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by unrealp 3y ago
Breath focused meditation gear syncronized with pulse rate - today people breathe based on a count, like 4-7-8 is a popular pattern. 4 count inhale - 7 count hold - 8 count exhale. problem is the pattern doesnt account for metabolic level,
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Building a submersible PC from the channel DIY perks [video](youtube.com)
2 points by unrealp 3y ago|0 comments
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by unrealp 3y ago
@dang - kindly note this frequently posted topic by same user every few weeks. Not sure if this is just for advertising. Since this is being pushed by founder there should be at least be showhn?
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The gestalt of AI (generative AI) [pdf](hannesbajohr.de)
2 points by unrealp 3y ago|1 comments
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by unrealp 3y ago
AI seems to be doing few things that are similar to principles of Gestalt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestalt_psychology#Properties
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Watch Live: NASA holds first public meeting on UFO study – CBS News(youtube.com)
2 points by unrealp 3y ago|0 comments
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Glyph Conditional Control for Visual Text Generation(arxiv.org)
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by unrealp 4y ago
yes. like the black hole is clearing up the path for intergalactic super highway in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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by unrealp 4y ago
I wonder if this is an opportunity to detect intelligent life. If the black hole is affecting any intelligent life on the way, they might do something to save themselves or their planet, which might be detectable?
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by unrealp 4y ago
one of the hacks i always suggest for social anxiety is fixing status to a middle or lower value. socially anxious people, are always assessing their status and that puts lot of stress, in addition to anxiety. assuming a fixed but middle or
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The Embodied Turing Test(nature.com)
2 points by unrealp 4y ago|1 comments
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by unrealp 4y ago
I see a need for a better test. Not very convinced this is the one. Evolutionary goals can be off from intelligence goals. Thoughts?
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by unrealp 4y ago
Tech people need to know when to struggle on their own vs when to ask for help. Some people struggle a lot on their own, while some people dont struggle at all and ask for help on the first hint of hurdle. Both approaches have +-. A wholeso
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by unrealp 4y ago
Riding bicycle - as a skill is awkward and fascinating. It was established at very old times and so has remained. Imagine bicycles were invented today, its a product that nobody would buy. It takes lot of learning, falling, injuries, and fo
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by unrealp 4y ago
I think there is also a hidden cost of this, which is, the filtering that the brain needs to do prevents you from seeing other opportunities. We have X amount of time and attention and these things fill that up. For example, when it comes t
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by unrealp 4y ago
Power saving on lab setups when nobody is using them. they have google calendar for booking. so a daemon looks calendar every hour, if no booking, turns off outlets (the power supplies are remotely controllable over telnet).
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by unrealp 4y ago
this reminds me, there is a principle from the book - the courage to be disliked. its about task seperation. basically you do your task and let others do their task. you dont let others meddle in your tasks and you dont meddle in tasks of o
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by unrealp 4y ago
I think addiction is about meaning. Addiction activities are always meaningful activities. May not be pleasurable activities but always meaningful. To quit a meaningful activity, you need to replace with another meaningful activity. like ex
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by unrealp 4y ago
I cant find the link sorry. Also what I could find, the results were inconclusive with new research. So probably doesnt matter yes.
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by unrealp 4y ago
also increased co2 in closed environment is bad too
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by unrealp 4y ago
I have tried going back to incandescent for the spectrum part. The main issue I faced was the number of light bulbs required to get sufficient enough lighting. At least the incandescents we get in my area, mostly werent bright enough. The s
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by unrealp 4y ago
Doesnt even culture develop in isolation? take for example the aspect of language. Our world has so many languages, which developed at the time when there was very little communication. If communication was very smooth, like today, only han
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by unrealp 4y ago
1. Correlation does not necessarily mean cause and effect. 2. 'In older adults' - this could mean only a subset of depression spectrum. It is premature to generalise this to depression in general.
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by unrealp 4y ago
Not sure why this received so much flak. I have been soap and shampoo free for 15 years or so. Have seen no issues. I do use soap for washing hands after meals to get rid of oils and stuff. Its not like I have perfect skin or hair. Just ave
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by unrealp 4y ago
i see you follow gabor mate and i see lot of talk about trauma and understand people's need for processing it and so on. ptsd is real, not denying that. having said that, in the past years i have actually been moving in the other direc
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by unrealp 4y ago
> Affirmations do not work it is about what story you are telling yourself. Its not the affirmations that work or not work. If it works, its the narrative/story that 'I am doing affirmations everyday and these will make me a be
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by unrealp 4y ago
"having tech on board" - yea but it reveals that the probe came from intelligent civilization. "expect it to slowly return to somewhere "civilized"." - this one looks good.
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by unrealp 4y ago
if an intelligent civilization needs to find if there is another intelligent civilization, it might send out an object like that. If the object gets trapped, someone intelligent is there so check it out. If not, its a pass. Its cheap. Its s
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by unrealp 4y ago
I wrote a self help book about relaxation and want to make it better this year by adding couple of chapters on how to live a more meaningful life. and marketing of the book. thats the side goal for this year :)
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by unrealp 4y ago
on serious note, interesting. i have blind spots in the eye, due to an auto immune type condition. since the blind spots are near central vision, brain tends to 'fill' or predict whats there. so i tend to sometimes misread words.

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