I mostly had very long hair. I have a very distinct memory of social ease and acceptance that I experienced when I cut my hair. It was like all of a sudden I wasn’t pushing against a wall just be around other people in public.

I don’t know if there is a specific word for it. It feels like it should be French word, meaning at home in one’s habitat or something about acceptance.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 8:41 PM on May 25, 2024

We have a 2013 MacBook Air we still use. It can’t run the latest MacOS but we don’t have any trouble using the internet. I think Chrome might be more of an issue than Safari. It works fine as a computer for homework, YouTube, and even Minecraft.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 9:32 AM on May 25, 2024

I don't have that specific number for you, but the American electorate is remarkably uninformed. For example, recent polling showed that 17% of American's blame Biden for the end of Roe v Wade, and a sizable portion of Americans get their news from TikTok.

You can also google to get interesting stats on things like "How many Americans can name their US Senator".
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 6:50 AM on May 25, 2024

Not exactly the same, but I’d put The Big Short in this category.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 2:39 PM on May 24, 2024

I’m not familiar with any of the technical terms people have quoted. As a native English speaker I would just say you “enlarged” the shape, or maybe that “”expanded” it.

(On preview, it’s kind of cool how similar “enlarged” is to “embiggened”.)
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 6:51 AM on May 24, 2024

There could be two or three things going on.

A couple of iOS versions ago, Apple changed the location of the control for turning speech during directions on and off. It used to be on the phone. Now it is on the righthand side of the CarPlay screen. Once you start directions, if you tap that button it lets you choose among turn-by-turn speech, speech only for alerts, and no speech.
As others have noted, you may have the volume turned way down, but...… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 4:10 PM on May 21, 2024

Nut is the same word as the food, so presumably the mechanical sense comes from the foodstuff.

Count me as chagrined that "nut" (and doughnut) didn't come to us by way of "nought". That's just too perfect, and I don't see why a hardware nuts would have metaphorical connection to food nuts. If I didn't know better, I'd be tempted to second guess the OED.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 3:16 PM on May 20, 2024

You might be able to request that they tax you at a certain rate, based your expected annual pay. This is a variation of letting you choose how many deductions to take. It is useful for people who cofile with a spouse, and don't want to under/overpay.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 10:53 AM on May 16, 2024

61 million human beings died in 2023. The largest number of humans who have died in the same year (at least recently) is 69.25 million.

There are about 8 billion people in the world. If 500 million people died, that would be 6.25% of the entire global population. It would be many multiples of all other deaths for all reasons.

It would not be possible to hide 500 million deaths. It would be visible in the streets, in the economy, and in the news.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 9:16 AM on May 15, 2024 marked best answer

70.6% of the world population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. With about 8 billion people in the world, that works out to about 5.5 billion who have gotten the vaccine.

If it killed 500 million people, it would have a fatality rate of 9%.

Now lets turn to the US. (I'm guessing the op's friend is American. Apologies if not.) 270 million Americans have gotten the Covid vaccine, about 81% of the US population. If the vaccine… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 10:01 AM on May 15, 2024 marked best answer

We got a Tineco Pure One S11 a few years ago, and it's great. Having a cordless vac is so convenient, and I find it does a good job of picking up the dust, cat hair, etc. It was $300, which was much less than the equivalent Dyson.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 8:35 AM on May 13, 2024

The Prime Meridian, indicated by a thick brass marker in the grounds of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich is not actually at zero degrees, zero minutes, and zero seconds but at approximately 5.3 seconds of arc to the west, equivalent to 102 meters. In earlier eras, the line was sometimes moved as necessitated by construction of buildings.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 6:12 PM on May 11, 2024

There's a pattern of something being founded in a certain location, then named for that location, and then moving. One local imperfect example is The Cambridge School of Weston, a high school that was founded in Cambridge and then later moved to a more pastoral location in the western suburbs. (This example isn't spot on because they had the good sense to add "of Weston" to the name when they moved.)
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 6:47 AM on May 12, 2024

Have you purchased any items through the group? Purchasing a few things from different buyers will expose you to group norms and also have the benefit of helping establish you as a reliable group member.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 9:03 AM on May 9, 2024

The fact that Urgent Care sent you to the ER could make a difference in the coverage by your insurance. That wasn't a decision you made on your own.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 4:55 AM on May 9, 2024

Soda Stream bottles have to be filled with water to a specific line. That line puts the surface of the water just below the injection nozzle. As ssg said, the CO2 isn't just released into the air space above the water. It is injected at a pretty high velocity into the water. You can see the stream of CO2 shooting down almost all the way to the bottom of the bottle.

