drakonka

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by drakonka 7d ago
Something about seeing "gregarious nature" used to describe a non-human animal feels so... whimsical? I like it. Likewise with "intimate embrace" and other descriptions that follow.
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by drakonka 7d ago
I do. I feel that I was faster and more accurate on phones with a T9 keyboard. Maybe my memory is off as it's been so long, but typing on a virtual keyboard is never a not frustrating experience for me despite small fingers. I just nee
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by drakonka 20d ago
That makes sense and there are some philosophical questions about whether our own world may be rendered similarly to a video game - do the things not within our senses actually render? Or do they only 'load in' when we observe the
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by drakonka 20d ago
In a dream I actually am fully immersed and can see the entire world as if it was real. In a normal dream I assume the dream is the real world, and in a lucid dream it is vivid enough to feel, look, and sound like a real physical experience
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by drakonka 20d ago
I have been wondering this as well. I took part in a study at the local university that seemed related to visualization ability. Aside from various questionnaires about imagining different types of objects, they had me do a test on a PC whe
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by drakonka 20d ago
This is an interesting one and I just tried it. I could answer all the questions about the ball, but none about the person or the table other than them existing in a hand-wavy sense. But rather than informing any level of aphantasia, it see
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by drakonka 20d ago
When people talk about seeing something in your mind's eye, do they mean a virtual image actually appears _as if_ you are seeing it in place of the real world or the blackness of your eyelids? Like do they somehow replace the picture f
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by drakonka 23d ago
I'm not personally concerned with male reproductive function, but have looked into the hormonal effects in women as well. Some have been beneficial when peppermint is ingested in appropriate amounts. Everything in moderation.
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by drakonka 23d ago
I wonder if the benefits could be seen to some extent with peppermint tea as well. I generally drink a cup daily because aside from just being relaxing I find it helps acne or other skin inflammation calm down faster.
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by drakonka 1mo ago
The description of it as well as one of the theories on the cause make me think of burnout: > Kreher and others believe that the mind plays an equally important role. Because your central nervous system influences your brain as well as y
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by drakonka 1mo ago
The article addresses this: > That’s not to say that athletes in other sports aren’t working hard. They are. But they typically do so within a team environment or under the direction of a professional coach, providing them with well-esta
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by drakonka 1mo ago
No, no one else around. Just me and the monster and I'm sure it will get me. The whole dream is pure terror throughout until the moment I decide to give up and let it get me, at which point it’s just a flash of relief and then I wake u
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by drakonka 1mo ago
I wonder what information we have on keeping this drainage system healthy before developing Alzheimer's.
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by drakonka 1mo ago
I have an example I think, that I've been curious about! Every few years I experience a recurring nightmare, where I am being chased by some kind of giant monster, but I've never gotten a look at what it is and I don't know s
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by drakonka 1mo ago
Right now I'm playing around with some of the concepts mentioned by Michael Levin in his Ingressing Minds paper preprint. I'm implementing their agentic bubble sort for fun. I'm also working on finishing my novella and prepar
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by drakonka 1mo ago
Given me a place to put down my thoughts.
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by drakonka 2mo ago
Last year I built a currency conversion assistant for my company accounting, and this year I built a self-hypnosis app for myself. They were both fun projects, and the hypnosis one was a good lesson in releasing my first Android app as well
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by drakonka 2mo ago
Thank you for sharing - I'm glad you lived!
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by drakonka 2mo ago
On the programming front, I've been working on a little self-hypnosis app for myself that I'll probably go ahead and release. And outside of that I've been finishing up a novella draft.
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by drakonka 2mo ago
Mine is: https://liza.io I'm fine with email but there's also a comment system on the posts that I probably prefer :)
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by drakonka 2mo ago
I think this one might be super interesting for its entertainment value, but there has been some strong criticism as to its credibility. For example, here's a pretty comprehensive debunking from The Skeptical Inquirer: https:/&#x
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by drakonka 3mo ago
Do you think if you're in that kind of situation, where you are dying on a beautiful mountain, you would have it in you to appreciate the beauty around you? I was imagining it to be more like a cold, painful death rather than a nice en
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by drakonka 3mo ago
Of course the distinction itself is important in its own way, but I think/hope everyone here fully realizes and accepts that he technically donated as a private individual. You can clearly see it from the headline - it does not say &qu
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by drakonka 3mo ago
I started doing this after moving to a university town at the end of 2024. Just taking random evening courses that sounded interesting. Having never studied past high school, it's been excellent! My first ever course was on nuclear wea
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by drakonka 3mo ago
Mm if I had to actually see myself dying, probably not. If I could just get a letter with the information, as with a short story I read once, probably yes. Assuming the expiration can't actually be changed. If it's not set in ston
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by drakonka 3mo ago
I sometimes get emails and blog comments like this and always love them. One of my favorites was a comment last year, left on a 15 year old post about building my first gaming PC. I love how the comment said it was a "really fantastic
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by drakonka 3mo ago
I was not actively applying but it ended up being a bit under a month from layoff to offers.
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by drakonka 3mo ago
> What are your philosophical thoughts on paying a subscription to get your work done? I've paid for subscriptions to get work done for years. Educational materials, IDEs, source control tools, debugging tools, etc. I don't thi
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by drakonka 3mo ago
Both of those questions have everything to do with feelings, no?
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by drakonka 4mo ago
I have observed this in myself when I began to over-leverage AI in my workflows. I've since become more deliberate with what kinds of tasks I will use it for, although I still slip up. With writing: Things like brainstorming a plot lin

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