spoonfeeder006

Are you familiar with a term that refers to that sort of technique?

If that was all there was to it then why do white people in the USA have 10x as much wealth as black people? Are you saying that white people are 10x better at going on the healing process, being their own judge, and making changes that benefit them?

> The researchers took samples from brains of humans and rhesus macaque monkeys, separated individual cells and sequenced their RNA. This shows which genes are active (being expressed) in a particular cell and allows researchers to sort them into groups based on gene expression.

Thats (potentially) a lot of neurons to sift through isn't it? I wonder what their process was, or how many neurons they can sift through. Too bad the paywall (yay for greedy journal institutions profiting off the labor of scientists)

True. I guess the root issue is often much more basic

Less privileged code would mean less zero day exploits. Qubes relies on an order of magnitude less privileged code than Linux, and I believe Xen has had far fewer escalation of privilege exploits than Linux kernel

"Open suspicious links in disposable VMs" change that to "Open all links using the appropriate process"

But yeah, the social engineering though...

I always wonder that maybe someone can convince these health companies, clinics, etc... to start using Qubes OS for their network connected office computers. Maybe that could prevent a sizeable number of these ransomware attacks?

TLDR Qubes OS is a security focused operating system that is geared towards end users. It relies on isolation via the Xen hypervisor (has much less privileged code than Linux, Windows, or Mac kernels), and uses hardware based virtualization features of the CPU as well. E.g. it prevents a compromised network card from accessing the memory of a trusted virtual machine through DMA attacks as an example

And ultimately it incorporates this isolation into a seamless user interface as well

I'm guessing the primary feature that would protect against ransomware is that it allows on to open suspicious links in disposable VMs

I wonder how many homeless people get killed by the storm, but who don't make it into the statistics though....

Yeah, goes to show that if a person (or ourselves) is struggling with an impairment, a weakness, or a fault, then being compassionate with them (or ourselves) is an act of truthfullness. Its not just "oh you gotta be nice to everyone, just cuz you have to" but rather recognizing that there is a process inside all of us that needs troubleshooting

And depending on the underlying issue a different remedy is needed

> The path to guidance is one of love and compassion, not of force and coercion. -The Bab

So constantly thinking about the failure to the point of forming an identity as a failure isn't helpful. So it can take effort to look past that and instead problem solve on what went wrong and how to correct it in the future

And if the failure happens a hundred thousand times, keeping that positive forward thinking process is itself a meritorious act I believe, since its a step away from being unhelpful to ourselves

That said, I would say that with some actions, e.g. intentionally harming others in a serious and irraparable way, that troubleshooting then requires a punishment from society, but that is also kindness since it helps the offender grow by forcing consequences of their crime on them. But punishment should not be abusive or cruel like it often is today

But yeah, I would say we all have a lot of baggage to let go of to find true freedom, individually and collectively by taking part in genuinely contributing to society in our best possible way

Most of these ideas are inspired by Baha'i teachings, e.g. the Bab and Abdul-Baha, as well as from the book Tiny Habits by B.J. Fogg, and Allen Carr's books about addiction

Cant get past paywal, but my amateur view on this is something like this: You have a car trying to get up a hill. If it gets past the peak there is a huge downard road that it can just coast on endlessly. But if you'r engine is too weak that makes no difference whatsoever

I would suppose the same thing with the brain. You need enough neurotransmitters such as dopamine to fire and exert a behavior change. And then there is a reward that causes overall improvements in the body's functionality. Without enough neurotransmitters though, you just can't do it

I find that learning self compassion and letting go of stress has helped me to an extent. Beating yourself for procrastinating only adds internal tension

Just as we should strive to forgive others, and (if they seem well intentioned and not shamelessly deceitful) to be kind and patient with them, it is equally important to do the same with ourselves

Learning to not dwell on our imperfections is equally important as having the self awareness to recognize our flaws

And in doing so that helps streamline our thoughts to give us more motivation

For some people medication like adderall can also be really helpful

"when you have an object close to your face, it’s registered as a threat"

Ok I wonder to what extent the flight / fight response can be unconscious and not noticed

And I get that FoF can be triggered. But from seeing the phone it can't be nearly as much as with seeing a bear coming at you can it?

