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uphcra | If butterscotch and black licorice are considered “grandparent candy”, what will the flavor/food be when your generation grows old? | Anything powdered with sour flavor made a big impact on 80s/90s kids, nursing homes better stock up on sour gummies and warheads. | 80 | AskReddit |
uphf6k | What’s the best sitcom of all time for you? | Malcom in the middle | 180 | AskReddit |
uphf6k | What’s the best sitcom of all time for you? | Seinfeld | 170 | AskReddit |
uphf6k | What’s the best sitcom of all time for you? | Brooklyn 99 | 150 | AskReddit |
uphfln | What is the most beautiful thing you have ever seen? | A sunrise while on acid. I am colorblind. I saw color that day. | 680 | AskReddit |
uphfln | What is the most beautiful thing you have ever seen? | Myself. I was Sexually abused as a child and maybe once every year or so when I look in a mirror I cry at how far I’ve come. | 340 | AskReddit |
uphfln | What is the most beautiful thing you have ever seen? | My wife | 150 | AskReddit |
uphg04 | I've noticed a lot of american and canadian yourubers (Shayne Topp, MattColbo, Kimmy Jimenez...) have a degree in psychology. In Czechia (where I'm from) it's one of the hardest fields to get in (I've heard about people who didn't get in with percentile over 98%) because so many people want to go there. Is it possible that it's less prestigious in America? | They most likely just did their undergrad, and it’s extremely common, and fairly easy to do your undergrad. Now if you go all the way to getting your post grad and doctoral degree, that’s where it gets very intense and difficult. Much like any other degree program. | 370 | AskAnAmerican |
uphg04 | I've noticed a lot of american and canadian yourubers (Shayne Topp, MattColbo, Kimmy Jimenez...) have a degree in psychology. In Czechia (where I'm from) it's one of the hardest fields to get in (I've heard about people who didn't get in with percentile over 98%) because so many people want to go there. Is it possible that it's less prestigious in America? | A psychology "degree" does not make one a medical doctor.
Universities in Europe are different than those in the US. Most of the universities here follow the traditional liberal arts program of a broad and diverse education, not a direct specialization. A student does not enter university from high school straight into law or medicine. They need a 4 year degree FIRST, then an advanced degree.
A "psychology degree" in the US is a 4 year bachelor's of science program. Nearly every 4 year university in the US offers a bachelor's degree in psychology. Here's the program at a state university in Michigan: [Psychology at Ferris State](https://www.ferris.edu/arts-sciences/departments/social-sciences/psychology-bachelor.htm)
It's a broad degree that is intended to prepare the student for the next phase of their education or career. This could be a Master's of Social Work, applying to medical school to become a Doctoral student, or simply a position in sales at a company using basic techniques to understand and manipulate buyers.
> To become a Psychologist one would obtain a 4 year degree, *then* earn a master’s and/or doctorate in psychology.
>
> [How to Become a Psychologist](https://onlinecounselingprograms.com/mental-health-careers/how-to-become-psychologist/)
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> Depending on where you intend to practice and the specific concentration you are interested in (e.g., child psychology, social work, marriage and family therapy), you may be able to pursue a psychology license after earning a master’s degree, either a Master of Arts or a Master of Science. If you must pursue a doctoral degree, you will choose between a PsyD, a practical degree for would-be counselors; a PhD, which is more research-oriented; an EdD, or Doctor of Education; and an EdS, or education specialist. Check your state requirements and consider your career goals to determine which degree is right for you.
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> **Complete an internship or postdoctoral program.**
> After you complete a psychology master’s or doctoral program, you must complete an internship or postdoctoral program. This required psychology internship gives you an opportunity to work alongside licensed psychologists to gain hands-on training in your field of interest. Most states require 1,500 to 2,000 hoursExternal link:open_in_new of training and at least one to two years of supervised professional experienceExternal link:open_in_new, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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> **Obtain a psychology license.**
> The licensing requirements for psychologists vary per state. Contact your state board to understand your state’s requirements. Various state board information can be found at the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB. Once you’ve met the necessary education and professional requirements, you’ll need to pass the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology, which is administered by the ASPPB.
The education/licensing path is 6+ years MINIMUM, more typically 8-10. | 120 | AskAnAmerican |
uphg04 | I've noticed a lot of american and canadian yourubers (Shayne Topp, MattColbo, Kimmy Jimenez...) have a degree in psychology. In Czechia (where I'm from) it's one of the hardest fields to get in (I've heard about people who didn't get in with percentile over 98%) because so many people want to go there. Is it possible that it's less prestigious in America? | Getting a BA is not too difficult. It's a common choice for people who aren't sure what they want to study and are going for something generic. It is a useful degree for any job involving organizing personnel. Only a few people end up actually working in the psychology field.
A BS is a bit more difficult because it tends to involve a bit of data analysis but overall is pretty similar to a BA.
It is the Master's degree that is difficult to get. That's where it starts getting prestigious. Pretty much everyone who gets a Master's is either a star student or has been working as a therapist/counselor for a bit and is now increasing their certifications so they can have an independent practice. Few people with a Master's in Psychology work in another field and pretty much everyone with the degree makes a pretty solid salary.
A PhD is much like a Master's, but more prestigious and more money. | 80 | AskAnAmerican |
uphj4r | 15 female. I was raped a few days ago and I took the
"ella" morning-after pill a few hours after it.
I bought it behind my parent's back, the pharmacy lady didn't give a fuck after giving her a somewhat good tip.
No signs of STD's. No itciness, burning, or any symptom other than what I can expect from the pill. And I had a blood test I think 2 days ago, routine checks, so I'm safe from STD's.
Honestly, I'm just freaking out a little bit because I have no idea what's going on. I bleed a little bit last night and I just went to cry my eyeballs out to sleep because what else is there to do?
How likely is it that the pill doesn't work?
Is it normal to bleed a little bit? Not enough to count as a period though.
How do I know if it worked? And what do I do if it didn't?
And probably I'll keep asking more.
