MalReynolds

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Panopticon - by Ian Cumberland in c/traditional_art@lemmy.world
[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Seems to be named Panopticon

True love in c/funny@sh.itjust.works
[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 days ago

cue, not queue ...

Tripping balls in c/imageai@sh.itjust.works
'Big, massive deterrent': Social media companies could face fines for allowing kids under 14 on their platforms in c/australia@aussie.zone
[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

OK...? (I'm all for that)

Astronomer Reveals The Dangers of SpaceX's Polaris Dawn Mission in c/science@lemmy.world
[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Don't disagree, just looking at it from the Lord Farquaad point of view, "Some of you may die, but it's a sacrifice I am willing to make". I think space exploration is good and if we have to burn a few billionaires to get there, I am sanguine.

Tripping balls in c/imageai@sh.itjust.works
[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Prompt ?

Astronomer Reveals The Dangers of SpaceX's Polaris Dawn Mission in c/science@lemmy.world
[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

Eh, perhaps mission is a bit much, with the military connotations, but they are testing some valid hypotheses, like will high radiation render billionaires sterile/cancer ridden and will an untested spacesuit kill one. Worthy in my mind.

Morbid humour aside, it's not totally a joyride, could be worse.

'Big, massive deterrent': Social media companies could face fines for allowing kids under 14 on their platforms in c/australia@aussie.zone
[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 10 points 4 days ago

Ah, another well-thought-out tech law from OzGov in the vein of such hits as 'The laws of mathematics are very commendable, but the only law that applies in Australia is the law of Australia' and the AssAct. I swear we're the designated test ground for dodgy laws for the five (7,13,etc) eyes...

Does anyone use decentralized data storage for backup? in c/datahoarder@lemmy.ml
[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 week ago

Should be standard operating procedure anyway...

We’ve Got Depression All Wrong. It’s Trying to Save Us. in c/science@lemmy.world
[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 week ago

Sane response to an insane world...

We’ve Got Depression All Wrong. It’s Trying to Save Us. in c/science@lemmy.world
[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 week ago

think of it as another option after flight vs fight responses

Usually expressed as fight, flight or freeze...

Storage space and new codecs: So much collected as h265. in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

Thanks for that, worth knowing.

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Blood pressure watches anyone? (www.caltech.edu)
 

Seems very interesting, pr burble aside. Wonder how close this is to a micro-sonogram if generalised ? Star Trek medical tricorder component material by my reckoning.

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Best VPN exit node country in SE Asia ? (slrpnk.net)
 

Wanting to torrent in a country other than my own, I've been exiting via Singapore as it has the most direct path I believe. Any reason not to ? Any superior choices for whatever reason ? Couldn't find this discussed anywhere. TIA.

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Private Facebook Marketplace ? (slrpnk.net)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by MalReynolds@slrpnk.net to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
15 comments fedilink
 

I'm one of those oddballs who's never joined, but I'm in the market for a new to me bike, and it seems like all the action is on marketplace. Am I screwed, or is there an effective workaround ?

Edit: Not US. There are local alternatives that I know about, but they are worse, please answer question as asked ! Basically I'm thinking of alternative software ala FreeTube, or a way of spoofing facebook to make a dummy account only to be used for this and if so what precautions to take...

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Psychological truths like Skinner vs Pavlov Conditioning (slrpnk.net)
 

Something I find fascinating is that being consistent (and trustworthy) is less effective than being 80/20% consistent (classical vs operant conditioning) at training dogs where there are contextual/environmental cues at play. It's personally counter-intuitive, but I've seen it work and am convinced (I attribute it to evolutionary mechanisms, my goto in biology).

I'm wondering what other psychology as a science results have solid statistics behind them that I'm unaware of (I'm compsci with a physics/maths background, so it's probably most), and are interesting...

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On the obnoxiousness of WebP (slrpnk.net)
 

Here we are with a community celebrating art, some of us might like to archive it. But no, inevitably it's google 'owned' transcoded, WebP. I have an extension to re-encode back to an old format, but that's lossy-lossy transcoding, not good. I suspect it's a Lemmy thing, but what would it take to get non-lossy here?

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The voice in your head may help you recall and process words. But what if you don’t have one? (theconversation.com)
 

How does this play for you ? I identify as spectrum, what used to be Asperger's, and have to work really hard to get to visual phantasia, but I can. Also worked hard to remove aural phantasia? via meditation because of negative self talk. Do you see 'aphant' as a useful designation? Thoughts, Ideas?

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