I'm also curious what kinds of objects do that, and why does the phone do it and not something else?

Like would reading the news trigger that? Playing a game of chess?

I think I will ask Perplexity AI on those later

Can you verify point #1 from publicly available sources? I.e. not relying on the governor's word

My view is the most people (not all) are inherently good inside

Thus the vast majority of robbers are suffering from an illness, and not inherently evil

Which means most (not all) are not actually trying to harm people, just satisfy an economic need or a craving

Yeah, a crime deserves a punishment. But you have to factor in what is driving the crime. Is it economic despair? Drug addiction? Or a person's act of free will?

So to deal with robbery and other crimes you have to understand what is the root cause of it, and apply the remedy for that illness

> O CHILDREN OF MEN! Know ye not why We created you all from the same dust? That no one should exalt himself over the other. Ponder at all times in your hearts how ye were created. Since We have created you all from one same substance it is incumbent on you to be even as one soul, to walk with the same feet, eat with the same mouth and dwell in the same land, that from your inmost being, by your deeds and actions, the signs of oneness and the essence of detachment may be made manifest. Such is My counsel to you, O concourse of light! Heed ye this counsel that ye may obtain the fruit of holiness from the tree of wondrous glory. > > -Bahá’u’lláh

Watching a video here or there isn't a good way to assess a threat

You can watch plenty of videos of people getting dismembered during vehicle accidents, but does daily driving traumatize people? No

What are the statistics? At least for me thats what I would want to know

https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/the-psychology-behind-...

In store robberies its unlikely to turn violent if the clerk is behind the counter and complies with the robber, according to one source at least

So people in poor neighborhoods who have experienced common robberies would probably know this and basically be used to it

Perhaps there is a difference in perception on this for those who are from affluent or middle class backgrounds as compared to those who grew up in poor communities?

My high school teacher had a friend who would simply and calmly say "No" like it wasn't a big deal whenever people tried to rob him at gun point. That lack of fear and compliance would take away the robber's strength and make them scared and run

Thats not a statistic though, but it does partly explain my perception and feeling over this I guess

The main statistic I would be interested in, though, is not likelihood of a single robbery, but a 5 year or 10 year likelihood of getting harmed, if I was living in a poor neighborhood

Yeah, the lingering mental aspect from being robbed is a good point. I personally doubt I would have trauma if someone held a gun to me and asked me for my merchandise, but who knows, I've never actually experienced that irl

Body language would probably be a bigger factor in that than the gun though

But also, robbery is often driven by trauma or desperation itself

Maybe I don't know enough to take an exact stance exactly on the appropriate punishments, but I do feel like the different factors need to be weighed and balanced

I'm also actually not allowed to get involved in political stuff though, so yeah I probably should have kept my mouth shut on this from the outset

But I will say that justice isn't about my or someone else's wants, its about whats fair for everyone involved, including the one who done the robbery

E.g. giving them a chance to demonstrate they can change. If not, then harsher punishments

Uh, yeah? I think most people? Including me???

Everyone makes mistakes. If he hasn't damaged anyone beyond repair then he doesn't deserve to have his life ruined beyond repair

Its about justice, not fear

6 months is fine unless he hacked someone's arm off or something

Stuff like this is proof that any and all politicians who do not vigorously act to end these kinds of things... all, no exception, are psychopaths or otherwise rotten terrible people

Like who the hell of a fucking idiot comes up with these stupid ass laws is beyond me

Just goes to show, if you give people power to ruin peoples lives and torture them with impunity, there is no shortage of "people" willing to fill such a role

And such lack of empathy is basically everywhere in society, though they conglomerate into business leadership roles in higher proportions

Yes, mathematical constructions are merely a model of reality

It is interesting to note that (correct me if I'm wrong) perhaps our mathematical constructs are based on a classical intuition and perception of the universe?

And here we are trying to fit that classical intuition into the quantum realm

Perhaps that can be related to why shit gets complicated with particle physics?