In case you need to know, a few years ago I didn't have my period for a whole year because of anorexia, but it's been getting better and I'm more regular on it as time goes by. I was supposed to get my next period around may 28.
Edit: Please don't suggest mental health shit or anything. I just wanna know wtf is going on right now with my body... | It is absolutely normal. It's a load of hormones and it messes with your cycle, so you can bleed in between cycles, it can delay your next cycle or some other irregularities, like heavier bleeding. Symptoms can last a few days and they include nausea, vomiting, bleeding, fatigue, tender breasts, and others. The effectiveness of morning-after pills is about 85%, and the sooner you take them the better. You will know it worked only when you get your next period or you have a negative pregnancy test (if your period is late).
I'm sorry you're in this situation, hang in there. | 310 | AskDocs |
uphj4r | 15 female. I was raped a few days ago and I took the
"ella" morning-after pill a few hours after it.
I bought it behind my parent's back, the pharmacy lady didn't give a fuck after giving her a somewhat good tip.
No signs of STD's. No itciness, burning, or any symptom other than what I can expect from the pill. And I had a blood test I think 2 days ago, routine checks, so I'm safe from STD's.
Honestly, I'm just freaking out a little bit because I have no idea what's going on. I bleed a little bit last night and I just went to cry my eyeballs out to sleep because what else is there to do?
How likely is it that the pill doesn't work?
Is it normal to bleed a little bit? Not enough to count as a period though.
How do I know if it worked? And what do I do if it didn't?
And probably I'll keep asking more.
In case you need to know, a few years ago I didn't have my period for a whole year because of anorexia, but it's been getting better and I'm more regular on it as time goes by. I was supposed to get my next period around may 28.
Edit: Please don't suggest mental health shit or anything. I just wanna know wtf is going on right now with my body... | I’m sorry, I know you don’t want hear anything about ‘mental health shit’ but it’s valid. Especially with
>I just went to cry my eyeballs out to sleep because what else is there to do?
This is awful. I’m so sorry this happened to you. No matter what the circumstances were, this is not your fault. I would urge you to report the rape and talk to your parent. I know this will seem like you’re being punished for being a victim and making a mistake (and who doesn’t make mistakes when they’re 15?) because your parent will likely want to keep a closer eye on you in the future, etc. But the person who raped you should be held accountable, and getting raped is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) stuff. You need to talk to a therapist to help move past this or you’re going to be carrying it for a long time. You need the support of your family.
The ella pill is effective about 85% of the time, but is reportedly more effective the sooner you take it. I’m not surprised at the bleeding. You should get swabbed for STDs and checked for HIV. You should probably start [HIV PEP](https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/2141935-overview).
Again, I’m so sorry this happened to you. | 190 | AskDocs |
uphjf1 | For those curious I was trying to parse word data from Wiktionary of the Wikimedia foundation family, raw markup text in each word document (Wiktionary page) is ordered in a hierarchical sequence, nothing wrong with parsing that, but cleaning the formatting quickly became a huge burden and I was soon hacking on band aids after band aids to stamp out Wikimedia syntax in an effort to get clean English sentences.
Today I just randomly searched up Wiktionary parser and lo and behold a perfectly [working library](https://github.com/Suyash458/WiktionaryParser) appears in the search results. Yea all my problems are solved, but I'm empty inside. I could've just Googled and save my 2 weeks worth of effort for the rest of the project. | It's not wasted.
Firstly you figured out how to do a bunch of things you couldn't already do and secondly you learned that, in programming at least, Google is your friend. | 1,260 | LearnProgramming |
uphjf1 | For those curious I was trying to parse word data from Wiktionary of the Wikimedia foundation family, raw markup text in each word document (Wiktionary page) is ordered in a hierarchical sequence, nothing wrong with parsing that, but cleaning the formatting quickly became a huge burden and I was soon hacking on band aids after band aids to stamp out Wikimedia syntax in an effort to get clean English sentences.
Today I just randomly searched up Wiktionary parser and lo and behold a perfectly [working library](https://github.com/Suyash458/WiktionaryParser) appears in the search results. Yea all my problems are solved, but I'm empty inside. I could've just Googled and save my 2 weeks worth of effort for the rest of the project. | This is a great opportunity to compare your solution to theirs.
Since you’ve been all the way through it you will understand the decisions they made, and which ones were an improvement over yours. | 510 | LearnProgramming |
uphjf1 | For those curious I was trying to parse word data from Wiktionary of the Wikimedia foundation family, raw markup text in each word document (Wiktionary page) is ordered in a hierarchical sequence, nothing wrong with parsing that, but cleaning the formatting quickly became a huge burden and I was soon hacking on band aids after band aids to stamp out Wikimedia syntax in an effort to get clean English sentences.
Today I just randomly searched up Wiktionary parser and lo and behold a perfectly [working library](https://github.com/Suyash458/WiktionaryParser) appears in the search results. Yea all my problems are solved, but I'm empty inside. I could've just Googled and save my 2 weeks worth of effort for the rest of the project. | pip install universe | 90 | LearnProgramming |
uphk52 | what is a food that when you start eating, you won't stop? | Potato chips | 160 | AskReddit |
uphk52 | what is a food that when you start eating, you won't stop? | Ruffles and French onion dip. Zero self control. | 100 | AskReddit |
uphk52 | what is a food that when you start eating, you won't stop? | So I crush up doritos, add some cooked and seasoned ground beef (Emeril's Southwest Essence), mix and reheat until the beef is hot again, then add nacho cheese, mix until coated, and heat again until the cheese is hot, then eat with a spoon.
