mindgam3

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by mindgam3 7y ago
One of the things that blows my mind about the current tech landscape is that Microsoft now appears to occupy the moral high ground with its stance calling for regulation on facial recognition. I grew up with a profound distaste for Micro
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Okay, that's a fair point and thanks for clarifying. To be clear, I'm not trying to put down all lifting - I agree with your point that best results come from a mix. My only problem with lifting culture is one particular subcultur
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by mindgam3 7y ago
Uh... if CC is a money grabbing ploy, they’re doing a terrible job of it. I have spent a total of 20 bucks for a book with a few years worth of training exercises. The ebook is available for free online with a minimal search. Same for CC 2.
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by mindgam3 7y ago
Lol. Skeptics out in force today. Have you ever had to hang from or climb something? Or maybe slip and fall off a ledge? The ability to pull your body weight up seems like it could come in reasonably handy in certain situations.
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by mindgam3 7y ago
I mean, yeah, beastskills is legit for all the reasons you mention. But it seems like it should be possible to give a shout out to beast skills without needing to disparage CC - they’re clearly working together and share the same core princ
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by mindgam3 7y ago
Seems a bit nitpicky to zero in on that one word, but okay, I added an edit. Strength is strength, I just tend to gravitate towards things that could help me in survival type situations.
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by mindgam3 7y ago
Sure. My interest is primarily practical strength, and by that I mean "ability to move my own body through space in practical real world situations, as opposed to sheer brute force". The end state is more “jacked” than big. Lookin
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by mindgam3 7y ago
Recommendation for those looking to build serious functional strength and avoid injury: Convict Conditioning. Emphasis is on calisthenics (body weight training) not pumping iron. Can’t recommend it highly enough. https://www.drag
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by mindgam3 7y ago
Thanks
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The only notable improvement is switching to Android. (Which I kind of assumed they were built on originally.) I can't fault Google for trying to salvage something from the epic fail of v1, but that product video still has the faint wh
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by mindgam3 7y ago
“Nor... should his work be taken to mean that genes don’t affect depression. They do, and with newer, bigger studies, researchers are finally working out which ones do.” This part really needs some context/sources. Anyone know which st
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by mindgam3 7y ago
Awesome! I just emailed you.
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by mindgam3 7y ago
I was at baby-Facebook (offered PM job there in 2007, went to Bebo instead, stayed close for years with many engineers/execs). Justifying OpenAI’s fear-mongering by pointing to Facebook is disingenuous and possibly harmful as I attempt
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by mindgam3 7y ago
One day we will look back on this talk as a high water mark of the AI religion craze. This whole AGI discourse that OpenAI/Altman are evangelizing is like a giant skyscraper they are trying to build on a foundation of quicksand. 1. The
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by mindgam3 7y ago
Haha, no, like most scholastic chess champions I had a super dysfunctional home environment. One parent definitely supported/pushed my chess, and I give credit there where it’s due, but I could only apply the label “good” to either of
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by mindgam3 7y ago
Kind of. Waiting to commit works both ways: 1. If they castle one side, you can do the other and then launch an attack, usually it’s the pawns that clear the way and open lines, then rooks and minor pieces can get in the action. (As opposed
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Yes, it’s like the ultimate expression of hypermodern. Other pro tip: if you do the full hippo with all the fixings (double fianchetto, pawns e6 d6 h6 a6) it also allows you to delay castling until you know which side your opponent commits
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by mindgam3 7y ago
This is going to sound really egotistical, but honestly I don’t remember much about becoming a master as I was 10 at the time. What I do remember is playing a shitload of games, rated games most weekends. And analyzing my losses with a sovi
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by mindgam3 7y ago
Yes on the aesthetics. More of a counterpuncher choice than overtly aggressive IMO. Usually lines don’t open up until move 10-20. As an aside, cool to meet the person behind ironworker. I used your service many years ago to launch my first
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by mindgam3 7y ago
As someone who was an early social media insider (FB, Bebo) — I completely agree. I can't speak for the larger indie web space, but within the social media niche, the concept of friend portability would go a long way towards making ind
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by mindgam3 7y ago
Chess master and bullet addict here. It sounds like you're as into avoiding book lines as I am. May I recommend my secret opening weapon: the Hippopotamus. It is quite possibly one opening to rule them all: - play it with both sides -
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The hype about an incoming wave of tech IPOs has underscored SF's tensions(newyorker.com)
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by mindgam3 7y ago
I don't want alargefarvaIwantagoddamnliteracola.com, but perhaps you might be interested?
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The man behind SF’s facial recognition ban is working on more(nytimes.com)
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Goldman Sachs, Patagonia, and the Mysteries of Business Casual(newyorker.com)
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by mindgam3 7y ago
“With subjects selected for their predisposition to belief, mesmerist and subject constituted what Daniel O’Keefe, in Stolen Lightning: The Social Theory of Magic (1982), calls an “act-as-if group”: a social interaction that temporarily red
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Friend portability is the must-have Facebook regulation(techcrunch.com)
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> Importantly, what we call psychosis can also be a response to extreme stress or trauma. For many people it might best be understood as... a coping strategy gone awry or a form of storytelling carried out within the mind as a response t
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by mindgam3 7y ago
Fair point. Also I just LOLed after reading the NYT editorial board reaction to this piece - apparently we disagree on whether any punches were pulled. The first line: “Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook, pulls no punches in his essay f
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by mindgam3 7y ago
Chris Hughes noticeably pulled a few punches regarding his old friend Zuck’s character: 1. “I don’t blame Mark for his quest for domination. He has demonstrated nothing more nefarious than the virtuous hustle of a talented entrepreneur.” 2.

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