JoshMnem

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by JoshMnem 9y ago
That is the most likely explanation. It doesn't produce as many page views though.
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by JoshMnem 9y ago
It's probably not a good idea. See "Popular electric brain stimulation method used to boost brainpower is detrimental to IQ scores". https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150505152140.h.
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by JoshMnem 9y ago
I'm not surprised. I recommend being extremely skeptical of all acquired savant claims, and mostly skeptical about other savant claims in general. At least keep in mind that there isn't much real evidence for those claims. Pract
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by JoshMnem 9y ago
That isn't a good article. Sudden/acquired savant syndrome isn't a recognized condition, and it probably doesn't exist. The abilities of sudden savants are no higher than what can be achieved by "non-savants" a
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Teens likely to crave junk food after watching TV ads(eurekalert.org)
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by JoshMnem 9y ago
If you have questions, feel free to send me a message. I went to a variety of "primitive wilderness skills" training programs over an 8-10 year period, but that one was the most field-based. My email address is on my profile.
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by JoshMnem 9y ago
> Why don't they just give us the ability to customize what we want to run on our feed? I think Facebook is a company that is based on insidious manipulations and deceptions.* It's about making the users think that they are fre
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by JoshMnem 9y ago
I did a lot of "naked* into the wilderness"-style survival training when I was younger. It showed me that I could reach what I thought were my absolute limits of physical and mental exhaustion, and then push far past them. It ch
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by JoshMnem 9y ago
> Amazon is a middle man company. ...I don't think it's affected why they collect information so far. See this: https://www.marketingweek.com/2018/01/09/amazon-ad-tech-laun... and: https:&#x2F
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by JoshMnem 9y ago
Asprin seems to increase intestinal permeability. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22377941 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25641731
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by JoshMnem 9y ago
They build their products on open technologies and then attempt to extinguish the open technologies. XMPP, RSS/Atom, and HTML are three examples of EEE in modern times. - XMPP => proprietary chat that locks users in - RSS/Atom
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by JoshMnem 9y ago
Not AIM and MySpace, but things like XMPP, where you could use one chat client and connect to your own Jabber server, Twitter, and Google chat. One solution is open, decentralized protocols. The article addresses that a little bit here: &gt
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by JoshMnem 9y ago
It can take a while (years) to transfer one's social life out of Facebook, but I think it's worth the effort of doing it in small steps.
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by JoshMnem 9y ago
Behavior is contagious. If you behave in the way that people should behave, then others will follow.
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by JoshMnem 9y ago
I think that most people don't really need Facebook Events and Groups. If people tell you to join an event of group, tell them you don't use Facebook (for ethical and personal reasons) and that they should provide another method f
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by JoshMnem 9y ago
I quit Facebook too and feel much better.
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by JoshMnem 9y ago
My comment above mentions that. It's about perceived page load time. There are small tricks that sites do to make UIs appear faster, even if they aren't really faster. Turbolinks has the opposite effect, making the loading appear
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by JoshMnem 9y ago
RE: Vitamin E, see "Selenium, vitamin E supplements increase prostate cancer risk" https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/selenium-vitamin-e-suppl...
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by JoshMnem 9y ago
I often work at cafes. Sometimes the connections are slow. I sometimes middle-click the links open (new tab) to avoid having to wait for turbolinks.
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by JoshMnem 9y ago
I doubt that people think much when they implement Turbolinks. It's built into rails by default so you have to go out of your way to disable it (--skip-turbolinks). I think that a loading bar across the top of a web page shouldn't
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by JoshMnem 9y ago
Turbolinks is often a terrible user experience. The user doesn't measure page load in seconds, but in the perceived load in seconds. Turbolinks on slow connections feels painful, including on big sites with fast servers, like YouTube
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by JoshMnem 9y ago
Turbolinks are not good for usability. They appear to make the pages painfully slow on slower connections. They add a loading bar across the top which can have different meanings depending on the site and browser: - some browsers add a bar
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by JoshMnem 9y ago
Good behavior in communities is a result of moderation and leadership, not pseudonyms vs. real names.
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by JoshMnem 9y ago
The Pixelbook and other Chromebooks don't have an active ME?
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by JoshMnem 9y ago
> Why would they stop using algorithmic news feeds when those bring in way more clicks and ad revenue than RSS style feeds? The probably won't. They shouldn't kid themselves that they are making the world a better place though.
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by JoshMnem 9y ago
I think that humans are going to find out that algorithmic news feeds are not a good way for people get information. AI shouldn't decide what knowledge is consumed. RSS and Atom are much better solutions.
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Those sound like good first steps, but everyone needs a way to disable it (using any operating system, including Linux).
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by JoshMnem 9y ago
Why aren't companies pressuring Intel to remove or disable the ME? It seems like a huge security risk for entire organizations. It's especially difficult to fix when running Linux, and many organizations/servers use Linux.
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by JoshMnem 9y ago
Some people don't make enough money to open bank accounts, because their money is gone before the next paycheck.
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by JoshMnem 9y ago
That's a myth. I run online communities, and it isn't pseudonyms that make people well-behaved or not. People behave terribly on Facebook, even (especially?) when using real names. Go hang out in some Facebook groups on controvers

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