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kazarnowicz

@kazarnowicz@unstraight.club

I spent 20+ years on the hedonic treadmill, only to realize it doesn't lead anywhere. Now I'm a metamodern hippe living in the far north with my husband https://unstraight.club/@Nightwolf and our two dogs. My passion project right now is a contemporary urban space opera called "The Psychonaut Chronicles". See pinned threads for more about me and where I live. I alt-text images and expect the same from you.

#scifi #videogames #storytelling #consciousness #metaphysics #popculture #psychedelics #cosmology

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Palace, to random Swedish
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Vad har du lärt dig idag?

kazarnowicz,
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@Palace att Webhallen tyvärr blivit ett riktigt skitföretag (vilket också bekräftas av att läsa deras recensioner från senare år).

Thoreau, to linguistics
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I just ordered the book Xenolinguistics by Douglass Vakoch. I can buy it on Kindle for 27.95, Hardback for 170.00 bucks on sale, or 48.00 in paperback.

Theoretical linguists must be making bank or somebody does not want just anyone reading this book.

Maybe he is teaching a university class with it or something.

Meanwhile, baby girl writer over here just wants to know how to talk to the aliens. 🙋‍♀️🙆‍♀️🤷‍♀️

kazarnowicz,
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@Thoreau it looks like a really interesting book. I'm really looking forward to hearing your thoughts on it, if you care to share them.

18+ Thoreau, to random
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Why is there so much crying and so many feelings in Star Trek Discovery? I am not saying anything bad, I am just saying this might not be my cup of space tea. I like my tea to be piping hot Earl Grey with some scowling, not all luminous tears and space therapy.

Don't tell anybody I got on my cranky Gen X horse. I am not sure I can handle more dramatic sobs and pained looks.


kazarnowicz,
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@Thoreau

This conversation really gave me flashbacks to Discovery and not in a good way. Still, I have to say that it's a brilliant prequel that made Star Trek relevant again in an age with a lot of really good sci-fi.

Also: Anson Mount as Captain Pike is my favorite Star Trek captain.

@whitmad

kazarnowicz, to random Swedish
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Jag älskar att det finns en namninsamling för att få Kinberg Batra sparkad. Hennes beteende är ju galet, och urholkar tilltron till demokratin. Vänskapskorruption så öppet måste få konsekvenser.

Om du tycker att Kinberg Batra ska avgå/bli sparkad, så ska du också skriva under här:

https://www.mittskifte.org/petitions/sparka-batra

Du kan också sprida budskapet. Jag tänker att om de skulle nå en 10 000 underskrifter så skulle det bli nyheter, och så är bollen i rullning.

kazarnowicz, to random
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If you have any doubts that Israel is involved in war crimes, read this report from 972 Magazine (written by Jewish and Palestinian journalists) about ‘Lavender’, the AI that makes kill decisions for the IDF.

One thing is clear and that is that they accept collateral damage of women and children.

https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/

kazarnowicz, to random
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Fun fact that gets depressing the more you think about itt: you can check the dates for past solar eclipses by looking at the Google trends for "my eyes hurt"

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=My%20Eyes%20Hurt&hl=en

Richard, to Astronomy
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Doubts Grow About the Biosignature Approach to Alien-Hunting

https://www.quantamagazine.org/doubts-grow-about-the-biosignature-approach-to-alien-hunting-20240319/

“New ideas are being explored all the time, and there could be some abiotic mechanism for that phenomenon that just hasn’t been conceived of yet”

kazarnowicz,
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@Richard

I like Avi Loeb's suggestion to look for hydrofluorocarbons, which would significantly narrow the scope, but since these have no natural source it would be a sign of a civilization.

I have no idea about the practicality of it, but since Loeb is an astronomer I figure it’s not impossible.

@Thoreau

Thoreau, to movies
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I am folding laundry watching Ronin (1998) with Robert Deniro, Sean Bean, Jean Reno, Stellan Skarsgaard, Jonathan Pryce and Natascha McElhone in it.

Between Ronin (1998) and Halo (2024) Natascha McElhone looks ageless and stunning. I mean, she could be a clone!

#movies #Halo #Ronin

Picture of 54 year old Natascha looking serious in a blazer in Halo.

kazarnowicz,
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@Thoreau a lot could be said about Halo, but I think that the casting was great, especially Halsey/McElhone.

kazarnowicz, (edited ) to scifi Swedish
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If you're in the mood for dystopian sci-fi that is too close to reality for comfort, I recommend “The Implications of a MADCOM World – Three scenarios for the future”.

It was written in 2017, and covers the coming ten years (so <2027). It's interesting to compare to reality, 70% into their predictions.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep03728.5

kazarnowicz, to random
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Sometimes, I’m struck with wonder at things I normally take for granted. Like seeing.

Photons hit flesh which transforms them to electric signals. These signals travel to the brain, which then constructs a mental image of the rich, immersive reality we see. Isn’t that insane?

The light doesn’t reach your brain - so it has literally never experienced light other than through the proxy of electric signals from the eyes, in a language only the two understand, evolved over millennia.

kazarnowicz, (edited )
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This time it also made me wonder if photons hit the retina in a wave or particle pattern. I wonder if this is even possible to find out.

Hold my beer, I’m jumping down this rabbit hole.

