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4y ago
1000% - just wish they’d drop their fees so that more companies would see the benefits versus rolling their own.
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4y ago
Brilliant find, throws in the reference to DEC, where she had just joined.
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4y ago
Is this all Adobe developed or they are relying on partners?
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4y ago
The research on peanut butter puffs in Israel convinced us small amounts were far better for our young kids than avoiding completely. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02782-8
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4y ago
Makes sense as a replacement for alcohol, one is a plant the other is a distilled poison.
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4y ago
Been wanting to get my kids into this as they get older, I’d expect Lego to do better.
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4y ago
Why not upc codes into recipes and portions into reordering? Yes, end user has to scan stuff, but if reordering handled well, the initial set up isn’t hard. And solves one of the biggest family pain points: what do we have to eat?
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4y ago
Anyone know of a pantry and fridge management system that supports recipes and new ordering? Seems complicated until it’s done.
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4y ago
Would you pay more? Or support the natural evolution of recipe into grocery shopping cart as one click?
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Silicon Valley Bank is a very American mess
(ft.com)
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…these systems are useful technology…” Vs. Therefore they are telling us nothing about language, cognition, acquisition, anything. As anything with Chomsky, the hyperbole misses the point. A useful piece of technology still has uses. An
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… the knowledge sector completely disregarded any realities about how human brains actually go about the difficult task of creating value through cogitation… This, why are knowledge-based companies so bad at designing work for the brain’s
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Need Help for Stress and Anxiety? Maybe You Shouldn’t Talk to a Therapist
(wsj.com)
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4y ago
Couldn’t there be a common cause, like lost sleep? Considering the role of sleep in washing away the daily damage to the brain.
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4y ago
HCA is a huge health system. I’m no fan of Rick Scott, but hospitals are traditionally run independently. They have 180.
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Jerry Fodor used to write of mentalese. It’s a fair criticism. And yet generative AI is showing that the models can be creative in ways that look like thinking outside of language.
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4y ago
These two cultures played out very early in neural networks, see Rumelhart and McClelland, for example [1]. For the language nativists like Chomsky the engineering will never appreciate all of the intricacies of language learning and uses.
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4y ago
I was in the audience during the panel and Chomsky was really trying to hold onto a view of science disconnected from the engineering needed to replicate the natural phenomenon. To take a simple example: Suppose you’re the Wright Brothers a
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4y ago
Why don’t employers take seriously that for knowledge workers, brain health is brain performance? It’s like we never moved on from manual labor and factories with long grueling days. Professional athletes know they can’t train or perform fo
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4y ago
I’m really cool with just music, weather, and a timer. Not everything needs to have a ton of features.
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An illustrated guide to feeling happier, every day
(washingtonpost.com)
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4y ago
Now there’s a name I haven’t heard in a long, long time. Does anyone here find eBay useful anymore?
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4y ago
If this makes telehealth easier to use and more widely adopted, sign me up. One click appointments should be the default for many medical needs.
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4y ago
Counterexample: Started going to bed at a good time in college, gave me a reason to skip going out, and my brain performance unlocked into better focus, learning, and memory. Bonus was the classes were smaller.
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4y ago
The lack of purpose seems a current plague on humanity, especially with rates of suicide. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankyl got through to me. Now with kids of my own - I can only help so much, their lives will have to be from thei
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LG has a purifier and sensor combo that I used to learn we were likely aerosolizing heavy metals in our humidifiers.
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AI is dreaming up drugs that no one has ever seen. Will they work?
(technologyreview.com)
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Love this so much - that a cherished creator can detach for years then drop something they’ve been working on. And likely not a book tour in sight!
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Really amazing that two key bugs in schools work actively hurt the brain’s ability to learn, remember, focus, and make decisions: 1. Long school days mean brains are overworked and so don’t function well 2. Multi month summer breaks activel
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1. Get tested for Vitamin D deficiency 2. Supplement with D3/K2 as necessary 3. Repeat testing to examine effects 4. Be vigilant at the change of seasons
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