curiousthought

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by curiousthought 3mo ago
Toxoplasma gondii affects animal behavior, I don't think it's a stretch to think it (or something similar) could affect humans in some way we haven't measured yet.
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by curiousthought 2y ago
This is called Level 3 data, and any merchant can choose to provide it for a reduction in the transaction fees they pay. Here's a small comment thread from a few months back: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4121363
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by curiousthought 2y ago
Someone on the inside being obsessed with the product. As a user. There's a night and day difference between products that get used by the people who make it and those who ship it off to the user and wait for the response. This is prim
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by curiousthought 2y ago
16K porn becomes the new standard definition I wish I was joking but take the current usage of the internet, and scale up each part. 1TB/s might enable new things, but it's more likely to enable more of old things.
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by curiousthought 2y ago
Andy Grove's High Output Management is considered a classic: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/324750.High_Output_Manag... It's not necessarily tailored to a tech company but it does cover some of the
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by curiousthought 2y ago
Traditionally we think of the information collected as: 8/11/2024 | Amazon.com | $50 But Level 3 data includes each individual line item: 8/11/2024 | Amazon.com | $50 | 1 Very Embarrassing item | some additional fields T
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by curiousthought 2y ago
I think people would be alarmed if they knew the amount of detail that credit card readers can collect (Level 3 data).
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by curiousthought 2y ago
Sorry when I said something like Windows Recall, I didn't mean Windows Recall but software with similar capabilities. I think in my mind I was imagining some sort of ongoing screen capture along with a meta prompt or prompts, and some
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by curiousthought 2y ago
This is actually a great use case for something like Windows Recall. Ingestion of data after the fact requires the data to be discoverable. If there was a way to add a meta-prompt to Windows Recall like "Create a log entry every time I
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by curiousthought 2y ago
I have to agree with lazide here. One poignant example is a man who accepts the fatherly role of a child can become legally liable for that child's wellbeing, support payments etc., whether or not the child is actually his biologically
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by curiousthought 2y ago
My understanding is this is why it's a "Jury of your peers". Someone from outside the community is an alien and would convict differently than someone who is more integrated with the scenario. Not only is the understanding of
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by curiousthought 2y ago
Adherence to a single tablet regimen is significantly higher than a multi tablet regimen. Bringing some actual data into this, adherence to either in a broad population is not 100%: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/art
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by curiousthought 2y ago
Not all urbia's are equally urbie. Imagine New York vs Dallas for example. I think it is fair to say that some cities are more spread out and low density, making them feel like a suburban sprawl.
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by curiousthought 2y ago
I think you have to accept that loneliness is part of the package, unless you take specific efforts to counter it. Being a founder is inherently isolating because you probably work extreme hours, and are not a peer relationship with anyone