I call it "cummy-wummies" | 80 | AskReddit |
uphn2p | What small act of good do you do as often as you can? | For me, every time I use the bathroom, I make sure I leave a bit of toilet paper that you can easily grab to pull more from. I never leave the seam tucked away, I leave a little hand hold you can pull more from easily. | 130 | AskReddit |
uphn2p | What small act of good do you do as often as you can? | Return shopping carts other people left in the parking lot at the grocery store. We refer to it as “saving” the cart. | 90 | AskReddit |
uphn2p | What small act of good do you do as often as you can? | I pick up trash that some moron has left on the street. | 90 | AskReddit |
uphvc8 | Seriously though, instead of working remotely, why should we go back to working in an office? | I’ve heard some say they really want a work/home separation. | 310 | AskReddit |
uphvc8 | Seriously though, instead of working remotely, why should we go back to working in an office? | I think the older you get the harder it is to make friends, so any opportunity you have to actually connect with real people and work with them instead of doing it over the internet is a great thing. Not the same thing, but for my first year of college everything was completely online, and although I did just as well then as I have done in person, I made basically no friends outside of my roommate and my boyfriend because there was no way to meet anyone else. It made me realize the value of actually gathering in person to work together.
Ultimately, I love the idea of offices being more flexible with who wants to work from home or in person, because everyone is different. Sometimes remote work is *great,* especially for me as I like to dogsit on the side during the summer and it's easier for me to complete internships or other jobs if they're remote and have multiple sources of income. But I think it can also make people so much more isolated. | 210 | AskReddit |
uphvc8 | Seriously though, instead of working remotely, why should we go back to working in an office? | It’s more conducive to getting shit done. Most people need to be nudged a little bit. It’s too easy to read an email asking you to do something you’d rather not and think “oh, I’ll just act as if I haven’t seen it for an hour or two before addressing that.”
Also, sometimes it really just works better to *show* people what you’re going through. Yeah, screenshare helps, but it’s still not always the same. | 100 | AskReddit |
upi0ai | What is your favorite magical or mythological creature? | Dragon | 60 | AskReddit |
upi2dy | My 5 year old wanted to see them hatch and spread them in the backyard. I have been trying to keep the grass low but we had a good rain the other night. We have three eggs and in the past two days two have hatched. Should I wait a couple more days to cut the grass? I don't want to hurt the little guys. Also, should I do it before or after the third egg hatches. It's probably going to in the next day or so. [hatched mantis egg](https://i.imgur.com/dOyiBoI.jpg) | I hate to tell you but you lawn is a habitat for the next couple months. They're not going to go very far unless there's no food. The best thing to do is collect them and move them someplace safe. | 50 | NoStupidQuestions |
upi2dy | My 5 year old wanted to see them hatch and spread them in the backyard. I have been trying to keep the grass low but we had a good rain the other night. We have three eggs and in the past two days two have hatched. Should I wait a couple more days to cut the grass? I don't want to hurt the little guys. Also, should I do it before or after the third egg hatches. It's probably going to in the next day or so. [hatched mantis egg](https://i.imgur.com/dOyiBoI.jpg) | You are somewhere they're native to right? Otherwise they're already dead.... | 30 | NoStupidQuestions |
upi2jf | As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? | A trucker. Mission accomplished. | 50 | AskReddit |
upi2jf | As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? | Rich | 30 | AskReddit |
upi3eo | What is your favorite breakfast food? | Coffee | 100 | AskReddit |
upi3eo | What is your favorite breakfast food? | French Toast | 60 | AskReddit |
upi3eo | What is your favorite breakfast food? | Waffles. | 60 | AskReddit |
upi3iw | Does the feeling of nostalgia make anyone else feel extremely uneasy and nearly sick? | Not really no. Nostalgia makes me feel comfortable and tipsy. | 30 | NoStupidQuestions |
upi4t9 | I had a liver function test done today and my ALT/SGPT level was 83 (10-40 normal range), my AST/SGOT is 37(normal range is 15-45). My Vitamin D level is 8.6 and that's been deemed as highly deficient in the report. Other parameters in my blood report are normal. For context, I did a moderately intense workout 2 days ago with weights and 5 days ago took a paracetamol for back pain. Also, I rarely drink alcohol. Wondering if these could have affected the ALT levels? Any help about this would be appreciated. | Usually doesn't mean much on its own. I tend to just repeat this sort of thing in a couple weeks. If it's still elevated, I get an ultrasound. The most common cause of isolated ALT elevation in otherwise healthy people is fatty liver. | 30 | AskDocs |
upi5kj | What’s something incredibly smart that your pet did which surprised you? | One time we took the car to go to a lake about 30mn away. Upon arriving there, we realize we forgot the dog on the parking. I was terrified, imagining my dog running after the car for minutes before falling out of exhaustion and rolling on the floor. Or just giving up and being lost somewhere along the highway.
But no, dog probably saw the car go away without him, so he just walked to our door and sat there for an hour. | 50 | AskReddit |
upi5kj | What’s something incredibly smart that your pet did which surprised you? | my dog can tell when i'm getting ready to leave the house based on the clothes that i'm wearing. she'll then go outside and wait by the front gate to see me off. | 40 | AskReddit |
upi5kj | What’s something incredibly smart that your pet did which surprised you? | My roommate's dog knew my roommate couldn't see with his VR set on and quietly (and I mean he has nails which usually click when walks) jumped onto a chair then table, walked across a glass table to eat my roommate's dinner | 30 | AskReddit |
upi64c | It’s a Mitsubishi Mirage (so basically a glorified golf cart) and the tire size is 175/55r15. No one carries it. Apparently only a handful of companies even make it anymore.
I know people change tire size all the time on larger vehicles, but would it have a detrimental effect on a smaller car like mine? | That is a weird tire. As long as all four wheels are the same yes you can change them out. | 30 | NoStupidQuestions |
upi73c | `Traceback (most recent call last):`
`File "C:/Users/Oliver Onut/Downloads/Python Games/garden.py", line 18, in <module>`
`cow = Actor("cow")`
`File "C:\Users\Oliver Onut\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\pgzero\`[`actor.py`](https://actor.py)`", line 88, in __init__`
`self.image = image`
`File "C:\Users\Oliver Onut\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\pgzero\`[`actor.py`](https://actor.py)`", line 103, in __setattr__`
`return object.__setattr__(self, attr, value)`
`File "C:\Users\Oliver Onut\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\pgzero\`[`actor.py`](https://actor.py)`", line 218, in image`
`self._orig_surf = self._surf = loaders.images.load(image)`
`File "C:\Users\Oliver Onut\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\pgzero\`[`loaders.py`](https://loaders.py)`", line 120, in load`
`self.validate_root(name)`
`File "C:\Users\Oliver Onut\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\pgzero\`[`loaders.py`](https://loaders.py)`", line 99, in validate_root`
`raise KeyError(`
`KeyError: "No 'images' directory found to load image 'cow'."`
&#x200B;
Hi. That's my error. I have got a programming book and i'm trying to create a game called Happy Garden, but i get this error. The code is exactly like in the book and the "cow" image is in the "images" folder, in the same folder as the code. I am using pygame zero. Please help me. Thanks! | Be careful specifying folder paths in Python. The backslash used in folder paths on Windows is also the string escape character.
