StrangeATractor

The New Yorker is great when you have the time. It seems like the Economist has really trimmed the article length over the years though, probably in response to web analytics.

They could have fit it all in the headline tbh but there'd be nothing to click past that.

Tickmate was something I used for a long time, but Google says it's too old for my Android. =(

https://github.com/lordi/tickmate

From Theuth, duh:

>Socrates tells a brief legend, critically commenting on the gift of writing from the Egyptian god Theuth to King Thamus, who was to disperse Theuth's gifts to the people of Egypt. After Theuth remarks on his discovery of writing as a remedy for the memory, Thamus responds that its true effects are likely to be the opposite; it is a remedy for reminding, not remembering, he says, with the appearance but not the reality of wisdom. Future generations will hear much without being properly taught, and will appear wise but not be so, making them difficult to get along with.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaedrus_(dialogue)

> I have a strong, strong, flight or fight aversion to the sounds of people eating with their mouth open. Like, measurably increases my heartrate, adrenaline spike.

Same, except I can feel hatred bubbling up from the pit of my soul.

Also, when people talk and you hear their tongue moving around, touching the saliva coated interior of their mouths. The old people in Ken Burns' WWII documentary were the worst about it.

Sounds like Elon Musk fans.

Sounds like they're incentivizing kids to learn about networking to get around this.

> Given that the other cases resulted in six-figure settlements, it’s surprising that this practice continues.

Honestly that sounds pretty low.

If you go the yogurt route give Nancy's a try. They put probiotics in it after the pasteurization process.

Fuck me I feel old.

I haven't heard of this working very well in practice.

We need to end QI and make the police earn their keep. In general, they've cozied up too close with any potential oversight for a reasonable person to have faith in them being held accountable for misdeeds.

(I say this as someone who's been grateful for police presence before)

Let's not oversimplify, I'm sure some mobsters aren't under such dubious employ as the City of Chicago.

No way, "Thomas"?

Any reason to not just give things a quick wipe down with isopropyl alcohol, besides flammability?

No they didn't but giving Gregory Peck an Oscar over Peter O'Toole should have destroyed any notion of credibility.

Isn't this the basis for some gen-z conspiracy theory?

They lost all sense of credibility when Peter O'Toole was snubbed for Lawrence of Arabia, and then for the rest of his career.

It's just an industry meat parade designed to get you to watch their bullshit.

They were old and the builder got them for free from someone. I'd rather have these tbh, adds character.

The cost of curtains for non-standard sized windows is insane too. I just bought canvas and I'm hand-stitching my own. All the materials needed for a dozen windows, including the tools, comes out to less than two curtains made by somebody else. As a bonus, you get to learn a neat skill that carries over to other things.

For reference:

https://www.theartfulsailor.com/catalogue/the-sailmakers-app...

> * Injecting real cash into the economy (stimulus checks and PPP loans to small businesses)

That's kind of hard to believe when inflation went up worldwide.

Someone who is currently a professor at both Harvard and Berkeley gave an interview on NPR about recreational drugs, an area which they specialize in. Caffeine was brought up as drug that people generally consider acceptable but how it has side effects worse than some drugs which are illegal. One of them being that the half life for caffeine prevents you from getting a good night's sleep, which, if done over a lifetime, will contribute to cognitive decline.

Well he would have if he didn't start eating again.

They actually have studies that show people consistently score lower on IQ tests when they know their phone is in the same room as them.

Ahh, that's about the time IIRC that Dell started soldering in their wireless chips on the XPS 13. Previously you could swap them out for a different chip with better drivers, now you're stuck.

Michael Pollan on the radio. I believe he discusses it in This is Your Mind on Plants.

Caffeine also takes a while to leave your system and affects your sleep, leading to long term cognitive decline.

I can imagine a few reasons why they'd do this, but some of it may just be 'why not'. Studio Ghibli has done the same thing with their animation software and it hasn't turned into a disaster for them. Making movies, especially movies that people will pay to watch is hard, and any serious competitors already have their own solutions. If people use moonray and that becomes a popular approach, competitors who don't use it are at a disadvantage from a hiring perspective. Also, DreamWorks controls the main repo of what may become a popular piece of tooling. There's soft power to be had there.

> I would argue we treat pigs (which are comparable to dogs in terms of intelligence)

Closer to toddlers actually. I'm not a vegetarian or animals rights activist or anything but I'm kind of surprised people eat pigs with how smart they are.

Hell of a coincidence, I just bought a bunch of Korzybski.

Oddly enough, he's kind of difficult to find nowadays.

Sort of figures. Kids in America don't really have any rights.