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New comment by iammjm in "My two-part desk setup (2025)"

iammjm — Sun, 24 May 2026 06:45:08 +0000

Have you ever done some extended handwriting? What you do it with actually matters, that's literally what you hold in your hands and press onto the paper every single time; it's what determines your writing experience, especially with fountain pens. Lamy is not really a fancy brand; they just make good and sturdy fountain pens. Go for Lamy Safari, it's less than 10% of 2000's price

New comment by iammjm in "Ebola Outbreak Now Third Largest Recorded and "Spreading Rapidly""

iammjm — Sat, 23 May 2026 17:43:38 +0000

it doesn't until it does

New comment by iammjm in "Sleep research led to a new sleep apnea drug"

iammjm — Sat, 23 May 2026 09:39:15 +0000

So basically a non-stimulant medication for ADHD? Very interesting

New comment by iammjm in "Your Most Improbable Life"

iammjm — Thu, 21 May 2026 07:01:28 +0000

Perhaps negentropy

New comment by iammjm in "The last six months in LLMs in five minutes"

iammjm — Tue, 19 May 2026 11:16:02 +0000

you can replace the pelican and the bicycle with your preferred animal and a means of locomotion. I bet you can come up with a pair that definitely wasnt in the training data

New comment by iammjm in "Consider the Sister"

iammjm — Tue, 19 May 2026 10:02:02 +0000

damn I miss David. of course I never knew him personally, but I read and loved his books, so in a way I did know him. I would like to read his perspectives on social media, Trump, and AI slop. I know it's fashionable to either love or shit on Wallace, but I dare anybody to read Infinite Jest and not fall in love with it. I've read it over 10 years ago and and still to this day haven't read another book that would captivate me as much, and maybe I never will

New comment by iammjm in "As researchers age, they produce less disruptive work"

iammjm — Thu, 14 May 2026 09:44:28 +0000

Wow, what a classic boomer sentiment. A strong sense of entitlement, the unwillingness to learn new things, the desire for the world to remain static, and the rage against the new. This post might be checking all the boxes.

New comment by iammjm in "As researchers age, they produce less disruptive work"

iammjm — Thu, 14 May 2026 09:35:13 +0000

You might find the hypothesis more convincing if you replace technology (something you clearly care about and are up to date with) with something that's not generally your thing but which changes dynamically, like maybe music, fashion, or architecture

New comment by iammjm in "As researchers age, they produce less disruptive work"

iammjm — Thu, 14 May 2026 09:28:17 +0000

I find it really hard to relate to people who do that. I never want people to see/hear what I am doing on my phone or computer, especially if it's something dumb or time-wasting. And to broadcast that into the world in a public space?? its crazy how different people are

New comment by iammjm in "As researchers age, they produce less disruptive work"

iammjm — Thu, 14 May 2026 09:24:49 +0000

yeah but do we really need some trash reality-TV for a "shared social experience"? most of TV's programming was garbage anyway and contributed to a lot of what was/is wrong with the society

New comment by iammjm in "Singapore introduces caning for boys who bully others at school"

iammjm — Fri, 08 May 2026 20:10:46 +0000

> From all the bugs in humanity, this one is one of the nicer ones.

> I never said its nice or justifyable

Sir are you schizophrenic?

New comment by iammjm in "Singapore introduces caning for boys who bully others at school"

iammjm — Fri, 08 May 2026 06:21:19 +0000

No, it’s not a nice one and it can and in fact does ruin whole societies and generations of people. Here one case in point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedovshchina

New comment by iammjm in "AI slop is killing online communities"

iammjm — Fri, 08 May 2026 06:02:44 +0000

This is fucked and I hate it. Internet is (was?) about convenience and direct access. I understand there are challenges that need solutions, but this ain’t it

New comment by iammjm in "Over 8M Thermos jars and bottles recalled after 3 people lost vision"

iammjm — Mon, 04 May 2026 14:35:08 +0000

not on purpose, I just forget stuff until they rot

New comment by iammjm in "Over 8M Thermos jars and bottles recalled after 3 people lost vision"

iammjm — Mon, 04 May 2026 10:11:37 +0000

Isn't the point of a thermos to put "perishable and fermenting foods" in it, like coffee or tea? Like this could totally have been me, like make a thermos-full of coffee one day, then forget about it only to come back to in some weeks just to open it and have one of my eyes blown off

New comment by iammjm in "Habitual coffee intake shapes the microbiome, modifies physiology and cognition"

iammjm — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:19:16 +0000

Do they though? Any data on that? Also, the highly caffeinated people might also be sleep deprived, which impacts memory and emotional regulation

New comment by iammjm in "Sauna effect on heart rate"

iammjm — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:38:01 +0000

I go for 15 min sessions at 90 Celsius and the first 10 mins are ok, the last 5 are tough, like I have to control my breath to hang in there

New comment by iammjm in "How Long Poop Stays in Your Body May Impact Your Health, Study Finds"

iammjm — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:41:17 +0000

... Would that be good? I mean that soft flat pancake thing they produce. My general approach so far was to aim fora not too soft, not too hard kind of poop. Like a one that slides out of you with minimal wiping needed afterward. Like what would be the gold standard for poop consistency?

New comment by iammjm in "Notes from the SF peptide scene"

iammjm — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 19:40:05 +0000

what the fuck did I just read. the dude used the word "peptide" 30 times without even coming close to explaining what they are, although he kinda tried. absolute incoherent rambling mess

New comment by iammjm in "Trusted access for the next era of cyber defense"

iammjm — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:20:19 +0000

"trusted" + openai just simply doesn't compute for me any more