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by pdfernhout 2y ago
Thanks for all the neat tools! I find Mithril simple enough to be low maintenance for Single Page Applications. We still use a version one of it on a project launched about ten years ago -- although I use version two for later things. And y
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by pdfernhout 2y ago
Thanks for the mention! Glad to see people are still finding enjoyment with PlantStudio. Still hoping to bring it to the web someday.
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by pdfernhout 2y ago
Yeah, I kind of expected that, sigh (including as yet another example of the issue about perspective I mentioned). Thanks for the supportive comment!
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by pdfernhout 2y ago
From "Here’s How to Avoid Catching Colds and the Flu": https://time.com/4672626/vitamin-d-cold-flu/ "For the new study, a meta-analysis published in The BMJ, researchers looked at individual data fr
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by pdfernhout 2y ago
Not suggesting anyone try this but some people claim to sleep only two hours a day with this approach: https://www.sleepfoundation.org/how-sleep-works/polyphasic-s... "Uberman Sleep Schedule: Six 20-minute naps a
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by pdfernhout 2y ago
> Physicians were initially unaware or dismissive of brain zaps due to limited information and a focus on downplaying the addictive nature of antidepressants. Seems like another example of: "Deadly Psychiatry and Organised Denial&qu
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by pdfernhout 2y ago
From "The Big Crunch" by David Goodstein" (1994) https://www.its.caltech.edu/~dg/crunch_art.html "The crises that face science are not limited to jobs and research funds. Those are bad enough,
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by pdfernhout 2y ago
Thanks for the reply. It is not quite either, but between the two it is more of the second (planning). It actually focused more on learning the science of gardening than planning an actual garden in a way you might use for your own backyard
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by pdfernhout 2y ago
On managing money, given you mention time and stress, have you considered the Bogleheads approach (e.g. VTSAX+Cash/Bonds and chill)? https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Getting_started
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by pdfernhout 2y ago
How much value is there in formal proof that a program optimally meets precisely-described requirements if the requirements themselves are sub-optimal for the problem area of concern? In other words, "software is hard": https:&#x
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by pdfernhout 2y ago
This is from work over 30 years ago on our garden simulator by my wife and me. Being too ambitious (and perfectionist) at the start with product plans for software. Building a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) instead which prioritized essential
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by pdfernhout 2y ago
Enjoyed reading your post about your success with a WFPB diet as well as the followup comment. Thanks for posting them! Liked your dynamic slow cooker approach to variations. I should try that. Sad to see your informative and insightful com
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by pdfernhout 2y ago
A cure for much arthritis is possibly a Nutritarian Diet promoted by Dr. Joel Fuhrman which reduces inflammation and helps the body rebuild: https://www.drfuhrman.com/blog/119/a-progressive-approach-to... "Th
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by pdfernhout 2y ago
While not specifically designed for smartphones, StoryHarp (which I wrote in 1998 in Delphi and then ported to the web in 2018 using TypeScript, Mithril, and Tachyons) can run in a browser on a phone. StoryHarp makes it easier to write simp
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by pdfernhout 2y ago
The distinction you outline reminds me of Carol Dweck's "Growth Mindset" research. She suggests (based on studies) that children praised for being "smart" become afraid to take risks which might show them less than
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by pdfernhout 2y ago
I put together a "High Performance Organizations Reading List" which includes a reference to "Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness" by Frédéric La
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by pdfernhout 2y ago
(continuing my previous comment) The fact is, the weather has always caused issues. About 100 years ago in the US North East there was massing flooding and great loss of lives. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floods_in_t
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by pdfernhout 2y ago
Thanks for the reply. You make an excellent point on the systems aspect of all this. And I personally agree things like poverty, fishery depletion, and so on are important issues to address. But, I am not sure Freeman Dyson intended to impl
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by pdfernhout 2y ago
My wife (Cynthia F. Kurtz) wrote a non-mathematical book on complexity a couple years ago: "Confluence: Tools for Thinking about How Organized Plans and Self-organized Patterns Flow Together" https://www.cfkurtz.com&#x2
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by pdfernhout 2y ago
I'll chime in as a someone who personally knew Freeman Dyson from Princeton (both from having dinner with him when an undergrad as he was associated with my dorm and then when I was a grad student and he was a sort-of unofficial adviso
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by pdfernhout 2y ago
Back in 1999 I worked on a (unfunded) pre-proposal to NASA on "OSCOMAK" (Open Source Community on Manufacturing Knowledge) but, it did not go very far. https://www.kurtz-fernhout.com/oscomak/ "The projec
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by pdfernhout 2y ago
The deeper irony is outlined in my sig: "The biggest challenge of the 21st century is the irony of technologies of abundance in the hands of those still thinking in terms of scarcity". I expand on that theme in this essay (from 20
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by pdfernhout 2y ago
Thank you for sharing that beautiful, insightful story about your grandmother's life and death.
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by pdfernhout 2y ago
Indeed, they are related. A 2006 book on eating healthier called "The Pleasure Trap: Mastering the Hidden Force that Undermines Health & Happiness" by Douglas J. Lisle and Alan Goldhamer helped me see that connection (so, actu
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by pdfernhout 2y ago
When I was working at the IBM Speech group circa 1999 as a contractor on an embedded speech system (IBM Personal Speech Assistant), I discussed with Raimo Bakis (a researcher there then) this issue of such metadata and how it might improve
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by pdfernhout 2y ago
Definitely heading there: https://marshallbrain.com/manna "With half of the jobs eliminated by robots, what happens to all the people who are out of work? The book Manna explores the possibilities and shows two contras
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by pdfernhout 2y ago
Great point on what would happen to mass-produced items like laptops if everyone moved to remote cabins in the woods to live cheaply. And yes, a drawback to educating yourself via videos or reading (or even by taking some tests) is that it
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by pdfernhout 2y ago
To support your point that we we make choices among alternative, see this document I put together circa 2010 with about 50 alternatives -- some good, some obviously bad -- we can use to address the socio-economic changes needed to maintain
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by pdfernhout 2y ago
You make a great point. To support your point, consider the "FIRE" movement for early retirement, and essays like: "How I live on $7,000 per year" http://earlyretirementextreme.com/how-i-live-on-7000-per-
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by pdfernhout 2y ago
To support your point on non-useful jobs, see the 2018 book "Bullshit Jobs" by David Graeber. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit_Jobs Or the 2009 essay "The Gervais Principle": https:/&#x

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