MrAnalogy

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by MrAnalogy 3y ago
Was interview for cordyceps fungus researcher?
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FBI Memo is a brilliant distraction(medium.com)
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by MrAnalogy 11y ago
There isn't necessarily no way to communicate. It's normally just language (or symbolic) communication. So, you could communicate with hand gestures, pictures, etc. One technique is a communication board, with lots of pictures.
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by MrAnalogy 11y ago
Not to get all pedantic, but aphasia means difficulty with communication. So "visual aphasia" doesn't make any sense. Still an interesting deficit Aphasia -Aphasia is an impairment of language, affecting the production or com
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by MrAnalogy 11y ago
What it feels like to suddenly lose language Brain Scientist Describes her stroke, with humor and insight. This is one of the best rated TED talks. I hear she spent 6 months practicing. And it shows. Link to curated version (skips the borin
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by MrAnalogy 11y ago
I've been working with people for 20 years (I make aphasia therapy software) and it's amazing how little the average person appreciates their language. I like to say : Aphasia is the deficit that has everyone not talking. When we
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by MrAnalogy 20y ago
That's exactly what Andy Brice did with PerfectTablePlan.com Uses some pretty advanced algorithms for planning seating arrangements. Of course, the real challenge with a consumer product is usability, that intersection b/t your cool product
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by MrAnalogy 20y ago
The success rate Paul has had is actually lower than average success rate of small business startups (with more than one employee) Everyone always quotes a 10% success rate after 1 or 2 years. That is, as Paul suspects, a myth. True success