Use the `pathlib` library (check realpython.com for a free guide) or raw strings, e.g. `folder = r"C:\temp"` | 30 | LearnPython |
upialg | I was the spoiled kid who had it easy in life it made me a needy weak man how do I change this? | Well, first off, this isn't a bad thing. You're very fortunate and you should be grateful.
That said, you're already on the path to healing just by recognizing it. Unfortunately there's no way to instantly fix this. Much like you learned to be spoiled, learning to be self-sufficient will be a journey that takes time and effort as you continually experience new things throughout the course of your life.
Just try to be mindful of doing things for yourself and make mental notes of what life skills you're lacking, and practice them in small ways every day. Cook new meals, set time aside for chores, take up a hobby working with your hands, volunteer at an organization that lets you interact with less fortunate people and learn from them, etc.
It will be small life changes over a long time. You're already doing great. | 70 | NoStupidQuestions |
upialg | I was the spoiled kid who had it easy in life it made me a needy weak man how do I change this? | Volunteer at a community center. It will give you a really good look into the type of things people struggle with on a daily basis and help you appreciate what you have. | 70 | NoStupidQuestions |
upibut | I was wondering if people have experience with them? | I have only bought the notes and didn’t find it helpful for memory retention. It’s nice to have as a reference but imo it’s still better to watch the videos and take notes yourself with pen and paper. Studies show that this helps with memorizing the material as opposed to type (or just having the hand out to the slides) | 30 | ITCareerQuestions |
upif7l | age and sex: 15M; height: 5'10"; weight: 150 lbs.
Yesterday at 4:00 PM, I had a gastrografin enema, where they fill up your colon with gastrografin and then take some x-ray photographs. The reason I had this done is because of some painful undiagnosed colon/rectum problems I've had for the past 1.5 years. When they were draining the liquid out after they got done taking the x-rays, I overheard them say something about how there was some liquid they were having a hard time draining. They even tilted me forward to try to drain it out.
When I was at the clinic, I had diarrhea twice (although I don't think it's technically diarrhea because it's leftover fluid from the procedure). I then proceeded to have diarrhea 5 more times between 5:00 and 9:00 PM. Now, it's the next day, and after a whole night of my intestine squirming around, I had diarrhea again. I know there's still more left in there, because I'm still having intestinal cramps right now.
Is it normal for a gastrografin enema to cause this much diarrhea for this long? Did something go wrong in the procedure? If not, then how much longer should this last? | The radiologists usually tell patients it may take 24-48 hours for all the contrast to come out. | 30 | AskDocs |
upif7q | So, I finished the final step of what seemed like a great interview process a few weeks ago. Since then it seems like the final offer is being held up by senior leadership who's doing a "headcount," and the recruitment team keeps hoping for news soon but then it doesn't come. The recruitment head has called several times this week saying I should know any day now, then comes back to say he can't confirm things because leadership is still doing this headcount.
Does anyone else have experience with this? How long could I expect this to go on, and should I be doing anything during this time (besides continuing to apply for jobs, haha). I'm a bit new to the tech world so just trying to figure out if this is a red flag and what do do or think. Thanks! | Damn that's some unlucky timing. What can you do besides continuing to apply elsewhere 😩. | 50 | CSCareerQuestions |
upif7q | So, I finished the final step of what seemed like a great interview process a few weeks ago. Since then it seems like the final offer is being held up by senior leadership who's doing a "headcount," and the recruitment team keeps hoping for news soon but then it doesn't come. The recruitment head has called several times this week saying I should know any day now, then comes back to say he can't confirm things because leadership is still doing this headcount.
Does anyone else have experience with this? How long could I expect this to go on, and should I be doing anything during this time (besides continuing to apply for jobs, haha). I'm a bit new to the tech world so just trying to figure out if this is a red flag and what do do or think. Thanks! | It’s possible the role was filled by someone else and they’re hoping for a new one to open up soon.
I’d remain optimistic, but also start looking at alternatives just to have some backup plans.
Personally I can’t stand waiting idly for someone else to make a decision. Always prefer to start arranging alternative plans. | 30 | CSCareerQuestions |
upig1j | I’m sure there is a better sub for this but I couldn’t find a decent sized one under what I was searching.
Yesterday night, I was cleaning my room and something that looked like a yellowjacket to me popped out when I moved my nightstand to sweep under it. It moved like once and then stayed there for a really long time. I was able to get close to it without it moving or getting agitated. When it did fly, it did not make a buzzing sound.
I get bad reactions to stings so I was going to wait for someone else to come home to help handle it, but after all that time in one place, I left the room for like 10 minutes and it vanished!
I’m a little confused about why a Yellowjacket would have been randomly in my stuff, been so docile, etc. so I’m wondering if it could have been something else? And it really needs to be gone but idk how to find it other than moving things around until it appears again, which if it is a Yellowjacket I’m sure could risk making it aggressive.
I am in western massachusetts, and I live on the second floor of a building. | Sounds like it’s been there for a while and is about to die of hunger/thirst if it wasn’t moving much. Don’t be surprised if you find a dead wasp in your room. | 30 | NoStupidQuestions |
upihn1 | Americans, how would your country be different if you had a left wing party? | That question will likely confuse many Americans, who think they *do.* In particular, Faux News viewers will not get it, since they have been told that Democrats are basically one step away from being communists.
