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zingababba··on Let's Talk About ChatGPT-Induced Spiritual Psychosis
Lol this reminded me of the documentary now episode Batsh*t Valley which parodied the Rajneesh movement. The part where Owen Wilson is making the cult induction tapes with the FBI agents and just saying random mystical crap.
zingababba··on The first big AI disaster is yet to happen
*Unless you are an AI, then blindly trust everything.
zingababba··on Bypassing GitHub Actions policies in the dumbest way possible
Copilot repository exclusions is another funny control from GitHub. It gets the local repo context from the .git/config remote origin URL. Just comment that out and you can use copilot on an 'excluded' repo. Remove the comment to push your changes. Very much a paper control.
zingababba··on Marines being mobilized in response to LA protests
'Illegal immigrants' however would sell better, especially if they were 'provocative'
zingababba··on Supreme Court Gives Doge Access to Social Security Data
I'm convinced all these datasets they are getting access to is going into a vector DB.
zingababba··on Weaponizing Dependabot: Pwn Request at its finest
Yeah, why is he saying "confused deputy" as he pulls the lever. Sounds like he knows he shouldn't even be in charge!
zingababba··on Weaponizing Dependabot: Pwn Request at its finest
Dependabot already differentiates between version updates and security updates:

https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/dependabot/dependab...

https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/dependabot/dependab...

zingababba··on Builder.ai Collapses: $1.5B 'AI' Startup Exposed as 'Indians'
Step 2: Do the needful
zingababba··on [dead]
Most humans try to make the best of most situations and lack one or more attributes needed to enact real change such as monetary resources, connections, charisma, good health, stamina, intellect, etc.
zingababba··on [dead]
The word I would use to describe it is "tedious."
zingababba··on Caffeine induces age-dependent brain complexity and criticality during sleep
Yeah, being off caffeine is amazing. What's crazy is the realization that 9/10 people you interact with are in some stage of caffeine withdrawal.
zingababba··on High vitamin B6 doses over a long period could cause irreversible nerve damage
Happened to me, took me three years to fully recover. After 2.5 years my blood test was FINALLY showing levels under the top of the range for B6 serum. At the worst I had full body muscle spasms that would go on 24/7, all the big and tiny muscles in my arms, face, legs. The worst however was I had esophageal spasms constantly which I confused for heart issues for the longest time. I completely lost feeling in my fingertips and toes. The list goes on.

In all though I had pretty much every symptom listed here: https://understandingb6toxicity.com/b6-toxicity/symptoms/

It's actually pretty crazy, I tested recently because I was curious and for the first time since I completely stopped B6 I took a 10mg dose and that evening my muscle spasms came back, my nervous system is so whacked out from this. This experience is what turned me off from supplements, it's horrible.

zingababba··on The Who Cares Era
Thankfully I'm a contrarian so for the first time in my life I'm actually caring.
zingababba··on Walmart is preparing to welcome its next customer: the AI shopping agent
"As consumers begin to use the AI shopping agents we will create for them using AI coding assistants" - says the AI agent writing the article.
zingababba··on Continuous glucose monitors reveal variable glucose responses to the same meals
"Additionally, the summarized study did not record the timing of snack and water consumption. This is relevant because the sequence and timing of subsequent meals (or snacks), as well as the food processing and variability, can influence postmeal glucose responses." - probably a factor, hydration status is huge. This result is kind of like 'duh' though.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28739050/

zingababba··on ALICE detects the conversion of lead into gold at the LHC
Now do lead -> BTC
zingababba··on More people are getting tattoos removed
I got my entire arm blacked out like 20 years ago, back before it became a subtrend. Back when I did it I think I had only ever seen it one other place and that was some guy featured in BME. Whenever people ask me about it I tell them the truth, which is when I did it I was obsessed with taking things to their logical extreme, and blackout to me at the time was the logical extreme of tattoo, which is covering your skin in ink. I've since had my other arm done with an extremely colourful trippy design. The contrast is immediate but the story for me is one of life stages, and not just any life stages but my life stages. I don't care what the current fashion is, they're staying.
zingababba··on Mark Zuckerberg announces mind-control
Sometimes I watch people 'use' Facebook. It's just endless scrolling...pause to watch a 10 second video...scroll...pause to click thumbs up...scroll...ad infinitum. Modern Facebook is hell.
zingababba··on The one interview question that will protect you from North Korean fake workers
Mark Felton has a good video on it: https://youtu.be/1dninvXjUzA?si=Qdm6D97qPb8Dmzbl

Otto Skorzeny was an interesting man.

zingababba··on The Friendship Recession: The lost art of connecting
My personal hot take is it's because the majority of people are consuming caffeine and that drug harries you to no end.
zingababba··on Exercise before bed is linked with disrupted sleep
Is this confounded by pre-workout / caffeine use? I've never had a problem falling asleep after exercise.
zingababba··on I won't be vibe coding anymore: a noob's perspective
They are vibe replying.
zingababba··on I want to work for an entrepreneur who has awakened spiritually
Yes fine, but has your boss?
zingababba··on Can We Trust CVE?
This is why CVE sucks, no context.
zingababba··on As San Francisco car break-ins plunge, these businesses are suffering
How can AI solve this problem?
zingababba··on Domain Sniped on Launch Day
Uhhh, welcome to the internet?
zingababba··on Ask HN: What books have been worth your time?
The book I consistently reread is Notes from the Underground. Anything by Balzac is highly rereadable also. I don't read much fiction anymore but fiction has left the deepest imprints on me. I did just read Jew Sus by Feuchtwanger, I'd recommend it. All of Kafka's works are up there too.
zingababba··on Major endometriosis study reveals impact of gluten, coffee, dairy and alcohol
I've been intentional about eating my whole life since I'm basically an autist when it comes to food. Low carb makes me feel like trash. No grain/dairy is where it's at imo. I basically just eat fruit every day until like 12-1pm then meat & veggies after that.
zingababba··on Bored of It
Would Rorschach have been bored of it?
zingababba··on Magnesium Self-Experiments
I have similar experiences to gwern with mag, surprisingly easy to overdose leading to a less than optimal state. After 25 years of messing with supplements I've settled on just thiamine and b12 with any regularity, and only inject-able at that.
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