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glennonymous
·il y a 2 ans·discuss
Indeed. I was the shadow of the waxwing slain/by the false azure in the windowpane...
glennonymous
·il y a 2 ans·discuss
102. Eschew advice books.
glennonymous
·il y a 2 ans·discuss
I sent an unsolicited 25 page paper about memes that I wrote, as just some (fairly pretentious!) guy without a college degree, to Professor Dennett, in the early oughts. And he just went ahead and read the thing and gave me very kind feedback on it.

I'm sure he was a busy person, and didn't have any obligation to respond to me, at all. It touched me deeply. What a generous and gracious soul he was.

I mean these words in a non-supernatural way, of course. :-D A toast to Mr. Dennett's wonderful memory.
glennonymous
·il y a 3 ans·discuss
A couple of thoughts: I’m unable to go back with my browser’s ’Back’ key. not being able to revisit an activity reduces the site’s usefulness. Also, I’d recommend adding a feature that lets users add activities.
glennonymous
·il y a 3 ans·discuss
Seems to be more or less impossible to play on my iPhone.
glennonymous
·il y a 3 ans·discuss
There’s an additional factor to this that the “leaving your AirPods in when talking to someone is rude” crowd don’t realize: AirPods are actually very effective hearing aids. (https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/11/study-airpods-pro-ar...)

This is how I use them. I have moderate hearing impairment and a modest budget, and have been hesitant to plunk down thousands of dollars for decent hearing aids. When I realized the $250 earphones I already had were really good hearing aids, and figured out how to set them up that way, it was life-transforming.

I do try to take a minute to explain to people that my AirPods help me to hear, when I think about it. But if you suffer from stuffy judgments that people who wear AirPods are inconsiderate a-holes, you might want to think twice about that.
glennonymous
·il y a 3 ans·discuss
I think this is a misunderstanding. The EU bans if there is a possible hazard; the US bans based on calculated risk. While it’s possible (but unlikely) there could be cases in which the EU rules are safer, the EU rules also result in harmful, expensive absurdities such as banning GMOs.
glennonymous
·il y a 3 ans·discuss
Am I the only person who hates it when people say “anyways” when they mean “anyway”?
glennonymous
·il y a 3 ans·discuss
Creative people suffer from a lack of neural plasticity? Interesting…