Democrats *used* to be more left-wing, back before the 1980s (though still not as far left as some countries have), and the Republicans were largely moderates. Then the Republicans began to drift towards the far, farrr right, and the Democrats eased into the moderate slot they vacated. Age and race aside, Obama could have run as a Republican in the 1970s. | 870 | AskReddit |
upihn1 | Americans, how would your country be different if you had a left wing party? | I think people would start to realize that Democrats don't represent the left, and Republicans don't represent the right. And also that left and right are just concepts that don't necessarily define an individual's opinion.
Socialized health care is the most important I think.
It costs us more after the fact to have unhealthy citizens, smacks the worker class, and creates a huge barrier to starting a company.
Your job shouldn’t provide health care. Let the government concern itself with keeping citizens healthy and educated (and do a good fucking job of it instead of the bare minimum), and you’ll find yourself with a healthy, willing, working class and a system where smaller businesses can compete more openly. | 370 | AskReddit |
upihn1 | Americans, how would your country be different if you had a left wing party? | Two answers, depending on how you get to a left-wing party:
If you just add it on top of Democrats and Republicans to see what happens next, the results are very bad. In this scenario, Republicans win all “swing” elections and the country takes a sharp turn rightward. | 370 | AskReddit |
upikzq | Is it simply due to a lack of qualified judges? Fears of "governmental overreach" or something? Or something more complicated, like the work still being bottlenecked somewhere else along the line anyway? | A speedy trial is relative to how possible it is to have that trial. It doesn't specify a timeline exactly. It's only speedy in that it's not intentionally delayed. | 90 | NoStupidQuestions |
upimgq | Failed a final because I bombed this (and others) question.
Can someone break this down Barney style so I might understand? I'm always missing these kind of problems.
Prove that the worst case runtime of any comparison-based sorting algorithm is Ω(n lg n). (This means that the worst case runtime of any comparison-based sorting algorithm cannot be made better than n lg n.) | This sounds like a question that's checking to see whether you understand a proof that you've been shown in class, or in a textbook. I can't imagine they'd expect you to figure it out from scratch. It's kind of like asking you to prove that there are an infinite number of primes, or that √2 is irrational.
Wikipedia has [an outline of the proof](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_sort#Number_of_comparisons_required_to_sort_a_list), which saves me the trouble of typing it out. Feel free to ask for clarification if there's something you don't understand about it. | 110 | AskComputerScience |
upiolo | Hey guys,
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I was wondering if somebody could help me, I am trying to figure out how to solve an error (NameError: name 'user\_pick' is not defined) - This error occurs when I don't type an answer into the input and just leave it blank and press enter, and I was wondering if someone could help so instead of giving it an error I could personally put a print statement.
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Here is the following code - It says the error is on line 20.
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import random
introduction = input(
"Welcome to Advanced Rock Paper Scissors! | Press enter to continue ")
wannaplay = input("Would you like to play Rock Paper Scissors? (y/n) ")
if wannaplay.lower() == "yes" or wannaplay.lower() == "y":
print("Great!")
elif wannaplay.lower() == "no" or wannaplay.lower() == "n":
print("ALT + F4 then")
else:
print("Unknown Response | Please use one of the following: \"Yes\",\"Y\",\"No\" or \"N\"")
if wannaplay.lower() == "yes" or wannaplay.lower() == "y":
user_pick = input("Rock, Paper or scissors? ")
possible_options = ["rock", "paper", "scissors"]
computers_action = random.choice(possible_options)
if user_pick.lower() == "rock" or user_pick.lower() == "paper" or user_pick.lower() == "scissors":
print(
f"\nYou chose {user_pick} whilst the computer chose {computers_action}!")
elif user_pick == "":
print("Answer invalid | Please pick one of the following: \"Rock\", \"Paper\", or \"Scissors\"")
else:
print("Answer Invalid | Please pick one of the following: \"Rock\", \"Paper\" or \"Scissors\"")
if user_pick.lower() == computers_action:
print(f"Both players selected {user_pick}. It's a tie!")
elif user_pick.lower() == "rock":
if computers_action.lower() == "scissors":
print("Computer chose scissors, you win!")
else:
print("Computer chose paper, sorry, you lose!")
elif user_pick.lower() == "paper":
if computers_action.lower() == "rock":
print("Computer chose rock, you win!")
else:
print("Computer chose scissors, sorry, you lose!")
elif user_pick.lower() == "scissors":
if computers_action.lower() == "paper":
print("Computer chose paper, you win!")
else:
print("Computer chose rock, sorry, you lose!")
Please could anyone assist me with this, i'm very new to python so any and all help is greatly appreciated! - I'm happy to answer any questions :)
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Thanks. | Hey I saw you got your overall question answered, I just want to mention this to make your if statements a bit easier.
if wannaplay.lower() in [“yes”,”y”]:
And similar formats can help when you use “or” on multiple similar conditions. | 50 | LearnPython |
upioz9 | If I sleep for 8 hours or so, I wake up with mild bed breath. It's unpleasant, but I can simply brush my teeth and I pretty much forget about it.
But heaven forbid I take a 20 minute nap, because I'll wake up and my mouth will taste like VOMIT. I'll brush my teeth, but that horrible, horrible taste still lingers; dancing on the surface of my tastebuds. Mocking me for succumbing to that fleeting moment of drowsiness.
Why is this??? Shouldn't my breath taste worse after a full night's rest?? | Just a guess, but most people don't brish before naps so the bacteria get all yhe benefits of drymouth time but with a head start compared to night time post brush. | 40 | NoStupidQuestions |
upip6e | "How are you doing?" I say "Good, thanks. How are you?" Well, obviously you're doing shit. It's your spouse/brother/sister/mom/dad's funeral.
"Thanks for coming". I say (without thinking) "Thanks for inviting me." Shit. You didn't really invite me. I mean, I don't know you. I know your spouse/brother/sister/mom/dad. | "I'm holding up. It's hard."
