cryptopian

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by cryptopian 1y ago
I've been introspecting lately on why I've got this kind of reaction to the whole situation despite rationally knowing the benefits involved. We're currently _already_ in the midst of a tech and social revolution in the form
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by cryptopian 1y ago
One of the most enjoyable musical experiences I had recently was on a choir exchange in Europe. We were at a concert afterparty with choirs from two other countries, exchanging drunken folk songs. Were we pleasant to listen to? Probably not
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by cryptopian 1y ago
Most medium-to-long distance trains in Europe have 1st class compartments. These can range from just being quieter because of the increased price, to spacious seats with complimentary food and drink. Italian high speed rail has business cla
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by cryptopian 1y ago
The issue with cars isn't that they're not convenient in isolation, but that they cause issues at scale more than other modes of transport, especially when they're the default option for journeys. An efficiently run metro lin
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by cryptopian 2y ago
The term "world-first" in this context means that this is the first specific cancer treatment of this type: > It is the first documented use of neoadjuvant triple immunotherapy in glioblastoma If the headline read "world&#
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by cryptopian 2y ago
Regarding 1, the key difference in those days was the barrier to entry. Sure, your post on the gardening forum was fair game for any user to respond to, but every user with that ability had to make an active decision to join a gardening for
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by cryptopian 2y ago
It can be anything, really. Craft workshops, choirs, charity volunteering (and even things that don't begin with c!) - whatever gets you out interacting with people in your community feeds your social interaction needs and helps build
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by cryptopian 2y ago
A few years back, I realised how bad the addiction was when I deleted a couple of apps. While doing other things on my phone, I'd autopilot going to the apps list and tapping the empty space where Reddit/Twitter used to be. You&#x
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by cryptopian 2y ago
I actually found that certain browser equivalents of attention sucking apps were poor quality enough that using them only through the browser was enough friction to wean myself off them. old.reddit.com is especially badly optimised for anyt
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by cryptopian 2y ago
The more pertinant observation is that cars are a great tool for mobility, but going _all in_ on cars causes a whole bunch of issues at society scale. If you zone cities and design infrastructure with the assumption that everyone drives, it
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by cryptopian 2y ago
The closest you can really get to objectivity is to observe which patterns of attributes tend to correlate well to people saying that that piece of media is good. In the end, "good" or "bad" is just my emotional reaction
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by cryptopian 2y ago
Often, the only reason I write is to have a method of sorting out the soup of thoughts in my head into a recognisable shape, with the accountability that being public brings to it (no, you can't have the link to my site!).
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by cryptopian 2y ago
That's not historically what's happened though, is it? We've had plenty of opportunities to reduce the human workload through increased efficiency. What usually happens is people demand more - faster deliveries, more content
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by cryptopian 2y ago
Generally, theme parks will not allow people to wear glasses on rollercoasters for this reason, though you can buy elastic straps that hold the ends together that are usually allowed
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by cryptopian 2y ago
Somebody else mentioned Strong Towns, and that's a good organization who have been thinking about this issue for a while. You're right that they're not easy problems, and it's because it encompasses more than just road l
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by cryptopian 2y ago
Even without considering all of the contentious topics, the infinite scroll of the home feed trains people to triage posts faster and faster, because there's always more content, and who knows what you've missed? Because the topic
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by cryptopian 2y ago
I've noticed that certain Twitter behaviours are popping up on Bluesky. It's being fought against by the early adopters, but fundamentally, the mechanics of a platform are going to massively influence how arguments happen. It stil
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by cryptopian 2y ago
I play in a pool league, and by far, the teams I look forward to playing are the ones that are getting mediocre results but really using the sport as a pretense to have a fun mates night out. You get the teams putting lots of effort into te
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by cryptopian 2y ago
I've felt one massive problem with most social media is that they are single-threaded and globally public by default, so every interaction turns into a public performance. Compare that with a small web forum, where there was a small ba
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by cryptopian 3y ago
You're kind of correct on both guesses. You can get that change by changing the viscosity OR the airspeed. He elaborates later on, but you're changing the Reynolds Number - a calculated value from the velocity, fluid density, visc