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I wouldn’t call Iyengar the best. Yoga has certainly shown me how different bodies/minds respond, engage with, like different aspects of yoga. And anecdotally, the teachers I liked most have hatha backgrounds

I respectfully disagree as I found the comment (1) insightful that upon terminating a subscription the data is no longer accessible, (2) that $9/month could be seen as a lot to many people [honestly did not cross my mind, I guess that’s a priviledge of mine] - it’s the same argument as “$9/mo is too expensive for me” using different words and (3) it did not come off as overly negative, especially compared to some comment sections on controversial topics.

> uses sloppy reasoning, and tells us a lot more about yourself than about the topic you’re commenting on.

An example of being overly negative in one’s comments.

While I agree people have the ability to look up others’ claims for themselves, it’s a lazy way to go about it — I make an argument and then say “you look it up!”

> We know that the single best predictor of job success and performance is IQ.

Citation for this? As far as I know IQ isn’t a measure of intelligence (because intelligence is hard to define, let alone come up with a single number that quantifies it!)

Agreed that Europe should reduce dependency on US tech product. Among the reasons is how the US govt has been caught spying on allies multiple times. Which is sad but a clear sense of ethics missing in the US govt (along with a long list of others).

> A bit unlikely now, but you never know. On the timeline we exist, it's a possibility!

Dude academia needs programmers, specifically biology, biomedicine, and living organism. It doesn’t pay great, but my god you can get a job pretty easy.

Comparing what you wrote with the quotes below, I get the sense that you and Pielke Jr., might have different opinions on climate change:

Pielke has also written extensively on climate change policy. He has written that he accepts the IPCC view of the underlying science, stating, "The IPCC has concluded that greenhouse gas emissions resulting from human activity are an important driver of changes in climate. And on this basis alone I am personally convinced that it makes sense to take action to limit greenhouse gas emissions.”[10] He also states that, "Any conceivable emissions reductions policies, even if successful, cannot have a perceptible impact on the climate for many decades", and from this he concludes that, "In coming decades the only policies that can effectively be used to manage the immediate effects of climate variability and change will be adaptive."[11][12]

From his wikipedia page

To me, the people who need convincing don’t handle/care about the abstract threat like climate change as well as one where a nation invades another. I’m not sure how to convince those people either (or where ‘blame’ should be had here, education systems?). Do you?

Also, per your argument about BP wrt other rivals for most environmentally damaging activities exist - perhaps you should reorient the argument ( for the sake of better conversation) towards the pros/cons of having people consume less fossil fuel a time where the majority of people driving (in developed nations) also sit for hours on end (with obesity rates as high as they are too). Perhaps we should give up the need for fossil fuel and pick up the need to bicycle, walk around, and purchase less stuff - rather than thinking a corporation and it’s shareholders will change their ways.

We had a similar thought.

Beware, the writing is tough (disjointed) to follow.

Linux self selects: if you use linux you’ll need to become familiar with command line.

It seems out of whack to complain about linux without investing a wee bit of time with cli.

I hear what you are saying, and I believe you are correct under the perspective I assume you are taking. That said, I would propose to you to start thinking of men (and importantly boys) in smaller groups than by those of age and race: a significant portion of men/boys are not involved in the achievements you noted, and are not doing well at all.

One area I think this is evident is mass shootings in US schools: primarily carried out by boys, mainly white (oof, walked right into grouping by age and race). What is happening to boys to lead them down that path? Another area are deaths-from-despair [1] (the graph is from the UK*). What is leading men towards suicide? One more stat, violent deaths are, by a wide margin, mainly carried out by men on men [2]. What is driving men to be involved in violent deaths. Altogether, and I think you agree here, men are not doing well in important areas.

Above is collection of red flags and calls for direct help. And the current public conversation revolves around balancing opportunities for women (which is necessary, good for society, and I give credit to those that have brought the subject to the fore). But men and boys need more as well, perhaps in different ways than wages, positions of powers, etc. (granted how much can be determined by income bracket). Homicidal boys are likely different from the ones that grew up in households of mental/emotional/financial/stability. And men dying by despair are likely different than those in positions of power or wealth.

The crux of my argument is this: there is a difference between boys and men of wealth, power, and privilege. And ample attention by governments or communities should be offered, for a better overall society

One last point, on the point of incels: what is happening to boys to create a large enough group for a label (and the ridicule) of incels?

[1] https://archive.ph/xW50c [2] https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/global-stud...

Food is the one I’m interested. Food banks and the like?

With all due respect, without evidence your argument is baseless. I think your appealing to your ethos to persuade others (and on the internet what authority do you have?). I agree the world population should stop eating animals, but why?

My reasons are:

(1) morally dubious -- the majority of animals raised to be eaten live in squalor. It is below me, personally, to eat an animal raised in those conditions. For many people it isn't AND this doesn't support the argument that not eating animals is better for the planet.

(2) environmental impact -- the UN put out a list some years ago stating that to reduce environmental impact, consuming less animal and animal product is the way to go. Here is one list [0] indicting that among a collection of behavioral changes, eating more vegetables is helpful. Here is another [1] indicating that to reduce carbon footprint, travel (rather than diet) are primary ways to do so.

[0] https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/16-ways-take-act...

[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52719662

End of story? You must provide more than internet ethos to persuade an audience!

I’m not sure you are commenting on OPs remarks. The argument of lazy morality and voting of yuppies from corporatism and consumerism? Many, many (many) people buy things they don’t meet that help fuel corporate power. Yuppies, non-yuppies. For instance, how many people do you know that bought things from Amazon lately?

Like many things in life, the only way to truly know is by experience.

As far as I know, confession is a route for absolution of “sins”. And for some reason this is a power Christian churches give themselves. If it doesn’t result in a form of leverage (moral or otherwise) over it’s practitioners, I’d be surprised. Even more so for children who have yet to establish their own view of the world.

Also curious to know.

I thought this article was more about connectome research as a whole rather than a single worm paper. (Side note: one thing about worm brains is that their neurons don't have sodium channels -- which mammalian brains do and they wouldn't function without)

I'm not a glia scientist (those who study the cells that support neurons), but one thing systems neuroscience seems to largely avoid is the role of glia on signal transmission, processing, and the like.

Ha, I use python daily but did not think of it.

What’s the step up in terms of “structured languages” from bash. My shell scripts are getting longer as I become more competent. The one I am aware of is perl, any others?

ahh thanks

Basic question, how does one profit from scraping data and what kinda data?

Taking a stab at answering it: you scrape the data and build a business around selling it. Stock prices? But that's boring, plus how many others are doing it? I bet a lot.

Great leap forward

Save politics for facebook

Citation?

Ever been on a res?

Feels AI written…because it’s poorly written.

I could see your point until the next line in that quote:

“One-hundred percent of the senior technical and program leaders are men.”

Granted didn’t say white men. That said, I hear you in indentity-bait not being a great way to focus an argument.

a great way to realize the metaverse has died is to not discuss it. let us begin