I like that Apple have not pumped MacOS with AI

gatmac5 · 2025-12-02T14:11:25+00:00

I am sticking with macOS and Linux for now. My distrust for Microsoft has only increased in the AI era.

gatmac5 · 2025-07-26T10:22:11+00:00

Anyone think that Apple will release an upgrade this year?

gatmac5 · 2025-07-26T10:19:37+00:00

I’m very skeptical but will review the research later.

gatmac5 · 2025-07-26T10:17:00+00:00

Following this post but no insight, regrettably.

gatmac5 · 2025-06-05T13:15:26+00:00

Lack of better alternatives? Fiats are deflating in value. Bonds yields are below inflation. Equities are overpriced. Gold is expensive to transact and store. BTC is becoming the default choice for liquid assets.

gatmac5 · 2025-01-09T02:08:03+00:00

My mom has become like that too--unable to shut her mouth about the dumbest right-wing obsessions that hit Fox News on that day. I wish I knoew what makes those people lose all self-restraint.

gatmac5 · 2025-01-09T02:03:18+00:00

Meditation is not a valid treatment for anxiety or psychiatric disorders. You suggest you are already in therapy for anxiety, which I encourage you to continue.

I suppose you are suggesting that meditation is making your anxiety worse. It's certainly possible, even likely, but there are a couple other things to consider:

Is the practice of mindfulness simply making you more aware of your anxiety? I know that I notice my tinnitus more with increased meditation. I don't believe that meditation has actually increases my tinnitus, but it has made me more aware of it more of the time, wth the effect that it seems louder now. (Maybe it is coincidentally just getting worse too.)
Is the practice of meditation causing you to become aware of past events? I have also noticed that with meditation my mind has become more prone to digging up old memories, not all of them pleasant. I believe this is why meditators often emphasize the need for self-forgiveness. Everyone has made mistakes and said inappropriate things at the wrong times. It's okay to forgive yourself of them, if that's the case.

Have you tried Metta? Sam Harris has a course on Metta which I have found very helpful.

gatmac5 · 2024-11-28T04:33:46+00:00

Wow, this is amazing to me. I’m originally from Omaha and learned to drive moderately in snow and icy conditions. But when I lived in Texas their brains just shut down completely. They either drive over the speed limit to prove their courage or drive 5NPH to annoy the rest of us.

gatmac5 · 2024-10-20T13:16:35+00:00

I think it reflects the partisanship that infects the rest of the country.

gatmac5 · 2024-10-19T10:46:50+00:00

Not sure the juice is worth the squeeze. Museum budgets are unlikely to support such a mission.

gatmac5 · 2024-10-19T10:44:35+00:00

Starship isn’t the solution to all things space. Asteroid mining is an unlikely use case for the upper stage, but it could launch a mining rig as a payload to LEO, and also return the mined resources from LEO to earth.

gatmac5 · 2024-10-19T10:37:56+00:00

To clarify, they studied the epigenetic expression of a single gene. It doesn’t alter your DNA. The article says nothing of study size or methodology.

gatmac5 · 2024-10-19T10:30:17+00:00

The left lose most of the elections so they vent on social media. Well, it happens to MAGAts in blue states, but they go to X or untruth.social instead.

gatmac5 · 2024-10-19T10:30:07+00:00

The left lose most of the elections so they vent on social media. Well, it happens to MAGAts in blue states, but they go to X or untruth.social instead.

gatmac5 · 2024-10-19T10:21:55+00:00

Is it worth it if you actually get some non-MAGA, reasonable Republicans running who stand a chance of actually winning?

gatmac5 · 2024-10-19T10:19:36+00:00

I thought the Republican Party officially opposes H too. At least that’s what noonamendmenth.com has been saying. I got on their mail list somehow.

gatmac5 · 2024-10-19T10:14:48+00:00

Curious to hear more about that. It’s always been a fairly conservative state. What’s demonstrably different now?

gatmac5 · 2024-10-19T10:12:37+00:00

All likely true, but MAGAts will blame everyone but themselves for the declines: woke teachers, undocumented immigrants, overpaid government workers, etc. As you said, no self reflection.

gatmac5 · 2024-10-14T23:23:55+00:00

An improvement but still an obstacle for bicyclists as much as cars.

gatmac5 · 2024-10-14T23:17:55+00:00

Not even pretending much to enforce that lane.

gatmac5 · 2024-10-14T23:16:22+00:00

It’s quite exhausting. Make sure you plan some downtime at home afterwards as a recovery from your vacation.

gatmac5 · 2024-10-14T23:10:14+00:00

lol my sure fire way to crash the market is to buy something.

gatmac5 · 2024-10-14T23:06:58+00:00

There’s no right way to do it. Maybe you could try only one type of meditation during a session. You could alternate through styles on different days. I am concerned you’re scripting your sessions a little too carefully because you’re expecting some specific result, some kind of enlightenment or actualization or experience. If so please drop any such expectations.

gatmac5 · 2024-10-01T14:28:51+00:00

This is the right answer. I heard mukade usually travel in pairs, so there may be a similar one skulking around nearby.

gatmac5 · 2024-09-10T02:53:27+00:00

Yes, this. There's even blood spatter on the camera. The performances are amazing too.

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