It would be easy enough to test this by trying to use a Soda Stream to carbonate a bottle that is filled… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 12:06 PM on May 8, 2024

Since there's no right answer, I'll jump in and suggest starting with their live album Europe '72. It has a good range of music, and it is accessible. It's a good segue to their live music for someone who likes American Beauty and Workingman's Dead.

If you like Europe '72, you could then go on to listening to some complete shows from that concert tour. They recently released the entire tour, all the concerts from start to finish, remastered. The sound is beautiful, and… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 7:00 AM on May 8, 2024

Here's a link to the Englishtown show that JohnnyGunn mentioned. I agree that it's a great one.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 7:59 AM on May 8, 2024

One other piece of listening advice: people who attended the concerts had to hear the whole thing from start to finish. When you listen to a recording, you don't have to do that. Feel free to skip around and skip material you don't like. This is particularly true for shows that took place after 1975. From that point onwards, the first sets became sort of a warmup for the second set material. I rarely listen to first sets from the late 1970s, 80s, or 90s. Once you get into the 1980s, there are… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 10:33 AM on May 8, 2024

Thank you all for the feedback. Very helpful. I'm going to mark this resolved.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 11:17 AM on May 6, 2024

My friend who used to live there sends along this resource for films shot in Newfoundland and Labrador.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 11:16 AM on May 6, 2024

One possible workaround is to reduce the resolution of your screen. Yes, this means sacrificing some workspace, but it will also make the hit targets larger, by making "one pixel" larger.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 3:44 PM on May 2, 2024

To be or not to be
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 6:31 AM on May 2, 2024

It's interesting that both To be or not to be and In the beginning have dedicated Wikipedia pages. I haven't checked the other nominees.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 6:34 AM on May 2, 2024

You could make a nice fugue out of

Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here today in the sight of God, and among this company of witnesses to join together this man and this woman these two women people in Holy Matrimony.

posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 2:56 PM on May 2, 2024

Peyton Place. Published in 1956, this book has gotten a reputation as being pablum, but it's a fascinating look at life is small town America around the time of World War II, and it deals with some very difficult social issues, things we are still grappling with. It really is subversive in its way. I was shocked when I read it a few years ago.

The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing. Published in 1962. Some might count this as "a loner whose life is hard either… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 8:35 AM on May 2, 2024

Passing, by Nella Larsen. Published in 1929, written by a Black woman. Harrowing, complex, short, well worth reading.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 2:47 PM on May 2, 2024

I've had very good experiences creating large photo prints and books with White House Custom Color. They are a real company with real people who will chat with you online or even talk on the phone to help you through the process. I believe I first got referred to them here.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 11:27 AM on May 2, 2024

You say that you can't install a full induction cooktop, but can you install a 240 volt outlet? For example, this portable unit specs out at 3500W, 240v, and an "11 inch heating range". Searching for a "140 volt induction cooktop" will get you more results. Then search for the word "inch" in the product description and reviews.

(There's also this unit, which somehow claims to be 12 inches, 3000w and 11v. Not sure how that's possible, but there it is.)
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 10:56 AM on April 29, 2024

I haven't read the story, but googling the name of the character indicates that he has signs of being a fraud, including his dress and the way he smells. Using non-standard English is another signal.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 6:02 AM on April 28, 2024

Game score is a great stat.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 6:25 PM on April 27, 2024

I wanted my kids high school to ban phones before Jonathan Haidt wrote his book. I haven’t read his book and I still want my kids high school to ban phones.

It’s kind of funny seeing people say, “Haidt’s data is bogus, ipso facto social media and smart phone usage by adolescents is benign. Let’s blame the 2008 financial crisis.”

Solid data will be hard to come by, and short of that, we have to operate on common sense, intuition, and anecdata.… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 4:43 PM on April 25, 2024

an anecdote vs researchers who cite multiple meta-analyses

Unless I missed something, the meta-analyses don't claim that smartphones and social media are provably benign; they just say that the research is inconclusive all around. Those are very different things. When there isn't good research, it make sense for parents to rely on anecdotes and their own experience

As for Masnick's piece, I thought it was pretty good until he mis-capitalized danah boyd's name.
posted to MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 1:59 PM on April 26, 2024

The Boston Globe just published an article about a recent study from Norway on the effects of banning smartphones in middle schools.
The study examined more than 400 middle schools in Norway that had implemented phone bans and relied on three primary data sources: a nationwide pupil survey, survey data on middle schools’ smartphone policies, and a compilation of Norwegian administrative datasets, including health and family registers.
The study showed improvements in… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 8:02 AM on April 27, 2024