silly_goose
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- Comment on Can someone explain, calories, carbs, glucose, and gluten? 3 days ago:
tldr:
Calories: Amount of energy in food.
Carbs: An energy source that is abundant in plant food.
Glucose: Most carbs are digested into glucose. It gets absorbed by each cell and burned into energy.
Gluten: A protein in wheat that makes the dough stretchy. Causes gut issues for some people.
- Comment on Ate there more galaxies in the universe, than stars that can be seen from Earth with the naked eye, or with a telescope? 1 week ago:
Only a part of the universe is observable. All the stars that can be seen are in this region.
So we cannot answer this question with certainty. But I would lean towards more galaxies than obervable stars because the universe could be very large or infinite in size.
- Comment on Why are so many new programming languages being developed? 1 week ago:
yea I imagine some Haskell genius already wrote the greatest script in the world. But they are not famous because only a few shy programmers can understand it.
- Comment on Why are so many new programming languages being developed? 1 week ago:
It’s probably C that’s closest in the programming language world. It’s old, stood the test of time and is still popular.
- Comment on Why are so many new programming languages being developed? 1 week ago:
Making a new programming language is like creating a new musical instrument.
It represents the creator’s vision of what good music is and how easily and well it produces these sounds.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
There are already excellent answers. We can attack it from another angle and analyze what causes the fear of death.
- Fear of separation
Death means leaving everything behind. The life you have built. Friends, family, home, your identity, and your body—even the clothes you have on.
- Fear of pain
Death is usually accompanied by a lot of physical pain. We fear pain and live our lives running away from it.
We can use philosophy and deep thought to alleviate both.
Everything you are being “separated” from were only in your imagination. There were no “you” or “your people” or things to begin with. There is just reality. You have categorized sensory information as “this is me. This is my body, this is family etc.” If you continue this line of thought, you will realise nothing special happens during death. You are still a part of reality in a different form like a cloud that becomes rain.
Next is the fear of pain. Pain is a protective mechanism in your brain. It is a signal telling you to stay away from something or to draw attention somewhere. It’s nothing more. If you realise this at a deep level and keep your mind at peace even in extreme pain, your brain will not perceive it as a threat. Instead it will release endorphins to reduce the pain.
I know what I have said is not easy. It requires a lifetime of mental training and meditation. But it is possible.
And there are many stages to this. First is to not fear death during normal life. Next is to not fear it in the presence of a great threat. And the last is during the actual process of dying. Each stage is harder than the previous.
- Comment on Is it even possible to drop 20 lbs in a month? Are there any diets for people who want to go to the extreme? Kind of like celebs do for roles? 2 weeks ago:
If you want to do it naturally, combining prolonged water fasting and endurance exercise is the way.
I once lost 18 lb in 10 days with it. I am already quite lean so I stopped.
You have to build up to it. Both in terms of walking or slow running long distances and being fat adapted. I started with intermittent fasting, omad etc.
- Comment on Why Does Everyone Seem Ahead of Me? ??? 3 weeks ago:
You are still alive. You have a smartphone and a data plan. You are clearly educated. You are healthy enough to think and type.
So realistically, I’d say that puts you miles ahead of most humans of the past and the present.
- Comment on What's a good software for making memes and simple comics? 4 weeks ago:
I have used krita on my system. I’ll check out the experience on mobile.
- Comment on What's a good software for making memes and simple comics? 4 weeks ago:
ooh. I do use image toolbox for shrinking and converting images to other formats.
Didn’t occur to me that you can add text to images, draw, and make collages etc. It covers everything I need to get stared. Thank you!
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- Comment on Why do people get mad at you for using Wikipedia, but treat Google and AI chatbots like they're gospel? 5 weeks ago:
Because wikipedia has some opinions but chatgpt strokes their ego by being sycophantic and validating every stupid idea in their head.
- Comment on Is there hope for humanity? Or are we just destined or designed to wipe our own selves out? 5 weeks ago:
don’t look up
- Comment on how often do you think about your wenis? 1 month ago:
Never until someone asks or it starts hurting.
- Comment on What do you think happens if I stop using AI for a month? 1 month ago:
This is the same as asking what happens if I stop commuting to work in my car and running to work instead. You are using your legs, heart, and lungs etc everyday your body gets stronger and fitter over time.
If you stop outsourcing cognitive effort (thinking) to llms your brain will get stronger.
There are also other harms from llms like sycophancy that kill your social skills and cause psychosis. So your brain can recover all that if you avoid llm usage.
- Comment on What do you think happens if I stop using AI for a month? 1 month ago:
Your brain will start recovering from slopheadedness and begins growing back to normal functioning.
- Comment on I'm gonna ask the simplest complex question ever. What is happiness, to you? 1 month ago:
The wonder and mystery behind my existence. And all the kind people I keep meeting through life.
- Comment on Do some rich people date "poor" people? 2 months ago:
There are attractive qualities besides money like personality, kindness etc. So it happens sometimes.