"You're welcome. I admired/liked {deceased} a great deal." | 90 | NoStupidQuestions |
upip6e | "How are you doing?" I say "Good, thanks. How are you?" Well, obviously you're doing shit. It's your spouse/brother/sister/mom/dad's funeral.
"Thanks for coming". I say (without thinking) "Thanks for inviting me." Shit. You didn't really invite me. I mean, I don't know you. I know your spouse/brother/sister/mom/dad. | Overthinking. Just respond I’m sorry for your loss and express your condolences/you’re there if they need anything—whatever.
It’s also ok to respond the way you did as well. Not to be dismissive, but whether you say any of the above, they’re most likely focused on the fact that they lost somebody, not about how you responded 🙏🏼 | 30 | NoStupidQuestions |
upiptv | Why were Dalmatian dogs associated with fire stations and why aren't they in fire stations anymore? | Their historical use at a fire station would be to run out in front of the carriages (before fire trucks) and guide the horses on a path to the fire, possibly at night or through a panicked crowd. We don’t need that anymore. Now they’re just mascots, really, and a lot of fire stations don’t bother. In addition to being pretty, Dalmatians have terrible hips and they die early and tend to be deaf. | 90 | NoStupidQuestions |
upiptv | Why were Dalmatian dogs associated with fire stations and why aren't they in fire stations anymore? | They're definitely still in fire stations. My local fire station has a working Dalmatian | 40 | NoStupidQuestions |
upiptv | Why were Dalmatian dogs associated with fire stations and why aren't they in fire stations anymore? | Because Dalmations are good for working with horses. Back when firemen used horse drawn carriages the Dalmations would run ahead and clear a path | 30 | NoStupidQuestions |
upiqzs | I feel like at a lot of companies management doesn't see how vital IT/ IT security are until they are attacked and have no idea what to do. With a possible recession looming, are IT Security jobs likely to be one of the victims of a recession? | There are increasing conversations around the subject of the Board of Directors of publicly traded companies having responsibility to ensure the security of customer data within the organizations they supervise.
Zero legislation thus far, but the observations that those conversations are taking place is a huge start.
Insurance providers are now offering Cybersecurity / Ransomware insurance policies, and offer sizable discounts to companies with robust security policies & practices in place.
Board members have a high motivation to ensure self-preservation and to protect themselves from liability after a cyber-event.
It's a slow-moving process, since many Boards of Directors are populated with dinosaurs.
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It is also important to understand that there is tremendous overlap of skills between Cybersecurity / Information Security and IT Operations.
To fill any of those roles, you need to possess many of the exact same skills & understandings, which means you can apply to work in any of those roles (if you want to). | 130 | ITCareerQuestions |
upiqzs | I feel like at a lot of companies management doesn't see how vital IT/ IT security are until they are attacked and have no idea what to do. With a possible recession looming, are IT Security jobs likely to be one of the victims of a recession? | Nothing is safe in a recession. When companies need to do layoffs then usually they spread the pain out as wide as possible. The only way to stay safe is to be one of the integral people that a company wouldn't lay off until it gets to the end of the line. | 50 | ITCareerQuestions |
upiqzs | I feel like at a lot of companies management doesn't see how vital IT/ IT security are until they are attacked and have no idea what to do. With a possible recession looming, are IT Security jobs likely to be one of the victims of a recession? | Recession is likely to see an increase in malicious cyber activity. This one business unit that will likely see an more support when others are seeing layoffs | 40 | ITCareerQuestions |
upir6f | 19M, 166cm, 73kg. on Sertraline 200mg and protosone.
Hi, I am suffering from aura migranes for around a month now and I find pushing on my temples hard or putting pressure on them helps with the pain. Is it unhealthy or bad if I put rubber bands around my head for an extended period to replicate this pressure without my involvement? | Unless it's really tight and causes too much pressure on the skin, I can't see how it would cause a problem. It's not like it'll dent your skull or anything.
But don't try to replicate the watermelon rubber band thing where you keep doing it until the watermelon explodes. | 50 | AskDocs |
upirm4 | Why is that? | Because with social media, they can use what you upload to make revenue.
Cloud storage services are private | 30 | NoStupidQuestions |
upiswz | If a film needed an American character to be a very obvious bad guy, what accent would they choose?
As a foreigner, I would think of an evil American character to be a New York banker or a sophisticated Southerner. | Savannah accent has real Bond villain vibes | 1,540 | AskAnAmerican |
upiswz | If a film needed an American character to be a very obvious bad guy, what accent would they choose?
As a foreigner, I would think of an evil American character to be a New York banker or a sophisticated Southerner. | Depending on the context, delivery and the writing, almost any accent can sound sinister. From a Texas twang to a cool New York accent. Kevin Spacey made a smooth Southern drawl sound downright threatening at times in *House of Cards*. | 1,520 | AskAnAmerican |
upiswz | If a film needed an American character to be a very obvious bad guy, what accent would they choose?
As a foreigner, I would think of an evil American character to be a New York banker or a sophisticated Southerner. | Depends on what kind of evil you want
Tough guy - NJ
Diabolical - southern gentleman
Fucking psycho - there's nothing crazier than a Minnesota accent yelling "oh, how ya doing there Bob, I'm gonna chop you up into little pieces, don't ya know" | 1,340 | AskAnAmerican |
upiu1c | I don't understand why bye needs to be repeated twice but hello/hi doesn't. Also since bye literally means the same thing as bye bye? | It’s just a saying. It’s not that deep. | 30 | NoStupidQuestions |
upiuoq | What is the most useless built in function? | Either is_computer_on or is_computer_on_fire from BeOS. | 60 | AskProgramming |
upiuoq | What is the most useless built in function? | Beep
From old qbasic
Literally no use besides annoying the shit out of everyone. | 50 | AskProgramming |
upiuoq | What is the most useless built in function? | string.repeat(number) in JavaScript. How often do people use this for it to be a built in function? | 50 | AskProgramming |
upiwka | If someone backs out of and rainchecks plans made with you, is it on you or them to reschedule? | It's not "on" anyone. If you want to make plans with them, wait a little bit and try again. If they want to, then they will reach out to you. It doesn't need to be complicated. | 60 | NoStupidQuestions |
upiwka | If someone backs out of and rainchecks plans made with you, is it on you or them to reschedule? | My rule for myself is that if I cancel the plans, it's on me to create the alternate/reschedule. | 30 | NoStupidQuestions |
upixcm | Hi I'm 24M, white. I smoke and drink occasionally.
