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Comment on The old world of tech is dying and the new cannot be born in ~tech
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Comment on The old world of tech is dying and the new cannot be born in ~tech
unkz (edited )Link ParentAlmost everybody interprets the shapes as being people. This is an interesting article on the video that talks about all the various interpretations that people ascribe to the shapes....Almost everybody interprets the shapes as being people. This is an interesting article on the video that talks about all the various interpretations that people ascribe to the shapes.
https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/our-storytelling-nature
And this article focuses more on the autism interaction and why some autistic people take it differently, often more literally. Of course autism is a spectrum, and I’m sure some autistic people will perceive a story and some non-autistic people will fail to.
https://musingsofanaspie.com/2014/04/08/interpreting-the-heider-simmel-animation/
Personally, my interpretation of the film was
It’s an abusive father (big triangle) who is beating his wife (small triangle), then goes after the child (circle), the mother tricks the father by trapping him in the house and they both escape. Then the father has a fit and smashes their house.
I’d be interested to hear other interpretations!
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Comment on Bun has been rewritten in Rust in ~comp
unkz Link ParentCan’t they just have been wrong about zig? I always thought zig was a stupid choice.Can’t they just have been wrong about zig? I always thought zig was a stupid choice.
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Comment on Framework reveals 13 Pro laptop with 20-hour battery in ~tech
unkz Link ParentIs this what you are talking about for fixing sleep? If so, yes.Is this what you are talking about for fixing sleep? If so, yes.
Both 1st Gen and 2nd Gen Numpad and RGB Macropad modules share the same hardware and artwork. The 2nd Gen modules feature updated firmware, which includes a fix to prevent the system from waking while being carried in a bag. 1st Gen Numpad and RGB Macropad users will be able to update their firmware in the future for compatibility and to gain the same functionality.
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Comment on The old world of tech is dying and the new cannot be born in ~tech
unkz LinkIf anyone is interested in watching this video, I assume it’s this one https://youtu.be/VTNmLt7QX8E?si=XnDd1MUKFh-pvAOeSitting in on a talk on autism diagnoses, one of a series of scientific talks, watching an animation they used as a diagnostic aid, hearing everybody around me laugh as if the shapes on the screen made sense, only then truly understanding myself, and feeling more alone than I have ever felt before or since.
If anyone is interested in watching this video, I assume it’s this one
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Comment on Railway solar project turns unused track space into energy in ~enviro
unkz Link ParentI kind of wonder though if the installation could be basically automated. After all, there is a track with extremely well known dimensions that goes above every installation site. Putting solar...I kind of wonder though if the installation could be basically automated. After all, there is a track with extremely well known dimensions that goes above every installation site. Putting solar panels on a house is a pain. Putting them on a track could be the job of a robot.
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Comment on The US campaign to turn healthy people into Alzheimer’s patients in ~health.mental
unkz Link ParentDubious how? https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2807533 Sounds pretty legit, andDubious how?
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2807533
Multicenter (277 medical research centers/hospitals in 8 countries), randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 18-month phase 3 trial that enrolled 1736 participants with early symptomatic Alzheimer disease (mild cognitive impairment/mild dementia) with amyloid and low/medium or high tau pathology based on positron emission tomography imaging from June 2020 to November 2021 (last patient visit for primary outcome in April 2023).
Sounds pretty legit, and
Among participants with early symptomatic Alzheimer disease and amyloid and tau pathology, donanemab significantly slowed clinical progression at 76 weeks in those with low/medium tau and in the combined low/medium and high tau pathology population.
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Comment on The US campaign to turn healthy people into Alzheimer’s patients in ~health.mental
unkz Link ParentIt doesn’t sound like that article disproves the hypothesis. It sounds like the patient is unusual.It doesn’t sound like that article disproves the hypothesis. It sounds like the patient is unusual.
Nearly 7 million Americans currently live with Alzheimer’s and by 2060, experts say that number could be as high as 14 million. Scientists are trying to find out how one man has been able to stave off Alzheimer's for 25 years, despite having a rare genetic mutation that, doctors say, essentially guaranteed he’d develop the disease. Pam Belluck of The New York Times joins Ali Rogin to discuss.
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Comment on The banal horror of Jimmy Fallon in ~tv
unkz Link ParentI had to google them to remember which one was jimmy kimmel and which one was jimmy fallon. Now that I’m not looking at google, I no longer remember which one is which.I had to google them to remember which one was jimmy kimmel and which one was jimmy fallon. Now that I’m not looking at google, I no longer remember which one is which.
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Comment on Most US doctors are quietly using the OpenEvidence AI tool. Few patients know about it. in ~health
unkz (edited )Link ParentIn a nutshell, OpenEvidence has licensed access to a huge amount of medical journals and databases that ground its chat responses in data, which it searches using traditional search engine...In a nutshell,
- OpenEvidence has licensed access to a huge amount of medical journals and databases that ground its chat responses in data, which it searches using traditional search engine technology but which it can read in full rather than than skimming excerpts so it can surface the most relevant documents for doctors to read (or maybe they will just take the recommendation at face value)
- the main other LLM competitor is basically the same but has less licensed content
- the competitor (really just UpToDate) uses traditional search engine technology combined with human curated search indices and survey articles to produce a ranked list of best matches which means doctors have less context to decide which articles are most relevant and worth reading and the rankings themselves are less relevant
I’m somewhat surprised that UpToDate haven’t just hired a hundred data scientists to attach an LLM onto their databases.
