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  1. Comment on What's a feeling you sometimes experience that you don't have a name for? in ~talk

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    What James Hetfield of Metallica described as: "Lose myself in a crowded room, you fool, you fool, it'll be here soon". Basically sometimes when I enter a party or an event, out of nowhere I can...

    What James Hetfield of Metallica described as: "Lose myself in a crowded room, you fool, you fool, it'll be here soon".

    Basically sometimes when I enter a party or an event, out of nowhere I can feel it sort of descending on me that I don't want to be here, I don't want to talk to anyone here, I don't want to do anything or be a part of anything.

    And for no real reason - these can be work events, family events, even meeting up with friends sometimes.

    I can just feel like a heaviness in my eye brows and I become hyper-aware of noises and it's like I get shrouded in a fog, almost like I'm in a hole. I'm aware of the noises but struggle to hear voices or discern speech, even when it's right next to me.

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  2. Comment on What are your favorite static site generators for creating text based and fast blogs/web pages? in ~tech

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    I use Publii (https://getpublii.com/) hosted on Github pages. Trivial set up. No incantations to remember. Just: Write, Save, Sync.

    I use Publii (https://getpublii.com/) hosted on Github pages. Trivial set up. No incantations to remember. Just: Write, Save, Sync.

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  3. Comment on Bluejeweled in ~games

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    This is excellent. I remember a website a long, long time ago where it was a (Flash, I think) jumping side-scroller. The aim was to jump the obstacles as the speed increased. Your first couple of...

    This is excellent.

    I remember a website a long, long time ago where it was a (Flash, I think) jumping side-scroller. The aim was to jump the obstacles as the speed increased. Your first couple of attempts appeared to be real, but then out of nowhere you started really running way with it, bashing your space bar like you're a boss. Only to realise it wasn't anything to do with your input at all.

  4. Any real AI recommendations from the community?

    ~tech Ask (recommendations)
    Hey - I'm wondering if we've got any real-life recommendations for AI's out there? I'm not looking for a list of AI's - they're everywhere! What I'm interested in is whether and how anyone here...

    Hey - I'm wondering if we've got any real-life recommendations for AI's out there?

    I'm not looking for a list of AI's - they're everywhere! What I'm interested in is whether and how anyone here has started to use an AI on a regular basis to the extent that you consider it genuinely useful now?

    For example,

    • At work with have a ChatGPT3 wrapped app in Slack which I use quite often to improve summaries and formal comms I write. I think everyone knows it's basically good at that.
    • I use Pi.ai as a "sympathetic" and filtered advisor for more sensitive topics relating to mental health that I have to deal with - it's useful insofar as I'm less worried about hallucinations or bad output when I'm using it. This might be misplaced confidence to be fair, but I've not had a bad experience with it so far.
    • I use ChatGPT built into Apple Intelligence more and more since getting a device capable of using it. I think the use case I'm most warming to is that "search" is less and less useful nowadays because of blog spam and assumed corrections to my searches. I can use ChatGPT as a replacement to search in a growing number of use cases.

    What I'm wondering about:

    • Gamma.app promises to be a .ppt replacement via AI. I'm skeptical. I have to summarise and present a lot of content at work. Having a means of an AI doing some of the lifting here would be incredible, but I remain unconvinced.

    Any sites/services you use regularly and effectively that you'd recommend?

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  8. On Having No Head (D. E. Harding) - Help me understand

    ~health Ask (advice)
    I've been interested in meditation for some time now - tempted by the insight into the human condition that it purports to offer - but I haven't yet experienced any kind of 'breakthrough' moment...

    I've been interested in meditation for some time now - tempted by the insight into the human condition that it purports to offer - but I haven't yet experienced any kind of 'breakthrough' moment that has brought any clarity, let alone insight.

    I have read Sam Harris's Waking Up, and have done some of the course in his app. The most I've been able to achieve is to observe (and subsequently limit, control) getting angry. This has proven pretty useful but doesn't feel profound.

    Anyway, I'm now about half way through D. E. Harding's On Having No Head, and I am struggling with it.

    I keep telling myself to stick with it because what he's saying might become clear, but I'm finding the reasoning behind it to be wilfully obtuse at times. I fear I'm exposing myself as some kind of idiot in even asking about it, but can someone help me see his point?

    He talks about looking at what you're pointing at. Makes sense. I can see those things, therefore they're there.
    And then to point at your face. You can't see that. Ok. Makes sense. I can't see that, therefore it's not there?
    I can vaguely see a blur of my nose, but that isn't anything worth worrying about?

    But I can demonstrate that it's there. I can photograph it. I can look at it in a mirror. I can touch it and feel it (and it can feel).

    I feel like I'm the fool staring at a metaphor and screaming about it not being real but I can't see the bit I'm missing!

    Does anyone have any insight they can share?

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  10. Passion, direction, inspiration : How do you rediscover it?

    ~talk Ask (advice)
    I'm stuck in a rut. What do you do to get out? How do you rediscover something that inspires you? Or something that you can be passionate about? I've got a handful of "projects" on the go at all...

    I'm stuck in a rut.

    What do you do to get out? How do you rediscover something that inspires you? Or something that you can be passionate about?

    I've got a handful of "projects" on the go at all times - writing some music, getting better at the sport I play, learn a new language for work, do some "proper" research. But they all sort of sit there looking tedious on my whiteboard. I'm just not passionate about any of them really (except maybe the sport, but I'm approaching 40 so it's not like I'm on the verge of setting the world on fire with it!).

    What do you do to rediscover your inspiration? What has worked for you?

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