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Doctor Bishop posted:Quick little browser question: anyone here remember exactly what script(s?) it is you need to put into AdBlock to get rid of those drat pre-video ads on YouTube?
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Speaking of Youtube, today I just noticed a weird problem that's happened on a couple videos I've tried to watch in Chrome: It starts off normal, the bottom bar looks like so:  Then it immediately turns to this and the video hasn't played, but it thinks it has:  I turned off both AdBlock and my NotScripts, but it still does it (though with AdBlcok Plus off it shows me the ad, then goes to a nothing video.), The comments on these videos aren't full of people posting: quote:WTF? Why no vid???!?! BS, man! so I'm assuming it's just me. They play fine in IE and FireFox, just not Chrome. Except that they sometimes do play fine. If I watch the video from the user's "main page" in the smaller video preview window, it will play...it's only if I click that to go to the dedicated page for the video do I get the "not playing" problem. I've cleared cookies and cache, logged out, logged back in, etc... V V V I've F5-ed and CTRL+F5-ed like a motherfuck and still no dice. V V V DrBouvenstein fucked around with this message at 15:30 on Mar 20, 2014 |
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Mar 20, 2014 15:07
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I've had that problem too. Refreshing the page works. Really annoying with playlists though because sometimes you may not be at the keyboard. The next video in a playlist sometimes will not work for whatever reason. I'm not sure if it's just chrome, but it is probably the adblock thing.
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Are there any good free programs that can convert .mov files to .mp4 file? I'm just looking to get a few short family video clips on a digital photo frame.
Blenheim fucked around with this message at 16:06 on Mar 20, 2014 |
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Mar 20, 2014 15:52
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Blenheim posted:Are there any good free programs that can convert .mov files to .mp4 file? I'm just looking to get a few short family video clips on a digital photo frame. MPEG Streamclip.
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Mar 20, 2014 16:58
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tuyop posted:It's also highly problematic to judge "intelligence". Is a talented but illiterate dancer intelligent? What about an autistic person who can focus for hours on the tiniest details of a map and notice changes instantly? I think tests like this, especially this one, are silly. Because language semantics are in play. If someone says "a box of tacks" one person may interprets that as -just the box-, another as -just the tacks- and another as -the tacks and the box-. The subjects are basically tested on their assumptions of the task instructions more than they are on solving the task. It's like if a teacher says to the class "You have 1 box of LEGOs each. Try to press the button on the ceiling. GO!" Is the correct solution to walk out of the room and produce a ladder from the maintenance closet and use that to press the button -- because the teacher never specifically said to actually use the LEGOs?
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Mar 20, 2014 18:19
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Works great; thanks very much.
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Mar 20, 2014 18:37
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Baldbeard posted:I think tests like this, especially this one, are silly. Because language semantics are in play. If someone says "a box of tacks" one person may interprets that as -just the box-, another as -just the tacks- and another as -the tacks and the box-. The subjects are basically tested on their assumptions of the task instructions more than they are on solving the task. The language semantics wouldn't matter as much as you're implying because people were actually presented with the materials. They still matter, and the article specifically notes the effect of language semantics on participant performance. I see no reason to treat the test as bogus, though you'd have to be careful in how you use the results. quote:It's like if a teacher says to the class "You have 1 box of LEGOs each. Try to press the button on the ceiling. GO!"
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Baldbeard posted:I think tests like this, especially this one, are silly. Because language semantics are in play. If someone says "a box of tacks" one person may interprets that as -just the box-, another as -just the tacks- and another as -the tacks and the box-. The subjects are basically tested on their assumptions of the task instructions more than they are on solving the task. Well yes, but also it's not actually a measure of intelligence at all. It's one of those tests people like to point to and say "lol I used the box I am smart  ." It says right there on the Wikipedia page that it was designed to measure "the influence of functional fixedness on a participant's problem solving capabilities."Functional fixedness is actually a really important evolutionary trait and is an all around Good Thing 99.99% of the time. It's part of what allows us do things like hit a nut with a rock and say "oh my, that popped the nut right open! I should use rocks to hit nuts in the future because they are good Nut Hitters. Rocks = nut hitters" thereby making us a more efficient nut consumer than other animals. And there are a ton of other questions out there along the same lines, for example "how do you put an elephant in a refrigerator?" None of these actually measure intelligence. At most they are a small component in a much larger, more complex measure of intelligence. When you get right down to it, there is not a great way to measure intelligence because it is exceedingly hard to define. Even psychologists admit that IQ tests are more or less worthless, because a person can have an exceptionally high IQ but still be a social awkward, uncoordinated doofus who sucks at everything but solving abstract problems. Point being, don't worry too much about how smart you are. We're all smart in our own way. e: Here's a trick question for you. A certified genius and a guy from a biker gang are stuck on a deserted island. There are only enough coconut trees to support one person. They both know this, and so the biker kills the genius, eats all the coconuts and is eventually rescued. Who is smarter? kedo fucked around with this message at 20:19 on Mar 20, 2014 |
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Mar 20, 2014 18:55
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Given that description I would have assumed the box was simply a container for the thumbtacks and not one of the tools I was allowed to use for the test.
