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by robg 1y ago
Wasn’t the birth of Silicon Valley funded by military resources?
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The human brain doesn't learn, think or recall like AI. Embrace the difference(latimes.com)
4 points by robg 1y ago|3 comments
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Why Can't Americans Sleep?(theatlantic.com)
11 points by robg 1y ago|2 comments
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Clergy taking Psilocybin(newyorker.com)
2 points by robg 1y ago|0 comments
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by robg 1y ago
I’ve been looking at our school district’s data (top 10 by size in the country, almost 200k kids) and kids aren’t sleeping enough, and tech use is likely a big driver. Less than 20% of our 12th graders report getting 7 or more hours a night
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The Dropout Curriculum(engineeringx.substack.com)
1 points by robg 1y ago|0 comments
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by robg 1y ago
The cameras they use for MLB look exceptional. I’m really surprised they haven’t done more in this direction. Sports get better ad revenues than scripted TV.
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by robg 1y ago
This. I know TVs don’t have great margins. But OLED plus a great UX would seem to generate better margins in Apple loyalists than those folks buying Samsung or LG or Sony.
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by robg 1y ago
Have you considered scrapping HN, LinkedIn, Reddit, etc posts? I used to play with semantic algorithms and it’s pretty cool how quickly you can show someone’s voice and content vectors and how they relate to others.
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by robg 1y ago
Please don’t make me login to see a simple comparison of existing cards. My thought process: 1. Seems interesting, ok, I’ll try to search 2. Login 3. Nope
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Is San Francisco a Failed State?(open.spotify.com)
1 points by robg 2y ago|1 comments
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People who only need five hours' sleep(telegraph.co.uk)
2 points by robg 2y ago|0 comments
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Glove and mitten protection in extreme cold weather: an Antarctic study (2016)(pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
2 points by robg 2y ago|0 comments
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Philosophy Eats AI(sloanreview.mit.edu)
67 points by robg 2y ago|55 comments
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by robg 2y ago
Nedergaard (lab head here and main findings of this effect since 2012) is going to win the Nobel for this line of research. When I got my Ph.D. 20 years ago in cognitive neuroscience we knew three main deficits to a lack of sleep but couldn
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AI and Stress(docs.google.com)
3 points by robg 2y ago|1 comments
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by robg 2y ago
Just turn off the privacy invading features. LG’s options are pretty great, I’ve seen little bloat, and get the native apps for streaming services just fine.
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by robg 2y ago
The ones that stand out to me are industries like pharmaceuticals and energy exploration, where the data silos are the point of their (assumed) competitive advantages. Why even the playing by opening up those datasets when keeping them clos
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California can't use all its solar power. That's a problem(sfgate.com)
9 points by robg 2y ago|10 comments
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by robg 2y ago
Even the best performers need structure and guidance - a coach. Without coaching, high performers can meet all sorts of suboptimal fates… Why don’t tech companies generally employ coaches? Yes you can get an “executive” coach, but not wid
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The Metaphors of Artificial Intelligence(science.org)
4 points by robg 2y ago|0 comments
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by robg 2y ago
Try a can of coconut milk and a cup of pecans or cashews blended in 4 cups of water. It’s a good vegan base. Inexpensive and most flavors can be layered on top.
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by robg 2y ago
I don’t know how much is public, the method I’ve seen “bounces” around and aims for a more global effect. Like a sonicare for the brain. No idea if it will work long-term as intended, but seems worth trying.
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by robg 2y ago
Awesome! I know of efforts to leverage focused ultrasound to shorten sleep cycles and improve mental health. There’s so much more possible in neuroscience, great to see this work is gaining steam.
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by robg 2y ago
Are they getting enough sleep? If they need an alarm clock, they aren’t. I was surprised that less than 20% of 12th graders in our large metro county report getting 8 hours on school nights. The AAP recommendation is 8-10 hours a night for
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by robg 2y ago
Neuroscientist here, been teaching my kids since they were really little to power down: lights off, slower and slower breathing, time to say goodnight to our adventures and thoughts as we’ll have more tomorrow. They are consistently asleep
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The Geometry of Concepts: Sparse Autoencoder Feature Structure(arxiv.org)
2 points by robg 2y ago|0 comments
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Agents Thinking Fast and Slow: A Talker-Reasoner Architecture(arxiv.org)
13 points by robg 2y ago|0 comments
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Yes, CEOs are moving left, but 'woke capitalism' is not the whole story(ft.com)
3 points by robg 2y ago|2 comments
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Choosing solitude(washingtonpost.com)
90 points by robg 2y ago|84 comments

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