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by beowulfey 2y ago
I would guess the only ones who do not feel it is their purpose are those for whom it happened accidentally. Anyone who chose to have kids most likely did so with purposeful intent.
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by beowulfey 2y ago
It's called "community" and our generation has no idea what that word means or why there is value to it.
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by beowulfey 2y ago
In the diagram/text description it is specifically referring to replication, in the sense of transmitting genetic information to daughter cells. In that sense there is no protein-protein transfer; no means of copying one protein or reb
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List of books that will induce a mindfuck(everything2.com)
55 points by beowulfey 2y ago|110 comments
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by beowulfey 2y ago
was about to post this myself. such a great example of this
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by beowulfey 2y ago
Profit is an easy answer but sometimes easy is correct. Companies are prone to view consumer opinion negatively if they know they don't have a choice. Look at Apple, for example--the removal of the headphone jack, the constant reductio
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by beowulfey 2y ago
the web was the clicking of links from site to site. the interconnectedness of information. Searching the web was the start of browsing but it was not the only means of traversing. Honestly the web died long ago imo. Wikipedia and other wik
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by beowulfey 2y ago
Kind of relevant to this, there is literature to support the notion that the 'personality' of internal voices is shaped by society -- people experiencing it in Western nations tend to have voices be very negative and violent, wher
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by beowulfey 2y ago
Even things that are chemically inert can cause problems in our bodies. Silica is similarly chemically inert, but silicosis is a devastating disease.
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by beowulfey 2y ago
Yes, exactly right. And there are many students less likely than that to zone out, and many more likely to zone out. But if you give them a tool to aid in being distracted, it will encourage all of them to not pay attention. It really is
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by beowulfey 2y ago
Eminent domain is not taking the land for free. They mentioned budget as a key reason for the space constraints.
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by beowulfey 2y ago
I love this idea and agree you need a form of curation. Is there a mechanism for "ranking" links? Or reporting? I think a simple UI that lets you up or downvote ( after clicking) could be pretty effective at reducing spam.
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by beowulfey 2y ago
They have a digital painter bot too!
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by beowulfey 2y ago
It's a soft, warm blanket of denial, because the actual implications of it are too scary.
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by beowulfey 2y ago
My 2019 Toyota has terrible UX. The higher end cars, particularly newer ones, are a little better (comparing Camry vs Corolla e.g.) but overall pretty bad. Would love to hear people's opinions on car UX though. The Tesla is terrible to
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by beowulfey 2y ago
I think this is genuinely true. The internet today appeals to the lowest common denominator, in the same way that blockbuster movies often do. It is less appealing because it is less specific to our tastes.
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by beowulfey 2y ago
My breakfast is a cup of coffee and toast usually but since I live a 25 min bike ride from my work (in New England USA) I can usually leave around 800, which means I can sleep at 2300 for 8 hours easily. Now, does my body do that?... no,
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by beowulfey 2y ago
Talk about good fortune!
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by beowulfey 2y ago
Yes I would guess this is to try and encourage remote workers to move there, would be a valuable influx
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by beowulfey 2y ago
That's an interesting thought. Are there statistics out there for "percentage of interchanges that are stacks"? I've lived in CA and the Northeast. I didn't get the impression that either region uses them preferenti
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by beowulfey 2y ago
It's usually neighbors complaining vs. the government. My buddy had parents who lived in New Hampshire, a notoriously small-government state. They kept their front yard unmowed for insects and wildlife. Got so many complaints from neig
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by beowulfey 2y ago
In my experience, the people in my friend group are wary of AI because of the potential it has to eliminate jobs. I think the generally negative connotation comes from this "replacement of human effort" interpretation. If it can b
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by beowulfey 2y ago
100% getting deja vu back to 2016 with this comment
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by beowulfey 2y ago
Article states they had fewer biomarkers of aging, and showed less age-associated obesity, fraility, and metabolic decline. So their "youth" period extended longer. Actually the point of healthspan vs lifespan is made in the intro
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by beowulfey 2y ago
Gender is being used here as "trait arising from genetic sex + behavior". It's not the same as the human social construct, but it is analogous. It's also not commonly used in biology in this way from what I've seen,
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by beowulfey 2y ago
I would argue that he did not miss the point at all actually--he deliberately mentions it at the end.
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by beowulfey 2y ago
The point of the article is that the big business model is "continued growth", which depends on constantly increasing sales, which means products necessarily get shittier so that they must be replaced more frequently. Small "
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by beowulfey 2y ago
I don't think these archetypes apply to the mid-90s Stanford/MIT scenes
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by beowulfey 2y ago
I think that is actually the exact bit of self discovery they are describing in the article!
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by beowulfey 2y ago
I think there is an even simpler solution, and it's the one the author mentions... stop using that medium to post things.

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