tungstenfurnace

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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
The thinking in this article is heading in the right direction; it's not what you wear but how you look early on that determines your popularity. This is already known to some extent. For example, PUAs deliberately wear uncool clothing as a
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
Too right! In reality, our ability to read co-evolves with finding cool stuff to read. We learn to read not by memorising the letters, constructing syllables, then words, etc -- but by discovering, for example, Harry Potter .
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
Tablets will be great for small children, who will interact with educational software using their right forefingers on the touchscreen. Tablets will eventually be cheap, rugged and capable of being turned on quickly. (Perhaps a convergence
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
If it seems that you can't get some task done and you aren't making any progress this means that either (a) it lies beyond your present abilities, and/or (b) your heart isn't in it. >I can work for 10 straight hours if I'm at school Thi
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
>Nothing was put on risk. Do you know Stephen Fry well? Is he 'nothing'? Can you predict how he will feel about this? >if the twitter account in question didn't belong to Stephen Fry or anyone famous? I didn't say famous, I said go
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
True, but I think some people might need reminding. Also, he tries to use his twitter account to promote good causes. Depending on his reaction to this episode, this might have been put at risk.
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
Stephen Fry is a good person. :-(
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
My neighbours in opinion space are more interesting than my neighbours in physical space.
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
How's this: if you're starting a traditional business like house-painting or power generation then write a brief plan. Otherwise don't.
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
What's the scientific explanation of why exercise makes one healthy? (Otherwise it might just be a correlation. A study can only support one explanation over another; it can't generate an explanation.)
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
Do people move about lots because they are healthy, or vice versa?
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
One could hook up an electric motor to that crank handle. But I suspect the overseeing bureaucrat would disapprove.
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
Thanks for the criticism! I take your point about fructose and appetite. My reason for believing that carbs stimulate the sympathetic nervous system is that I think that, paradoxically, excitement and stress are essentially the same thing.
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
What you say is perfectly reasonable regarding popular content like movies and novels. Even computer games. However, of personal data like photos and writings, much will be lost. People (or their children or their grandchildren, etc) won't
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
I speculate that the dementia is caused by poor circulation of oxygen to the brain. This would be due to arterial plaque and inflammation caused by the sympathetic stress response and LDL build-up which follow excess consumption of carbohyd
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
I guess in the case of a blog post the context comes from a linked news article or similar. Btw, didn't read your 2nd para :-)
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
I hope printed books will not die because there is a big advantage to having text that is readable decades or centuries later. Much precious information will be lost to our descendants because the data formats of websites and e-books will b
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
Science is primarily about trying to explain the world. That's the theoretical, reasoning part. The explanations aren't derived from data; they begin as guesses. What makes science special happens when two theories conflict and reason canno
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
If a child needs help in public then it makes sense not to be frightened to approach an adult (a mother for preference).
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
Correlation -- yes! Though it would be better to say "inverse correlation found between alcohol and CHD". Many people don't get that this observation is entirely consistent with alcohol's increasing the risk of CHD. An analogy is that car
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
The ability to forget certain things is important. Knowledge advances by rejecting false theories. Scientific and engineering knowledge fits together because reality is consistent. So it isn't necessary to memorise everything. Rather than
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
Possessions are only a burden if you identify with them. The strain of this is enough to cause some people to throw out important stuff. (It causes others to ceaselessly acquire new things but that problem is well known.) A more sane approa
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
These 'self-improvement' gimmicks are a kind of tax on people newly intent on improving themselves. They are beneath the dignity of a true hacker. If you try to mess with your body language you'll just look creepy. I suppose an exception to
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
I don't think this is necessary. If something is boring, you'll forget it. If something is interesting, you'll remember it. You'll think about it a few times, and perhaps discuss it with other people. You'll link it mentally to other parts
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
Raganwald, You are being so honest about your ego that there seems little doubt it is starting to dissolve and you will regain the lightness of touch and mood that betokens huge creative power.
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
Indeed. Professionals want constant reassurance that it's OK for them to be paid to be constantly interfering with children's play. "How to begin to educate a child. First rule, leave him alone. Second rule, leave him alone. Third rule, lea
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
Good for you! I also prefer typing. As far as handwriting goes, I've unconsciously developed a semi-joined up style rather like that mentioned in the article. No lessons required. Even though I couldn't be bothered with it, I had always ass
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
Hear Hear! Doing nothing --just being-- is a vital part of the creative life. (and I'm so glad this article wasn't titled "The 10 rules of how to enjoy yourself")
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
Learning rules and remembering them is difficult. If I prefer to keep quiet, it might be better simply to socialise less. Then I'll have more to say on the occasions when I do socialise. I don't know why it's important to succeed socially.
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by tungstenfurnace 17y ago
I've been reading about the American inventor Elmer Gates. http://www.elmergates.com/egamu/egamu_link_page.htm I think his three tips would be: (1) quiescence (2) periodicity (3) dirigation Which in modern language means (1) remove or zon

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