Please tell your friends about federated social media site that speaks several fediverse protocols thus serving as a hub uniting them, hubzilla.eskimo.com, also check out friendica.eskimo.com, federated
macroblogging social media site, mastodon.eskimo.com a federated microblogging site, and yacy.eskimo.com an uncensored federated search engine. All Free!
💸 Soutenez nous sur Tipeee : http://fr.tipeee.com/parolesdhonneur 🗞️ Nouveau numéro du magazine "Nous" http://nous.qgdecolonial.fr/ 🔔 Abonnez vous à Paroles d'honneur sur Youtube : https://www.youtube.
If the music's gotten boring, it's because of the people Who want everyone to sound the same Who drive the bright people out of our so-called scene Till all that's left is just a meaningless fad
If the music's gotten boring, it's because of the people Who want everyone to sound the same Who drive the bright people out of our so-called scene Till all that's left is just a meaningless fad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E0MdKJreSE
Casual thoughts about memory and our misconceptions about it, based on the last few weeks of seeing a LOT of lay mental models about memory and cognition:
- it is well known in the psychological and cognitive sciences that memory is not like a man-made recording device. Your memory is not a tape recorder, or analogous to computer memory. Nevertheless people will insist on constantly using computer metaphors for memory. Just know this is widely regarded as inaccurate
hey thanks so much I've been using computer/organic machine/input/output analogies for 30+ years while also understanding the limitations of such purposeful analogies, and this is the first time I've seen a fellow scientist scold the subject. Congrats, really! We are so, so, so much more than organic computers, yes. Obviously.
- a key principle of much of the memory that we're concerned with in casual conversations (how we learn, retrieve information for large and complex tasks, "meaning" memory) is that we store information in relationship with the previous information and organization of our memories. Over and over, research has found that we are much more "active" participants in this process rather than "passive recorders"
With this knowledge in hand, we start to understand illusions of learning, e.g.:
"Conscientiously taking verbatim notes or reading to-be-learned content over, if it is done in a passive way, is not an efficient way to learn"
- Bjork, R. A., Dunlosky, J., & Kornell, N. (2013). Self-regulated learning: Beliefs, techniques, and illusions. Annual review of psychology, 64(1), 417-444.
From what I understand, human memory is pretty shit. It gets processed through our imagination and we only remember the story we told ourselves, not the actual facts.
I would absolutely love to watch a seminar on "how to study" and "how to learn" that's pitched to students starting high school, and again when staring university. "What we know works" would be just such an incredible asset for students, teachers, parents, everyone.
Casual thoughts about memory and our misconceptions about it, based on the last few weeks of seeing a LOT of lay mental models about memory and cognition:
- it is well known in the psychological and cognitive sciences that memory is not like a man-made recording device. Your memory is not a tape recorder, or analogous to computer memory. Nevertheless people will insist on constantly using computer metaphors for memory. Just know this is widely regarded as inaccurate
My favorite quick example of this is this simple game:
"Hey computer, here's twenty random things. Memorize them." "Okay." "Recite them forwards." "Okay." "Recite them backwards." (flips the sign of one counter increment) "Okay."
"... hey human, here's twenty random things. Memorize them." "Okay." "Recite them forwards." "Okay." "Recite them backwards." head explodes
People can train themselves to be better at this, but most people don't have sequence-flipping of unpatterned data come naturally to them, and with computers it's almost exactly as easy as forward readout.
And of course the computational theory of mind has achieved a pretty dominant position in philosophy of mind. Since the Enlightenment and the ascendence of scientism we homo sapiens have had a weakness for interpreting things through the framework of our shiniest, most advanced technology. A few hundred years ago the universe was thought of as a great clockwork. Today we understand things as computers. We keep making the same mistakes, don't we?
I really found the historical perspective on this (i.e. technology serves as the metaphor for intelligence) fascinating: aeon.co/essays/your-brain-does…
In Our Own Image (2015) by George Zarkadakis is a great read as well.
"the Mandela effect" should be an opportunity to explore how fallible human memory is, and how it can interact with group dynamics, leading to things like widespread memories of events that never happened. Instead it's a basis for people who are certain their memories are 100% digitally accurate to unmoor themselves from reality and start rambling about parallel universes while fashioning tinfoil hats for themselves.
SANAA, July 02 (YPA) - A Yemeni researcher interested in tracking and monitoring smuggled Yemeni antiquities, Abdullah Mohsen, revealed on Tuesday that "Israel" was negotiating to obtain a bronze statue from Yemen.in a post on X, Mohsen confirmed tha
"Ich bin Antizionistin - auf jeden Fall." Ein Interview mit Esther Bejarano, an alle heuchlerischen "Linken", die Esther eigentlich bei jeder Gelegenheit feiern und dennoch Antizionist*innen als Antisemit*innen brandmarken. 🖕🏽 jungewelt.de/beilage/art/27802…
Gespräch mit Esther Bejarano. Über den Rechtsruck in Europa, die jüdische »Welt von Gestern«, Zionismus und Israel heute, das Großmachtstreben Deutschlands und seine neuen Kriege
My initial reaction: "These people honestly think someone committed suicide just because they put a picture from a bridge? That's so stupid" Went to Twitter to check on the profile for myself.... literally every single one of their last few posts reads as: "the last things I want to say before I off myself". Huh... Maybe I was too rash to criticize. I guess people did do their homework before celebrating the death of a person they don't know.
