desertraven

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by desertraven 4y ago
I'm sure this will become a bigger debate in the future, but I absolutely believe consciousness itself is worth protecting. We ourselves have just sprung into existence. I should hope that as consciousness of any kind comes online, whi
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by desertraven 4y ago
My understanding of déjà vu is that it applies to the moment you're in aka "it feels like this has happened before". What I'm referring to is a sudden recollection of a moment, which isn't the current one. But the f
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by desertraven 4y ago
Hmmm, I believe I have first-hand experience with this. Often as I go about my day, I get sudden flashes of a scene recalled. It feels visceral and real - how I imagine electrodes stimulating the brain might bring forth feelings and memorie
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Ask HN: Can ChatGPT Counteract Stylometry?
3 points by desertraven 4y ago|2 comments
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Ask HN: Would a global catastrophe unite or divide nations?
16 points by desertraven 4y ago|80 comments
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Ask HN: Are universities places of free-thinking and growth?
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by desertraven 4y ago
Anyone want to discuss the committing to a life partner part? Any experiences with NOT doing this?
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Ask HN: Are voice assistants coming in the wake of ChatGPT?
1 points by desertraven 4y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: What are some things we don't talk about, but should?
3 points by desertraven 4y ago|6 comments
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by desertraven 4y ago
"it's relatively easy to be in a light to medium information dense conversation and still meditate with ease" This is to my surprise also. As one who has recently taken up this technique of constantly meditating - it all goes
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by desertraven 4y ago
Is there any further reading I can do on this? Or could you elaborate? Obviously I meditate, but I do see how it could lead to drastic changes in how one exists in the world. Is the nature of mind best not investigated first hand? The downs
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Ask HN: Can mindfulness be maintained when lost in thought?
2 points by desertraven 4y ago|5 comments
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Ask HN: Is learning deep topics shallowly worthwhile?
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Ask HN: Can the expansion of space be detected on earth itself?
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by desertraven 4y ago
Do you have issues with 2FA?
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by desertraven 4y ago
Thanks for the recommendation, I'll buy that.
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Ask HN: Best method to classify short audio events in real time?
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by desertraven 4y ago
Only decades ago, it seems the user of the device was the master. Now it seems the other way around. If the user does not explicitly request something, don't do it. If I turn my device off, I expect it to be doing absolutely nothing. I
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by desertraven 4y ago
I see where you're coming from - but if I want to share something, I expect it to be shared by whatever protocol the service I'm sharing from uses (in this case a Spotify link). There isn't even a method to convert my Spotify
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by desertraven 4y ago
Interesting. What iOS version are you running? I'm running 15.4
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by desertraven 4y ago
That's good to know. I have a 6S, so I can only upgrade to 15.4.
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by desertraven 4y ago
Are you getting increasingly militarised police too?
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Tell HN: Siri provides Apple Music link when sharing current song on Spotify
194 points by desertraven 4y ago|128 comments
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Ask HN: Is American culture intentionally or organically pushed abroad?
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Ask HN: Is radiation from mobile phones harmful long-term?
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Ask HN: Should I be offsetting my carbon footprint? If so, how?
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by desertraven 4y ago
That sounds really wholesome - thanks for taking the time to share. I may have to take a page from your mother's book. Being digitally inclined left me blind to meatspace solutions. I happen to live in an alternative town, so writing
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Ask HN: How best can writer share their work?
5 points by desertraven 4y ago|5 comments
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Ask HN: Ways to make and old car safer?
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by desertraven 4y ago
Are we not able to produce vast amounts of terrestrial energy without the sun (eg. nuclear)? I'd imagine a sufficiently advanced civilisation has solved the issue of energy, such that they have an abundance without creating giant struc

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