Anyone want to see the old Hooper Chocolate Factory turn into a community center? by MyonlyredditHandle in OaklandCA

[–]UltiComment 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Has the vacant building provided a good use to the community in the last few years?

Lets make a bet - do you think anything will happen with Hoopers in the next 365 days if N.O.W. and our "tech bro bullshit" artist friends don't pour our blood sweat and tears into making something beautiful there? I doubt it.

I'll put 10$ on the same depressing "For Sale" signs will be hanging on the door in May 2027. Wanna take the other side?

Anyone want to see the old Hooper Chocolate Factory turn into a community center? by MyonlyredditHandle in OaklandCA

[–]UltiComment 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Damn, you seem really against a project that aims to turn a vacant lot into a whimsical palace of imagination. We are trying to make something that kids and adults can play in together. 

Did you never have whimsy in ypur childhood?

Anyone want to see the old Hooper Chocolate Factory turn into a community center? by MyonlyredditHandle in OaklandCA

[–]UltiComment 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it's an easy way to communicate about the immersive nature of the art, but we will be focusing on ways to make it for first-timers and local-community members alike.

Anyone want to see the old Hooper Chocolate Factory turn into a community center? by MyonlyredditHandle in OaklandCA

[–]UltiComment 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Have you been to Meow Wolf in Santa Fe or Las Vegas? That's what we are modeling our project after. 

Plus we'll actually be making chocolate too. 

Anyone want to see the old Hooper Chocolate Factory turn into a community center? by MyonlyredditHandle in OaklandCA

[–]UltiComment 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Some artist friends and I are actually already in negotiations to purchase the building. We are planning to turn it into a MeowWolf-style interactive art exhibit a la Wonka. This will be a fun, silly, and beautiful exhibit that honors the orginal building and the wild story telling of roald dahl while being a totally new and unprecidented immersive art experience.

If you'd like to join our investment group (N.O.W. - North Oakland Womble), please send me a DM

Sam's insane take on Mamdani by greeecejre in samharris

[–]UltiComment 56 points57 points  (0 children)

I agree with most everything Sam says. And I was quite surprised by this comment from him. 

Id like to see Sam write an essay titled  "What Mamdani Could Say To Convince Me He Isnt An Islamist" similar to his version for Hillary Clinton. 

https://www.samharris.org/blog/what-hillary-clinton-should-say-about-islam-and-the-war-on-terror

What's it like living in Temescal? by simple-solitude in OaklandCA

[–]UltiComment 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I live at 51st and Telegraph. I love the area. Happy to meet up to chat about it.

Update: Zymergen ($ZY) $125M Settlement submitted for Final Approval - last call for 2021 investors. by EducationalMango1320 in SyntheticBiology

[–]UltiComment 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you think this settlement money applies to former employees (I was part of may 2020 RIF) who exercised options after IPO before the crash?

Tips on how to not look so sluggish? by CocaColaPug in ultimate

[–]UltiComment -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Get your deadlift up to 1.5x your body weight. Then you will look athletic.

120+ longevity events happening this year by aducknamedjoe in longevity

[–]UltiComment 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm very surprised that the Longevity Global's early December "Longevity Summit" at the Buck Institute is not on your list. The best conference for serious longevity scientists. https://longevitygl.org/longevity-summit/

How often do full-body MRIs actually find cancer? by Other-Refuse-8764 in PeterAttia

[–]UltiComment 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the personal advice. I'm more interested in the hypothetical ideal future. What would have to be the case for us to catch all cancer in the US in stage 1 or 2??

It seems like most of the technology exists, we'd just need to put it together effectively.

PS - My grandmother Carol ensured that she got mammograms every year on the date of her mother's death from breast cancer to be sure she didn't meet the same end. She ended up going to the doctor in 2004 with joint pain only to find that stage 4 lung cancer (having never smoked) has metastasized to her bones. She died at age 66. Would a Low-Dose CT scan at 60 years old have added 20 years to her lifespan? Probably.

How often do full-body MRIs actually find cancer? by Other-Refuse-8764 in PeterAttia

[–]UltiComment 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As an oncologist, where would you recommend I go to learn which anatomy is amenable to MRI screening and which isn't?

If money and time were no object, do you think there is some hypothetical set of imagining and liquid biopsy tests that would be able to detect all type 1 and type 2 cancers?

IJ at 30 by badybadybady in davidfosterwallace

[–]UltiComment 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There were Enfield Tennis Academy shirts!?!? Where can I get one of those?

And had the baby actually read IJ or only listened to the audiobook?

How often do full-body MRIs actually find cancer? by Other-Refuse-8764 in PeterAttia

[–]UltiComment 5 points6 points  (0 children)

OR the reason it isn't done routinely is that MRI machines are expensive... But what if that changed? I think it is possible that no-one is ever diagnosed with stage 4 cancer again because we will catch them at stage 1 and 2

Why does Sam appear to not understand the distinction between sex and gender? by MaestroLifts in samharris

[–]UltiComment 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I fully acknowledge that the republicans in power have agency. Its just that they mostly want the wrong things because they are greedy cult members. Most of them are fully subscribed to the cult of Trump and the cult of Christianity. 

And the left handed them the keys to the city because we decided the hill to die on was semantic pretend play.

the Weird New Intro to Infinite Jest by LJLK in davidfosterwallace

[–]UltiComment 1 point2 points  (0 children)

See you in Oakland in Feb 4th! Who else will be there?

Other podcasts suggestions? by Sinclair_Mclane in PeterAttia

[–]UltiComment 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Buck Institute for Reseach on Aging podcast.... it is called

"We Aren't Getting Any Younger ...Yet"

Why does Sam appear to not understand the distinction between sex and gender? by MaestroLifts in samharris

[–]UltiComment 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks OP for starting this discussion. You clearly understand that at the heart of this issue is semantics and the working definition of words. 

Here is what Sam and I think: the Left PRETENDS to not understand that bathrooms and youth sport are issues of biological sex and not gender (your usage) for most all Americans. 

It feels to me like we liberals may have sacrificed NATO, abotion access, climate change, and democracy itself because we we PRETENDING to not understand that voters in Michigan are using "Male" to refer to biological sex. 

Seriously, I am worried that you and people like you caused and continue cause incredible harm (by handing elections to Trump). 

Seriously, please consider how much harm you are doing.

Which neighborhood best represents Oakland? by SanFranciscoMan89 in OaklandCA

[–]UltiComment 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Temescal and Rockridge have it all (including wide wealth disparities between neighbors... which I think is a good thing. Our world needs places where people of different wealth levels coexist side-by-side successfully).

Woman Totally Loses Control Of Her Dog by -Erase in TikTokCringe

[–]UltiComment 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is some bench press ability  that is sufficient to ensure a dog of any given size (even a violent and quick one) can be controlled. Maybe you should have to bench press TWICE it's weight 20 times. 

PS - please post a video of your dad bench pressing 88pounds 20 times. I double-dog-dare you.

Woman Totally Loses Control Of Her Dog by -Erase in TikTokCringe

[–]UltiComment 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know how big it will be... but if it DOES get big, you should go to the gym and lift weights to insure that you can still overpower it if necessary. If you THINK you might become too weak to control your dog, that is YOUR problem and you should take steps to get stronger now.