PhoenixFlame101

3 months agodiscuss

But collecting data and looking for insights doesn't mean you mechanically optimize features, especially user-hostile ones? This is just as, if not more, likely to happen when basing your decisions on what people say they want over what they actually do.

PhoenixFlame101

3 months agodiscuss

The "all calories are the same" statement doesn't mean that all foods with the same caloric values satiate you the same, and no one has ever claimed that. In fact it's very common knowledge; the entire basis of diets like keto that remove carbs, the least satiating of the marcos per calorie.

The only thing hormones can affect is your maintenance requirement, meaning you can gain weight if your body chooses to store the calories instead of burning them for whatever reason, even while eating the same as always.

PhoenixFlame101

4 months agodiscuss

The power of an echo chamber; makes extremism seem logical.

PhoenixFlame101

4 months agodiscuss

GP probably meant he would've relied on chatgpt instead of the help of a kind user to get the same info, not that he would actually post it here.

PhoenixFlame101

5 months agodiscuss

Luxury brands do in fact intentionally destroy old stock to make sure their value doesn't drop due to excess supply. I suppose the next step is making everything extremely limited like hypercars?

PhoenixFlame101

5 months agodiscuss

Relevant PhD comics: https://phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1911

PhoenixFlame101

7 months agodiscuss

To play devil's advocate a bit, Ferrari won both championships in 2007 and the constructors in 2008, so it's hard to say they were robbed when they actually won. Massa though, is another story.

PhoenixFlame101

9 months agodiscuss

Video format if anyone prefers it: https://youtu.be/EFRUL7vKdU8

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