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901.
by _yb2s 2y ago
That's great! Care to share the rationale of any of those specific interventions?
902.
by _yb2s 2y ago
Your experience being different than mine does not make mine "not true" nor is what you are saying mutually exclusive with what I am saying. There's most likely a lot of things going on at the same time here- that are interre
903.
by _yb2s 2y ago
Yeah, it is surprising how many of the most dangerous effects of addictive drugs for example happen when you are not immediately experiencing their effects- the actions people take to obtain them. In that sense, I think the idea of downplay
904.
by _yb2s 2y ago
That sounds to me like saying "there's no reason to put out this kitchen fire I accidentally started in my house, since lighting sometimes starts fires naturally." Natural ecological events can certainly be difficult for huma
905.
by _yb2s 2y ago
Controlling invasive species is not just some sentimental thing about preserving the purity of nature. Invasive species can massively destabilize an ecosystem- wiping out huge numbers of other species, and destroying natural resources human
906.
by _yb2s 2y ago
It seems this is a sort of trick our brains evolved to play on us that drives us to act- which makes sense. It is the anticipation of a reward that drives strong feelings and behaviors, but the reward itself is usually not as big of a deal-
907.
by _yb2s 2y ago
I’ve noticed for me fasting has a long lasting effect on reducing overeating with leads to sustained weight loss way beyond the calorie deficit- and deliberately doing other mildly mentally and physically uncomfortable activities like cold
908.
by _yb2s 2y ago
Is your reply possibly meant for anthk and not me? I did understand what you wrote in the way you describe here.
909.
by _yb2s 2y ago
I think this general idea is going to be the key to really making LLMs widely useful for solving real problems. I’ve been playing with using GPT-4 together with the Wolfram Alpha plugin, and the combo of the two can reliably solve difficult
910.
by _yb2s 2y ago
> If the opportunity was given to them, dogs opted for a detour in the case of uncomfortably small apertures Except in the case of one very sweet but not exactly brilliant large dog I know that legitimately believes his entire body is ju
911.
by _yb2s 2y ago
It depends on what you're looking for. If I want a photo of a place I'm thinking of visiting, or a wild animal I'm trying to identify- I want to make sure it's a photo of the actual thing, and not a photorealistic AI art
912.
by _yb2s 2y ago
Medicine and science have a long ways to go to really grasp the diversity of individuals... most arguments about medicine I see online seem to include at least one side implicitly assuming that all humans must respond to the same things in
913.
by _yb2s 2y ago
There's more to it than that, but I'm not sure what to call it- it also seems to include an absolute religion-like faith in, e.g. the absolute correctness of positions from official organizations and current scientific understandi
914.
by _yb2s 2y ago
I don't think it came across clearly but I was teasing the commenter you were replying to (and not you) for making an absurd claim in a confusing, sexist, and ageist way. Although my own grandparents are also dead, I know quite a few g
915.
by _yb2s 2y ago
Sure, keyboards, buttons, and screens on computers also aren't essential, you can still buy brand new computers that are programmed by hard wiring your program into a plugboard ( https://the-analog-thing.org )- but in both
916.
by _yb2s 2y ago
The person you are replying to clearly stated that every grandma knows this, and yet you seem to have given up without even trying to ask a grandma.
917.
by _yb2s 2y ago
https://www.wikihow.com/Develop-a-Sense-of-Humor
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by _yb2s 2y ago
That’s a great concept for a cyberpunk short story. I feel the same that advertising is an invasive attack trying to steal my autonomy and resources. Currently, my family and I are mostly able to not experience ads in our lives, but it is b
919.
by _yb2s 2y ago
I love those cheap old ones with a simple timer knob… unfortunately most lacked a rotating plate which is a pretty essential feature. I’m hoping there is a new trend for devices to have a simple mechanical switch or dial for controlling thi
920.
by _yb2s 2y ago
This “trust the science” attitude is a massive failure of science education. Science should empower people to understand things themselves so they don’t need an appeal to authority - while also setting high standards for what it really take
921.
by _yb2s 2y ago
Unfortunately selling things online, I found these meaningless and obnoxious AI hype descriptions to bring in a lot more interested buyers than a simple straightforward description of the item. I had a bunch of items taking up space in my g
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by _yb2s 2y ago
It’s fine if you don’t want to wear makeup, but it’s not your business if other people want to. Your statement seems to assume they are doing it for your benefit specifically, or mistakenly in general, which is not the case- you are being c
923.
by _yb2s 2y ago
(upgrade (mail (change (trash (fix (break (use (buy it))))))))
924.
by _yb2s 2y ago
I was an early user of KDE back in 2000 and thought they were absolutely insane for trying to write their own web browser engine when it was controlled by Microsoft and Netscape. The web was just too complex and nothing worked in it, there
925.
by _yb2s 2y ago
It's all situational- any predator will eat another one when it has the advantage. No animal comes close to equaling humans as predators at the top of our game as hunters- e.g. young healthy adults working together as a team with well
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by _yb2s 2y ago
The two are not entirely at odds- modern bioengineering and synthetic biology are getting pretty good at designing living systems that actually work as designed, e.g. a cell factory that produces a useful molecule. Modularity and simplicity
927.
by _yb2s 2y ago
I am not suggesting that people in extreme cold climates not heat their house at all and burst pipes, etc. but you could, for example heat your house to 65F instead of 72F and use about 25-30% less heating energy, and still keep family memb
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by _yb2s 2y ago
Because of the effect you’re talking about, the outdoor dew point is never above the outdoor temperature- so the air even indoors gets really dry when it’s cold outside, and you only need to keep the inside slightly warmer to keep this from
929.
by _yb2s 2y ago
I’m pretty skeptical of this because it seems to conflict with common sense and personal experience but I’ll look a bit more. I wonder to what degree they controlled for health effects of short days, less sunlight, more time indoors, increa
930.
by _yb2s 2y ago
I think this overall makes a good point that any type of directly heating people is much more efficient than heating an entire building. I hope electrically heated clothing catches on soon... as it already exists and works pretty well. For

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