WhirlpoolBrewer

@WhirlpoolBrewer@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨High IQ men tend to be less conservative than their average peers, study finds⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My understanding is it was originally made for figuring out what grade a child belonged in. Like if a kid came to a school, what grade do you put them in? Give the IQ (intelligence quotient) test to determine what grade they go in. Take what they know (score on top) divided by what you expect them to know at that age (score on bottom) gives you a quotient for choosing what grade to place them in. Highly educated? Higher grade. Lower education? Lower grade. Fast learner? Jump a grade. Slower learner? Redo a grade.

  Seems like it used to be a useful tool. I don’t think that’s how society uses it anymore, but from the start, I bet it probably worked ok.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump FTC wants Apple News to promote more Fox News and Breitbart stories⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What is the best place for news? I feel like Lemmy is where I get my news. I’m wondering if I should be paying for a news service like ground news or something. These journalists should be paid for the work they do, and I feel like I’m not doing that as of right now. I’m using Adnauseum, so technically every ad is getting clicked then blocked, so the site may actually get some ad revenue, but I’m wondering if a paid news service is the right thing to do. If Apple news is wrong, and Google news is wrong, what is right? Or perhaps what is least wrong?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨we need more users⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll commit to commenting more. I prefer to lurk, but the fediverse needs me 🤣

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No it won’t⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m convinced this is AI. If you assume the wallet folds at the back, there is no way to get your card out. Also they have stitches and bolts presumably into a metal plate, but you don’t stitch into metal. Fake

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll echo that I have felt an algorithm change. I watch a lot of leather crafting videos and a lot of Adam Savage videos. In the past week I’ve been getting Adam Savage working on leather videos and I’ve been thrilled to discover these. As someone who’s been watching both Adam Savage and leather crafting videos for months or maybe years, I should have already seen these, but somehow missed these until this past week. Now YouTube shows me video after video of Adam Savage working on leather, which I love.