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I also have aphantasia, I have wondered if my lack of visualization has somehow empowered my long-term memory. I rely on memory for "visualizing" things.
I have confirmed with my parents the placement and orientation of my crib. I can tell you the exact process that my parents performed to change my diaper. I remember being bathed in my tub with my toys.. list goes on. These are visual memories, I can see them right now. I'm nearly certain they are real.. it's possible my brain has made some up, but I've confirmed enough with my parents that I feel confident that they are real.
I swear I remember waking up in the middle of the night once in my crib.. heart beating out of my chest.. I was really scared of something.. and I just remember this pure consciousness .. staring up into the darkness. Same consciousness I have now.
I often use it as a therapist. It sounds ridiculous, I know, but it actually works pretty well. It has an exceptionally high EQ and often uses language far better than I ever could to help uncover the thoughts and feelings I’m processing.
Sometimes, just finding the right words to express myself relieves a great deal of stress, and by God, these bots are good with words…
People are protesting Musk. Something like 75% of Musk's current wealth comes from Tesla stock.
Tesla stock is going down.. so it is helping the cause
Because they don't actually care about freedom or speech. Just their own speech.
The left is afraid to invest in men's issues out of fear of suppressing efforts of uplifting women. It's a fallacy.
To thread this needle, the left can and should frame men's advocacy as a form of women's health issues. Men and women are obviously interdependent... healthy men means healthy women.
Another good first step is acknowledging the biological differences that influence men to behave the way they do (testosterone, being one major factor).. but things like this starts to complicate other ideologies about sex and gender.. it's a mess..
Just... gahh... what is the point of this.. I feel the same way minus roomates... funny enough, I'm actually considering moving back in with housemates because living by myself is so uneventful.. I've been on the dating app hamster wheel for years.. Something is so broken here.. I'm not so sure wealth is even the answer..
I've been researching "intentional communities"
Seems like I have to pick criteria that have exact venues.. I want to pick abstract things like "walking distance from grocery", "biking distance from climbing gym" "1 hour drive to national park"
There are many organizations and universities that perform similar research. I.e forensic anthropology
The physics are different here
I think this is a deeper question about the bounds of human desire... which seem virtually limitless. We seem to have an unlimited appetite for answering questions on the complexity of existence. Pair that with arms race issues, and you have an obvious need for massive compute regardless of how efficient the algorithms are.
I'm not so convinced that the Nvidia panic is justified.
Most engineers ask "why" to the surface level questions. E.g. "Why is the bug doing this instead of that?" A: "Oh, because this conditional does thing..simple, just fix this conditional. Solved!"
Then the issue pops up again... The engineer probably didn't ask why enough.
The should have investigated more... "Why did the original author choose this logic instead of the alternative? Was it purposeful, or was it a truly logical mistake?". If it was purposeful, why was this alternative not considered? What was Product's intentions here?" etc. etc.
2. Provide in depth summary and explanation of the problem and solution in your PRs
Engineers can waste months or years of their collective time because they don't understand the problem they are trying to solve. They slap bandaids and fight wack-a-moles.
Both steps I listed above combat this issue.. the person(s) dedicated to solving the problem must understand the root issue with certainty. And when they explain their fix/solution it must be articulated well enough for other engineers or your future self to understand reliably.. else the mistakes of the past will be repeated.
Yes these same "repressive countries" that also shutdown social media platforms in their country are also suddenly perfectly benevolent when controlling the app in US markets.
Oh the kids just want to dance and sing and chat...
Give me a f'n break.. TikTok is one the most powerful propaganda tools the world has ever seen.
Fools
Lark is potentially corporate espionage spyware?
The law does not ban TikTok.. it requires divestment from a foreign adversary..
Said foreign adversary refuses to divest, thus the company is shutting itself down
Nor is it subsidies.. it's funding from contracts.. SpaceX is on track to make most of its revenue from Starlink anyways
Interesting, I'm the opposite now. Why would I click a couple links to read a couple (verbose) blog posts when I can read a succinct LLM response. If I have low confidence in the quality of the response then I supplement with Google search.
I feel near certain that I am saving time with this method. And the output is much more tuned to the context and framing of my question.
Hah, take for example my last query in ChatGPT:
> Are there any ancient technologies that when discovered furthered modern understanding of its field?
ChatGPT gave some great responses, super fast. Google also provides some great results (though some miss the mark), but I would need to parse at least three different articles and condense the results.
To be fair, ChatGPT gives some bad responses too.. But both an LLM and Google search should be used in conjunction to perform a search at the same time.
Use LLMs as breadth-first search, and Google as depth-first search.
Ending this conflict should start with demanding that Hamas abandon its illegitimate and destructive aims. They must lay down their weapons, release all hostages, and dismantle their oppressive regime. Hamas’s actions and ideology stand in the way of peace for both Palestinian and Israeli civilians
> Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, or celebrities, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.
It's like the distinctions between murder and manslaughter in criminal law. Intent and premeditation are key factors that separate them. These kinds of distinctions matter because they preserve the legal and moral weight of crimes like genocide, which shouldn’t be diminished by rushing to label something without meeting the specific criteria.
That’s why it’s important to avoid being too quick to judge. Determining intent, especially on this scale, takes time and a thorough review of all the facts, patterns of actions, policies, statements, and more. These are exactly the kinds of questions that need to be decided in court, where the evidence can be fully weighed and assessed.
Thank god we don't just look at a banner and say case closed... jfc..
But it's also worth noting that insurance companies will often report people as having diseases when they don't (or have since been cured), because they can then extract more revenue.
The fox is in the hen house
I don't see much issue with its usage in this context.