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Comment on The banal horror of Jimmy Fallon in ~tv
unkz LinkI don’t think this is true: https://movieweb.com/donald-trump-threatens-late-night-shows-stephen-colbert/ https://ca.news.yahoo.com/jimmy-fallon-skirts-trump-calls-202539269.htmlI don’t think this is true:
Tellingly, Donald Trump has called for the firing of almost all of the other late night hosts—Colbert, Kimmel, even Seth Meyers—but excluded Fallon from his hit-list, because Trump recognizes that there’s nothing about Fallon’s empty banality that could be anything close to a threat.
https://movieweb.com/donald-trump-threatens-late-night-shows-stephen-colbert/
Trump didn't leave other late-show hosts out of his tirade, choosing to go at his usual suspects, Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon, with threats that their shows could very well be next. Trump said, "Next up will be an even less talented Jimmy Kimmel, and then, a weak, and very insecure, Jimmy Fallon. The only real question is, who will go first?
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/jimmy-fallon-skirts-trump-calls-202539269.html
Trump was a guest on Fallon’s “Tonight Show” back in 2016, and the moment went viral quickly, drawing harsh criticism as the host ruffled the president’s hair during the interview. Trump has since soured on Fallon and late night in general, and during Kimmel’s brief suspension at ABC, Trump called for NBC to follow suit and cancel “two total losers,” Fallon and Seth Meyers.
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Comment on Polish PM apologises to same-sex couples, pledges to recognise marriages conducted in other EU states in ~society
unkz LinkIt doesn’t sound like they are planning to allow gay marriage inside Poland, so I guess people will have to go to another country briefly to get a marriage? I’m a little hazy on that aspect, but...It doesn’t sound like they are planning to allow gay marriage inside Poland, so I guess people will have to go to another country briefly to get a marriage? I’m a little hazy on that aspect, but certainly a step in the right direction. Also they sound dead set against gay adoption still.
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Polish PM apologises to same-sex couples, pledges to recognise marriages conducted in other EU states
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Comment on I think that we won’t see any new and radical new gaming input devices or form factors anymore in ~games
unkz Link ParentThat's certainly part of why I specified a 5-10 year horizon.That's certainly part of why I specified a 5-10 year horizon.
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Comment on I think that we won’t see any new and radical new gaming input devices or form factors anymore in ~games
unkz Link ParentWell, no, because there is no real AR platform yet. But Google Glass 2026 looks insanely promising. We won't see what developer creativity unlocks until we convince a critical mass of people to...Well, no, because there is no real AR platform yet. But Google Glass 2026 looks insanely promising. We won't see what developer creativity unlocks until we convince a critical mass of people to stick a monitor less than an inch from their eyeballs though.
I'm expecting eye/head tracking to become prominent controls though. Something I'm particularly looking forward to are interactive escape rooms built dynamically around my current environment.
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Comment on I think that we won’t see any new and radical new gaming input devices or form factors anymore in ~games
unkz (edited )LinkI suspect that at some point, in the 5-10 year range, AR (not VR) interfaces are going to become, if not ubiquitous, extremely common, and from there gaming will spread to that format.I suspect that at some point, in the 5-10 year range, AR (not VR) interfaces are going to become, if not ubiquitous, extremely common, and from there gaming will spread to that format.
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Comment on Anyone else a bit unnerved by the number of visible satellites? in ~space
unkz Link ParentThey are reflecting the sun off polished metal surfaces in a dark sky. You won’t see satellites that are in earth’s shadow. They also aren’t that far away, starlink is like 550 km.They are reflecting the sun off polished metal surfaces in a dark sky. You won’t see satellites that are in earth’s shadow. They also aren’t that far away, starlink is like 550 km.
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Comment on Did wokeness leave us worse off? (gifted link) in ~society
unkz (edited )Link ParentNot a single one of those is the legal name of the street, so it’s completely irrelevant to me. As I mentioned further down in the thread, I would not care in the slightest if “šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm”...Is it also stupid and a monstrosity that they printed signs for Spadina Ave. in Mandarin Chinese in Toronto to celebrate the fact that it's Chinatown? Greek signs on the Danforth? Urdu and Punjabi in some other areas? People can still refer to those streets with their Latin alphabet characters.
Not a single one of those is the legal name of the street, so it’s completely irrelevant to me. As I mentioned further down in the thread, I would not care in the slightest if “šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm” were simply printed on the sign and I am in fact in favour of informational place name signage in non-English/French languages, including indigenous languages.
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Comment on Railway solar project turns unused track space into energy in ~enviro
unkz Link ParentSNCF Réseau manages nearly 28,000 km of rail line in France. That is a lot of cleared land available for solar that they are mostly not using at any given point in time. By my rough calculations,...SNCF Réseau manages nearly 28,000 km of rail line in France. That is a lot of cleared land available for solar that they are mostly not using at any given point in time. By my rough calculations, that would be about 40 square kilometers assuming 1.435 m between rails. No idea how much of that would be usable for this project, but that would surely cost tens of millions of dollars just to acquire that much land?
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Comment on US will revoke passports for parents who owe child support in ~society
unkz LinkCertainly might make it hard for some people to vote. I wonder if that’s a factor in their thinking.Certainly might make it hard for some people to vote. I wonder if that’s a factor in their thinking.
I wouldn’t say I was willing but rather the story seemed so explicit that I couldn’t see it any other way. After reading the various other interpretations from the first article, I can kind of picture some of them but they seem very forced (as I’m sure most of those people would say about my interpretation, since my view wasn’t even mentioned and most people are in a totally different theme).