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kedo posted:Functional fixedness is actually a really important evolutionary trait and is an all around Good Thing 99.99% of the time.
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Flipperwaldt posted:Maybe you should look up what it means first. I know exactly what it means. Some* cognitive biases exist for reasons like the one I mentioned and have benefits in addition to their downsides. e: * added for clarity kedo fucked around with this message at 20:39 on Mar 20, 2014 |
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Mar 20, 2014 19:12
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the posted:Given that description I would have assumed the box was simply a container for the thumbtacks and not one of the tools I was allowed to use for the test. I assumed the box was plastic because I've never seen tacks in anything other than a plastic case.
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kedo posted:I know exactly what it means. Some* cognitive biases exist for reasons like the one I mentioned and have benefits in addition to their downsides. If I'm totally wrong, I urge you to update or amend the Wikipedia page on the subject.
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There's a difference between a helpless idiot who can't solve the problem, and someone who interprets the test instructions/rules in a way that excludes the 'correct' solution. These tests claim to measure someone's functional fixedness, and some go on to completely disregard the subject's understanding of the rules in the first place. In the real world, you usually have some natural freedom to experiment and use creativity to solve problems. When a researcher sits you down in a room and tells you to solve a logic puzzle, you are functioning under a set of unnatural rules and boundaries that were orated to you by another party. I know mechanics and carpenters who are extraordinarily creative with actual real-world problems like the candle-puzzle and the 2-corde puzzle, but would fail miserably on a "test" because its a test. I think that's why some of the experiments irk me so much. But to get back to where this all started. These tests are not at all a test for intelligence, and really not even creativity, but rather a specific phenomenon regarding making assumptions based on repetition and traditional ways things work.
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Mar 21, 2014 02:33
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Recently from a plane (near our destination), i noticed a strip of white lights flashing in sequence to point towards something. They were in too small a plot of land to be their own airstrip. There was only one set, pointing to the edge of the lot, so it wasn't a helipad. We flew close to them and then turned in the direction they were pointing, as far as i could tell. Were they there to show a plane where/how to turn to be on the right approach path? Even though they were pretty far (maybe five plane minutes) from the airport? If so, does every airport have lights like this way far out, hidden in the middle of a residential area?
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Mar 21, 2014 02:50
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This would be a lot easier to answer if you said what airport you were arriving at (as navigational aids are clearly listed and easy to find if you know where to look for that information).
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Mar 21, 2014 08:46
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Motronic posted:This would be a lot easier to answer if you said what airport you were arriving at (as navigational aids are clearly listed and easy to find if you know where to look for that information). Charlotte (CLT)
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Mar 21, 2014 13:26
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Flipperwaldt posted:Listen, I get what you mean, but the term functional fixedness seems to be used exclusively for situations where the assumption prevents you from solving problems, ie. negative scenarios. If you had used the more general term cognitive bias in the first place, I wouldn't have had a problem with it. Nah, you're right. It has a lot in common with heuristics which is where my brain went. This is one of the interesting things about psychology, and one of the reasons why I love it. In one (or many) scenarios having an object that's "functionally fixed" in your mind is a great information processing shortcut (eg. "Oh gently caress a bear is attacking me! I need a hitting implement to defend myself, there's a hammer!"), while there are of course other scenarios where it's not ("Hmm, I need a fire but I have no wood and all I have is a hammer [with a wood handle I'm not noticing because I only see it as 'a thing to hit stuff with']. gently caress, guess I'll just die."). The line where one becomes the other is often blurred, and at the end of the day they're both derived from the same mental processes. Anyhow, the now off-topic point I was driving at was either way – it's not a measure of intelligence. kedo fucked around with this message at 14:54 on Mar 21, 2014 |
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Mar 21, 2014 14:49
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Jewel Repetition posted:Are there any toothpastes that are sulfate-free but still have fluoride? Yeah. Check health food stores. I think I found a Burt's Bees like that once, but maddeningly have not been able to find it again. (I use sulfate free toothpastes because they seem to reduce the number of canker sores I get)
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Why do I see patterns in the windshields of expensive cars (usually Mercedes and BMWs) while wearing polarized sunglasses? It's almost a Moire pattern.
