Connor Harris @Connor@schelling.pt
Joined Jan 2021
Curious about the story behind this random-seeming detour in I-78
@pee_zombie is there any way that instance admins can edit users’ handles? (I sort of want mine to begin with a lowercase letter instead)
What are some other good accounts to follow? My TL is a bit quiet
Surprisingly few direct bus services from Detroit to Indianapolis
Why do we say "Eastern Europe" but "East Asia"? Pure happenstance?
Connor Harris
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Vision may have regressed a bit. I'm consistently getting binocular ~20/40 or slightly worse when I'm not in direct sunlight. Also getting occasional flashes of clearer vision, not sure how or why
@meanderingexile I would like to know more
Still super dependent on ambient lighting: when not in direct sunlight my vision seems more like 20/40 or a bit better
Connor Harris
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having the courage to choose your aesthetic convictions over profit is incredibly laudable
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RT @moldbugman
I agree with the actions of the Japanese waiter and manager in this anecdote. The customer was wrong and they were right to insist they knew better.
https://twitter.com/moldbugman/status/1331237885643681793
Connor Harris
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when a society finds itself sunk-cost-fallacying about why bright youngsters must be denied access to the sum of human knowledge is when it may be time to take a deep breath and pull the bandaid off (change funding incentives)
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RT @alicemazzy
libgen/scihub are of such monumental social/moral worth that their illegality delegitimizes the law as a whole
https://twitter.com/alicemazzy/status/1220062740825415689
Vision update: could get a 20/25 line and about half a 20/20 line with both eyes and with the right eye alone. (Left eye is a bit weaker, about 20/40). Blur-free visual range is 52-56 inches, suggesting nearsightedness in the range 0.70-0.77 diopters.
@urshanabi good thing I already have one checked off and possibly don’t have to do the other
Can’t get this song about Putin’s secret aqua disco out of my head
Connor Harris
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The idea that employers should have to pay for healthcare is anti-small-business
I'm extremely pleased with the results so far; let me know if you're nearsighted and would like to try this as well so I can see if my results replicate.
Binocular vision improved to what looks like 20/25 (even got a couple letters on the 20/20 line). Monocular vision is trailing far behind for some reason, looks like 20/50. Blur-free visual range is about 43-45 inches, same as yesterday.
Evening vision (indoors, soft artificial lighting) is about 20/50, an improvement from 20/70 at beginning of experiment
Second update to reading glasses experiment (previously: https://schelling.pt/web/statuses/105589824902267696). I could read all or all but one letter of the 20/30 line on two eye charts, and got a decent portion of the 20/25 line after my eyes had a bit of time to adjust. I checked my blur-free visual range twice and got 43 and 48 inches, which would mean myopia of 0.8-0.9 D. I'll start routinely testing my vision in the nighttime (when it's typically worse) this evening.
@mattparlmer tbc this would be a good thing
Joined Jan 2021
