@jefftk I've had relatively good luck with friction fitting parts when 3D printing things. Seems very simple to design a prototype cap and print one out to see how well it works.
Is Metaculus like wildly overconfident here? https://www.metaculus.com/questions/6615/alcor-to-go-bankrupt-before-reviving-people/
My impression was that most rationalists who do cryonics think it's extremely unlikely but the payoff is huge. Definitely not like "60% chance it'll work for at least someone".
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"Hey, can you switch instances? Your admin favorited a joke that I didn't appreciate once. Might need to block you otherwise. Oh, and that crowdfunding platform you use? Back in 2006 they let an organization I don't personally align with use their platform. You should abandon that. Also, -"
Shhhh. Let people enjoy things. I am all for being socially conscious but we can't boycott everything. We are so tired. Please go outside.
@WomanCorn The fourth estate was supposed to keep us honest but they've abdicated that in favor of manufacturing drama. I feel like they've done a good job of convincing me that you shouldn't try to change in any way in response to the things they say.
@WomanCorn I don't think those are the two options though. I think they would just say they are associated with shady aspie tech billionaires or some other guilt by association thing.
In the limit where EA becomes basically a normie organization, they would just write the kinds of hit pieces that mainstream media writes about normie organizations.
@WomanCorn Ah, I suspect that EA not having a bunch of poly people in it would not stave off the hit pieces, just change their character a bit, so I guess I don't think they need to reallocate their weirdness points.
@WomanCorn Is this an oblique reference to something specific?
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mastodon.art has blocked outerkosm.us for (officially, per their website):
Federates with the usual suspects
I don't know what this means, but I believe it's essentially a form of penalizing coercion tactic/justification used to leverage other instances into joining the sanctioning of whatever entities they believe deserve sanctioning. Expressed here: https://outerkosm.us/notes/9arsonzgmyWorse is that mastodon.art did not only block my instance---mastodon.art publicly slandered my instance as harboring child sexual exploitation material (CSEM), Naziism, hate speech. ---And, encouraged other instances to join them in #fediblock! Post found here: https://mastodon.art/@Curator/109799802882253307
mastodon.art's claims are a complete fabrication. At the time of their decision to maliciously slander/fediblock outerkosm.us, the instance itself wasn't 36 hours old! Not only do I not tolerate any such content or behavior, but I know for a fact that no such material exists, nor has ever existed, on my instance.
I never once received any reports, complaints, or communications from mastodon.art administration, nor any other administrators or users of remote instances, regarding any controversial, objectionable, or offensive content from my instance or the users therein. In fact, at the time of writing this, I've not received any reports or complaints from anyone whatsoever about anything!
I replied to mastodon.art's post asking for clarification and expressed how upset I was that they would do something so arbitrarily cruel to a brand new, small instance such as my own: https://outerkosm.us/notes/9asjjhl7me
I messaged the administrator of mastodon.art and furthermore emailed their administrative account again asking for clarification and expressing my discontent. I never got a response.
Blocking an instance is fine, it's part of the administrative process of the fediverse; It's a fact of life. But, to publicly lie and cruelly slander an instance is another matter completely. ---Especially when doing so to abuse the Mastodon #fediblock weapon. For an instance like mastodon.art, with nearly 8,000 users, to do this... it's the fediverse equivalent of dropping a nuclear weapon on a tiny country. And, for no reason, at that! I do not understand why they would do this. My instance did nothing to them!
I can't interpret the actions of mastodon.art here as anything short of completely random cruelty: purely motivated by a desire for sabotage. A brand new instance joins the fediverse and a giant Mastodon instance immediately broadcasts fraudulent claims to over 8,000 people---to the entire fediverse---that this new instance is harboring or disseminating CSEM, Naziism, etc.. And specifically tells users "not to interact". Doesn't elaborate further. Doesn't respond to questions. Doesn't explain anything.
I just don't understand.
I'd be lying if I claimed I wasn't upset, or that this didn't bother me.
@jefftk Unfortunately it only works for renewal and not out of state license transfers. 🙁
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10 Image #CaptionTips from a transcriptionist:
1. Any words are better than nothing.
2. You don't need to say it's "a picture of…" screen readers will already say it's an image.
3. Start with the framing or format (i.e. close up, landscape, meme, text).
4. Think about the reason you're posting the pic and describe that first, add background details if you have time.
5. Pretend you're talking to someone on the phone and want to tell them about this cool thing you're looking at.
6. Transcribe any and all text in the image, even if it's the only thing you do.
7. If you've described the image in your post, you don't need to copy and paste it again in the caption. But again, don't leave it blank, just put something like "as described."
8. You can add small subjective notes, but don't give too much interpretation of the image in your own opinion.
9. Caption jokes are fun, as long as they still describe the image objectively.
10. Use punctuation, and capitalize words properly. A lot of us have interacted with this tech when calling customer service or talking to Siri, so keep in mind that you're writing for a computer to read, and it needs all the help it can get.
@ayegill So far I've been very unimpressed with any LLM applications I've seen, but if this worked I'd be so psyched.
Interesting, I didn't know this about the half-life of S-modafinil. A lot of people I talk to complain about the long half-life of R-modafinil, so it seems like switching to esmodafinil would be a major win for them:
https://moreisdifferent.substack.com/p/could-s-modafinil-be-the-new-caffeine
@jefftk Presumably the reason why it's not the default is because running is less energy efficient per unit distance¹: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15570150/
We're no longer energy constrained (and in fact people would probably prefer to burn more calories), but our instincts and aversions are still tuned to efficiency.
¹I think this actually depends on walking speed, but you need to walk pretty briskly for walking to be less energy efficient per distance than running.
@jefftk Practically speaking, running by default seems more difficult since in most situations where I could either run or walk, I find that I am encumbered by something like a backpack (which would bounce and be uncomfortable) or a cup of tea.
I also get the feeling that running is slightly more likely to lead to collisions, which is a bit hazardous for people around you.
@panchromaticity Your parents got married on December 30th? Was it a big ceremony? Where was it? Why did they choose such an unusual date?
@zimablue @joachim Ah, yeah, also this: https://www.movetodon.org/ (I haven't used either of these but I've heard of people using them)
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@zebrask so by analogy, you could do something similar for Sunni/Shia. Start with geography, then go to culture, then draw cultural comparisons across established dimensions.
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@zebrask It seems like the most resonant way to draw the Cath/Prot distinction -- in the modern day, for practical purposes -- is to point to the cultural-ethnic geography:
Prots carved off lots of northern/Germanic cultures, and so have a lot of ethnic norms you'd find there (in Hofstede's dimensions, those include higher individualism and lower power distance).
By contrast, Caths kept lots of southern/Med cultures (collectivism, high power distance).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofstede%27s_cultural_dimensions_theory
@joachim Best ways I've found to get started:
1. Check out the local timeline.
2. Search for and use hashtags about things you like, e.g. #clowns #clouds #weirdfeet
3. Find people with similar interests to you and traverse their following / followers graph.
@WomanCorn I am not familiar with Baptists vs. Methodists, but when I look it up I find this: https://christianityfaq.com/methodist-baptist-difference/
The explanation is clearly about their current set of beliefs, not the historical origins. It definitely seems more like a satisfying answer than, "Well in 1874 John Baptist disagreed with William Method about where a church should be located and the people who agreed with Baptist are now Baptists, and the people who agreed with Method are now Methodists."
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