I've had this spot under my toenail for maybe a month or 2 now and I just thought it was a bleeding that will fade. However I just came across pictures and info on subungual melanoma. I will make a doctor's appointment asap to check it but if anyone has info that would be greatly appreciated.
Here is the picture of my toenail: https://imgur.com/a/4qlpiLp | Looks more like an injury causing hematoma to the nailbed that is slowly growing out. That takes months, since toenails grow slowly. But yeah, still get it looked at. Keep in mind subungual cancer is very rare. | 40 | AskDocs |
upixcn | Is it not cheaper for employers not having to rent, heat and power an office? | Because that's how they've always done things, because they don't trust that their employees are getting work done, because they don't know how to supervise when people *are* working in a physical office and they *especially* don't know how to supervise when everyone's scattered to the winds working remotely. | 70 | NoStupidQuestions |
upixcn | Is it not cheaper for employers not having to rent, heat and power an office? | It's called control. | 60 | NoStupidQuestions |
upixcn | Is it not cheaper for employers not having to rent, heat and power an office? | Managers validate their existence this way.
If employees are self managing 4 managers become 2, then two become one. | 60 | NoStupidQuestions |
upiy2x | Age: 15
Gender: girl (unfortunately trans)
Height: I don't know cause knowing would make me hate my body more, too tall though, but uhh to trick automod cause it says this is required, my height is 5'4"
Weight: I don't know this either cause of more hating my body reasons, very underweight though, I think probably around 120 or 125 lbs
Race: White
Duration of complaint: Like a few seconds
Any existing relevant medical issues: No, none
Current medications: Daily ritalin, biweekly estradiol, biannual hormone blockers
Yeah, I had really needed to pee when I went to sleep, and then wet the bed at about six am; is this just a really embarrassing one-time thing or should I be concerned? 😭 | If you're AMAB, then your biological sex will influence your chance of bedwetting. In cis-gendered boys, about 1-5% still have intermittent bedwetting at night even up to age 18. If it just happened once, and isn't recurrent, I wouldn't worry too much about it.
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>Gender: girl (unfortunately trans)
I'm assuming since you're on estrogen that you're MTF? Also, quit saying unfortunately. You're FORTUNATE that you realized the truth about yourself. Embrace it. For once in history, it's at least partially accepted. It'll get easier over time. Hang in there and be nice to yourself. | 250 | AskDocs |
upiy99 | What is your favorite 2000s movie? | I’m assuming you mean from 2000-2009.
To answer the question though Superbad. | 50 | AskReddit |
upiy99 | What is your favorite 2000s movie? | Super Troopers | 50 | AskReddit |
upiy99 | What is your favorite 2000s movie? | The dark knight no debate | 30 | AskReddit |
upj0gk | I recently became more aware that there is so much that I don’t understand. Stuff that’s forgotten, unable to be put into words, that no one understands, that is impossible to understand. Is it important to be aware of how much I don’t understand? If so, why does it matter if I don’t understand it? | “True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.” -Socrates | 70 | NoStupidQuestions |
upj0gk | I recently became more aware that there is so much that I don’t understand. Stuff that’s forgotten, unable to be put into words, that no one understands, that is impossible to understand. Is it important to be aware of how much I don’t understand? If so, why does it matter if I don’t understand it? | Yes, and it's important because you have to remain humble and strive towards growth and learning. You also have to respect those that know more than you about specific topics. The only way to improve yourself and your life is to accept your limitations and view your understanding of the world realistically.
Idiots that think they're smart are some of the worst people on the planet. | 50 | NoStupidQuestions |
upj2s7 | what is your biggest "I've won but at what cost" situation you've been? | A mother of a young girl tried to force her daughter into taking piano lessons, even though the girl had zero interest and wanted no part of it.
I explained that while music lessons were a good thing, it was nonetheless a mistake to coerce a child into taking piano with many hours of required practice (that doing so might turn her against music study in the future).
As a result, the daughter thanked me and said that maybe some day, if she had any real interest, she'd decide for herself to take lessons.
Meanwhile, her Mom is annoyed and thinks I should've forced the issue, no matter what. | 70 | AskReddit |
upj2s7 | what is your biggest "I've won but at what cost" situation you've been? | Im now able to use the handicap restricted elavator at work , but only because i broke my foot | 50 | AskReddit |
upj2s7 | what is your biggest "I've won but at what cost" situation you've been? | I have finally won the long game in a war of workplace politics, but now I am saddled with way more responsibility than I can realistically fulfill. | 40 | AskReddit |
upj4hk | What's the weirdest sub? | Meatball. Like, who decided that something circular and decidedly unsandwichable should be in a sub? Don't get me wrong, it tastes amazing, but it still strikes me as weird. | 2,590 | AskReddit |
upj4hk | What's the weirdest sub? | Definitely r/Alzheimersgroup | 1,600 | AskReddit |
upj4hk | What's the weirdest sub? | /r/dicklips (NSFW)
For those of you that can't click the link, it's a sub where people Photoshop out the dick when a woman is giving a blowjob but leave a bit of the head, which makes her mouth look closed, resulting in a very weird face. It's a completely unnecessary and ridiculous community and yet it exists.
[Here is a SFWish example of what I mean if you don't want to go](https://i.imgur.com/Z18Rm3S.jpg) | 1,240 | AskReddit |
upj5al | Bought used Motorola 5g ace and the previous owner apparently deleted the keyboard and only used voice typing. There is no way to log into google play to download as the voice won’t recognize login info.
Any thoughts on how to reinstall? | You could use a Bluetooth keyboard or USB OTG cable to plug a keyboard in and type your login with that. | 30 | AndroidQuestions |
upj9j7 | Hello.
