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New comment by longcrab in "Try thinking and learning without working memory (2008)"

longcrab — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 23:04:22 +0000

I've come across "action sequences" in psychology writing, which seems to be the active form of procedural memory. Over time well rehearsed actions can move from conscious parts of the brain to parts focused on motor actions like the basal ganglia ( and its friends ).

Probably easier to focus if distraction has moved to the old lizard brain.

I can't find an obviously good source to share, but there's plenty of research to check out.

New comment by longcrab in "America Needs to Rethink What It Means to Be Old"

longcrab — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 15:07:58 +0000

https://archive.is/Rl7GT

New comment by longcrab in "Sell for half a billion and get nothing (2021)"

longcrab — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 13:37:11 +0000

As far as I remember, there was debate around that valuation.

"Early investors filed suit in New York against FanDuel's board for breach of fiduciary duty in allegedly undervaluing FanDuel to enrich themselves." ( FanDuel Wikipedia )

There was some unusual relationships in the deal, and the valuation of the company post-purchase was dramatically larger.

Not sure if suit is public, but article:

"The new lawsuit claims that the board – which allegedly included only one independent director and six directors tied to KKR and Shamrock – priced the value of FanDuel’s stake in the merged company at about $559 million. That number, the suit alleges, was no coincidence. Under FanDuel’s operative bylaws, preferred shareholders were due to receive all of the first $559 million from any merger."[1]

[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-otc-fanduel/fanduel-found... ( "juicy tale?" )

New comment by longcrab in "'I should not have written 'A Clockwork Orange''"

longcrab — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 18:21:51 +0000

Partly because complex empathy for others is built with experience, so the teenage main character eventually grows up.

New comment by longcrab in "My Knowledge Lakehouse"

longcrab — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 23:06:30 +0000

I did some quick git scripts with cron on mac, and windows scheduler to automatically sync between locations. Unfortunately the only git sync plugins I found only worked with password based auth on android.

Aside from not being easily accessable by phone, this works and the .obsidian folder shares the environment + plugins ( minus one for open tab/window layout ).

If anyone has a solution to the lack of git android ssh auth problem I'm all ears though.

New comment by longcrab in "Why to start a startup in a bad economy (2008)"

longcrab — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 19:57:08 +0000

A ziggurat?