@alyx This isn't the first time someone has posted a picture from a bridge with an ominous message, plus they've likely physically mutilated themselves which further fucks with their mental state. Poor bastards
Why people are killing themselves for something they cannot change or influence is beyond me
Perhaps the book im reading on Stoicsm is finally bearing its fruits because i see no logical reason to end yourself because of something that you cannot influence or change.
Just accept your situation and move on You choose to be influenced by your fate and situation, you cannot alter fate so stop resisting it right?
Perhaps rational thinking is not on the menu for some of these people 🤔
@xaetacore Well these are not exactly rational people, and a lot of their issues are likely self-inflicted given they've decided to be troons and have likely mutilitated themselves permanently, I don't blame theme for wanting to end it all considering there's no future for them other than as sterile slaves to medication
More sanctions will only ever embolden Russia to keep fighting rather than making peace. Join us on Telegram, Twitter, and VK. Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Russia can…
Delegates and international activists with the Global March to Gaza, Freedom Flotilla Coalition and Al-Soumoud Convoy met in Tunisia to chart a collective path forward for Palestinian liberation ~ Josie Ó Súileabháin ~ Over the past two weeks, thousa…
Spielen die Leute in Malta, Zypern und Luxemburg eigentlich nur selten Computerspiele? Die Beteiligung bei Stop Destroying Videogames ist abgeschlagen niedrig. citizens-initiative.europa.eu/… Bevor ihr euch fragt, für den Erfolg der Initative muss man in 7 Länder den Schwellenwert überwinden und eine Million Stimmen erreichen. Wer noch nicht abgestimmt hat, kann sogar mit eID abstimmen. Es hat bei mir aber mehrere Versuche gebraucht, bis ich mein Statement of support receipt erhalten habe.
Brief text and photographs of carvings made from vegetables introduce the world of emotions by presenting leading questions such as Are you feeling angry? An...
🌟 Narcissism can deeply affect creative collaborations. During brainstorming, a narcissistic individual might dominate the conversation, seeking to overshadow others' ideas rather than build collectively. This can stifle innovation as the space for genuine exchange shrinks. Monopolizing ideas often leads to resentment, reducing trust and teamwork. Awareness of these dynamics helps us foster healthier, more balanced creative environments where every voice matters. 💡🤝 #Narcissism #CreativeCollaboration #MentalHealthMatters
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has issued a decree on the suspension of the country's cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday.
GitHub Archive logs every public commit, even the ones developers try to delete. Force pushes often cover up mistakes like leaked credentials by rewriting Git history. GitHub keeps these dangling commits, from what we can tell, forever.
I've noticed that many former astronauts are exceedingly long-lived. John Glenn was 95yo when he died. Michael Collins was 90yo when he died. Buzz Aldrin is very much still with us at 95yo, as is Jim Lovell (pictured) at 97yo.
I wonder if anyone has researched the reasons for their longevity.
@yngmar @Infoseepage Yes, I'm sure these are very important factors. Although, there are other groups of people who might benefit from the same advantages without reaching the same venerable ages. Olympic athletes, for example.
Peter Putnam was a promising student of John Wheeler who became obsessed with a computational model of the mind, was tormented by a pathological relationship with his wealthy mother, and ended up contributing to community politics while working blue collar jobs.
Science writer Amanda Gefter spent more than a decade tracking down the people who knew him, and diving into a vast store of his unpublished work and private papers.
AP spoke to the two contractors for UG Solutions, an American outfit subcontracted to hire security personnel for the distribution sites. They said bullets, stun grenades and pepper spray were used at nearly every distribution, even if there was no threat.
In one video, what appear to be heavily armed American security contractors at one of the sites in Gaza discuss how to disperse Palestinians nearby. One is heard saying he has arranged for a “show of force” by Israeli tanks.
“I don’t want this to be too aggressive,” he adds, “because this is calming down.” At that moment, bursts of gunfire erupt close by, at least 15 shots. “Whoo! Whoo!” one contractor yelps. “I think you hit one,” one says. Then comes a shout: “Hell, yeah, boy!”
The UK parliament debates whether to make Palestine Action a proscribed organisation. This would make support for the group punishable by up to 14 years impr...
I've always been open with my criticisms about Halo but he's not a bad dude. I just think he's wrong about a few things, that isn't enough to get me to leave the site, especially since it's one of the few places I can still call relatively free on the internet. It's small, but varis is a replacement of 4chan, and ebaumsworld, and myspace, and all the fun I had on the internet before it went to complete shit.
The beauty of the fediverse is that you can have alt accounts on other websites but still communicate with people on this site (if it hasn't been set to local post lol) Great for when I want to post uncensored loli sex or gore at people I don't like but don't want showing up here.
