jdpigeon

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by jdpigeon 10y ago
Playing for generosity? Playing for humanity? What kind of schmaltzy PR BS is this?
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by jdpigeon 10y ago
I'm confused as well. Pretty poor figure design without axis labels
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by jdpigeon 10y ago
This would have appealed to me about two years ago, but not that much anymore, and I'm still close to a decade away from paying off my student debt. I'm more interested in 'settling down' and 'getting to work'
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by jdpigeon 10y ago
How do you get so much cashback? I've always poo-pooed credit card benefits because back of the envelope calculations always make them seem negligible (ie 1% cash back)
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by jdpigeon 10y ago
The fed just stated they are going to stop using private prisons. GEO's stock price has plummeted.
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by jdpigeon 10y ago
Their early experiments did pretty well with hardly any computation at all -- just recreating previously recorded patterns of activity. They can probably do some pretty cool stuff by adding machine learning (which they're definitely in
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by jdpigeon 10y ago
With the papers that have been done in rodents and primates, the fascinating take-away is that the implanted chips actually do improve memory despite our lack of understanding the neural code. Just like the advances that have been made in b
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by jdpigeon 10y ago
This is what I was taught in University is the defining trait of addiction: engagement in a behaviour despite the recognition that it leads to negative consequences. Personally, I think that this is enough to justify addiction as a true &#x
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by jdpigeon 10y ago
I've definitely noticed this, too. A lot of the Pokemon Go playing I've seen basically just involves people just standing around in their own world, swiping and not talking to anyone. Still, I think there's potential for the
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by jdpigeon 10y ago
Does this apply to the 'Bushido Shoshinsu' written by Shigesuke? That's the one I'm familiar with with and it didn't seem to have any Christian undertones.
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by jdpigeon 10y ago
"What inspires me is teaching African refugees how to program javascript" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yFhR1fKWG0
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by jdpigeon 10y ago
Well, that sounds just like a ketogenic diet. They actually investigate keto alongside their fasting diet and find similar benefits in many areas, just not to as large a degree.
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by jdpigeon 10y ago
Well, it's complicated, because although you might get depressed to issues of the mind, once that switch has been flipped in your brain, then you do have a biologically-mediated disease and you're often totally fucked without some
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by jdpigeon 10y ago
I disagree that "depression is as biological as cancer and heart disease" due to the fact of etiology. While it does spring up out of the blue in many cases, for the most part depression appears to be triggered by complex life cir
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by jdpigeon 11y ago
This 'low dopamine' hypothesis just doesn't sound like it can be true to me. However, I've heard a psychopharmacologist use those exact words. I don't know what to think :/
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by jdpigeon 11y ago
Finally some good research on LSD in humans. Very interesting finding about the increased connectivity to the visual cortex. It certainly vibes with my anecdotal experience -- the whole visual world just seems more meaningful and 'in f
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by jdpigeon 11y ago
Yes! It hasn't been demonstrated in mammals, but in the elife paper linked above, I think they saw synapses regrowing in the same positions. However, its not clear if it's actually necessary for them to be in the same position.
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by jdpigeon 11y ago
The LEDs are typically surgically implanted into the brain
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by jdpigeon 11y ago
Seeing this paper is bittersweet for me as I work in a memory neuroscience lab that's been working on essentially the same question for a number of years. These guys beat us to the headline :( That said, it is a great accomplishment fo
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by jdpigeon 11y ago
Strathcona Park has some of the most remarkable backcountry skiing and ice climbing in the world, I'd say.
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by jdpigeon 11y ago
You can fiddle around with it connected to a PC pretty nicely in Python
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by jdpigeon 11y ago
Absolutely, like the future envisioned in Her where everyone's spinning their wheels in a fake economy, babied by technology, and all feeling incredibly lonely and hollow on the inside.
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by jdpigeon 11y ago
I agree. I still understand exactly what 'dark testing' is. Is there an audience that sees the 'unpublished page post?'
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by jdpigeon 11y ago
If you're into Buddhism, you could always consider a retreat at a Vipassana center. They're affordable and great opportunities for self-reflection and spiritual work.