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argonaut

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A candid mess.

‘I don’t feel like writing what I have just written, nor do I feel like erasing it.’ —Kierkegaard

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hotdogsladies, to random
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Angus and Malcolm Young hit guitar strings so fucking hard.

AC/DC - "Whole Lotta Rosie" (Live, 1977)

https://youtu.be/CHo2EqDpK7g?si=rHOF31f9oxZ5lJBP&t=20

argonaut,
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@gruber @Gte @hotdogsladies To me, ABBA’s Dancing Queen is the ultimate embodiment of 1977, but probably not for everyone’s 1977.

RickiTarr, to random
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You are going to make love to a Cereal Mascot, who do you choose?

I'm going Snap, Crackle, & Pop.

argonaut,
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@RickiTarr Honey Loops ;)

mcc, to random
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My ex had this rule, or sort of a philosophy I guess:

"Never feel bad about spending money on books."

And this made a lot of sense to me, at the time,

but this was before I actually realized

just how much money I am capable of spending on books

argonaut,
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@mcc @lisamelton in our home, we have a simpler rule “unlimited budget for books”, which at first seems something that will take you to chapter 11, but soon becomes apparent to be an interminable fountain of joy and knowledge.

RickiTarr, to random
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So, what's the thing, what's the big thing no one can help you with? How do you cope with it?

argonaut,
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@RickiTarr the big thing is the world being broken by misdirected incentives and the destructive myth of individuality, and the cope is making myself into a little ball and sighing myself to sleep.

argonaut,
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@RickiTarr not a doubt, if we see what every single other species (including many small-brained dinosaurs) figured out eons ago.

donni, to random
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Scientists agree that the best thing to do is lie on the floor

argonaut,
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@donni AI seems to have missed that “on the floor” part.

Daojoan, to random
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Did you know there are writings from ancient Greece that talk about how culture is in decline and writing is dying?

For thousands upon thousands of years, people have been saying the same thing.

https://joanwestenberg.com/blog/everything-is-always-dead

argonaut,
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@Daojoan @lisamelton like the sun, orbited by the earth, constantly, while all we see is it rising and then it declining, setting, constantly, eternally.

We and our damn senses.

RickiTarr, to random
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That Novelty Cup you had to have on vacation, you'll never use it again.

argonaut,
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@RickiTarr mugs do count in my cupboard. Mugs count a lot, cause they’re lovely and useful. Mugs count so much there’s no space for anything else. Open the cupboard and it’s all mugs. All mugs! All. Mugs…

christianselig, to random
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Playing around with a Meta Quest 3 version of my Vision Pro stand, and I want a flourish on top to differentiate them, but I can't decide if I prefer the inset or raised sensors. What do you think?

Meta Quest 3 rendered in stainless steel in Fusion 360 with the three sensors inset from the "pringle" top

argonaut,
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@christianselig insets are more difficult to clean.

RickiTarr, to random
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Have you ever met someone who lies all the time, but doesn't seem to realize they are lying?

argonaut,
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@RickiTarr

Yes, their name is ChatGPT.

Also, me, because I have small children.

Also, we all, because almost all that what was true a century ago no longer is, and so today’s truths will be lies in a century’s time.

Green_Footballs, to random
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The fact that every mainstream news site is now locked behind a paywall is a real boon for the spread of misinformation, because very few right wing sites have paywalls — which means their disinfo and propaganda can spread much more easily. Paywalls are a slow motion disaster.

argonaut,
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@Green_Footballs @lisamelton the fact that as capitalists we don’t want to part away with money in order to have better information and learn valuable thoughts and facts is a slow-motion disaster.

(Just another way of seeing it.)

schwa, to random
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    argonaut,
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    @schwa tall grass meadows are where the snakes and the ticks hang out.

