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Comment on Iran's president says capital must move from Tehran over ecological concerns in ~enviro
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How Iran is running out of water
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Comment on Iran's president says capital must move from Tehran over ecological concerns in ~enviro
slabs37 LinkAs an Iranian, i simply don't see any good future ahead. Adding to the water problem we haven't had any rain in many cities and it really doesn't feel like we've had any fall season yet! Winter's...As an Iranian, i simply don't see any good future ahead.
Adding to the water problem we haven't had any rain in many cities and it really doesn't feel like we've had any fall season yet! Winter's not that far off and i'm just newly seeing tree leafs yellowing :(Oh yeah and we got a forest fire that went on for like 20 days or so.
So i do what i can do, keep studing and try to find a job in another country, keep myself away from the news and enjoy small things in life. Sadly it's... selfish, but with nothing i can do i will enjoy life until it breaks down.
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Comment on Some people can't see mental images. The consequences are profound. in ~health.mental
slabs37 (edited )Link ParentFirst off, counting in threes always had been easier for me, so there's gotta be something interesting thing going on there. Second I tried having the dots distanced from the objects but still...First off, counting in threes always had been easier for me, so there's gotta be something interesting thing going on there.
Second I tried having the dots distanced from the objects but still floating around it, got to 110 before hitting problems, mainly that I started running out of even space around since for reasons unknown to myself I place then further apart than when they're on the surface.
Third doing this as having the object on the left and placing dots that trace the shape of the object on the right was slower, I could no longer use the copy paste cheat, I got to 70 (with chunking in 30's again) before I noticed I'm losing track of near-exact positionings on the dots (oh hey 70 again, i couldn't chunk them!). Also had run out of even spacing at 60 this time so the dots were even further apart from each other this time. My spacing is related to the amount difficulty of imagining them I think :D
When I start planning and counting I'm kinda zoomed in on the dots, but at 10 I have a pause and take a step back looking at the full shape and work on that. Kinda like putting two windows next to each other instead of alt-tabbing between them.
I'm proud of you for getting to 20! Try different shapes, it's a different difficulty on a Mobius strip than on a cube.
on cube I pause to find new even spaced positions on one side.
Actually lemme draw it on a square, i'm gonna do dots on the shape.
Here's a Paint drawing of my imagination on dots on or above a square.
Between each color i had a pause to find new even positionings for the dots, and on the right i put the order i added them (did the black dots, then found space for blue, then found space for orange...)
On one side i can keep track of these 41 points.
I gave it a try and i can keep my imagination of 3 faces with different dot patterns on a cube, started on the 4th one and i forgot the second one :P -
Comment on Some people can't see mental images. The consequences are profound. in ~health.mental
slabs37 Link ParentHah with technology like that concerts and music videos would be insane, time and skill required to recreate what we imagine is stopping aphantasiacs from experiencing a lot of things that we can...Hah with technology like that concerts and music videos would be insane, time and skill required to recreate what we imagine is stopping aphantasiacs from experiencing a lot of things that we can only describe in words.
Gotta learn how and where we think and imagine before we get to that point tho :[
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Comment on Some people can't see mental images. The consequences are profound. in ~health.mental
slabs37 Link ParentFor this exercise I got up to 30 until I hit a small wall, but keeping count of those separately in my working memory and counting again and again I got up to 120, now that I'm done counting and...Now sample a few points from the surface. Say the lowest point also, or simply pick points at random
For this exercise I got up to 30 until I hit a small wall, but keeping count of those separately in my working memory and counting again and again I got up to 120, now that I'm done counting and adding them, I can imagine the full shape with all the points at a moment's thought, more than 120 and I'd miss-imagine their placements and count. (And also did a few more cheats than just going 30 by 30, I got nice evenly spaced dots, did one side and copied it to the other, this was on a round infinity-like shape rotating on its long side)
I tried going above 30 in one go and I could but it took more work and my speed was sluggish, went to 70ish workout chunking out the visualizations or counting before I lost it
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Comment on Some people can't see mental images. The consequences are profound. in ~health.mental
slabs37 (edited )Link ParentYeah it's extremely interesting seeing tilderinos describe aphantasia here, and surprising on how many there are! I think I may be slightly on the hyper end of it but I can stop imagining them if...Yeah it's extremely interesting seeing tilderinos describe aphantasia here, and surprising on how many there are!
I think I may be slightly on the hyper end of it but I can stop imagining them if needed.Books are indeed a full life like experience and I love them, I sometimes feel if I learn music theory and practice a little bit I may even start to hear an orchestra when I read books.