Edit: here’s a bunch of good answers https://www.quora.com/Is-a-photon-a-particle-or-a-wave-when-it-hits-my-eye

kazarnowicz,
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@davejackson thanks, I’ll check it out!

kazarnowicz, to random
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U.S. maternal death rates almost doubled between 2014 and 2021. Black women are disproportionately harmed by this: black individuals are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related deaths than white individuals.

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2024/03/u-s-maternal-death-rate-increasing-at-an-alarming-rate/

kazarnowicz,
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@MaryTheKnife verkligen. Det är regression till förmån för de rika och otroligt oroande.

TheBreadmonkey, to random
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Imagine a Borderlands-style choose your character game, but on Mastodon. My character would be a sort of fat aimless berskerer who has no idea what he's talking about but still won't shut up. Special skill?.... Distraction.

kazarnowicz,
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@TheBreadmonkey the elusive hermit who sometimes can be found in the wilderness, and will give you answers that balance perfectly on the border between utter insanity and solid advice. Has no weapons, simply drives all wannabe assassins and killers insane.

kazarnowicz, (edited )
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@SteveClough I think we have a Highlander situation, and as we all have learned: There can be only one.

I challenge you to a duel of sitting quietly doing nothing, to the death!

@TheBreadmonkey

astronomerritt, to random
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ANYWAY. Today I am going for my Mystery Hair Appointment. My hairdresser (a man I believe to be a genius) has been given free rein to dye my hair whatever colours he wants. I have no idea what he's going to do! 😊

He HAS told my mum what he's planning to do, but he then swore her to secrecy, so she has been smugly holding that over my head.

If anyone would like to guess what colour(s) it's going to be, feel free 😆

kazarnowicz,
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@astronomerritt transparent hair will be all the rage after today (:

@wendypalmer

Karolina, to random Swedish
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Facebook/Meta är verkligen ett synnerligen obehagligt företag. De köpte upp ett VPN-bolag delvis med syfte att kunna komma runt kryptering och spionera på användare.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/26/facebook-secret-project-snooped-snapchat-user-traffic/

kazarnowicz,
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@Karolina inte första gången. De erbjöd för några år sen en VPN-tjänst gratis, för att "skydda" dig som användare. Vet inte om de fortafarande gör det, men det var ett sätt att spåra allt du gjorde på internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onavo

Den enda skillnaden mellan Zuckerberg och L Ron Musk är att Zuckerberg håller sig i skuggorna och lyssnar på sitt PR-folk (vilket tillsammans med att Peter Thiel är hans mentor gör honom till en mycket farlig människa).

PixRax, to random
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Bats can hear shapes. Plants can eat light. Bees can dance maps. We can hold all these ideas at once and feel both heavy and weightless with the absurd beauty of it all.

kazarnowicz,
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@PixRax

And dogs can smell moods!

@rain

kazarnowicz, to random
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@ElleGray found one of your posts on Reddit (: https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/1bmxb96/tesla_owners_privacy/

Thoreau, to random
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@kazarnowicz I thought you would find this interesting.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-digital-self/202403/llms-and-the-specter-of-the-cognitive-black-hole

kazarnowicz,
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@Thoreau I did, thank you!

I also have some thoughts. There's something that irks me about the black hole metaphor. I think it's the lack of acknowledgment that 'the singularity' is also an event that (some, perhaps many?) people in the AI fields believe will happen. Also the allusion to the 'black holes are cosmic vacuums' factoid in the title.

I don't think that I would disagree with mr. Nosta if we talked, but I would make his points in a slightly different way.

Thoreau, to movies
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Get ready for "The Omni Loop." I, too, feel like I have a black hole in my chest, hence my penchant for sarcasm and good whiskey on my vanilla ice cream.

This got a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. We shall see.

https://www.gamesradar.com/ayo-edebiri-the-bear-new-sci-fi-movie-omni-loop-time-travel/

kazarnowicz,
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@Thoreau Ayo Edebiri is an amazing actress. She was half the reason I made it through season 1 of The Bear.

billyjoebowers, to random
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I just can't take IMDB any more, it's like they've been in a contest for years and years to make the site worse.

I saw themoviedb.org. Anybody have any others they like for information? Not as interested in user's reviews.

kazarnowicz,
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@billyjoebowers If you're looking for recommendations, Taste.io has a decent engine/database that can also be combined with another persons' profile to get matches for both of you.

@TheBreadmonkey

nikolar, to random
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1/3

Tröttheten. Men låt näringslivet bygga samhällsfunktioner XD XD

kazarnowicz,
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@Mabande Svenskt Näringsliv älskar socialism när det handlar om att dela ut skattepengar till spekulativa miljardärer @nikolar

LeoR1010, to random Swedish
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Varför vaknar jag 2 h innan jag behöver? Och varför kan jag inte somna om? Tror solljuset lurar min hjärna. Jag som inte brukar bry mig om sånt. Hjärnan tänker konstant på jobbet, hur jobbig chefen är just nu. Vill att jag specar min tid mer. Ska speca ”speca tid” och ”kommunicera med chef”. Den senare tar en betydlig del av min tid just nu. Tack och lov kan jag hålla jobbtankarna i en tät behållare i hjärnan. Jag betraktar dem men känner inget särskilt.

kazarnowicz,
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@maria
Flytten norröver gjorde somrarna jättejobbiga just pga det här. Jag kan rekommendera Manta Sleep Mask, jag har testat ett gäng (inkl Tempurs) och den här är imho bäst.

@LeoR1010

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