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Competitive_Thing_89 t1_jeg44kd wrote

Reply to ELI5: If the chemical dopamine stimulates a 'feel good' sensation, is there a chemical that makes us angry? by Kree_Horse

Amygdala seems to be related. Do not know if it release any chemical tho; >Charles Whitman lived a fairly unremarkable life until August 1, 1966, when he murdered 16 people including his wife and mother. What transformed this 25-year-old Eagle Scout and Marine into one of modern America’s first and deadliest school shooters? His autopsy suggests one troubling explanation: Charles Whitman had a brain tumor pressing on his amygdala, a region of the brain crucial for emotion and behavioral control. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-responsible-are-killers-with-brain-damage/

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csamsh t1_jeg446f wrote

Reply to comment by f1del1us in We’re Washington Post journalists who spent the past months investigating how the AR-15 became a symbol of the gun control debate, political identity and mass shootings. Ask us anything. by washingtonpost

That’s a fanfuckingtastic question. Better yet- why are people killings themselves? It’s almost like there’s a mental health epidemic that could be quelled if we had easy, maybe even universal access to mental healthcare.

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confused_vanilla t1_jeg43uh wrote

Reply to Just my two cents by [deleted]

>AGI will not happen in your lifetime

There are still people alive from before the first real computers were made (Not the theory), and from when the flight was still a new technology. Who are you to make this bold of a claim with such certainty?

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ktElwood t1_jeg43mm wrote

Reply to A productive day at the office by astrogavino

Sometimes I wonder how much of economy is just this.

Money is spent on gas and cars, moving workers to offices. To power the PCs, to light the room.

Money is spent on lunches at restaurants.

Money is spent of office supplies to be played with.

And to the outside world, your whole workday looks as productive as any other, because services could be provided to you.

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therealcmj t1_jeg43d5 wrote

Reply to comment by Hoosac_Love in Massachusetts RMV drops case against Virginia man who overstayed vacation! by Hoosac_Love

Not necessarily.

When I go somewhere for work I am on an expense account. But that doesn’t mean I don’t drive my own car. It’s my choice - take cabs or Uber/Lyft, rent a car, or expense 55c per mile. For lots of people having their own car is more convenient and saves them from parking it at an airport or wherever and worrying about it while you’re away.

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dredbeast t1_jeg432a wrote

Reply to comment by OriginOfEnigma in Japan and China Connect Military Hotline to Reduce Tensions by bloomberg

It wouldn’t be. Even in modern settings, POTS isn’t just copper anymore. It is copper from a Central Office to the customer, Central Offices are connected together through fiber connections.

So when you are making a call, you are connecting to a telephone switch via a copper connection. The telephone switch talks to other switches via fiber.

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