Music aswell! Songs aren't just a feeling and something to hear and pass, if I let go of the reigns my brain WILL be imagining sceneries effects and all kinds of shenanigans with them.
To the point I can burn myself out imagining them and feel fatigued after 15-30 minutes depending on the amount of details I imagine (I can stop doing this, I just have to actively stop the imaginations so I can experience songs as just sounds and feelings)When teaching people I always automatically draw things out in the air or on a screen or whiteboard or anything, haven't had trouble explaining things to anyone... Yet.
Also happy to know I'm not the only one who has trouble remembering people's names, I gotta ask many many times and sometimes make internal associations with something I can imagine to remember them.
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Comment on Root system drawings in ~enviro
slabs37 LinkThis is extremely fascinating! Seeing the root systems of small plants, i didn't expect them to go so wide. And the trees' roots go less deep and more wide than i thought they would, it's fun!This is extremely fascinating! Seeing the root systems of small plants, i didn't expect them to go so wide.
And the trees' roots go less deep and more wide than i thought they would, it's fun! -
Comment on What's a setting that you'd recommend? in ~tech
slabs37 Link ParentHuh what you described sounded like what i had experienced twice but never found out the name of! so i had Visual migraines (both eyes, happens in brain) before and couldn't describe it well...Huh what you described sounded like what i had experienced twice but never found out the name of! so i had Visual migraines (both eyes, happens in brain) before and couldn't describe it well enough to find out the name.
It's also interesting on how different astigmatism can be, for me looking at white text on a black background gives horizontal halos after a while, making it extremely uncomfortable.
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Comment on iPhone 17, 17 Pro and Air announced in ~tech
slabs37 Link ParentWe all have to adapt to something somewhere, a UI designers choice, a hardware designers choice. Having more options available wouldn't be dragging anyone down, its just more options that you can...- Exemplary
Why do I have to be the one to adapt, and not you?
We all have to adapt to something somewhere, a UI designers choice, a hardware designers choice.
Having more options available wouldn't be dragging anyone down, its just more options that you can choose from.
If the 'pity parties' annoy you to such an extent, give them a cursory glance and skip over them, they will keep existing. Try not to get yourself annoyed at something so small, it will only get big if you give it the attention and emotions.
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Comment on AI eroded doctors’ ability to spot cancer within months in study in ~tech
slabs37 Link ParentGood on ya for stepping away. I see your point and their point, you're looking at it in a way that the output is just plain wrong, they're looking at it so the process that it reached the output...Good on ya for stepping away. I see your point and their point, you're looking at it in a way that the output is just plain wrong, they're looking at it so the process that it reached the output can't be wrong, because the process is probability based and there's no wrong answer
If we want something that is accurate to knowledge, it is wrong, full stop.
But here we have a mere language model, only sounds plausible. This is a step towards what we want to have, but it's not what we want yet. -
Comment on New Android phones, stock or flash? in ~tech
slabs37 Link ParentI entirely agree, seeing a lot of the features, that i once had to install xposed and modules for, now in the OS has been great. I like three things which aren't in yet, battery bar, sliding for...many of the features that were once only available in custom ROMs have slowly been added to stock android over the years.
I entirely agree, seeing a lot of the features, that i once had to install xposed and modules for, now in the OS has been great. I like three things which aren't in yet, battery bar, sliding for brightness, and setting UI roundness (i like squares)
Haven't had much experience with not-heavily-customized OOTB ones, i suppose OxygenOS is a good experience on its own aswell.
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Comment on New Android phones, stock or flash? in ~tech
slabs37 LinkSeems my opinion differs a bit, i flash a custom rom as soon as i get a new phone. I buy xiaomi and check available custom roms and try out a ton in the first week of my bootloader getting...Seems my opinion differs a bit, i flash a custom rom as soon as i get a new phone. I buy xiaomi and check available custom roms and try out a ton in the first week of my bootloader getting unlocked.
I have a lot of personal QoL stuff that uses root, even if i were to stay with stock i would still want to atleast install Magisk (custom shortcuts using PBMC, making status bar smaller, and many other small things)
I never thought about security, which others in this post point out and is extremely important, yet i never think about it...
I instead have semi-monthly full TWRP backups of my phone and no site or app logins that i can't logout of remotely... yeah don't think that's enough for security.
But imo do give some roms a try, even ones with gapps if you don't want to loose convenience, it'll still improve speed and battery compared to stock.
