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Now I wonder if my neutrogena spf 15 moisturizer is contaminated as well…

Thanks!

Do you have a recommended legit online source for med - high quality Pu’er?

Your p2p Google Docs example is complicated. What if server applications as a paradigm won because it’s a much simpler approach? Centrally develop and release updates, keeping users all on one system. It’s especially important for network connected apps which want to handle user collaboration. You want everyone on one system, without competing versions.

Not saying it’s best for users, but just smarter and more practical from dev perspective.

But somehow it’s still blockable. I don’t see any ads in YT on Firefox + Ublock.

Whether or not it’s all true is separate from the fact that this is very much not “corporate speak.” The tone, language, self reflection, and self criticality is so foreign to what you normally see in press releases. There are a few passages in there that feel less sincere, but some of them feel totally new to tech PR at a company of that scale.

Sure, you can pose the hypothetical: but what if he’s lying? That’s a less interesting observation IMO.

I hear you on the frustration with finding a good therapist. I’ve heard it’s not abnormal to go through 5+ before you find one who you really like. By the way, a good strategy can be to set up initial consultations with multiple in near succession, so you don’t have to wait so long before you can evaluate the next person. If you land on someone you really like, cancel the other appts.

But like you say, COVID is also making the situation worse. For example, all psychotherapists affiliated with my PCP’s hospital are booked out 6+ months.

Therapy isn’t your only option, but it’s a great option if you find someone you enjoy working with. Like life changing great. You should also be upfront with them about what you’re looking for (sounds like you are). If they ignore you that’s a red flag. Your PCP might have a locator service as well, which can save you some hassle. If you know you want CBT, that should be a primary filter.

You can try to solve your issues on your own but it can take a lot more work. Eg you have to start by understanding what anxiety is, where it’s coming from (not the literal thoughts, but on a subconscious level), and work to confront your deeper underlying emotions. Meditation. Understanding yourself. Not impossible, but up hill, and not appropriate for all issues. You could be blind to a lot of issues that a third party can help you identify. Check out the book Self Analysis by Karen Horney (have not read, just seen as a recommendation).

While you continue your search, I can make a recommendation to you, it’s a YT channel: https://youtube.com/c/HealthyGamerGG

Ignore the “gamer” label. There’s a ton of good general advice on there. It’s an MD psychotherapist talking to primarily gamers and internet people about a wide selection of mental health topics. And then some more lecture style content. Ex search for anxiety. There’s a lot of advice on relieving symptoms, and understanding the mechanisms involved. He mixes standard western style approaches like psychotherapy with eastern style understanding of mind/body, which isn’t everyone’s cup of tea.

And here’s a guide to therapy, I found it super helpful: https://youtu.be/YuLfFqPFrkc

Best of luck!

Exactly my thoughts while browsing. Comparing the silenced m4 with the famas for example, they look nearly identical in stats but feel very different. Granted, I haven’t played in about 10 years, but that’s my recollection.

Quantifying recoil could be very useful.

I’m sorry to hear about your anxiety, it sounds terrible to have to process those feelings in such everyday situations. You shouldn’t feel bad about the way your mind has dealt with experiencing horrific videos, and how it has led to anxiety around death and risk assessment.

It’s not normal to witness or experience such events, especially when they are concentrated and amplified on a site like LiveLeaks. We simply haven’t evolved to predictably handle such an intense cross section through human suffering. Everyone will handle the emotions differently.

>the exhaustion of having to put so much energy and trust into therapists that ultimately never work out

Are you speaking hypothetically or have you attempted to talk about these feelings before with a mental health professional?

Ok, I now see where you were going with your original question. The point you're making is interpreting art is subjective and information density is more of a practical concern about utility, and the two are at odds.

The point I was making was something can be dense but minimal, because to me, minimal is "systems" question. I chose an artist as an example, but perhaps that complicates the point because the artist's primary concern is not utility.

>Ikeda arguably uses "information" in his art pieces, but it's not like it is presented in a useful manner

Here's where interpreting Ikeda gets kinda fun. By the way, he very intentionally does not care about meaning. He wants us to decide. Most of his work is driven by real data sets, like human genome, CERN super collider data, digits of mathematical constants, every part from a Honda Civic, position of stars in the universe.

For non-experts, I think he uncovers the vastness of many systems that are difficult to visualize, allowing people to "experience" the efforts behind, e.g. encoding the human genome.

Of course, it's not useful in the sense of a tool or utility, but you might walk away with a new perspective on science, engineering, mathematics, that before was totally opaque to most people.

Do you mind elaborating?

Not his website, his artwork. Just search YouTube.

For me, minimal is about what design elements and other details you decide to exclude, at a systems level. I think designs can be dense but minimal. e.g. check out the work of Ryoji Ikeda - information density stripped down to the bare essentials.

> I have no doubts that a simple redesign could bring the BOM down to sub-$200

lol gotta love armchair HN

But “harness” can be specifically used in relation to natural resources e.g. harness the wind or harness solar energy. And it’s used generally with other words that you can’t put in a harness. It’s not just a noun.

Exactly — “waiting to join” would be a lie if Elon Musk did not initiate intention to join the service. And Elon Musk does not wait in lines...

It’s eye rolling deceitful marketing.

>You might be in a bubble.

You’re right. It’s mostly a city thing, places with major business centers (but bleeds out into the suburbs).

Sounds like it’s time for you to exercise the end-game move you smartly prepared for since day 1: move your email to a new service and begin the painful but necessary task of decoupling yourself from Google. Their suite of consumer services is a RNG at this point, not to be relied on.

Was really glad to see 9/11 mentioned in the article in relation to the American male body entering its militaristic phase. It validates an armchair theory I've had related to the correlation between media coverage / dramatization of Special Forces operations in the early to mid 00's and the general trend of American dudes getting very ripped and growing beards.

At some point around 2005-2008, I just started noticing every guy around me was lifting weights like they were going to raid a tunnel system in Afghanistan, and if you could grow a decent beard, you did. And then the ripped look was kinda table stakes. Everyone had to mirror that alpha male SEAL physique and eventually people forgot why, and it became a self reinforcing cycle for the next 10-15 years.

The article makes a great point about the softer bodies of sex symbols in the 80s and 90s. That's rare to see now.

It is definitely still a thing of course, just look at start up people. Everyone in a leadership position is bulging out of their clothes.