anechouapechou (u/anechouapechou)

anechouapechou commented on Sugars, Gum, Stardust Found in NASA's Asteroid Bennu Samples nasa.gov/missions/osiris-... · Posted by u/jnord

snapdeficit · 19 days ago

I know one theory proposes comets seeded earth with essential materials. But what seeded comets?? It’s just chance with extra steps, no?

anechouapechou · 18 days ago

There's a theory that at the very beginnings of the universe, as it cooled down, there was a period where the average temperature of the universe was between 0-100º C, meaning the whole universe was within a "habitable" temperature range, and this could have supercharged the creation of the building blocks of life. I think I learned about it on a Veritasium video... Maybe someone knows which one? :)

anechouapechou commented on A vision of chocolate's future in an Amsterdam brownie bloomberg.com/graphics/20... · Posted by u/laurex

bn-l · a month ago

I’ve stopped all consumption of chocolate after reading about the amount of lead in it.

anechouapechou · a month ago

Cocoa flavanols are some of the most powerful compounds for heart and brain health. If you look around, you’ll find brands that actually test their cocoa for heavy metals. To get the most benefits, go for natural (undutched) cocoa, as, like the article mentions, the dutching process can strip away up to 80% of the good stuff.

anechouapechou commented on Why effort scales superlinearly with the perceived quality of creative work markusstrasser.org/creati... · Posted by u/eatitraw

anechouapechou · a month ago

I believe that last-mile edits do not significantly improve the quality of (most) creative work. To produce high-quality work, one must have already "cached" their "motor heuristics," which, in simpler terms, means having dedicated thousands of hours to deep and deliberate practice in their field.

The definition of 'last-mile edits' is very subjective, though. If you're dealing with open systems, it's almost unthinkable to design something and not need to iterate on it until the desired outcome is achieved. In other domains, for example, playing an instrument, your skills need to have been honed previously: there's nothing that will make you sound better (without resorting to editing it electronically).

anechouapechou commented on I refuse to date someone who uses ChatGPT theguardian.com/lifeandst... · Posted by u/jethronethro

anechouapechou · a month ago

> I just cannot imagine forming a deep, lasting connection with someone who regularly interacts with a technology that’s kneecapping our collective attention spans

I wonder if she has such strong opinions on social media and short video content.

> I probably won’t find what I value in someone who thinks “productivity” means asking an app to summarize a movie plot so they don’t have to waste their time, you know, watching it.

Reasonable, but it would be very foolish to assume that everyone that uses LLMs uses it in such a stupid way. Everyone is free to have their own opinion, and my opinion is that the author didn't even try to go deep into the subject, just feeling the ick and reasoning it later.

anechouapechou commented on How to Keep Winning amasad.me/keep-winning... · Posted by u/daviducolo

tester756 · 2 months ago

It reads as if written by teenager...

>For me, I would stand there and keep reciting difficult words. And although I was slightly dyslexic, I still won every freaking spelling bee. With this simple trick, I dominated it so much to the point that my teachers, who loathed me for being a slacker, once tried to rig it in favor of their obedient A-students (I still won).

>I used to be a pro gamer, and when my friends and I picked up a new video game, everyone would follow the game's instructions and do the obvious thing. On the other hand, I would explore the edges of the game. I'd explore every weird build, every different weapon, and frankly look like a noob for a long time. That's good. They'll underestimate you. But you're compounding. And eventually, you'll go vertical, creating a massive distance between you and the next participant before they know what hit them.

You just put way more effort, that's it. That's the real advice - put effort into things and make consistent progress. Be curious.

>Think of Apple and how taking privacy and security seriously—despite competing against Microsoft, which didn't care about either at the time—created a lasting consumer trust advantage.

