AI and Desire - The Existential Coach
[We are the parents of AI and might consider what kind of family it is being brought into.]
[Asking for regulation of AI by people who don’t understand it is just PR.]
[Using the doctrine of survival to justify harm to ourselves and others.]
[AI is a mirror showing us how we treat one another.]
‘Toragesic’ is a brand of Brazilian back pain medication recommended by my therapist. I took sublingual tablets; was pretty fast and effective; tried to use it while also resting (not stressing or working during recovery) and I usually was normal after a few days. Some information in Portuguese from tuasaude.com and less in English from rxreasoner.com and drugs.com
Category is ‘anti-inflamatorio analgésico’ (translation I guess is ‘Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug’)
Active ingredient is ’trometamol cetorolaco’ (translation Ketorolac tromethamine)
[Languages don’t exist: there are only dialects, and some of those get promoted as a vehicle for national purposes, which makes it a political event.]
[They only know what we tell them when we tell it to them.]
[Often what looks like one concept to someone with experience is really several concepts to a beginner. Make a list of all the elements involved and there will usually be one that can be learned in isolation.]
[The learner should rarely feel like something is missing. The teacher presents one idea at a time, and the learner tries to apply it feeling complete and resolved.]
[Maintain an optimum cognitive load normally and increase or decrease tension deliberately to create contours of peaks and valleys so that the experience feels dynamic and engaging.]
‘Infectious agency’ as a design goal so that features enable a feeling of so much possibility that everything else should have similar affordances.
Tried to understand why my Kobo doesn’t mount to the computer when connecting via cable. Best solution I’ve found is to try a different computer.
Kobo not connecting to computer…
[Use the cable that came with the Kobo.]
[Try a different cable.]
[Try a different computer.]
[USB 3 ports may cause issues. Try a cheap USB 2 hub in between.]
[Some USB cables are charge-only!]
Kobo Aura H2O keeps Connecting and Disconnecting USB issue [Solved-ish]
[Try turning off Wi-Fi.] Seems that the WiFi and the USB subsystems might be sharing a data path to the processor, so there can be conflicts between them.
Aura H2O Kobo won’t connect to a PC anymore
Kobo not recognized by computer
Transferring over wifi: Calibre has a content server (you can find it under preferences, sharing, sharing over the net), your Kobo can connect to it with its browser (under extra’s). The default port is 8080, there’s a more detailed explanation on the content server dialog.
More Wi-Fi possibilities in Add Books Over WiFi?, but the filenames tend to get mangled when importing this way, so I don’t like it.
Official documentation discusses none of these issues
Would love to recommend a ‘Canadian alternative’ to Amazon, but no longer wish anyone to experience ‘fussy’ electronics.
Absurd to strive for reading continuously without stopping or reflecting on anything else. Thinking about the material can and perhaps should take you away for a moment—not simply an indicator of distraction that needs to be managed.
I have taken few steps to simplify its content, deeming any simplification a complication in waiting.
Está rojo is what we might say when referring to the state of a glowing hot piece of metal, while es rojo, as a characteristic, would be used to describe a painted piece of metal.
it is this thought that we must transcribe into our new language, rather than the base language itself.
first they laugh, then they want it, then they can’t have it
doing some programming after months of none, feels kind of absurd to do this regularly, takes so much to express an app, looking forward to something easier replacing this someday
Introduction to Arabic, Track 12
Writing words down creates an external loop that becomes part of your process and means you aren’t building affordances to recall without it.
The roads to dating advice for men….
For those who are confused: Flirting is a smile. Flirting is holding a door. Flirting is letting her have the last doughnut in the break room box. Flirting is a corny and clean dad joke. Flirting is telling her that coming to work and seeing her smile makes your day better. Flirting is NOT remarking on her bosom or derrière. Flirting is not telling her to “loosen up”. Flirting is ABSOLUTELY NOT what online “pickup pros” tell you it is. It is NOT insulting her between compliments. It is not a battle, it is not a war you must win against her. Flirting is a request for attention, and if she is receptive, she will give you that attention. But whatever you do, if she is not interested, accept it gracefully, and with charm; and the confidence that she is just not in that place in her life to want a relationship, and she is being kind enough to not lead you on. It takes courage for some women to turn men away, because some men become hostile when rejected. She is behaving courageously, keep that in mind. Her friends are watching, and THEY may be interested in you, as long as you do not become an antagonistic jerk when turned down. That is a huge red flag to women that they cannot trust you not to become potentially violent if they disagree with you. Not boyfriend material, for sure. A calm, confident man will find what he is looking for, and can rest assured that he IS worth having a relationship with, to the receptive girl at the right time in her life. And she is worth your time spent seeking for her.
(decentralize as) decomposing the remains of zombie networks too big to die so that new life can sprout everywhere like grass
“facts don’t care about your feelings” is now my metaphor for futile forcing of logic on someone in an emotion-based position
Cooperation > Competition
help > hurt
Create a way for people to keep up the discussion after. Start a group chat, promote a mailing list, or plan a dinner after the event.
if my purpose is to feel good and help others to feel good, then…
[When someone has a Ferrari, you can feel sorry for them that they’re really in need of love. Choose sympathy over contempt.]
trying to make everything the same versus trynig to make everything different