Don’t be evil

I’ve done intermittent fasting and found that this is just your body producing hormones telling you its time to eat. These hormones are pretty good at keeping schedules for you. Once you start fasting, you do get jittery and cranky during this time but it goes away rather quickly. After a few days the hormone levels start changing and within a week or two you stop feeling hungry at that time. It’s really weird to teach your body that you don’t need to eat at your usual times. And learning that feeling hungry isn’t the worst thing in the world (if your living conditions are such that you’re not worried about your next meal) is actually very freeing.

Sorry you had a hard time reading a direct quote.

I hope I’m still hiking at 79 years old. That’s a rough fall though.

From what I’ve learned about LSD and psilocybin in popular science they do sound like effective tools for depression, PTSD and enhancing creativity. I don’t have the means or the will to try and get it or experiment with illegal substances. I think therapies should definitely be developed around their application though. A coming of age right would also be very interesting.

I’d say most people would learn the alphabet and the order together. The order (and song) is a helpful mnemonic to learn the letters faster.

Is it OK to feel sorry for you? The thought of doing this has never even crossed my mind. People would describe me as a very optimistic and happy person though. I guess I just don’t need any drugs for escape, although I do enjoy jumping into a video game and beating up some bad guys. Dynasty Warriors is great therapy.

That’s fascinating how you learned all the letters but never put them into an ordinal system. Definitely presents an alternate thinking mechanism than I think most people use. Must have been very tough on you in school as most schools don’t handle people who think differently very well.

The left/right thing is probably much more common. I think it’s interesting how you use the political compass as your visual reference. I for a long time couldn’t remember which political party was left or right, but found I was very good at just ‘knowing’ left and right, as well as the cardinal directions n/s/e/w. My friend who was horrible at telling left from right would hold up both hands and extend his index and thumb. Whichever hand formed an “L” was his left hand and he used that all the time.

How did you manage this one?

Have you ever been in a Turkish prison?

Why? I’ve just never been interested on altering my mood or perceptions using an external source. I don’t even like the effects of alcohol.

Never smoked a cigarette, but I do try a drink now and then. I find the phrase “drugs & alcohol” relevant here in that they’re different categories.

Never done any recreational drugs.

Sounds like the name of a stand up comedy special.

Dirty power? Aww geez it’s been a few years since I last washed and waxed my power lines. Guess I gotta open up the walls again.

Nice try creep.

I recently found btop and am trying to use that instead of htop.

I borrowed two grocery carts and was able to move my heavy and free hide-a-bed couch. Just stacked it on top and a friend and I wheeled it to the new place which wasn’t far thankfully.

Oh I thought maybe the off brands kept breaking. Is there no warranty on the controllers? Credit cards will often extend manufacturer warranties too.

Why not buy a playstation brand controller? I bought one even though I don’t have a ps5 and it’s been great for pc gaming.