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by reubenswartz 6y ago
As an introvert who has spent the past couple of years actively working on this, I agree with the article. We are social mammals, we are supposed to have conversations with other people. Even before we were sheltering in place, a lot of peo
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by reubenswartz 6y ago
My primitive understanding is that the bottleneck for bacterial reproduction is DNA replication, so there’s a huge incentive to shed unneeded DNA, especially with mechanisms to get genes back via HGT. Am I right in thinking that the more ef
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by reubenswartz 6y ago
I'm not a biologist, but my understanding is that bacteria are much more likely to undergo horizontal gene transfer when undress stress. (Particularly troubling these days for antibiotic resistance.) Seems like it would be a natural ne
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Computational Power Found in the Arms of Neurons(quantamagazine.org)
153 points by reubenswartz 7y ago|75 comments
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by reubenswartz 7y ago
This is a very important point. Human lifespan is already an outlier compared to our primate cousins and other creatures of similar (or even larger size). I'm sure there's plenty of room for "optimization", but it's
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by reubenswartz 7y ago
Well don't leave us hanging-- what's the secret sauce? ;-)
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by reubenswartz 7y ago
Smoked paprika especially. :)
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by reubenswartz 7y ago
Love The Food Lab. (And I think my grilled cheese is pretty decent, at least according to my kids, which is saying something.) ;-) Agree with everything you are saying here, but I'll add that salads often have a bad reputation (I avoid
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by reubenswartz 7y ago
I actually started with a bit of honey and removed it after some experimentation. Figure any time I can avoid adding sugar and like the taste as much or more, I should take advantage. ;-) I'm with you the cleaning graters-- too lazy fo
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by reubenswartz 7y ago
This is so important. I don't know if you can "learn to cook" in an hour, but you can probably drive to the store, buy some vegetables, come home, and make a great salad with an awesome homemade vinaigrette dressing in less t
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by reubenswartz 7y ago
You can get a battery replacement kit from iFixit and do the repair yourself. Not trivial, but really not bad.
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by reubenswartz 7y ago
This works for many kinds of writing. I often tell people who are trying to work on their website copy to do this. Otherwise your mind comes up with too many objections and you don't get anything done. ;-)
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by reubenswartz 7y ago
YMMV, of course, but I thought I was the same way. Then I realized that I like having some conversations but not others. But I would get put into the conversations I didn't like, which made me retreat to recharge and not get as many of
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by reubenswartz 7y ago
Yup. Digital communication is fine to set up real communication, but it's like fast food-- cheap, fast, convenient, but not very nourishing. Even us introverts need real conversations. Was talking to a bunch of people a year or two ago
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by reubenswartz 7y ago
Totally agree. I know most people put cases on their phones, but it bugs me that mine won't lay flat on a surface. It seems very un-Apple-y. ;-)
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by reubenswartz 7y ago
"Dad, we need way more X!" "Are you sure? That seems like a lot..." "Yes-- we ate all of it in 2 days last week." "Well, OK." ... A week later, 90% of X is still sitting there. I try not to get too up
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by reubenswartz 7y ago
This. You wouldn’t give a product demo without running through it yourself to make sure everything works. Do the same with a speech.
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by reubenswartz 7y ago
I guess I just have to keep typing? What would be the point? How long do I have before the screen goes fuzzy? Blank? I lose everything entirely? Seems like the best strategy would be just to type really slowly. Then, your thoughts would al
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by reubenswartz 7y ago
Yes. And if you’re not sure what to do next, the next thing to do is figure out that next step. Sounds circular and silly, but helps tremendously to realize, hey, I got stuck, let me take a step back and figure out what I’m really trying to
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by reubenswartz 7y ago
That may say more about Los Altos than Tesla. :)
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by reubenswartz 7y ago
Good. Maybe this will help. I’m not a “car guy”, but I appreciate driving dynamics enough that I special ordered a BMW, picked it up in Munich, drove around Europe, shipped it back and drove it in the states for 12 years. Really nice car. G
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by reubenswartz 7y ago
I’ve found it’s helpful to just be genuinely curious about the people you meet. This seemed hard because although I am curious, I’m introverted and I don’t like to be nosy. But you don’t have to Start with heavy questions. For example, aski
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by reubenswartz 7y ago
Check out Predictable Revenue. https://www.amazon.com/Predictable-Revenue-Business-Practice...
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by reubenswartz 7y ago
Hands on wheel doesn't really mean anything. You could be asleep. Applying a slight torque to the wheel or nudging one of the buttons requires conscious action, unless you deliberately hack it. (from this thread it sounds like there ar
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by reubenswartz 7y ago
No, it sounds like you're skipping the fast food and going straight to the feast. ;-)
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by reubenswartz 7y ago
Perhaps. But I'm not against the technology. I'm for it. I love that I know what my friends' babies look like thanks to FB. I credit email with helping me stay in touch with high school friends. And I'm all for the conve
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by reubenswartz 7y ago
This is a great point. And the irony is that the more discursive the environment is, the less people feel heard, the more loudly (at least metaphorically) they speak, in a vicious cycle. This doesn't fulfill the need for conversation a
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by reubenswartz 7y ago
Just as modern technology has given us cheap, convenient fast food that isn't very nourishing, it's also given us cheap, easy "social" interactions that don't provide real connection. Social media is a nice complime
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by reubenswartz 8y ago
I first built Mimiran ( https://www.mimiran.com ) because I just wanted to know if and when prospects were reading my proposals. Since then I’ve added features by customer request to the point that it’s a crm, but really designed
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by reubenswartz 8y ago
I guess they are counting the Arch, but not the great pyramids, as a building?

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