    RickiTarr, to random
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    Another quiz to take if you're game, this one takes about 5 minutes:

    https://www.idrlabs.com/food-disgust/test.php

    argonaut,
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    @RickiTarr not sure I get the interations: should I thumbs up when I agree with the statement, or when my own statement is positive towards the mentioned scenario?

    schwa, to random
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    argonaut,
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    @lisamelton @schwa I’ve had three on my right eye and two on my left eye since I have memory. Guess having them when young gave me some perspective, since I used to play with them a lot (make them dance or move in patterns) when bored at school. Contrary to others, they have disappeared with time, but it may be my presbyopia that made them fade away… ¯_(ツ)_/¯

    (So yeah, getting old sucks…)

    grimalkina, to random
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    In my forever battle to understand a better way to talk about "load" in human problem solving I'm reading about team-level resource allocation theory as intersecting with goal orientation and gd I think this is a better model than a purely individual cognition way of thinking about it.

    Team attentional load is much bigger and invokes social-behavioral processes much more than indiv cognitive load. And to my read it's potentially something you can actually intervene on much more.

    argonaut,
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    @grimalkina not sure if I’m understanding correctly, but I would say that in my experience it’s the overlap (what’s common) between discrete cognitive loads what teams may pay more attention to, as a function of the team wanting to have a distributed understanding of the problem.

    argonaut,
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    @grimalkina continuing from my previous comment, in my experience adaptability is seen as a plus when it aligns with team consensus (one is adapting to the right problem) of relevant changing resources, and as a hindering if not aligning with team consensus (one is adapting to the wrong problem).

    (Though my comments may be too focussed on, or formalised from, implementation).

    argonaut,
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    @grimalkina in this case is the part of the perceived problem that is not inherent to the definition of the problem, so the undescribable part of something not working, and any ideas on how to solve it, that are somehow difficult to document, and sort of intuited.

    Which I think tends to feed, for better or worse, innovation.

    Sorry if I don’t make much sense, I’m trying to define things I’ve perceived but haven’t properly defined before.

    argonaut,
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    @grimalkina prob because I work on an environment (ML) where resource changes need to be defined by teams (can be a change, can be a glitch), then team consensus is not always a good measure, and teams open to reconsider issues even (and mostly) if outside of their consensus definition can be (and mostly is) a driver to radical innovation.

    Like those stories of scientists bumping into weird results and, instead of discarding them, trying to understand them, resulting in “radical innovation”.

    RickiTarr, to random
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    They say If a writer falls in love with you, you'll live forever, but what if you break their heart?

    argonaut,
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    @RickiTarr then you’ll live forever in perfidy

    GottaLaff, to random
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    Sorry if I'm not replying. Busy!

    We may put offer on a house in Canada that we have yet to see except in photos & vid.

    Our kids are up there to see it Sat. when it lists for real, getting lots of interest, it will sell & we still need to drive up, which takes 3 days (we don't fly w Hammy), so we gotta move FAST.

    Ack! No pressure, right?

    FYI: Finding a house in Port Moody is needle/haystack, so it's crunch time. Our agent =🥇

    No, we haven't sold ours yet.

    We leave TOMORROW!

    argonaut,
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    @GottaLaff Love it. Inspiring.

    donni, to random
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    I was raised by wolves, and they did a terrible job. I have no wolf skills whatsoever

    argonaut,
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    @donni that hair looks like sheepskin, and that is, my friend, an attained skill.

    Chrishallbeck, to random
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    1. Peel an orange.
    2. Cover with orange marzipan, adding dimples to match the original peel.
    3. Eat the orange in public like it’s an apple.
    argonaut,
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    Boss move: do the same with an avocado.

    mbonsma, to random
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    This is so cool. An overwhelming "yes" vote from McMaster students to add a small bike share fee to their tuition, and it becomes the largest source of funding for the system. The kids are alright!!

    https://www.thepublicrecord.ca/2024/03/mcmaster-students-approve-bike-share-fee-of-24-50-per-student/

    argonaut,
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    @mbonsma @clive the future may be bright after all.

    argonaut, to random
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    "We're all one thing, Lieutenant. That's what I've come to realize. Like cells in a body. 'Cept we can't see the body. The way fish can't see the ocean. And so we envy each other. Hurt each other. Hate each other. How silly is that? A heart cell hating a lung cell."
    — Cassie from THE THREE

    jensorensen, to Travel
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    Latest comic: Floored

    argonaut,
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    @jensorensen also: train stations and concert ticket queues.

    😉

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