I think I'm getting a glimmer of understanding on this now

From what I gather, a set of possible transformations is a group in group theory

Physical space is a type of group, i.e. a Poincare group, and is described by the set of all transformations on objects, or something (i.e. motion or lack thereof)

An irreducible poincare group is a tinest example of physical space, i.e. a 'particle'

So although it has no physical space, yet the irreducible Poincare group is intrinsically (but not practically) capable of those same types of transformations within itself as in the larger Poincare group within itself

E.g. a larger object (many particles) can undergo shears and strains, i.e. internal motion. In theory an infinitesimal particle can, it just doesn't have the space to undergo those

I'm inferring from this that a subset of physical space is also a Poincare group?

> “What is a particle?” > > “An irreducible representation of the Poincaré group,” a precocious classmate answered.

Me: Looks up Poincare group

Also me: Oooookay, that makes absolute perfect zero sense to me

If you already starting from an existing set from publicly available sources, and you just need to standardize them amongst each other for consistency, then I can see how that would be kinda reasonable, though I'm no designer myself

perhaps things like giving them a consistent center or consistent brightness/contrast could be done programmatically as well, and maybe there are end user tools to do those things en masse

other tweaks such as selecting between subtle variations found in each icon, or adding some artistic modification, shadow mimicking, etc... can possibly be done, to align the set to a certain pre-defined theme now that I think about it more

seems like a pretty interesting kinda project actually

> Arts, crafts and sciences uplift the world of being and are conducive to its exaltation ~Baha'u'llah

the designer who chose to instead run with the money probably got insecure or bored, but they would probably be happier if they learned to appreciate the creative process more

So what, he was asking the designer to re-create already existing icons? Or brand new icons for each stock?

Thats insanely fucked up either way of the designer leading them on like that or to ultimately cheat someone

And don't tell them about the browser inspector nor how to copy SVG code using that

So how do you not click links to confirm your email for a new account?

Rather one could use Qubes OS and only open links in disposable VMs and never enter info beyond that

Thats basically what I do when I get emails to confirm my email address for a new account

One can't always avoid clicking links can they?

So how is the internal chain of thought represented anyhow? What does it look like when someone sees it?

Is that the engine exhaust on the right image? With the flames? Crazy...

My favorite is in nutrition research papers when they say something like "At 8am the subjects consumed a standardized breakfast"

At first I misread that as the astronauts would come back aboard the starliner

And I was like...now I'm scared for them

> not everybody is equally good at "thinking for themselves." A sufficiently-large group of people will always divide itself, as inevitably as if Maxwell's Demon himself were prodding them

true, but perhaps we do have capacity to learn to think well enough to pick leaders who are better people than the most of us overall, e.g. learning to not mistake charisma for pure intention or intellectual insight

with some self awareness, it takes less effort overall to know who is better than us or our friends in terms of ethics and intellect, than it is to be right on every issue

and thats probably more important than the specifics of each issue, especially since the lay person doesn't have time to delve into the finer details of everything

now if we can get in a cycle of electing leaders like that then that would set us on a trajectory of constant societal growth, but to get to that our system probably also needs to change so as to actually present people with realistic options

that is probably a lot harder, and the two are certainly locked into a feedback loop

and I don't have answers on that one, but I believe if its possible to get to where we are from pond scum, then perhaps we can get to that point in the future as well

> O rulers of the earth! Be reconciled among yourselves, that ye may need no more armaments save in a measure to safeguard your territories and dominions. Beware lest ye disregard the counsel of the All-Knowing, the Faithful.

> Be united, O kings of the earth, for thereby will the tempest of discord be stilled amongst you, and your peoples find rest, if ye be of them that comprehend. Should any one among you take up arms against another, rise ye all against him, for this is naught but manifest justice.

> (“Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh”, pp. 253-254)

Sorry, I don't mean anything against legitimate self defense, I'm talking rather about "self-perceived need to engage in warfare for childish reasons"

Examples of that would include ego, greed, petty revenge, etc...

But I guess the way I said it did come across that way, so yeah, my bad

I'm just saying that if we could evolve past such petty ego-based sentiments in the world, then wouldn't such pressure to develop weaponry in such massive amounts, and hence we could focus on actually making a functioning society