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grumpycamelon Our crisis is not loneliness but human beings becoming invisible

I feel the severely increased number of things in our lives -- social connections (former workplaces, schools, kids, church, neighbors, etc), work demands, parenting demands, caring for parents, interests (hobbies, tv shows, ...), modern living (commute, finances, adulting, exercise, property maintenance, ...), etc -- has created so much cognitive load that the only way to "scale" the mind and participate is to leverage tech (social media, online, apps, etc)

how to ease this cognitive load ? I imagine that it is very tempting to accidentally dehumanize others in the pursuit of looking after one's own burdens

grumpycamelon Doctors Without Borders declares the war in Gaza as genocide

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9n77DPJ7AE

This guy has a very accessible take on the proper United Nations definition of genocide and how it applies to the Gaza and Ukraine war.

Gemini summary:

>>>> This video discusses the definition of genocide and its application to current events. The speaker argues that many people misuse the term to describe any atrocity, while genocide specifically refers to the intent to eliminate a group of people. The speaker uses the examples of the war in Gaza and the arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin to illustrate this point. They argue that while there are many civilian casualties in Gaza, it's unclear if there's an intent to eliminate the entire Palestinian people. In contrast, Putin's forced deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia aligns more clearly with the definition of genocide. The speaker emphasizes the importance of using the term accurately to avoid diluting its meaning and to properly address serious crimes. <<<<

grumpycamelon Amnesty accuses Israel of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9n77DPJ7AE

I thought this was a sensible and accessible explanation of what genocide and what it is not. It has two case studies: Gaza, Ukraine.

grumpycamelon Simple idea cuts cargo ship emissions by 17.3% in first trials

> The Blue Visby Solution requires considerable connectivity, co-ordination and participation, from lots of different stakeholders, on a global scale – but where the rubber meets the road, it's incredibly simple. It simply tells the ships to slow down, so they arrive at port right on time.

IMHO, the real motivation is cognitive load or mental effort.

It requires a lot of work just to mind the optimization. Easier to just go quickly to the stop light then wait, where you can turn off brain. Similarly with "Sail Fast Then Wait".

grumpycamelon Antithesis of a One-in-a-Million Bug: Taming Demonic Nondeterminism

Appendix is not visible https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hA7bpfAMyyAYix0lelUZLI7W...

grumpycamelon iPhone 15 USB-C port is 100% standard; MFi certification rumors wrong

I wonder if Apple will be "blamed" for not-to-spec USB-C cables damaging devices.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/02/google-engineer-find...

grumpycamelon Apple’s iPhone 14 Redesign for Repair

If Apple allows super easy salvage of another device for parts, I wonder if phones will start to be stolen again. Easy salvage might create an unacceptably wide-spread life-safety risk to ALL smartphone owners.

Tradeoffs, unintended consequences.

grumpycamelon Fibers under the magnifying glass [pdf]

Response to "Fibers under the magnifying glass" http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2019/p086...

Response to response to "Fibers under the magnifying glass" http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2019/p152...