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oodelay t1_jcz8lmy wrote
Reply to comment by BabySinister in Loot box purchasing is associated with gambling and problem gambling when controlling for known psychological risk factors of gambling by AddictiveBehaviorLab
Yeah when it's MY game, it's NOT THE SAME, OKAY?
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outerworldLV t1_jcyxzyl wrote
Reply to comment by Valaurus in Scientists find heatwaves at bottom of the ocean along the continental shelves of North America by Creative_soja
Initially yes, I believe you’re right. Although this recent event, with the crabs, was apparently that they walked over a cliff into the abyss ??!
ZylonBane t1_jcyx1fn wrote
Reply to Loot box purchasing is associated with gambling and problem gambling when controlling for known psychological risk factors of gambling by AddictiveBehaviorLab
Title seems a bit unclear. Let's see if I can improve it...
>Loot box gambling is associated with gambling and problem gambling and gambling gambling when controlling for known psychological gambling risk gambling factors of gambling
Valaurus t1_jcyvdji wrote
Reply to comment by outerworldLV in Scientists find heatwaves at bottom of the ocean along the continental shelves of North America by Creative_soja
Wasn’t this the big thing with crab off the coast of Alaska too? They all just disappeared, reasoning I saw was warming of the waters so they’d retreated to colder water.
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chikitapakitaboom t1_jcynrjb wrote
Reply to The neurophysiological underpinnings of malevolent creativity might vary by gender by tbroishere
This is the second time I've seen "malevolent creativity" today and I've never heard that term before
CaveSquirrel1971 t1_jcymmfp wrote
Reply to comment by FwibbFwibb in 8 out of 10 preterm babies suffer newborn jaundice. Therapy involves exposing the baby to blue light, however, there are no standard guidelines on the precise color of light, irradiation power and duration. Scientists suggest fluorescence measurement will improve jaundice testing and therapy. by Skoltech_
I should have included that they were born in Nebraska the first part of December.
QncyFie t1_jcykeum wrote
Reply to Loot box purchasing is associated with gambling and problem gambling when controlling for known psychological risk factors of gambling by AddictiveBehaviorLab
Shiiiii who would've thought
BabySinister t1_jcyhq0m wrote
Reply to comment by oodelay in Loot box purchasing is associated with gambling and problem gambling when controlling for known psychological risk factors of gambling by AddictiveBehaviorLab
Sure, buying packs in hopes of getting specific cards is also gambling. The major reason this isnt an issue is that there's not that many MTG players who buy packs for a specific card. You buy a box to draft with and you buy specific cards on the secondary market.
8livesdown t1_jcyhd3k wrote
Reply to comment by PTR_K in The neurophysiological underpinnings of malevolent creativity might vary by gender by tbroishere
Yep. Standard negative feedback loop.
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RedditisRunbyChimps t1_jcye5g6 wrote
Reply to comment by oodelay in Loot box purchasing is associated with gambling and problem gambling when controlling for known psychological risk factors of gambling by AddictiveBehaviorLab
Trading card boosters packs are also arguably a form a gambling.
shinra528 t1_jcycdig wrote
Reply to Loot box purchasing is associated with gambling and problem gambling when controlling for known psychological risk factors of gambling by AddictiveBehaviorLab
I wonder why I can set a budget for myself at the Blackjack table and have no problem walking away when I hit that budget but have to stop myself from downloading gacha games because I have a hard time resisting loot boxes.
oodelay t1_jcyc6ps wrote
Reply to Loot box purchasing is associated with gambling and problem gambling when controlling for known psychological risk factors of gambling by AddictiveBehaviorLab
"lootboxes are for losers"
Then, "let's buy a whole box of magic the gathering cards!"
PfEMP1 t1_jcy7bo4 wrote
Reply to comment by enelspacio in A Swedish study found elite male soccer players are 1.5 times more likely to develop neurodegenerative disease compared to population controls. A previous study from Scotland suggested that soccer players were 3.5 times more likely to develop neurodegenerative disease. by Wagamaga
Yes. While climate change is making warmer summers more likely in Scotland, they are still not common.
QuietWheel t1_jcy5es8 wrote
Reply to A artificially produced enzyme has proven useful for treating staphylococcus infections in people with skin lymphoma. This is good news for the patients, but also for the global threat of antibiotics resistance. by UCPH
“In some patients, a staphylococcus aureus will cause the cancer to worsen. And even though antibiotics appear to work in some cases, it is not without its problems.
“We can tell that giving high doses of antibiotics to patients with serious infections causes their health, skin and cancer symptoms to improve. But once we stop giving them antibiotics, the symptoms and staphylococci quickly return. Patients experience many adverse effects, and some risk getting resistant bacteria,” says Niels Ødum.
Therefore, treating staphylococcus aureus can be tricky. At worst, cancer patients may die of an infection which doctors are unable to treat.”
Scary stuff.
samsoniteindeed2 t1_jcy2v0l wrote
Reply to comment by barryman5000 in Cancer researchers show introducing bacteria to a tumour’s microenvironment creates a state of acute inflammation that triggers the immune system’s primary responder cells to attack rather than protect a tumour. by unswsydney
Or even back further to the days of ancient Egypt. There are papyrus scrolls about using localised infections to treat cancer.
totse_losername t1_jcxytdt wrote
Reply to comment by Earthling1a in Scientists find heatwaves at bottom of the ocean along the continental shelves of North America by Creative_soja
It makes sense. Heat likes to go somewhere.
Melting ice and cool water, for example. When ice 'cools something down', it's not the cold transferring to its surrounds but the heat of the surrounds transferring to the ice cube. That is why it melts.
MTI35 t1_jcxxyc6 wrote
Reply to comment by borntoflail in Loss of Menin helps drive the aging process, and dietary supplement can reverse it in mice by geoxol
If something can reduce aging and it's unavailable how is that to a good thing?
borntoflail t1_jcz8o9d wrote
Reply to comment by MTI35 in Loss of Menin helps drive the aging process, and dietary supplement can reverse it in mice by geoxol
Within context of the exchange it would imply that the article was attempting to boost sales of supplements and ultimately wasn’t containing very solid research.
If the supplements don’t exist, then one can infer that the research might be done without ulterior greedy motives.