cupcakecommons

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by cupcakecommons 2y ago
Not sure it has to make sense. It just has to convince people long enough for people who are driving for war to get their war. Hardly any of it seems to make any sense at all.
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by cupcakecommons 2y ago
Which people?
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by cupcakecommons 2y ago
Seems like a great idea. What can people in the US do to facilitate this you think?
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by cupcakecommons 2y ago
What's the best thing that can be done to reduce the risk of conflict?
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by cupcakecommons 2y ago
In the sentence you wrote "they are not legitimately questioning the science" who decides what is legitimate questioning? You?
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by cupcakecommons 2y ago
"I think the big thing here is not ketosis" It is ketosis though, the benefits have proposed mechanisms of action that are directly downstream of the entirely separate ketone-based metabolic pathway.
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by cupcakecommons 2y ago
Fast into a ketogenic diet. It greatly reduces cravings and allows you to reset to healthier foods.
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by cupcakecommons 2y ago
They're probably close to being able to do pretty advanced real-time visualization using wifi. Several articles describing the techniques have been posted numerous times on hn. This could be the first step necessary to having basically
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by cupcakecommons 2y ago
...until your platform becomes important enough for it to matter to people more powerful than you
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by cupcakecommons 2y ago
Flat Earthers are legitimately questioning the science because no one has (or should have) the authority to arbitrate what is too stupid to question. Everything has tradeoffs and free speech has a lot of somewhat obvious downsides.
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by cupcakecommons 2y ago
the power-centralizing incentives certainly seem to point this way
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by cupcakecommons 2y ago
I'm not eager to dismiss all material against the interests of Russia. I'm highly incentivized to see the Western sphere in a positive light. It's simply difficult to do so given the facts of the conflict at my disposal. What
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by cupcakecommons 2y ago
These people were/are credible pro-western. They weren't propagandized by Russian agents to take the stances they took. They were generally opposed to escalating proxy conflict with Russia after the cold war and also generally opp
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by cupcakecommons 2y ago
It seems naive to imply the US has a less effective propaganda apparatus than Russia within its own direct sphere of influence. The idea that a country with 1/10th the GDP of the US outcompetes the US in propaganda delivery on its own
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by cupcakecommons 2y ago
Like actually why the fuck would I be pro-Russia? What's in it for me? Seeming edgy or something? Do you assume I'm unable to read the room? I'm a liberal computer nerd from a highly liberal locale. It's obviously so muc
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by cupcakecommons 2y ago
George Kennan (Diplomat, "Architect of the Cold War Containment Policy") - Criticized NATO expansion as a severe mistake in a 1998 interview with the New York Times . Henry Kissinger (Former U.S. Secretary of State) - Expressed co
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by cupcakecommons 2y ago
I haven't, and I'm familiar with this page. I am honestly worried about the US foreign policy. I'm not JAQing off. I want some credible source material from a community I trust. I'm sure other people reading this do too.
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by cupcakecommons 2y ago
I'm earnestly and honestly asking. Is there some good source material you can point me to that explains how this is in US citizens' interest? All I can find is hyperbolic nonsense that seems markedly similar to the kind of informa
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by cupcakecommons 2y ago
I get that your comment is a hyperbolic jab at Trump supporters but why is a pro-Russian candidate actually bad - besides the tiresome comparisons of Putin to Hitler and similar claims? It seems like NATO didn't disband or let Russia j
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by cupcakecommons 2y ago
That's fair. Being blackout drunk is more than just memory impairment though - significant parts of the brain unrelated to memory also have impaired function during drunkenness. I would also suggest that there is a level of impairment
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by cupcakecommons 2y ago
When my friend found himself walking around in a new place after a complete discontinuity in experience. Was this discontinuity entirely driven by the impairment of lasting memory formation? Seems possible to me. Problem is, I've never
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by cupcakecommons 2y ago
I think the self can be disrupted by significant alterations in memory storage among other things. I think memory is one of many key ingredients in having a self. When your memory is adequately disrupted your self is disrupted. Without a se
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by cupcakecommons 2y ago
I would consider people that are blackout drunk to be p-zombies given this definition. The part of the blackout person other people interact with, their self, simply isn't there - but they are still animated (mostly) like other people
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by cupcakecommons 2y ago
it's almost like any important new technology presents a constellation of tradeoffs
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by cupcakecommons 2y ago
There are flow states that seem like this. It can be pleasant and it can also be unnerving. Something about memory and the sense of self fall away and it leaves you with a discontinuity despite some part of you obviously carrying on the sho
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by cupcakecommons 2y ago
ah I see what I wrote. "not even on some deep non-conscious level" yeah that was sloppy nm.
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by cupcakecommons 2y ago
I'm not fully grasping the experiment your proposing here
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by cupcakecommons 2y ago
Is someone under twilight anesthesia or in a deep k-hole approaching the state of being a p-zombie? I would think so. Maybe I misunderstand the definition of p-zombie?
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by cupcakecommons 2y ago
I think the self can come and go. I don't think a blacked out person is always unconscious, but they do seem to lack a subjective self while sometimes still being clinically awake and engaging in complex behavior. When the subjective s
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by cupcakecommons 2y ago
What about what I said implied anything about various other systems like stress hormones not being lastingly be affected by trauma? I don't think most surgical patients are concerned with the kind of trauma their cells or gut microbiom

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