The Very-Many-Questions-Not-Worth-Their-Own-Thread Thread 36

[Arakhor]

For a start. Add Warcraft III, Rise of Nations, the early Total War games, Age of Empires,
Plus a good DOSBox running Doom, Doom II, Blood, Warcraft I/II, Dune II, UFO: Enemy Unknown, Freespace I and II… I wonder how much space there'd be left on that hard drive.

How could you forget Baldur's Gate and Master of Orion II??

 

[Takhisis]

And Icewind Dale and Neverwinter Nights and Prince of Persia and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Lost Atlantis and a lot of other stuff I could just transfer from my current Windows XP legacy partition… but as I said, I wonder how much space there'd be left on that hard drive.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Is it known if memory retention of music works any different than remembering regular auditory stuff?

I'm curious because earlier my mother was freaking out about me being able to identify every single musician that was playing on the radio when I forget about conversations we had five minutes ago. I figured it's just a long-term vs. short-term memory thing but I was wondering if the music could've also had anything to do with it. Googling just got stuff about listening to music while studying and things like that.

 

[Synobun]

Developmental and neurological disorders can impact memory retention. Stuff like autism and ADD both have considerable bias towards "selective memory". People without disorders have this too but it's upped a great deal when you have something that affects the brain and how it functions.

Put differently, it's possible that your brain simply considers music to be more important than conversation, and prioritizes accordingly.

 

[BenitoChavez]

Repetition also matters. If you've heard a song 100s of times you are going to remember it. Remembering a single conversation, even one that occurred not too long ago is more difficult especially if you are tired or wasn't really paying attention.

 

[The_J]

I can remember the weirdest stuff, but will forget your name sometimes within a minute...so... I guess that's normal.

 

[Birdjaguar]

I can remember the weirdest stuff, but will forget your name sometimes within a minute...so... I guess that's normal.

In a word, yes.

 

[Broken_Erika]

That depends, in my experience. We'll know more once Erika has collected this technological wonder.

This guy has it.
https://1075daverocks.com/show/the-craig-fee-show/

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Question: Occasionally, one of the academic surveys I do asks "in your own words, what do you think we are trying to study?" at the end. Is there a reason for this?

 

[rah]

If you think you know what they're trying to study, it may bias you answers.

 

[Takhisis]

Just answer honestly and treat it as part of the survey.

 

[rah]

It could also be a robot test or a "I'm just taking this survey for money and not even reading the survey and randomly pressing answers."

 

[Gori the Grey]

Question: Occasionally, one of the academic surveys I do asks "in your own words, what do you think we are trying to study?" at the end. Is there a reason for this?

I'd write: "Dude, if you don't know what you're trying to study, you got bigger troubles than anything I've answered here. But best of luck figuring that out."

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Earlier while I was out, I ended up trapped in a bathroom stall because the door got jammed shut. My mother was able to pull it open, but in the future what should I do?

 

[Hygro]

i dunno about Canada but down here you could crawl out from under.

 

[Synobun]

If it's one of the stereotypical North American stall doors you can grab the top of the door furthest away from the hinge and give it a pull while you brace yourself against the side with your other arm.

Assuming the jam isn't in the lock. If it's the lock, well, fiddling with that is the path to success. If the lock is loose, you'll want to push it forward and back while turning it in the direction you need it to go at sort of a staggered pace. But that can be difficult if you can't grip the lock very well.

 

[CKS]

Sometimes pushing the side walls apart can free the door. You could try leaning against them individually if you can't push on both at the same time, but you might be able to use your cane to push on both sides. Push at the height of the jam if you can tell where it is.

If you can't free the door and don't have a phone, make noise and hope for someone to come investigate.

 

[Chukchi Husky]

Is the United Kingdom the only country in the world that has an universal health care system?

 

[Cutlass]

Is the United Kingdom the only country in the world that has an universal health care system?

No. Every developed nation has some form of health system for all of the population, except the United States. And a number of middle income countries do as well. There are many different models of universal health care in different countries. But all of them offer health care to all the population. The US does not. Which is why the US has worse health outcomes than any of the other developed nations. The US also has the largest private sector of any health care system. This is why the US is far and away the most expensive system, per person, in the world.

So, universal healthcare =

• Nearly all developed and middle income nations, except the US.
• Much more cost effective service provision.
• Superior outcomes for the population as a whole.

https://www.thebalance.com/universal-health-care-4156211

 

[rah]

The problem is that too many people have plans that are currently better than the average and since their companies are picking up a good chunk it isn't economically crushing to them. They have no incentive or desire to convert over to a system that might limit some of the options.
It's going to be hard to change things as long as this is the norm.