In several recent papers the sex difference in regret predicted by sexual strategies theory has been supported: men more than women report regret passing up short-term sexual opportunities (inaction regret), while women regret having had sexual encounters (action regret). However, the adaptive function of regret, to improve future behavioral choices, has not been tested. In this first longitudinal test of behavioral change following regret, we consider whether regret actually results in adaptive shifts of behavior: will men who regret passing up sex engage in more short-term sex following regret? Will women who regret short-term encounters either choose better quality partners, reduce number of one-night stands or shift their strategy to long-term relationships? Across two waves (NT1 = 399, 65.4% women and NT2 = 222, 66.2% women) students responded to questions about casual sex action regret and inaction regret, along with possible outcomes, intrapersonal traits, and concurrent contextual predictors. There was no clear evidence for the proposed functional shifts in sexual behavior. Casual sex regret was associated with respondent sex and stable individual differences, such as sociosexual attitudes, regret processing and metacognitions, but the effect of these predictors were not consistent across the two waves. Among the tested concurrent contextual predictors, sexual disgust was the most consistent across waves. Regret is considered a gauge of the value and quality of the short-term sexual encounter. However, tentatively we conclude that after this first test of function using longitudinal data, we find no evidence of a mating strategy shifting effect following sexual regret.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1474704921998333#
According to the Epic-Apple case ruling, revenues from gaming applications account for about 70% of all App Store revenues. The court stated that less than 10% of the app store's users generate that 70% of the revenue. Plus, over 80% of all accounts generate no revenue for Apple at all, and 80% of all apps in the App Store are free.
And note that around 90% of gaming revenues are generated by games made by large or huge companies.
Over the past months, users have reported several times about blocking Xiaomi smartphones in a particular region, but since last week, the number of blocks has increased significantly.
Restricted users report that the devices display a message: “It is Xiaomi policy that the product is not sold in the territory where you tried to activate it. For more information, please contact the retailer directly. "
At the moment, there is no complete list of countries and regions that have problems using Xiaomi devices. It is only known that problems arise among users in Cuba, Syria, Iran, North Korea and Sudan, as well as in Crimea.
Cem Bulut, a professor at the SLK Clinics in Heilbronn in Germany, and colleagues, won the medicine prize for research that suggests sex with orgasm is an effective nasal decongestant. Having developed suspicions based on “self-observation”, Bulut recruited a group of co-workers to investigate.
The obliging couples were trained with a device to measure their nasal airflow before sex, immediately after sexual climax and at regular time points thereafter. According to the team’s report, sex was as effective at clearing blocked noses, for an hour at least, as commercial decongestants, though Bulut concedes he did not get firm data from everyone. “I think some people couldn’t focus on the device,” he said. How sex might unblock the nose is not entirely clear, but Bulut sees a number of factors in play. “I think it’s a mixture of excitement, physical exercise, and hormonal changes that come with orgasm,” he said.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0145561320981441
China plans to become independent in components and semiconductors industry. Therefore, by 2025, the PRC is going to launch its own production of electronic components, and this work is already underway.
Over five years, the country will allocate $ 1.4 trillion (this is not a typo) for the needs of the electronic components industry. The state will not directly build factories and plants, instead, funds are allocated to Chinese specialized companies under the strict control of officials.
It is already known that the funds will be received by Alibaba Group, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd, SenseTime Group Ltd. and a number of other high-tech companies. The main task set before them is to reduce the dependence of the electronic industry in China on other countries, mainly the United States. This was announced at the launch of the Made in China 2025 program. This year, China will allocate totally about $563 billion.
In mid-August, the Chinese government released data on the volume of semiconductor chips produced in the country. As it turned out, this figure grew by 41.3% over the year. And the country continues to increase production volumes.
Huh.
If you have a dream, never give up believing in your dream, living your dream, and doing something everyday to make that dream happen, but remember, no matter who you are, no matter how hard you work, or how good you think you are at what you do, there will always be an Asian who takes it to the next level.
Ryan Hayashi
The Chinese economy, with nearly 300% of GDP in debt, is on the brink of its first major corporate crisis.
The second largest construction company, Evergrande, may face a default after reaching a total debt of 1.97 trillion yuan ($ 305 billion).
Evergrande's two largest non-bank lenders have demanded immediate repayment of some of the loans amid reports of a potential default by the company.
On Friday, the national clearing center CSDC cut the company's securities from the repo market. The inability to pledge Evergrandе bonds and get financing for them caused panic among investors.
Evergrande bonds fell sharply on Monday, prompting the Shanghai Stock Exchange to suspend trading. The drop in securities was caused by a decrease in the company's credit rating by the national agency Chengxin.
If Evergrande goes bankrupt, it will set off a chain of upheavals in the financial sector, the social sector, the real estate market and everything connected with it.
Last week the international rating agency Moody’s downgraded the outlook for Chinese developers to “negative”, citing falling sales, liquidity risks and a snowball of debt, which is becoming increasingly difficult to refinance.
Things are bad.
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