Neuromancer49

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[–] Neuromancer49@midwest.social 61 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Ai has been in drug discovery long before LLMs were a thing. It's revolutionized our ability to identify possible molecules and proteins that can save lives.

[–] Neuromancer49@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago

It's less about managed culls and more about raising funds for conservation.

[–] Neuromancer49@midwest.social 16 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Hot take, I'll offer an alternative perspective. Obviously, poaching is one of the most disgusting crimes. Sourcing animal parts for folk remedies is reprehensible.

Responsibly managed hunting generates a ton of money, some of which which gets invested into the local community and into conservation efforts.

The key word here is responsible. If a land manager shared wealth in an equitable fashion with the locals, and demonstrates careful management of animal herds by close monitoring of populations, that's responsibility. I wouldn't want to hunt on lands owned by, say, a literal nazi in South Africa. But, unfortunately, as long as we live under capitalism, I have a hard time imagining a different way to encourage the world to preserve our natural resources.

[–] Neuromancer49@midwest.social 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Actually, no, the bio soster shares the same biological father. This was an embryo adoption, not IVF

[–] Neuromancer49@midwest.social 13 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Personally, I disagree. The baby's bio sister is, literally, a biological sister whose DNA comes from the same parents.

[–] Neuromancer49@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The limiting factor in utero is the health of the placenta. Past a certain point, the organ no longer functions and the baby does not survive. This is why (at least in the US) inductions are required past a certain point.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9320537/

[–] Neuromancer49@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago

Because, I shit you not, it's cheaper than adoption in the US.

[–] Neuromancer49@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago

I forget the name of the app, but we used a potty tracker. Basically, once we realized our puppy went to the bathroom X hours after eating or drinking, we took him outside a few minutes before then.

I've also heard you can take those pee pads and gradually move them closer to the door until they're outside.

[–] Neuromancer49@midwest.social 8 points 1 month ago

That's not quite the same thing - the 7 digit phone number has more to do with short-term memory capacity than visual perception. Miller's Law of short-term memory is we can store 7 +/- 2 items at a time, depending how complex they are.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magical_Number_Seven,_Plus_or_Minus_Two

[–] Neuromancer49@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm a tall guy that fenced in college. You're a monster. But every fencer consents for this torture, so you can keep on keepin' on.

[–] Neuromancer49@midwest.social 43 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

PhD in neuroscience here. I didn't specifically study musicology, but i did study the neuroscience of music.

The theory that holds the most water, in my opinion, is that music activates all the same parts of the brain as motor processing. It makes us want to move, and to make predictions about what's coming next. People like makimg predictions. It's also a pro-social activity that encourages bonding and communication. These are typically positive experiences.

Edit: you mentioned we like the breaking of patterns in music. Very true, we love syncopation. But we don't tap our foot to the rhythm, we groove to the beat.

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