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terre packet posted:Why do I see patterns in the windshields of expensive cars (usually Mercedes and BMWs) while wearing polarized sunglasses? It's almost a Moire pattern. You're seeing the internal stresses of tempered glass, which all cars have in the sides and rear. Edit: missed the "windshields" part. Could be some kind of coating for some special feature.
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Because your seeing a pattern, the windshield itself is also polarized. As to why it's polarized, probably to reduce glare or oncoming headlights or something.
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Mar 21, 2014 16:53
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A friend of mine and I were thinking of splitting an adobe creative cloud subscription. He uses a Mac and I use a PC - would that cause an issue?
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Huntersoninski posted:A friend of mine and I were thinking of splitting an adobe creative cloud subscription. He uses a Mac and I use a PC - would that cause an issue? Nope, you should be fine.
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dupersaurus posted:You're seeing the internal stresses of tempered glass, which all cars have in the sides and rear. Sidenote: those same residual stresses are why glass changes color over time you smoke out of it; the moderate heat causes the inner walls to warp a bit creating stress between the inner and outer walls. Stressed glass=refraction=pretty colors! 
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What reason would a chain of gas stations need anemometers on their roofs? I see it on lots of quicktrip gas stations. At one today I noticed it looks like its mounted to an ac compressor. I googled anemometer air conditioner or anemometer HVAC but all I'm seeing is little handheld things for techs to use.
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Vin BioEthanol posted:What reason would a chain of gas stations need anemometers on their roofs? Lots of businesses in general will have a mini-weatherstation thing just because. If you looked closer around the place, you'd probably find a thermometer somewhere that ties into the same thing the anemometer is tied into.
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Huntersoninski posted:A friend of mine and I were thinking of splitting an adobe creative cloud subscription. He uses a Mac and I use a PC - would that cause an issue? Just be aware it does only work on two computers at a time, so if one of you loads it up on a third computer it'll kick the other one off.
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Install Windows posted:Lots of businesses in general will have a mini-weatherstation thing just because. If you looked closer around the place, you'd probably find a thermometer somewhere that ties into the same thing the anemometer is tied into. Why though? What's it going to tell them that the tv or every employees android or iPhone is already telling them a million times more accurate? Also I think I used term anemometer wrong, this didn't have a turbine to check wind speed just the vane part sense direction. Vin BioEthanol fucked around with this message at 00:33 on Mar 22, 2014 |
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Mar 22, 2014 00:30
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Vin BioEthanol posted:Why though? What's it going to tell them that the tv or every employees android or iPhone is already telling them a million times more accurate? When I worked in gas stations as a teenager, you had to note the temperature and pressure when you did "dips", recording how much gasoline was in the underground tanks. I imagine it's because the volume of the gasoline changes a bit with temperature and pressure, especially when you have like 100 000 litres in there.
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Vin BioEthanol posted:Why though? What's it going to tell them that the tv or every employees android or iPhone is already telling them a million times more accurate? How is the TV or their phone going to know the weather at that exact spot better than a ministation that's right there? You know those tell you the measured weather at completely different locations right? If it's just the vane, then all it does is indicate wind direction, and that's basically just up to decoration purposes.
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It was electric, not decorative with a rooster and poo poo like someone would put on their house.
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Vin BioEthanol posted:It was electric, not decorative with a rooster and poo poo like someone would put on their house. Maybe an automated volume measuring system then.
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Would it make sense to learn and use a chorded keyboard or stenotype machine for ordinary typing tasks? Getting like 200 wpm sounds awesome.
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tuyop posted:Would it make sense to learn and use a chorded keyboard or stenotype machine for ordinary typing tasks? Getting like 200 wpm sounds awesome. Do you currently know shorthand? If not, I hiiiiighly encourage you to ignore that though. My mother knew it, tried to teach me once, almost killed someone in frustration.
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Mar 22, 2014 04:41
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So I hosed up my controls in the steam game luftrausers? Re-installing the game just leads to the same configuration of nonsense controls, is there a way to reset them via some sort of file editing or? If so, which file?
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tuyop posted:Would it make sense to learn and use a chorded keyboard or stenotype machine for ordinary typing tasks? Getting like 200 wpm sounds awesome. What would you do if you could type 200 WPM? Unless you're looking for work as a stenographer, there's no real need to be able to type that fast. Even for professional writers, the usual obstacle is coming up with things to write about, then trying to compose their ideas in a way that is both interesting to read, yet comprehensible. I used to work tech support, and even at around 60 WPM I could type out the general gist of a conversation while having the conversation.
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thrakkorzog posted:What would you do if you could type 200 WPM? I type about 100 wpm now and there are times where I find myself losing a thought just before I can get it typed out. It really doesn't happen that often though. You're right though, for a 5000-word essay it's about two hours of draft writing and 10-15 hours of editing. Typing twice as fast won't really cut down either of those times. 
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