Yea, because Apple is saint :D

anechouapechou · 2 months ago

I'm not quite sure if his goal with writing this was to help someone or to brag about how much he wins at life.

anechouapechou commented on Optimism associated with exceptional longevity (2019) pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas... · Posted by u/RickJWagner

fusslo · 2 months ago

Everything I've learned from psychology (and by this I mean watching psychology lectures from Yale and Stanford on youtube and reading the associated textbooks) makes me confident that I will have a short and unhappy life.

Dr Bloom spoke about how your overall mood during college is a good predictor for how happy you'll be as a person throughout your life. He talked about the optimum time to get married is 26. He elucidated the idea of your prefrontal cortex solidifying around 25, making personality changes MUCH more difficult.

Dr Sopolsky spoke about biological markers that may affect human behavior - both inherited and environmentally influenced.

At 35 I am starting to suspect that I may be on the spectrum ( I kinda expected some adult to tell me this as a child, if it's true ).

The males on my fathers side (with the exception of my uncle) do not make it past 67.

My mothers side has inter-generational trauma that I know i've inherited avoidant behaviors that limit my social ability.

So great news.

anechouapechou · 2 months ago

> He elucidated the idea of your prefrontal cortex solidifying around 25, making personality changes MUCH more difficult.

It’s true that neuroplasticity tends to decline around this age, but there are several important caveats:

- Exercise, especially cardiovascular exercise, promotes the release of BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor), which enhances neuroplasticity. Consistency matters, regular aerobic activity raises baseline BDNF levels, while sporadic exercise only causes short-term spikes. Studies even show that long-term cardiovascular exercise can alter brain structure.

- Belief in your ability to learn is associated with better learning outcomes and higher neuroplasticity markers. Whether this comes directly from belief or from the behaviors it encourages, it’s still practical advice. Don’t entertain thoughts that you can’t adapt or learn -- especially during exercise.

- Psychedelic experiences (with substances such as psilocybin, ketamine, or LSD) can open what’s called an “acute neuroplastic window”. During this time, brain network dynamics become more flexible and neuroplasticity increases. Surround yourself with the right people, ideas, books, during this period, and it can lead to dramatic positive change. But as this state can amplify both constructive and destructive influences, proceed with care and good research.

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anechouapechou · 2 months ago

Fittingly, his website was hugged to death

anechouapechou commented on When stick figures fought animationobsessive.substa... · Posted by u/ani_obsessive

anechouapechou · 2 months ago

That's so cool. I watched all of his work, and was in the animation scene, and I didn't even realize at the time, the creator is Chinese! I learned how to use Flash, dabbled into scripts, learned to do very basic stuff on 3DSMax, as a ~10 year old little shit, and all of that most likely wouldn't have happened, if it wasn't for his work -- it's safe to say that my life was dramatically impacted by him. Thanks for sharing this, OP!

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cgriswald · 2 months ago

Willpower can be used to suppress emotion and act in a particular way. This can be useful but isn’t an effective long term strategy. Willpower is finite and sometimes fickle, in part because of the physical reasons you describe.

For most stimuli, our strongest emotional reactions are to our thoughts about the stimulus, rather than the stimulus itself.

A better application of willpower is to reject and replace the thoughts that lead to those emotions. Over time those thoughts are replaced entirely and the emotional reaction is changed.

anechouapechou · 2 months ago

Stoicism: dichotomy of control; Buddhism: tale of two arrows; Socrates: "The unexamined life is not worth living"; I'm sure there's more...

Humanity has produced a great deal of knowledge on how to live well. Modern society is just too distracted to learn about it.

anechouapechou commented on What happened to Apple's legendary attention to detail? blog.johnozbay.com/what-h... · Posted by u/Bogdanp

anechouapechou · 2 months ago

Despite Apple's walled garden, its anti-consumer practices of trying to keep you in the ecosystem, and other behaviors (like the green/blue bubbles fiasco) that are absolutely reprehensible and inexcusable, I still used iPhones because it seemed far superior to the other offerings on the market. Fortunately, Apple is doing its best to make me see the light.