protonfish

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by protonfish 1y ago
Unfortunately, it's not that easy. Axon terminals of neurons release neurotransmitters. We know of dozens of different types, but are not certain that we know about all of them yet. The same synapse can release multiple different neuro
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by protonfish 2y ago
The paper is specifically about how space is represented in the human brain. Data representing space can be encoded in many different, but functionally equivalent, ways. Showing how it could be encoded by neurons in the hippocampus is valua
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by protonfish 2y ago
If a rigorous definition of consciousness existed, how would you be convinced that it was correct?
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by protonfish 2y ago
That's why it's so great to hear they aren't doing well. The delicious schadenfreude.
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by protonfish 2y ago
I guess it depends on how you define religion . I think that we can have faith in anything - science, your doctor, etc. that could work in a similar fashion to religious faith.
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by protonfish 3y ago
We usually wait until Christmas so we can put a giant novelty bow around it in the driveway.
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by protonfish 3y ago
It's a good way to get the kids hooked.
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by protonfish 3y ago
Precisely - these aren't "Warning signs" that are only clear in hindsight. They are proof of fraud beyond a reasonable doubt. If a person or organization has these traits and you continue to trust them, it is not an honest mi
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by protonfish 4y ago
Heaviside promoted Maxwell's equations and created clearer, simpler versions of them. So I think it would be a language that uses list processing and functional concepts as a feature of a syntax that is easier for beginners. Something
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by protonfish 4y ago
How do you give your intranet site an internal domain? Or do you make the family use the IP address?
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by protonfish 4y ago
Can this be measured? Does panpsychism predict a difference in worlds that have this property versus those that don't? I don't think it does, but maybe I'm missing something. If it's impervious to empirical evidence then
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by protonfish 4y ago
The problem with panpsychism is not that it is unnecessary or not anthropocentric, but that it is provably false. If everything was conscious then full anesthetic (removal of consciousness with neurotoxic chemicals) wouldn't work. It d
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by protonfish 4y ago
And this small percentage of popular videos are made by a smaller amount of reputable or disreputable channels. Give me the tools and a few months and I'll clean up the English-speaking toxic content by pruning it at the source. But th
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by protonfish 4y ago
I don't see that as the case. Modern JS can do a lot out of the box but the culture looks down on "vanilla" JavaScript. I've seen way too many libraries that are nothing but a thin wrapper around native functionality. Wh
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by protonfish 5y ago
Pharmaceutical companies are evil... who knew? The problem is a medical system that rewards bad actors. The systemic problems need to be fixed. And that won't happen so we can continue to pretend that "it's a few bad apples&q
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by protonfish 5y ago
But they should have been.
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by protonfish 6y ago
Sorry for the downvote. It was a good question, but I did not want to encourage a link between game theory and objectivism to the casual observer because I seem them as complete opposites. Objectivism is, at best, short-sighted - screwing o
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by protonfish 6y ago
No, not at all. It's about how it is strategically better for your own goals to work with others.
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by protonfish 6y ago
Exactly! It is a powerful tool that works and conservatives wield it well while the cringing libs are all "But if we use effective techniques doesn't that make us as bad as them?" No, it doesn't - it just them the pathet
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by protonfish 6y ago
You seem to want us to fight them with one arm behind our back. I, however, don't care whatever it is you think "we" decided. I believe we should fight fascist propaganda with all the the tools we can grab. Lord knows they ar
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by protonfish 6y ago
"The People" believe whatever information has been promoted the most. To claim that we should do nothing to stop malevolent organizations from radicalizing vulnerable citizens is reckless. To lay the blame on individuals to fight
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by protonfish 6y ago
A flat head screwdriver was designed to insert and remove screws. But it can also be used to open a paint can! OMG! Is the flat head screwdriver invented or discovered? Our mathematical system is an invented human language. We know that all
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by protonfish 6y ago
I don't think the problem is inherent flaws and limitations of our language. In the spirit of "I would have written a shorter letter, but I didn't have the time" I have seen many examples of, with proper effort and skill
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by protonfish 6y ago
I went to school and they didn't teach me anything about critical thinking. Our grades mainly reflected how well we followed orders. So maybe we should make everyone take a course on critical thinking. OK, what course is that? Everyone
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by protonfish 6y ago
> ...brilliant and also deeply flawed people We are all deeply flawed. In my experience, being unashamed of our flaws is a side-effect of honestly and humility. Being unable to spot another's flaws is most often the result of duplic
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by protonfish 6y ago
A great point. I would argue that the "quality" of information in this context is a measure of what people want to hear, and has little to do with the accuracy or usefulness of the information. Using that definition, the overwhe
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by protonfish 6y ago
I've used Notepad++ and Sublime Text and like them a lot, but I could really use something that can run on a Raspberry Pi too. I guess I should have included that. Being able to use a single text editor across platforms would be terrif
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by protonfish 6y ago
Sorry, I guess I didn't know I had to include "and without a completely unnecessary non-standard interface that requires a massive learning curve to get started." as a feature.
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by protonfish 6y ago
Why is everything an IDE? I don't want an integrated development environment - I want a modular one. And as one of those modules, I would love a simple, lightweight code editor. UTF-8 only, auto-indent, a file list column, a good find-
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by protonfish 6y ago
That would only be true if there were reasonable safeguards that could be suggested. But I don't see any - just the sowing of fear.

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