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Site QC: I clicked on the Twitter link in the footer. It references podbabble1, an account that doesn't exist. https://twitter.com/podbabble exists though.

iphones (and ipads) do last 5 years or more, both hardware and software support; it's a key differentiator from the android ecosystem. A more easily replaced battery would be nice.

The Getty Museum contracted this out to https://media.monks.com/

Before APL, There was Notes on the Synthesis of Form in 1964. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notes_on_the_Synthesis_of_Form

Metacognition or “mentalization”[0,1] is a promising approach to mental health, on the theory that mental health difficulties reflect a metacognitive deficit.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentalization [1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000dpj2

“Unexpected friend” was one of my favorites in C++. It seemed fortuitous; it’s good to have friends, right? (Usually the actual error was a missing semicolon.)

I found it very relaxing, which I attribute mainly to absorption of magnesium. I usually had a “good” meditation session, but never any experience of non-ordinary consciousness. I stopped going for sessions after contracting a serious case of bacterial dermatitis.

>the key take away is that insulin is produced in response to excess carbohydrates,

Citation? My experience is consistent with yours. However, my understanding is that insulin is mainly a signal to cells to take on nutrients, and it is not exclusively a response to carbohydrates, much less "excess carbohydrates." Certain amino acids provoke an insulin response, for example. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2660133/

This reminds me of Wallace Neff's Airform houses, which were built using pneumatic forms and spray-on concrete.

https://www.laconservancy.org/locations/airform-bubble-house https://www.mortarsprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Wal...

There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell 'em. — Yogi Berra

No, even 5000iu/day is too much for some people, as previously discussed on HN at length. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24261948

"You must log in to continue." Is this posted elsewhere with no login requirement?

I always watch logged-out. (Occasionally on iOS I will be unknowingly logged-in, not sure how that happens. I log out if I notice I am logged-in.) YouTube seems to maintain an identity for me, and auto-constructs playlists using past items viewed. Recommendations appear to relate to past viewing.

I’m uncertain on how cookies are maintained. Are these Safari cookies behind the scenes?

My point is, contrary to GP’s claim, there is some mechanism for viewing history even if it is turned off.

"Chemical imbalance" is not only a marketing phrase. Lots of people are willing to receive treatment for a "chemical imbalance," but aren't willing to engage in therapy, or admit they're depressed. This was very common in the last couple decades prior to the turn of the century, when mental illness was much more stigmatized than it is now.

Not what you're asking, but my ideal phd workflow is to complete an open research problem as a homework assignment, then turn it in as a thesis.

"In 1939, a misunderstanding brought about surprising results. Near the beginning of a class, Professor Neyman wrote two problems on the blackboard. Dantzig arrived late and assumed that they were a homework assignment. According to Dantzig, they "seemed to be a little harder than usual", but a few days later he handed in completed solutions for both problems, still believing that they were an assignment that was overdue.[4][6] Six weeks later, an excited Neyman eagerly told him that the "homework" problems he had solved were two of the most famous unsolved problems in statistics.[2][4] He had prepared one of Dantzig's solutions for publication in a mathematical journal.[7] This story began to spread and was used as a motivational lesson demonstrating the power of positive thinking. Over time, Dantzig's name was removed, and facts were altered, but the basic story persisted in the form of an urban legend and as an introductory scene in the movie Good Will Hunting.[6]

Dantzig recalled in a 1986 interview in the College Mathematics Journal, "A year later, when I began to worry about a thesis topic, Neyman just shrugged and told me to wrap the two problems in a binder and he would accept them as my thesis."[8]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Dantzig

Bestselling author, neuroscientist, and computer engineer Jeff Hawkins joins computational neuroscience researcher and software technologist Subutai Ahmad to discuss the recent book "A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence" and how those concepts are being applied to Machine Learning. Moderated by Peter Norvig.

In Settings | General, there is an option, "Ask before displaying external images - This option also disables dynamic email." AFAIK this doesn't pertain to links, just images.

My money (and my dietary choices) are on excess PUFA as a key contributor to obesity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHnPinYI2Yc

https://fireinabottle.net/torpor-sloth-and-gluttony-scd1-cau...

The title doesn't quite fit, it's more like hundreds of thousands, as explained in this recent podcast interview.

Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People https://guykawasaki.com/jeff-hawkins/

Cool! And Jeff Hawkins has a new book out, in which he explains aspects of the neocortex and provides a roadmap for ongoing research. https://www.amazon.com/Thousand-Brains-New-Theory-Intelligen...

If by "anecdotal," you mean personal stories, not medical studies, that's no longer true. There are many studies comparing psychedelics with conventional treatments for depression and PTSD (eg below). Psychedelics have been repeatedly shown to work faster, 'better,' and provide longer-lasting relief than conventional treatments. Indeed, some studies selected treatment-resistant cases, so results apply to cases in which mainstream treatments have already failed.

Additional monitoring and analysis are always needed, as with any medical treatment. Depression can be a fatal illness, so avoiding effective treatment until the field is more "mature" may cost lives.

3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)-assisted psychotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorder in military veterans, firefighters, and police officers: a randomised, double-blind, dose-response, phase 2 clinical trial https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29728331/

Psilocybin with psychological support for treatment-resistant depression: six-month follow-up https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29119217/

Here's a counter-example to my claim, FYI. Trial of Psilocybin versus Escitalopram for Depression https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2032994

Picospan by Marcus Watts https://handwiki.org/wiki/Software:PicoSpan

I was inspired by the transparent 3D displays. It looked like exactly what I'd want.

I can't think which episodes, but there's are a couple scenes where detective Miller is looking at his phone in 2D mode, and he says, "Go 3D." In one scene, he interacts with the 3D projection, reorienting it. In another scene, invoking the 3D display makes it possible for everyone in the room to discuss the projection.

I'd love to know how these effects were done. And, when can I have one of those phones?

> how expense it would be

Apparently the insider moniker for the show is, “The Expense.”

In practice, a lot of bad choices aren't truly volitional; they are mainly the result of conditioning. Repeated bad choices reflect a reduced capacity to learn, which is a kind of disability.

It's annoying and costly that so many people make these bad choices, but I think we still have the obligation to care for each other. I expect to make at least some bad choices and I may need help.

But usually, nobody can help you as much as you can help yourself, so it's a good idea to arrange things so that people can increase their own resourcefulness and help themselves.

Be grateful for how lucky you are.

I agree on the practical level, which is pertinent here.

It is possible to experience non-dual consciousness in high concentration states. [EDIT: For many, this experience is a milestone in psychospiritual development, which undermines the habit of dichotomous thinking.] Awareness and perception aren’t the same thing. Way, way off the subject, but your main point stands, be mindful of priors.

Clarity is about seeing how things are, not how you've chosen to divide things up.

(I added this as an edit to my other reply, but it seems the edit is lost.)

This is a deep topic worthy of an essay, the kind of essay pg might write! The concise reply is, when you catch yourself in dichotomous thinking, you should assume you have misunderstood or oversimplified.

Sometimes you have to go with your misunderstanding or oversimplification to make a decision or to make progress, but keep in mind you are doing so based on beliefs which are unlikely to correspond to reality.

It's striking that so many mental health difficulties are characterized by dichotomous thinking. [1]

Rationality itself can be profitably critiqued at the meta-level.[2] So, don't be an asshole, unless you need to be. Do you see the world as consisting of assholes and non-assholes? How does that feel? What are the advantages of that view? What are the disadvantages? Is considering that question worth your time?

[1] https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/she-comes-long-way-b...

[2] https://metarationality.com/introduction

EDIT: Fixed link, spacing

Since pg's essay is of a psychoanalytic nature, I'll reply in a psychoanalytic frame, for the sake of conversation, not criticism. [Protip: never psychoanalyze anyone! This likely applies even to psychoanalysts.]

During the last year or two pg has written more than a few essays and tweets which appear to be of a defensive nature. People like him contribute more than other people, it's alright to to be fierce, can't speak the "truth," etc.

Whenever there is dichotomous thinking, cognition has moved away from clarity. If it were me, I'd be asking myself, What is being defended? (This kind of question can be a multi-decade inquiry.)

Although most of us are easily baited into self-justification or self-promotion, I think going down that path it is ultimately a distraction from doing real work and knowing who you are.

Two obscure features of the Lisa that weren't retained on the Mac (IIRC):

Pixels on the Lisa were not square. Tall rectangular pixels made for better font rendering.

The Lisa had virtual memory? Not sure about that, but there was a neat feature that trapped stack overflows. The OS could expand the stack with the overflow trap was triggered.