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Comment on The Nintendo Switch 2 is the fastest-selling gaming hardware in US history in ~games
slabs37 Link ParentAre they a little bit near-sighted? That's the case for me prefering watching YT on a laptop instead of the TV, things are in focus without the need for glasses.Are they a little bit near-sighted? That's the case for me prefering watching YT on a laptop instead of the TV, things are in focus without the need for glasses.
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Comment on Teminite X Boom Kitty - Danger [Beat Saber] (2025) in ~music
slabs37 LinkThe drops, the sounds, Teminite and Boom Kitty create music with a energy i've seen so little of. I'm glad Beatsaber works with them, they're awesome official levels.The drops, the sounds, Teminite and Boom Kitty create music with a energy i've seen so little of.
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Comment on Are there more chairs than tables? in ~life
slabs37 Link ParentGoing off the statistic of "360 hours of video being uploaded to youtube every minute" I'm assuming every video as 30fps and counting each frame as a table (Completely ignoring B and P frames),...Going off the statistic of "360 hours of video being uploaded to youtube every minute"
I'm assuming every video as 30fps and counting each frame as a table (Completely ignoring B and P frames), and taking 6 different resolutions per video,
There's nearly 336 Billion tables being uploaded to youtube in one day alone.But it still takes more than 400 Million years for it to come close to chairs with youtube alone.
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Comment on How AGI made the future unthinkable in ~tech
slabs37 Link ParentYour explanation made the article make sense! But we still discuss because if's fun, in a way. :) Looking to the past i feel a similar-ish thing could be the industrial revolution, i definitely...Your explanation made the article make sense!
It’s kind of a specialized audience. Most of us don’t have any influence on anyone in power anyway, so our policy discussions are pretty much just entertainment.
But we still discuss because if's fun, in a way. :)
Looking to the past i feel a similar-ish thing could be the industrial revolution, i definitely don't think it will be the same scale, but it changed many things about living standards and way of life.
Back then diseases spread and new theories were founded. Maybe with the problems that will be created by AI we will develop new theories about mental problems?
At it's current state of regurgitating information i feel governments can make good policies for them, But if a new technology is developed (or this one develops into one) that can create new ideas, can have creativity and thinking closer to how our brains work, we'd need newer policies.
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Comment on How AGI made the future unthinkable in ~tech
slabs37 Link ParentAh that's a better take on this than mine. Thanks. Having a article not give any conclusions or news feels out of the norm for me, but it feels like how conversations sometimes go, just throwing...Ah that's a better take on this than mine. Thanks.
Having a article not give any conclusions or news feels out of the norm for me, but it feels like how conversations sometimes go, just throwing whatever we think out there.
Maybe one of the things we say has an effect on someone, creates a new thought, a new question, but maybe it doesn't, and that's not a problem.One sentence stood out for me through this article
It’s fair to say we’re in uncharted technological territory, but that is also a truism. Where else would we be?
I don't know why, but my brain had a take on this : "Of course it's uncharted territory, of course it's unprecedented times, life's not a repeat of the past, time marches on and we enter new territory constantly, old tactics may work or they may not, things change."
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Comment on How AGI made the future unthinkable in ~tech
slabs37 LinkI can't really understand the over arching message of this article, i couldn't find a connecting message in the different sections, closest thing i think it is, is that it's a history of ideas of...I can't really understand the over arching message of this article, i couldn't find a connecting message in the different sections, closest thing i think it is, is that it's a history of ideas of AGI that were in the past and ideas about AGI now?
I'd be grateful if someone can explain it to me.
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Comment on What's something that makes you feel like we're living in the future? in ~talk
slabs37 LinkVirtual reality. The amount of problems that had to be fixed (or reach a good enough state) to get something actually working still amazes me. So much accurate(ish) tracking using cameras,...Virtual reality. The amount of problems that had to be fixed (or reach a good enough state) to get something actually working still amazes me.
So much accurate(ish) tracking using cameras, rendering high fidelity high refresh rate images, communicating wirelessly to controllers (and computers!)
And having it at a state where developers just plug in a sdk and everything just works? Marvelous!
And having the ability to be standalone is just the icing on the cake.
Indeed it does mean "no more water, time to GTFO" which will bring problems of mass-displacement when the time comes aswell.
One another side of this many-sided-coin, we have the situation not sinking in for some people and i still constantly see small wastes of water, leaving a tap on while brushing their teeth, leaving the hose on until water is essentially overflowing out the garden, etc.
I'm Gen Z and growing up i remember seeing TV ads and Posters around teaching how to decrease water usage, sadly the culture for low water usage never really developed in some places.