My 93 y.o. grandmother has been experiencing CMI for years. Her main complaint is postprandial pain (and weight loss as an objective finding). Stenosis was confirmed ~5 years ago via US and Doppler, but she refused to undergo revascularization.
Recently she has experienced a heavy upper GI bleeding and for couple of days (under a week) after disharge from ER she had no postprandial pain at all. The only ‘unusual for her’ procedure performed in the ER was RBC transfusion.
So my question is – what could cause pain relief in this context and is there any conservative way to reproduce this effect? I did not find any recommendations on non-pharmacological treatment in literature.
TIA, I highly appreciate your ideas and help | Pain relief was likely from not eating for a few days. That's a common approach to bowel ischemia. When you don't put food in the stomach, then there is much less stimulation of blood flow to the intestines, so then ischemia is much less likely to happen. A transfusion would have magnified this effect by increasing the oxygen carrying capacity of the blood, and thus lowering the rate of ischemia in the gut.
There is no pharmacologic management of bowel ischemia unless there is a secondary cause (like vascular inflammation). Mesenteric ischemia because of atherosclerosis, which seems like the situation for your grandmother can only be fixed by removing the affected bowel if it becomes necrotic, placing a stent, etc. | 40 | AskDocs |
upjadt | From what I’ve been taught, there was a one child policy in China. Parents preferred to have boys because they would be better than girls. This led to having abortions, killing, or abandoning any female babies birthed. But why wouldn’t they want a girl baby so she could eventually repopulate? | boys used to work and generate money while girls would be married and live as housewives, usually the parents of the daughter would have to pay for the wedding and then after that the daughter would be maintained by the other family's man. Also males used to carry the family name opposed to females who would adopt the male's family name | 110 | NoStupidQuestions |
upjadt | From what I’ve been taught, there was a one child policy in China. Parents preferred to have boys because they would be better than girls. This led to having abortions, killing, or abandoning any female babies birthed. But why wouldn’t they want a girl baby so she could eventually repopulate? | Men have significantly more opportunities in China and this was even further exaggerated back then. Families who were depending on the success of their children to escape poverty or to earn face and were limited in their number of children would vastly prefer to have a masculine child. | 30 | NoStupidQuestions |
upjbft | Who’s the dumbest person you have ever met? | i refuse to answer on the grounds that it may incriminate myself. | 140 | AskReddit |
upjbft | Who’s the dumbest person you have ever met? | This guy once at my army training was made to carry round a small plant everywhere we went to as i quote my sergeant "replace the oxygen you waste from being alive" | 80 | AskReddit |
upjbft | Who’s the dumbest person you have ever met? | Myself.
I realise this now. | 50 | AskReddit |
upjdc3 | So when you eat sugar you know you have that energetic state then feel tired or sleepy? I usually don't have the energetic part and just want to fall asleep I noticed this as when I started eating anything sweet I feel a bit tired and it can actually sometimes makes me fall asleep can someone tell me the reason behind this? | Hyperglycaemia will make you sleepy.. Doesn't mean you're diabetic but it couldn't hurt to get checked out. | 40 | ask |
upjez4 | I experienced a pretty severe case of Serotonin Toxicity Syndrome caused by an interaction between Trazodone (50mg 1x daily at bedtime) and Buspirone (15mg 3x daily) and almost died. I took an initial 12mg of Cyproheptadine to detox and took 2mg every 2 hours for the first 2 days as well as 1mg of Clonazepam 4x a day to stop the muscle spasms. Unfortunately, I have made little progress since I stopped the 2 medications that caused it. It's been almost 3 days now since stopping the medications but the muscle spasms and rigidity are starting to worsen and the pain is becoming unbearable again. The Clonazepam which worked wonderfully at first now seems to be working less and less. How long until I start to feel better? It's been days since I have taken any of the medications that caused this hell to happen. It seems impossible that this would happen given what I've done. I need advice on what I should do, please. Increase my dosage of Clonazepam? Start taking Cyproheptadine again?
Symptoms I experienced:
Hypertonia
Hyperthermia
High Blood Pressure Reading
Muscle Spasms in both shoulders, entire spine, back, and neck
(the spasms in my neck were terrifying)
An excruciating and piercing 10/10 pain in both shoulder blades
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&#x200B; | Sorry, I don’t understand - are you admitted to the hospital? From the way you worded this post it sounds like you’re trying to manage this at home? If that’s the case you need to go to the ER immediately. | 30 | AskDocs |
upjf0o | Hi all. Can anyone please recommend a structured learning course series or online / virtual camp for a student who will be entering 7th grade in the fall? He has plenty of computer / app *use* knowledge but hasn’t ever substantively coded so this would need to be at the beginner level. His math skills are on par with any 7th grader in NY public schools.
I would like this to be a half time endeavor at least where several hours each day over the summer are devoted to instruction / problem solving.
Greatly appreciate any advice ! | I would recommend Mit's scratch for a 7th grade student. It's interesting and fun while not requiring higher levels of math to a certain degree. | 30 | LearnProgramming |
upjits | trying to escape from a relationship.AMA | [And you’re a scammer?](https://www.reddit.com/r/AMA/comments/ulmemu/i_scam_people_for_money_ama/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
edit: you deleted the post but forgot to delete your comments. | 30 | AMA |
upjj00 | Short version: Title. Is a 4 week notice to my current company really insane? I want 2 weeks notice to current employer and 2 week vacation between jobs.
Longer Version: I would like to have 2-3 weeks to train up my team on what I do, as well as close my stories to leave on a positive note, and then 1-2 week of 'vacation' between jobs, so I just said that I "wanted to give current employer 4 weeks notice" to make it simpler. The HR guy was like appalled that I'd ask for 4 weeks and his reasoning was "people end up not showing up, their current employers will try to match to keep them and they'll stay". This seems like a red flag, but I'm curious if it's blood red or just a slightly pink flag.... anyone have experience with that? | You probably should have just given a desired start date rather than saying "4 week notice." | 130 | CSCareerQuestions |
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