3 Ιούλ 2025, 07:32 - Λωρίδα της Γάζας, 2 Ιούλη του 2025 O Oυαλίντ και η Λιν... Ενας πατέρας αποχαιρετά τα παιδιά του που έπεσαν μάρτυρες από βομβαρδισμό του σιωναζιστικού στρατού εναντίον Παλαιστίνιων που στέκονταν μπροστά από πάγκο λαχανικών κοντά σ…
From yesterday: #Hamas said in a statement that it is studying the ceasefire proposal but noted that it wants any deal to lead to an end to the war. #Hospital officials in #Gaza said at least 111 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli air strikes across the Strip today, including 24 people waiting for aid. Wafa news agency reported earlier that 14 Palestinians have been arrested in Israeli raids across the #Bethlehem governorate in the occupied West Bank, where about 400 families would be made homeless by an Israeli army order to demolish more than 100 homes. Israel’s governing Likud party, led by Netanyahu, is pushing for the formal annexation of the occupied #WestBank before the Israeli parliament’s summer recess on July 27. aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/20… #palestine #apartheid #IsraelApartheid #occupation #colonialism #IsraelTerroristState
Provided to YouTube by Rhino/ElektraPainting Box (2010 Remaster) · The Incredible String BandThe 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion℗ 1967 Elektra Entert...
What was it about the humble Scottish folk group the Incredible String Band that moved the Beatles, David Bowie, and even the Archbishop of Canterbury?
“Nanook” is a slur for northern indigenous people in the same way “Chan” is a slur for Chinese people. Sure, there might be some members of that demographic with that name, but using the term as a generalization for that demographic is derogatory in intent.
Using the term “Eskimo” in the instance name is problematic for at least two reasons.
The term itself is considered problematic and derogatory for reasons I don't have time to go into here, but feel free to research why it’s under fire.
I haven’t checked, but the admins are probably not part of the demographics that the term would refer to, so they’re not “reclaiming a slur” so to speak
The comparison between “Nanook” and “Chan” is misleading and not linguistically equivalent. “Nanook” originates from Inuit mythology and is not inherently a slur, while “Chan” has been used in explicitly mocking or derogatory ways. It’s important to recognize the context and history behind each term rather than assume they carry the same weight.
You're right, but also taking together their comment history, we can reasonably assume that they chose their username with the intent to slur rather than as a more benign meaning.
When Ubuntu 25.04 made Papers its default PDF viewer rather than keep shipping Evince, it did so knowing that the expectation was that upstream GNOME would do the same — now it has. The GNOME [&h...
RDV samedi 5 juillet dès 14h00 place de la République
Stop Génocide ! Cessez-le-feu !
Stop à la collaboration de nos dirigeants et des mes médias aux ordres !
Des sanctions cotre les (…)
Steam Survey issues prevented the survey results from being posted on the evening of the 1st as is traditionally done, but the results were just uploaded now to the Steam website
Here are the female members of parliament dressed in the sashes of the Suffragettes. Four people were killed by the campaigns of the Suffragettes, and 24 others were injured. The contemporary press called them "Terrorists"
Shortly after this photograph was taken, these ladies took off their sashes and all apart from a few voted in the HofC for #PalestineAction to be a proscribed terrorist organisation.
Attached: 1 video
On Thursday 03.07. I'll have the honor of giving a talk with @malteengeler@legal.social on "Fascist AI" in the "Loops" series of events (https://www.newpractice.net/loops).
See you there.
This release is shaped by your feedback and driven by our commitment to putting you in full control of your browser. It’s about delivering the thoughtful upgrades that make a real difference in how you browse every day.
We recently ran across a strange higgs-bugson that manifested itself in a critical system that stores and distributes the firm’s trading activity data, calle...
Did you know that there's a thing called the "Automatic Billing Update" program (ABU), that enables merchants to get notified of your replacement payment card number before it even shows up in your mailbox?
Yep, you can guess what the bad guys are doing. They're registering as a merchant and then involuntarily signing people up for nonexistent "subscriptions" ... that their support path mysteriously refuses to let you unsubscribe from:
But if you naively report these to your issuer as simply 'fraud', they will just ... issue you a new card. And then the "subscription" will be charged again.
Many issuer support teams seem be totally unaware of this fraud type. You have to explicitly tell them it's a subscription scam, and ask them block that merchant from using ABU to get your new card number. (That card is lost, but at least the evil merchant won't get the next one).
(I found this out the hard way, helping some elderly friends, whose cards kept getting mysteriously "compromised". When I realized that an unexpected charge happened before they had even received the new card ... I knew it wasn't just ordinary skimming or phishing.)
tl;dr When you detect unauthorized charges, ask your issuer to check for ABU and block the entire merchant. Otherwise, you'll be caught in an unending cycle of useless reissuance!
A Winnipeg man says a little-known program allowed his credit card company to share his credit card number with a merchant before he even had the card himself.
@Royce Williams And it doesn't share the number with the merchant except for the last four digits, nor the expiration date or security code, so your information is a bit false. It only is known to the processor, NOT the merchant.
:hoshino_zzz:
in reply to スカイラー • • •