[HN Gopher] Listening to speech with a guinea pig-to-human brain...
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       Listening to speech with a guinea pig-to-human brain-to-brain
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       Author : dilawar
       Score  : 31 points
       Date   : 2021-06-13 11:42 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | raptortech wrote:
       | I can't wait to hear what my dog has to say about life. I'm sure
       | I'll be part enamored and part horrified!
        
         | type0 wrote:
         | Tame animals are probably like kids or juveniles on neuronal
         | and epigenetic level, at least that was the conclusion from
         | siberian artic fox taming experiment. I would be more
         | interested in what wild animals have to say about life,
         | specially smart ones like dolphins and elephants.
        
       | overcast wrote:
       | I am so incredibly tired of cookie popups. Why is this not a
       | standard in browsers to pass along our default settings?
        
         | ben_w wrote:
         | There basically is, so I blame marketers wanting to fatigue
         | users.
        
           | bawolff wrote:
           | Its related to paranoia over gdpr, not marketers
        
             | Nursie wrote:
             | It's a toxic mix of both. If it wasn't for the tracking and
             | data reselling, those pop ups would be unnecessary.
             | 
             | Many also exhibit dark patterns, making it look like
             | accepting everything is the only option, hiding or even
             | flat-out not providing alternatives. That's the marketing
             | people, not the GDPR
        
         | austinjp wrote:
         | With "I Don't Care About Cookies" and uBlock, the web is a far
         | nicer place.
         | 
         | https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/
        
       | noobermin wrote:
       | >Study participants completed a four-word forced-choice test and
       | identified the correct word in 34.8% of trials. The participants'
       | recognition, defined by the ability to choose the same word
       | twice, whether right or wrong, was 53.6%.
       | 
       | Is this a good result?
        
         | xwdv wrote:
         | A little better than a coin flip.
        
           | _kulang wrote:
           | A lot better than a coin toss: same word twice out of a bank
           | of 4 is 0.25^2, so 6.25%
        
         | TaupeRanger wrote:
         | No better than chance, given the limited number of trials.
        
         | CyberShadow wrote:
         | Two random choices from a set of four words has a 25% chance of
         | being equal, so that seems significant.
        
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