Llamamoe

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by Llamamoe 4y ago
The author has a newer project, too, MarkovJunior[0], which generalizes to the combination of WFC with arbitrary cellular automata and grammar-substitution-like types of rules, with probabilistic inference robust enough to be able to e.g. s
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by Llamamoe 4y ago
Every single plant and fungi in the world contains natural pesticides to fend off pests and pathogens. E.g. caffeine, nicotine.
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by Llamamoe 4y ago
This is brilliant. I can't believe I haven't thought of it. I also recommend Distraction Free YouTube for blocking recommendations and (optionally) comments.
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by Llamamoe 4y ago
Let's just hope we're sufficiently inefficient to be worth killing instead of reprogramming.
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by Llamamoe 4y ago
Honestly, it's a crapshoot. Most of the time, laymen are just engaging in wishful thinking, confirmation bias, and personal attachment to their opinions. But I've seen more than a fair share of doctors who are unreasonably attache
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by Llamamoe 4y ago
Yes, Maxillomandibular Advancement, a subtype of Double Jaw Surgery. It's more effective than any other treatment, I'm just struggling with functioning my way through the hoops necessary to prepare for and go through with it.
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by Llamamoe 4y ago
Not ME/CFS, but really severe sleep apnea due to nasal congestion and recessed jaws. I wasn't able to complete high school, spent ten years unable to leave my house, progressively degenerating into an early dementia like state. Co
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by Llamamoe 4y ago
What is the mechanism of this? Can you link sources?
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by Llamamoe 4y ago
This is not the first time I hear about these methods of reversing myopia, you definitely should be able to find someone in your area doing this, if you post in one of the communities saying you're an ophthalmologist interested in meas
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by Llamamoe 4y ago
Does chocolate have teams of behavioral psychologists designing every aspect of the experience of its acquisition and consumption in order to create a situation in which a huge chunk of our society is unable to stop compulsively consuming i
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by Llamamoe 4y ago
Generally speaking, brain growth factors are protective against and regenerative of brain damage/atrophy. You could call them pro-neuronal-function factors.
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by Llamamoe 4y ago
Not quite the same, but there exists a nootrooic called Cerebrolysin which is made from enzymatically treated pig brain peptides, including all sorts of brain growth factors.
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by Llamamoe 4y ago
It gives a constant stream of novelty and instant gratification, two things the human mind is deeply biased to crave, delivered through an interface produced by decades of A/B testing and applied behavioral psychology. It absolutely is
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by Llamamoe 4y ago
How is this really more interesting than phalloplasty for transgender men, which is hardly a new thing?
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by Llamamoe 5y ago
I'd call this a case of "humans are really good at noticing relationships but not their nature". Yeah, much of the time people are on to something - and most of the time they have no idea what, just that something is amiss, w
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by Llamamoe 5y ago
A trick for finding information that comes from humans, at least? I find it's good for e.g. opinions on products, experiences with treatments, etc. that come from actual humans.
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Ask HN: How do you find credible information online?
60 points by Llamamoe 5y ago|68 comments
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by Llamamoe 5y ago
Are there similar lists for other industries? There has been one for snacks/food going around for a few years, but what about everything else?
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by Llamamoe 5y ago
I find that exposure to a broad range of concepts expands cognitive breadth and the set of things one can quickly comprehend exponentially, even in /complete/ absence of expertise or competence. Single-field people tend to be hila
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by Llamamoe 5y ago
I mean, ever since I've learned how ... not impossible all of this is, this has been a fun thought experiment to ponder. All it'd take is one reasonably clever insane person, and the range of things that are possible is immense.
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by Llamamoe 5y ago
Lol. Most humans assume everything that doesn't have a common, socially-accepted explanation is psychosomatic. If you have any chronic condition that affects your ability to function(surprise, most of them do), 80% of people out there
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by Llamamoe 5y ago
Out of curiosity, what exactly does BeeLine do, and how have you developed it? It seems to color the beginning and end of each line, so that your eyes naturally follow from one line to the next, is this correct? Have you tried and tested an
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by Llamamoe 5y ago
Do you have any other assistive technology examples other than beeline reader? That thing is absolutely fantastic, I love it.
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by Llamamoe 5y ago
Altruism is an interesting phenomenon, but I'd argue that it's a case of adhering to norms of what is considered good, to gain both admiration/gratitude from others, and the benefit of feeling aligned with the society that ex
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by Llamamoe 5y ago
How do you decide which letters to highlight? Is it the first half in every case? Did you conduct any trials to see whether this yields the fastest reading speeds?
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by Llamamoe 5y ago
Speaking of listening to sped up speech, I wonder if there's any tricks like BR possible for speech. Hm.
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by Llamamoe 5y ago
Out of curiosity, how do dyslexic friendly fonts work? Are they easier for everyone, or is it a case of compensating dyslexia related deficits specifically?
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by Llamamoe 5y ago
I think the less friction there is between the words on a screen and you having them in your head, the more readily you're going to absorb it. And attention is a demanding resource to expend, even if non-ADHD people don't notice i
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by Llamamoe 5y ago
The real question would be what can be done to bring dating back offline? At the end of the day, humans act in their best interest within their environment, and products adapt to the market. We can blame apps or people using them all we wan
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by Llamamoe 5y ago
It's only one of the things. And executive dysfunction does not justify abuse.

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