Tall-Log-1955
Tall-Log-1955 t1_jb89kdo wrote
Reply to comment by A0ma in Humans Started Riding Horses 5,000 Years Ago, New Evidence Suggests by geoxol
That's right. No one rides for free.
Tall-Log-1955 t1_j6arq2r wrote
Reply to comment by Sparkybear in UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces: researchers calculate that about two percent of visibly floating plastic may disappear from the ocean surface in this way each year by giuliomagnifico
But the sperm went down when the plastic went up so QED
Tall-Log-1955 t1_j1bfvii wrote
Reply to comment by sillypicture in Changes in Earth’s orbit that favored hotter conditions may have helped trigger a rapid global warming event 56 million years ago that is considered an analogue for modern climate change by giuliomagnifico
He's just here to call us children. His is not to explain why
Tall-Log-1955 t1_j1bfrh0 wrote
Reply to comment by epigeneticepigenesis in Changes in Earth’s orbit that favored hotter conditions may have helped trigger a rapid global warming event 56 million years ago that is considered an analogue for modern climate change by giuliomagnifico
What trusts? Just raise everyone's taxes 4%
Tall-Log-1955 t1_iz38mms wrote
Reply to Prehistoric tetrapod Whatcheeria was an apex predator that grew rapidly in its youth – a surprising finding that also shows how evolution isn’t a neat stepwise process by marketrent
Disappointed when I found out "tetrapod" didn't mean "three legged"
Tall-Log-1955 t1_ixkg9id wrote
Reply to comment by kawhi_2020 in Income support from the Earned Income Tax Credit may be associated with reduced youth involvement with the criminal justice system in the US. by Whey-Men
Why do you think there isn't more of an incentive to work when we subsidize wages?
Tall-Log-1955 t1_ixdmamz wrote
Tall-Log-1955 t1_iu2eaz5 wrote
Reply to comment by myspicename in Facebook Segments Ads by Race and Age Based on Photos | Ads with teenage girls are mostly directed at men over 55, while white people see fewer ads with Black faces, a new study finds. by chrisdh79
If race is actually predictive of interest in a product, I don't think it's that bad. Is it sexist to less often show tampon ads to men? Is it ageist to less often show ads for toys to senior citizens?
If people of a given race are genuinely not interested in a product, I don't think it harms them to show them the ads less often.
Tall-Log-1955 t1_iu26rpu wrote
Reply to comment by myspicename in Facebook Segments Ads by Race and Age Based on Photos | Ads with teenage girls are mostly directed at men over 55, while white people see fewer ads with Black faces, a new study finds. by chrisdh79
These algorithms don't have that problem because they show ads to everyone in small amounts. Then whichever demographic/group engages at the highest rate, they show to more people like that.
You can read how they work here:
Tall-Log-1955 t1_iu1u7p6 wrote
Reply to comment by myspicename in Facebook Segments Ads by Race and Age Based on Photos | Ads with teenage girls are mostly directed at men over 55, while white people see fewer ads with Black faces, a new study finds. by chrisdh79
I think that if the reason is that non-white people did not engage with the ad (because they are not interested in it), then yes it is okay
If the reason is that some property developer wants to keep out non-whites then it is not okay.
Tall-Log-1955 t1_jc75iwj wrote
Reply to comment by Ghost-of-Tom-Chode in Confirmed: Global floods, droughts worsening with warming by besselfunctions
That's not true. Climate change is getting worse, but aside from that most things are actually getting better. The past was a terrible place to live.
Modern tech has just made it much much easier for bad news to get to you
The world is terrible but it's better than it used to be and it can still get better:
https://ourworldindata.org/much-better-awful-can-be-better