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by diydsp 13y ago
It's purposeful ambiguity to create drama, elicit an emotional reaction, creating a slightly tenser situation in the brain, and hence divert resources from baseline functioning to a heightened start of awareness. So, we react to the fe
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by diydsp 13y ago
wow you know what would be fun? A filesystem that synthesizes infinite numbers of large jpgs and gifs on the fly :)
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by diydsp 13y ago
You are so correct, except that some of them don't even hunt for something to be offended about, they simply log onto their favorite websites and take other people's word at what to be offended about! "Anyone can become angry
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by diydsp 13y ago
As massive as it is, I can see Google's needs moving more towards the mainstream. Finding results beyond the first page will fall to other search mechanisms as their inertia develops into a... character. For example, it's hard to
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by diydsp 13y ago
one of my friends is really bored with the people he has searched for on one of the big websites... he really feels like he is seeing the same people over and over again. and, some of the big sites develop "characters" over time
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by diydsp 13y ago
> that was one off-hand comment at the end of the article. Kennedy's assassination was one bad action at the end of an otherwise lovely day, yet we still have to take it as part of the whole. So, when the designer says, "I wa
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by diydsp 13y ago
I guess I'm just feeling weary of grad-school tropes, but think about this statement with me: "I hope that we will find an effective way of solving the problem of electronic waste, which is growing quickly." If the "desi
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by diydsp 13y ago
That's a textbook rational response. However, it doesn't address the emotional side of this kind of purchase. Many people don't know the specs and other technical details of what they're buying. They don't really
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by diydsp 13y ago
I, too, am suffering Bitcoin-headline-fatigue, to the point where I was glad to see machined QR bitcoins b/c I could finally tell people to kindly shove them where the sun don't shine. HOWEVER, just b/c I'm exhausted, I
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by diydsp 13y ago
This was online as of an hour ago, but I had to run an errand and it's now down the memory hole! If anyone has a mirror, please post. TED talks should be taken at face value. They don't necessarily represent the greatest thing i
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by diydsp 13y ago
It doesn't require coherent, self-identification to exist. It doesn't need to make more profits during wartime than in peacetime to exist. It only needs to have multiple actors whose interests align to produce more military fundin
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by diydsp 13y ago
but but they have all our cell phone and internet records. How can terrorism still happen?
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by diydsp 13y ago
Exactly. the fact that this is suddenly being trotted out now leads me to wonder, "Who wants me to think about this now? Why? What are they trying to convince me to go along with?" I am certainly not going to take this at face
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by diydsp 13y ago
lol "Dawn, who do we use for Chinese?" (heard approx 1997 in u.s.)
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by diydsp 13y ago
A fantastic example of projecting our fears and anxieties... (we all wait in fear of how powerful, potent or dense each new material technology can be) (we all fear that our world is not easy or colorful enough) (we all fear that we missed
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by diydsp 13y ago
Bamiga Sector One was the group. The game was either Virus or Mah Jong. From about 1991. It's a beautiful, 4-voice counterpoint tune with somewhat unusual synth patches (sampled Kawaii-ish). I would be totally fine if the tune is ou
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by diydsp 13y ago
lol. when i read "microhydro," I thought like 500 uWatts from a kitchen faucet or whatever. "Man, that panel is waaay overkill," I thought. Then, he started digging ditches and welding. Then, he started winding transf
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by diydsp 13y ago
hey amiga fans - - - i have exactly one Amiga disk left that boots into an amazing cracktro with music that I have wanted to record.... I can't find the song on youtube anywhere... but my A500 as a broken floppy drive. Are there any
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by diydsp 13y ago
Excellent point. I've been debating with my gf a lot lately about the diff. b/t "information" and "observations." I find many articles are simply observations... like molecules in bloodstream, they float ar
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by diydsp 13y ago
Yup. But like cigarette advertisers and spammers who intentionally misspell so only uncritical people pay attention, most mainstream news sources have so effectively created the atmosphere of _learned_helplessness_, they can tell people in
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by diydsp 13y ago
i am one of those people who believes that, only I don't think it's as simple as 1. take drugs, 2. figure out we're slaves. 3. ??? 4. Profit. There are a great number of activities which slowly, in turn, help reveal that all
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by diydsp 13y ago
I think we three might be able to agree the quote could be downgraded to: "In an ideal world, heroin would be one of many fringe activities, like rock climbing, BASE jumping, etc." In the mean time, many who pursue heroin aren&#x2
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by diydsp 13y ago
Your estimate is not far off at all. [1] Interestingly, 2013 was the first year EVER in which its budget and staffing were REDUCED. [1] http://www.justice.gov/dea/about/history/staffing.shtml
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by diydsp 13y ago
I believe the real answer to all drug problems is to run the world in a way that is bearable and interesting without the effects of drugs being necessary. If crack addicts had water slides and massages, would crack still be interesting? Ma
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by diydsp 13y ago
The "difference" is in your values, not in the responsibility of governments. You value acquiring physical intelligence. You do not value spiritual exploration. FWIW, MDMA is not "bliss" and it's not "short.&
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by diydsp 13y ago
Hahaha. It makes me laugh/cringe to think of the "risks." Risk #1 - You may hurt yourself Risk #2 - You may discover the emperor wears no clothes and you don't have to spend your life in servitude to the ruling classes.
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by diydsp 13y ago
Thank you for the patient post. People will probably despise me for this, but why don't we have compulsory military duty in the U.S. like other countries? It would give people some discipline. It would discourage us from acting arroga
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by diydsp 13y ago
In researching the history of musical instruments, I discovered that many distant cultures independently developed hunting bows and it is believed these are the original of stringed instruments. So, the concept of a taught string bound to a
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by diydsp 13y ago
Why does anyone care what Google's Eric Schmidt thinks about drones? On this subject, he has no particular knowledge or experience that anyone else doesn't have. On this subject, his opinion is completely unremarkable and worth ju
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by diydsp 13y ago
>Mr. Raptopoulos is one of the founders of Matternet, a tiny Silicon Valley start-up that is building a UAV transportation system that he says will be useful in developing countries that lack passable roads. Developing countries trope, C

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